The Green Frog Studio

Some MUSIC, SCRAP & MAKE-UP!

Hi everyone!

First of all, today is a BIG DAY! My favorite singer M has released his new album TODAY! :)

 

I woke up this morning and ran to my laptop to order it on iTunes and WOW! I already love it! I just love this man!

Before I head off to the swimming pool, I just wanted to show you a layout I made with the latest Pink Paislee products!

 

 

 

 

Yesterday, while I was lying on the couch, surfing around the internet looking for inspiration, I came accross the MAC cosmetics website and OH MY! What did I do? I ended up ordering €110 worth of make-up! :D

I couldn't resist! But let me tell you, I HAD to resist buying more colors, because their color palette for eye shadows is just to DIE FOR!

I only make up my eyes, I never use powder for my face skin, I rarely ever wear lipgloss or anything else, I'd rather have people's attention on my eyes.

So here is what I bought :)

For my eyes first...

 

 

I also bought the prep powder for the eyes, in order to have your make-up last longer on your eyes...

and for my lips...

 

And also bought an eyeliner! :)

Don't you just love those colors?!

Ok I must go, talk to you later and see you tomorrow for a NEW INSPIRATION TUESDAY!

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A new layout & GREAT NEWS!

...using the August kit from Studio Calico!

 

 

 

And for the GREAT NEWS, check it out HERE! :D

 

Isn't it amazing?! I'm joining the UBER TALENTED Sassafras Design Team from today on and I can't even explain how honored I am! I'm over the moon excited!

I've been a big big BIG fan of all the Sassafras products and I can't thank Rebecca & the team @ Sassafras for their kindness & trust! THANK YOU DEAR! :)

(oops, I didn't realize we could see my iTunes music player on the screen shot I did :D )

Well, now, be on the look out for new Sassafras layouts real soon! :) I'm just LOVING the new collections! :)

Have a great day!

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Cherish Water

BORN IN SEPTEMBER

INSPIRATION TUESDAY #5 : SURF IN BALI layout

Hello dear readers :)

A new INSPIRATION : TUESDAY challenge already et today I've decided to make a layout instead of a mini album. I had this idea, when I got started on this new weekly rendez-vous, not to get myself limited on one single format, like mini albums, but I realized I ONLY made mini albums until today!

So, today, I would like to inspire you with a LAYOUT!

For this new session, I gave myself a few rules. I had to scrapbook with left overs (papers, embellishments hidden in a cupboard...) - here, I used the GREAT ESCAPE collection from Making Memories for a class project and I couldn't resist from using the left overs to make this layout - work with gesso on your background, work with layers and use small details.

So, I'm inviting you now to create a layout, or a mini album, or a canvase (it's up to you to choose whether you'd like to make one or the other), as long as you have fun! :)

Here is the supply list to realize this layout...

• Papirs (Jenni Bowlin for the background, the Great Escape collection from Making Memories, one embossed Bazzill cardstock)
• Making Memories Bamboo Alphas (from the Great Escape collection as well)
• Sassafras flowers
  
• Making Memories paperclips
• Jenni Bowlin Stickers
• Collage Press Die-Cuts
• Color Wash spray ink
• Making Memories ribbons
• Label Tulip & Studio Calico stamps
  
• Studio Calico thread
• Gaïa raindrops
• EK Success round punch, Marvy Uchida scalloped punch & Martha Stewart leave punch
  
• Versafine black ink
  
• gesso
  

Here are two photos of the supplies...

 

Step #1 : Apply some gesso on your background paper to make a white wash in order to soften the lined background. Don't blend the gesso with water, your paper might fold.

 

 

Step #2 : To add some colors & texture to your background,I used the die-cut shapes as a mask and sprayed some ink over my background with my color wash ink.

Don't forget to protect the edges of the die-cut shapes you're using in order not to have lines of ink all over your background.

The ink, when it dries, will get different looks and will have different kinds of textures, which I just love.

Step #3 : I used a 7gypsies mini album for a class last year and there were too many enveloppes in there so I just got rid of a couple and kept them in handy to use them later.

For this project, I used one of them, sprayed some color wash ink on top of it to add some color and cool effect to it.

 

Step #4 : Glue a 12" piece of patterned paper on your background paper, after you aged it with an edge distresser (small tool that ages the edges of the papers, available from Heidi Swapp, Ranger and Making Memories - a MUST HAVE!), start to envision the design of your page.

Here, I cut some stripes of paper and glued them onto my patterned paper & added some die-cut labels.

Step #5 : I used my scissors here to create a scalloped edge with my Bazzill cardstock. Add some yellow ribbon on top of it.

Add some green ribbon where you want to put your photo, knowing that you want your photo to cover a part of it.

 

Step #6 : I just LOOOOOOVE this Label Tulip stamp. I bought the kit from them just to get that stamp! :D

Stamp with Versafine ink (my favorite ink by far) on a colorful patterned paper and create your own embellishments with them. Then cut them out.

 

 

Step #7 : I worked with several patterned papers to mat your photo, using bigger and bigger sheets of paper to create a nice frame. Use your edge distresser to age the edges and glue everything on your layout.

 

Step #8 : Add some embellishments here and there.

 

Step #9 : Use a ribbon on your photo in order to create a line to hold your title.

Step #10 : Use your favorite punches to create unique embellishments. You can layer them and add some flowers on top of each other,add some glitter and more.

Step #11 : I wrote my journaling on a Collage Press die-cut, added a button with threa and voilà! :)

There you go! A nice and colorful layout that reminds me of my vacations in Bali last May! :)

Feel free to play with different textures, to look for unused embellishments that you have in your artroom, all those flowers, labels, stickers that are old enough for you to NOT use, you'll be able to get rid of your "old" stash and once you use them, it will all look so different!

Now, I'm going to "old stash" hunting in my room to make more layouts like this! :D

Have a wonderful day, feel free to link your blog in the comments section for me to go and look at your layouts!

See you next week for a new INSPIRATION : TUESDAY!

INSPIRATION TUESDAY blog giveaway winner

hey everyone!

After I picked 2 names from my french blog and english blog on Random.org, and then picked one of them out of the hat between them two, here is the winner for the Bulle2Scrap kit I used for my INSPIRATION TUESDAY weekly post : 

 

Congratulations Eugénie!

You won the Bulle2Scrap kit!

Thank you Bulle2Scrap for your generosity and feel free to purchase the kit on the website.

See you tomorrow for a new INSPIRATION TUESDAY!

Get to know Bulle2Scrap & kit giveaway!

This week, I would like to introduce you to Bulle2Scrap, a French online scrapbook store that you will just love...

 

Meet Bulle2Scrap

Bulle means bubble in French, and is also a synonym of freedom, lightweighted, poetry. Elisabether, well known as Zab, decided to launch her own Scrapbook store in order to give her customers a space of freedom through creativity.

She offers many products in her store, monthly kits and also vintage products (like book pages, tickets, vintage papers), that will be included in the monthly kits.

Every month, she offers 4 different kits, from 15 to 30 euros, with at least one alphabet, cardstock, patterned papers and embellishments.

There is a FOLK kit, for all of you Freestyle scrapbookers, a GRAPHIC kit, for the Urban scrappers, a ROMANTIC kit, for the Shabby Chic fans, and a C&S kit, for all the C&S lovers.

No need to subscribe to get the kits!

You will also find the best companies in her store (over 110 of them!), a message board and a blog where the design team will inspire you!

And, of course, Bulle2Scrap now offers you the INSPIRATION : TUESDAY kit from this week, the one I used to make my DREAM PLACES mini album.

To enter the giveaway, leave a comment here on this thread. I will draw a name and the winner will get this gorgeous kit in the mail! :)

So let's go!

I will announce the winner on Saturday!

I am inspired...

by all these lately...WHITE has been inspiring me...

 

 

 

 

 

 

woods prints available here.

 

necklace available here.

 

bag available here.

  

amazing mini album made by Amanda.

 

by this amazing girl.

 

Debee, one of my muses... she blows me away everytime...

Do you feel INSPIRED now? :)

INSPIRATION TUESDAY #4 : My DREAM PLACES mini album

Hello dearest readers :)

I hope you are doing wonderfully today :) Today is your new weekly rendezvous to bring you new ideas and scrapbook projects --> INSPIRATION : TUESDAY.

I've been getting many comments and emails from YOU, my dear fellow scrapbookers, to tell me that you've been enjoying this new weekly rendezvous and to send me photos of your mini albums and all I can say is WOW! You've been amazing! I've seen such gorgeous work done and seriously, you need to send me more photos of your artwork! Feel free to link it from here! :)

So thank YOU for making this rendezvous such a special one, it's my pleasure to bring you and share with you my love for scrapbooking :)

This week, I've made a pretty simple project, rather fast to make, but really easy and pretty :)

 

Bulle2Scrap, one of my generous sponsors, sent me a kit to work with and I couldn't help it but use it to make this week's project! I fell in love with the new Cosmo Cricket papers called Boyfriend! :) YUM! A wonderful kit that will be soon available in the store but stay tuned : I'll have this kit for a giveaway on THURSDAY so check back again on Thursday to enter the drawing!

This week, my theme is TRAVELLING, not places I've been to, but places I have been DREAMING of going! :)

I think I would like to visit every single country on this planet, each of them having something unique, landscapes to blow you away, a culture and a history on its own.

I made a list of countries I'd love to visit, it was HUUUUUUUUGE! LOL So I had to narrow down to 7 of them! :) I searched for pictures online and printed them out on my Canon printer.

Do you have any countries, cities, places that you'd like to see?

Here are mine and I'm looking forward to knowing yours :)

ok let's start...

First of all, this is what you'll need...

The INSPIRATION : TUESDAY Bulle2Scrap kit of course :)

We are Memory Keeps big eyelets (not included in the kit), a key chain I got from a clothes I bought recently, a crop-a-dile, double sided tape, a large rounder EK Success punch, and 4x6 photos. Des oeillets épais WRMK (non fournis dans le kit), une chainette récupérée sur un vêtement, une crop-a-dile, du scotch double face, une perfo angle rond EK Success, et une série de photos 9x13cms.

We're going to start by making the structure. Cut SIX 4x6" pieces into the Bazzill embossed cardstock : those will be used as your inner pages. Cut 2 more 4x6" pieces into patterned papers : this will be your cover.

Glue pattern paper on the not-embossed side of the Bazzill paper.

Select your photos and don't hesitate to cut them in half, make them a little bit smaller to glue it on both pages of your mini album.

Ok now pictures!:)

1st step : A front cover that shows all the embellishments from the kit. I love the background paper, it's graphic and cheerful at the same time that perfectly fits my theme.

 

2nd step : your first page. In my whole album, I cut every single photo to glue them on both sides of my double page. I think it looks brighter this way and I wanted to focuse on the pictures this time. I almost did a Clean & Simple project, even though I'm farrrrrr way from being good at that style!

I used the same design for most of my pages here : photo in the middle (on both pages), patterned paper on the left side and embossed Bazzill cardstock on the right side, as well as my title.

Japan : this country has always fascinated me. The culture, the food, the music, fashion, technologies, but also because tradition and respect are very present in their everyday life. I'd go there anytime!

 

 

3rd step : I left some blank space to write my journaling later then added an orange tab on top of my right page.

New Zealand : I don't know why this country has been fascinating me, maybe because it's on the other side of the world from me, or maybe because its culture is so rich and that this country has amazing landscapes. And it's the Kiwi country! :) I'd do anything to go there, skiing in the winter and scubbadiving in the summer :)

 

 

4th step : Feel free to cut your embellishments in several pieces in order to use them several times in your mini album. That's what I did with my clocks and Jenni Bowlin stickers.

Thailand : Who never dreamt of going there? I'd go there for the beaches, the food, the ricefields, the culture, the temples...I'll go there someday, I'll go there for sure...

 

 

5th step : Here is a page where I used several round shapes in order to remind the shape of the moon, key element to Aztecs beliefs.

Mexico : I think it's one of the countries where I'd love to go the most! I've been fascinated by Mexico since I was a child, along with Peru, because of this country amazing history. I even have an Aztec tattoo in my back! :)

I know I'll go there someday soon!

 

 

 

6th step : I used this red paper to contrast the black & white picture and because it's the symbol of love and passion, which is exactly what comes to my mind when I think bout TANGO!

Argentina : Tango from Argentina, Patagonia, Buenos Aires, country of Che Guevara. I'd love to discover this amazing country on a motorbike, just like in the movie Motorcycle Diaries (you need to see it if you haven't yet!) :)

 

 

7th step : a very easy and fast design for this page because I really wanted to focuse on the beautiful picture.

Peru: my #1 dream. I think I have a part of me that is there, I don't know why, this place have been in my head, soul, mind, heart for as far as I can remember. I might have been another person back in the time there to be so fascinated. I know I'll go there someday, it's a shared dream that I have with my dad :)

 

 

8th step : I used the rest of my label sticker for my journaling (that I'll write later) and used some embellishments around my photo.

Philippines : Since I went to Singapore and Bali (which is a sooooo small discovery of Asia, of course, but I had one AMAZING glimpse of what Asia can do to your heart and soul - I just LOVE it there!), I have been wanting to discover more countries there, esp. Philippines. Ricefields, volcanos, new people, new culture, I'd LOVE to go.

 

9th step : Now that you are done decorating each page, you need to use your crop-a-dile (if you don't have one, you need to buy one!) to make holes and bind your album.

(eyelets not included in the Bulle2Scrap kit).

 

10th step : the back cover. As you know now, I sign every single mini album that I make with my initials. Here, I found the perfect stickers to illustrate my feelings when I travel.

And VOILA! A pretty colorful mini album to discover new landscapes, I hope that these dream trips will come true :) You know how much I love to travel :)

Don't be scared to add more photos to your albums if you have more places you'd like to visit!

For me, other countries that I'd LOVE to visit : India, Chile, Ecuador, Indonesia (I only know Bali for now but would LOOOOOVE to visit Java and Sumatra for exemple), Cambodia, Vietnam, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Sweden, Iceland, Croatia, Prague...and more!

What about YOU? Where would you like to escape for a couple of weeks?

THANK YOU for your support and your constant growing daily visits :) I hope you'll be inspired now! :)

Thank you to my generous Sponsor Bulle2Scrap : don't forget to check back on Thursday for a wonderful giveaway!

See you!