A Peek Into My Stamping Room

Art is The Window To Your Soul Album

 Hello Friends!  Hope you had a great week and are getting ready for an even better weekend!  I know we are staying close to home this weekend!  Last week I was cleaning out some old files on my computer.  I had stuff dating back to 2009 or later on here so I decided to do some serious file cleaning!  While doing the big sweep of stuff, I found this project that I am sure you haven't seen.  I don't make alot of Chipboard Albums so I am excited to share this with you.  I really love all the details!

 

I used the Bitty Blossoms and Rose Creation dies from Spellbinders to make the flowers.  Plus the window die is a Die D-Lite.  I used some foam tape inside the window die and used some Ice Resin to make the glittery window effect.  Here is a close-up!

I really love this album!  I put a bunch of sheets of watercolor paper inside so that you could use it as an art journal.  If you are interested in how I made the flowers, just leave a comment or send me an email to let me know.  I can create a video tutorial....they are so easy!

I will have some more projects to share with you next week!  Thanks for stopping by today and have a great weekend.

Valentine's Paper Bag Brag Card

Hey everyone!  Sorry its been awhile since I blogged.  I think I might finally be getting back into the swing of my "regular" routine.  My two youngest daughter's are back to school but my oldest doesn't go back to college for a few more days.  It's been nice having her home and I have been spending time with her instead of crafting.  

So the other day I was looking around Pinterest and found this interesting looking paper bag album.  I clicked on the link and it took me to a YouTube video showing how to split a paper lunch sack and make a mini-album.  Its a really cool idea and you can see the video HERE.  I decided that I didn't want to make such a big album.  I thought the idea of making a small brag book/card for my mom was alittle more do-able for me.  So here is what I came up with... I posted this project and a couple other pictures on The Rubber Cafe' Blog the other day. 

I decided I wanted to make another of these for a sweet friend of mine who is going thru a rough time.  I tweaked this idea just alittle more and came up with this.

For this project, I used some smaller paper bags from Michael's Celebration Line of stuff.  These bags are smaller than the regular lunch sacks.  The first thing I did was to cut/emboss the open edge with Classic Scallop Edgeabilities and Classic Decorative Insert Four Edgeabilities.  Once that was done, then you cut open the bag down each side just to where the bag starts to make a triangle for the bottom.....clear as mud?   This is what it should look like.

Here is what the bag looks like flat and opened up.

Now turn the bag over and this is what it will look like.

Glue those flaps down so everything looks alittle more tidy.  I didn't do that on my first bag book and it really does look alittle nicer.

Now you can cover the front of the bag with some cardstock.  For my front panel, I used the Edgeabilities to match the bag.

Open the bag  and put some strong adhesive along those flaps but DON'T glue the flaps down to anything.  You are going to adhere some cardstock to the flaps and create a pocket.  

I cut a piece of Pink Lemonaide Pop-Tones cardstock to fit slightly smaller and then I cut/embossed using the Classic Scallop Edgeabilities and Classic Decorative Inserts Edgeabilities and then took the tape liner off and adhered into place.

Here is what the pocket looks like.  

Now its time to decorate the bag.  On the front, I used the smallest rose in the Rose Garden Stamp set (The Rubber Cafe').  I wanted my roses to be sparkly, so after stamping them, I applied some Emboss Gloss (Clearsnap) and sprinkled on some Iridescent Embossing Powder.  After I heat set the embossing powder, I cut them out.

Here is a close-up of a rose and the MB2-006 Hearts Two Bezel I used.  For the bezel, I put a bunch of little pearls inside and poured my ICE Resin then I added the little seed pearls.  Now this had to sit and cure overnight.

Here is the inside.

Here is what I put in the pockets.

This was a very fun project to make.  I love working with ICE Resin.  I use the 1 oz. Syringe because then you don't have to measure.  You just push out how much you need into a little plastic cup and you can put a cap on the syringe until you want to use it again.  

Let me know if you want to see more in-depth tutorials on how to use ICE Resin.  I would be happy to put something together to show you.

Hope you have a great weekend!  Here are a list of supplies with links to products you may want to check out!

Supplies Used:

• Stamps - Rose Garden (The Rubber Cafe')
• Cardstock - Pink Lemonaide 100# and Whip Cream 100# Pop-Tones (Discount Cardstock)
• Patterned Paper - London Market Collection (Pink Paislee)
• Dies - E8-001 Classic Scallop Edgeabilities®, E8-012 Classic Decorative Insert Four Edgeabilities®, S5-176 A-2 Floral Ribbon Threader, S5-006 Curved Rectangles (Spellbinders™ Paper Arts)
• Ink - Rich Cocoa Memento Ink (Tsukineko)
• Accessories - MB2-006 Hearts Two Bezel, ICE Resin, Emboss Gloss (Clearsnap), Ivory Ribbon (Really Reasonable Ribbon), Tulle Ribbon (Hobby Lobby) 

 

 

So Proud Of You!

Hello!  Hope you are having a great holiday weekend!  Sorry its been awhile since I posted but I have been working hard creating projects that I can't share just yet.  I know I hate to read that on other blogs but that is just the truth! Believe me when I say you will be so happy when you see this stuff!  LOL

Here is a card I made for a graduate in our family.  I used some retired Pink Paislee Hometown Summer papers and embellishments to make this card.  It was super easy and fast to make because the papers are just so cute!!

I printed the sentiment out using the computer and trimmed it to look like a mini-banner. I hope you enjoy your holiday weekend.  Special thanks from me & my family to all those who have served and are serving in the military to keep us safe & happy.  We are having a special party with our close friends and family to celebrate together.  It will be awesome!

Love Life Mini Album!

For the past couple of weeks, I have been working on a mini album using various Grand Nestabilities.  I have to say that I don't know what I am going to put in it yet but I think it has started out to be pretty cool.  I wanted to share with you what I have made so far.

Can you see the different Grand Nestabilities I have used?  I used Creative Book Pages, Grand Big Scalloped Circles, Grand Labels Four and Grand Labels One.  I used the largest dies in the Creative Book Pages for the size and cut each page to fit just where I wanted them too.  I used some large eyelets and lacey ribbon to hold them together.  All the patterned paper is from Pink Paislee's Vintage Vogue collection.  The base of each page is some cereal box weight chipboard.  When you cover that with a sheet of patterned paper on each side, it becomes quite sturdy!

Here are some pictures of the various pages.......

 

 

I think I will have my oldest daughter help me put her High School Graduation pictures in this mini album.  It's always fun to finish a project like this with the person you are giving it too.  That way they can help pick their favorite pictures and journal about their favorite memories.  Of course, since she is away at college it will have to wait for summer......or spring break.  But I can wait!!  LOL

Third Scrapbook Page

Well its the start of the third week in January and I am keeping to my resolution to make one scrapbook page a week!  Pretty proud of myself!!  I have only shown you 2 of the 3 scrapbook pages.  I will show you the third one when I can......I made it for a pub call!

The base of this scrapbook page is 12 x 12 sheet of Kraft cardstock.  The patterned paper is from the Pink Paislee collection - Vintage Vogue.  I love the colors and bling that came in the collection.   Even the wooden alphabet was part of the collection!!  For the alphabet, I sponged the letters with purple ink and then used a Signo White gel pen to doodle on them.  I thought it made them look much cuter!  The was a really easy scrapbook page and was pretty fast.  The only thing that took time was that I had to wait for the glimmer mist to dry on the Simply Smooth white cardstock.  I just gave a few good sprays of the mist and then let it dry.  I also matted the black and white pictures of my daughter onto some New Piggy Pink cardstock.  I just love the name and the color of that cardstock!!  LOL

Did you make a New Year's Resolution?  What is it and have you stuck to it?  I would love to know!  Hope you have a great Sunday!

Have You Taken A Crafty Class Lately?

Well, its been a long time since I was the student in a class.  Last Saturday, after teaching my Spellbinders Flowers Class at For Keeps Sake Scrapbook Store, I decided to stick around and take the next class.  The teacher for this class was Tammy Tutterow.  Wow, was it a great class!  Full of great products from Pink Paislee with some new stuff I had never used before.  I made the whole project during the class without any major screw-ups.  It was so much fun!  Plus I am hoping that by taking a class that uses new products and new techniques will help me out of this creative slump I am in!

Here is what I made!

 

 This is an 8 x 10" canvas.  We used Claudine Hellmuth Studio Multi Medium.  In the past, I have always used Modge Podge.  Well I have to say that the Multi Medium worked much better, dried faster and didn't buckle or bubble my paper.  I will be getting some ASAP!! 

 Here are a few close-ups of the Home Sweet Home Canvas. 

 
As you can tell, I had a great time learning to make this wonderful canvas.  I have it hanging up in my crafty room.  It just makes me smile when I see it!!  Hope you have a great weekend!