Parksville BC Beach Art Sculptures 2018 #MadeYouSmile

It has become a tradition for us when we are on Vancouver Island, BC in Canada to check out the amazing art at the Parksville Beach Festival that hosts the Sand Sculpting Competition and Exhibition.  This competition has been going on for over 30 years and is amazing!!  This year's theme is "Wild Things ~ From Here To The Galapagos." and everyone's take on the theme was so cool!  My kids and I have made the trek to see this for 2 years in a row, and it is on our list of things to see every summer now.  It brings smile to my kids faces at every sculpture we see.  #MadeYouSmile

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Here is a LIVE walking tour of the festival with my kids so you can see how much fun it is!!

My kids love to see this fun event each year, it is just so cool to see all the wonderful sculptures that artist around the world create.  This is an event that is worth the trip!!  The theme changes every year, but this is year all about #wildthings.

Click on the Beach Fest graphic below to see all the dates and themes for future and past festivals.

You get to vote on your favorite sculpture and this one my son Brandon is in front of with his Gymboree shirt (so fitting with a crayfish, or is it a lobster? at the beach) was my favorite so it got my vote.  Check out Gymboree HERE for all the amazing deals and wonderful selection!

He just loves this shirt from Gymboree, and I do too for a couple of reasons.  One, I can see him in a crowd of people very easily since it is a nice bright color.  Two, it washes wonderfully!!  The fact that he loves this shirt with its kid sense of style, but is also a fun new fresh take on kids clothes if great!  He pairs this shirt with everything, it is endlessly versatile and mixable, creating big possibilities for him to make a cute look with simple effort!  He loves the dialed up the comfort, softness in this shirt.  Plus this shirt with be great for when he heads back to school!

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Each sculpture was such a work of art, it was really hard to pick which was my favorite, but this cute one with the penguins was a favorite with Brandon and got his vote.  It really did make him smile #MadeYouSmile.  Below are a ton of other amazing sculptures from the 2018 event.

I cannot wait to see what kids of theme they have for next year and the amazing art that can been seen for 2019!!  Really a moment for the whole family that #MadeYouSmile

I love these Marine Iguanas, it was a rally hard choice between this and the one I votes for!!

Supplies Used

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Mixed Media Stenciled Box

I got asked to be apart of this amazing crafty adventure of creating art with only 2 simple rules; one, use a box that was mailed to me in any way I wanted to, and two, use a StencilGirl® stencil in some way.  I decorated my box in a mixed media style and had a blast doing it!   #theplainboxsociety  #stencilgirl

Check out how I made my box here.

We each started with a plain box mailed to us by Tina Walker for StencilGirl®.  For all the other boxes that were made check out this link HERE.  This is what the box looked like when each of us got it.  Over 

I first started with using the stencil on tissue paper with metallic modeling paste and letting it dry.  I also took Tattered Angels mists in Dragonfly to color the box.  I then added the layers of tissue to the box and added in littel Rinea foiled stars to the box and splatters of black glimmer mist.  I used Supertite White School Glue to stick everything to the box.  It works amazing and the applicator tip is perfect for applying a small amount of glue to any project!

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I added a newspaper flower to the top of the box.  Check out how to make these flowers in the video below.

I used the same Supertite White School glue for the newspaper flowers, it is perfect!!

I used the same color mist on the box as I did for the flowers to help tie in the whole effect.

I even colored the inside of the box so when you opened it it had color throughout.

What would you do with your box and stencil?

Supplies Used

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Family 4x4 Mini Scrapbook Album

Every year I give my parents a fun little year in review of the grandchildren in the form of a mini book, plaque, or some sort of crafty item with pictures of that year.  I am a little late in getting the 2017 book to them, I usually give it to them as a Christmas present, but time got away on me and we did not see them for Christmas this past year.  So long story short, I got it done in time for our summer visit and made it a fun little 4x4 mini album with 6 front and back pages on it.

Here is a video on how to make this mini scrapbook album.

I used the Adornit Family scrapbook pages that already had 4x4 sections on a page, so cutting them up was super easy!  The front page was one of those 4x4 sections so all I had to do was write in the year and the theme of the album.

The back of the front page is the family picture we have, I think it is the only one, for 2017.

The next couple of pages are also 4x4 sections from the scrapbook paper that I added a couple of stickers to the complete the page.

So now the the family picture is out of the way, down to the kids.  I went from eldest to youngest, so we start with my son Morgan.  This picture was taken on a beach in BC when he found one of many craps on that trip.

Another couple more pages all about family without pictures. I like the break of all the pictures with some fun "junque" pages to make it fun.

Next is my son Brandon.  This picture was taken at a water park and I just love his expression, he really does take the best pictures!!

The my sweet little Catherine.  She posed for me with some cute bunny years that Easter.

I loved this sticker and tried to place it on previous pages in the book, finally I found a page where it worked wonderfully!

And the last page, I loved this phrase and knew it would be perfect for the back cover of the mini book.

All the embellsihemnts, pages glued together, and the pcitures to the pages are held together with Supertite Dual Tip Max Glue Pen.  It has 2 ends that can work for large surfaces like adding the pictures to the pages, or adding the fine detail of small amounts of glue for the buttons to stick to the paper.

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What would you put into a mini album?

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Shareasale Shop at: O	Tailwind Shop at: O	Fiskars Scissors Shop at: AZ | LFL (UK)	Big Bite Shop at: SB | AZ
Umbrella Inks Shop at: SB	Cardstock 8.5x11 Card Paper Shop at: SB | AZ	Fiskars Paper Trimmer Shop at: SB | AZ | LFL (UK)	Black Scrapbook Pen Shop at: SB
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