Cilenia's Beautiful Mess: Sneak Peek Inspiration and Chance to Win a Class

I have a few announcements to make. That's what happens when you have too many things going on all in one week! lol

First I have a new product up today in the shop and on sale too.

These are my fav brushes I reach for when I am creating layouts and designing papers. I will be teaching how to make these in my upcoming Digital Designer Studio class but may give a little peek into the process of how to color these artsy in my upcoming Building Color Confidence class that starts Sept 17th.

Did you see you can win a seat for that class on the SAS Blog Friday by taking on our Color Challenge? You have until Sunday to enter! And join me for a LIVE CHAT at ReneeTV Wednesday Sept 12th at 9PM EDT.

And speaking of the Color Challenge… us SAS Designers loved these so much we decided to use them for this month's Color Play 2 kits being released late Tuesday. Want a little peek?! Of course you do! lol

I made a few layouts over the weekend. YEAH ME! It's rare I have the time lately to do some layouts, so I was a very very happy camper. :)

First I made a very traditional layout of my Miss Bailey learning she had a built in musical instrument… her vocal cords! lol Gotta luv it!

And then I decided to do an artsy layout when a friend asked me what the difference is between my Traditional and Artsy layouts, at least according to me! lol To me, it's the blending and my scribbles in this one. I LOVE both styles and now have to choose when one to put into my books. Hmmm maybe one into Miss Bailey's book and one into my own book.

Then I couldn't stop playing with my kits so I made two more. These photos are from when Kara was puppy sitting for the animal shelter one weekend. Bailey and her got quite attached to those puppies, but happy to report, they all found good homes thanks to volunteers like my Kara.

Here in these I made the left page more of a traditional layout style, and then the right page is more artsy. With the common background paper, they still go very well together.

I also used a Sewn Flower from FYA Imagine

and artsy loop from my Beautiful Mess 4 kit that I recolored white.

And watch for later this week where I hope to have a a couple little videos of these pages and my process how I created them! I hope to have ready for you tomorrow.

I also have some of my traditional kits on sale at Digitals this week for 35% off. These most likely will be retired this year so don't miss out on the sale!