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Guest Designer- Kennedy Schmidt

Tell us a little bit about yourself...

I'm Kennedy Schmidt and I live in Edmonton Alberta. I live with my parents and my brother and sister.  I am 13 years old and am going in to grade nine this upcoming year.  I have always loved artsy things such as vibrant paintings and sketches, theatre and dramas, music, crafty things and of course scrapbooking.  I have also always loved the world and it's wildlife and it seems to be my inspiration most of the time.  
I love getting lost in 1800's hopeless romatic books and enjoy walking on the streets of small towns in the rain. I believe in living life to the fullest and having adventure all throughout  but that's probably the result of me reading too many of those books ;)

 

What got you started scrapbooking?

I started scrapbooking when I was probably about 10 or 11. My friend and me would occasionally get together and make cards and then one day she was working on a scrapbook and I asked her what is was and she introduced to me.  Then instead of getting together and making cards we would scrapbook.

When did you first discover Riff Raff?

The first time I saw Riff Raff was when I started working at Treasured Memories along with alot of other different products but Riff Raff defintley caught my eye especially when I met Kara and she talked a little bit about it, then I started to use it and I fell in love.

What is your favorite thing about Riff Raff?

 

There are so many reasons why I love Riff Raff I don't think I could pick a favourite.  But I'll list a few.
1. You can use it on EVERYTHING and ANYTHING!
2. There are so many differnent and unique shapes that there is one for every layout or whatever you are doing. The possibilities are endless!
3. You can do whatever you want with it and can use so many different mediums on it or just leave it as is and it still looks beautiful!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jill's Artwork

 

Today's artwork comes from Jill Williams. You can see more of Jill's fantastic work on her blog "The Infamous Crooked Scrapbooker".  To see more layouts with shapes from July check out the gallery.

 

 

 

 

Today's artwork comes from Jill Williams. You can see more of Jill's fantastic work on her blog "The Infamous Crooked Scrapbooker".  To see more layouts with shapes from July check out the gallery.

 

 

 

 

Lisa's July Artwork

Today's artwork comes from Lisa Kercher. You can see more of Lisa's fantastic work on her blog "You know how I roll".  To see more layouts with shapes from July check out the gallery.

 

 

 I left the chipboard natural, except for the lady's heart which I coloured with a glossy gel pen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

On the "Him & Her" I first covered with Ranger's Stream alcohol ink, tapped a copious amount of Ranger perfect pearls on it (in the coordination colour), waited until it dried, then covered the whole shape in ranger's Glossy Accents. It takes forever to dry, but it's well worth it! For complete steps and pictures, check out this post: http://riffraffdesigns.typepad.com/gems/2009/02/how-to-with-lisa.html
 
On the "Fancy Flourish" I painted it grey, then dry brushed black paint along the surface.

 

  

On the "Retro Squares", I smudged a variety of colours of blue paint along the shape, making sure I didn't cover the entire surface. Once the paint dried, I smeared tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in a light blue over the surface, so it's shimmery in some areas but not in others.
 
On the "Mr. Martin" I painted it green then smeared some Lime Green Glimmer Mist over the surface. the eyes are painted dark blue

 

 

On the "Layered Labels" I mixed craft paint with Ranger Crackle paint and covered the surface. Some areas are crackled and some not. Once dry, I sprayed the entire shape with Tattered Angels glimmer mist (in the Denim colour, I think)
 
The "Bee Mine" was painted black, then covered in black stickles. I backed it with a yellow polka dot Hambly transparency.

 

I embossed both "Jacks". The black one with regular black embossing powder. The turquoise one I sprayed with Glimmer mist first, then embossed with clear embossing powder. I overheated both shapes, so some areas turned white. Then I spritzed the same turquoise-blue Glimmer Mist over top of each shape

Kara's Artwork

Today's artwork comes from Kara Anderson. You can see more of Kara's fantastic work on her blog "Just Kara".  To see more layouts with shapes from July check out the gallery.

 

 

"Bee Mine" was painted black with yellow stripes, then the yellow stickles were applied.  A googley eye was attached and finally cream tulle was gathered and put inside the wings.

 

 

"Him & Her" were glimmer misted and covered with glossy accents.  The heart was covered with stickles.

Nadine's July Artwork

Today's artwork comes from Nadine Karen. You can see more of Nadine's fantastic work on her blog "An Extraordinary Life".  To see more layouts with shapes from July check out the gallery.

 

The "Him & Her" are painted and then covered in Diamond Glaze.

 

 

 
The "Jacks" are painted and then embossed.

 

 
The "Retro Squares" shape was used as a mask for my back ground paper. I glimmer misted over the paper and shape, then removed the chipboard.

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