Cinderella Journal Embellishment No. 2

Good morning

Today I am sharing a video showing how I created a windowed tag

to embellish my Cinderella Little Golden Book Journal

You will find full details in this video

Thanks for spending part of your day here with me today

Till next time

Stay safe

Hugs

Julie

 

July Cyber Crop at Mystical Scrapbooks

Good morning

I have got a layout to share today.

I created this layout for the Cyber Crop at Mystical Scrapbooks.

You will find the Cyber Crop here

There are three challenges in this Crop and this layout if for the challenge 

that requires you to use a flip on your layout.

You can see what I mean in the photos below.

The centre photo opens out to reveal two more photos underneath.

I used papers from the Uniquely Creative Steampunk Safari collection for this layout.

To create the background I used Scattered Straw and Rusty Hinge Distress Inks through 

Bee Arty - Abstract Daisy - Bee the Sunshine stencil

I also stamped with Vintage Photo Distress Ink and Uniquely Creative's Numeric Mark Making Stamp

I have two photos measuring 3 1/2" x 6" and three measuring 3" x 6".

The smaller photos are in the flip section of my layout.

I used Steampunk Safari - Technical paper to matt the photos and to make the flip.

I used Uniquely Creative's Steampunk Safari - Awesome and Basic Grey's Green at Heart - Kermit papers behind the two outside photos along with a piece of the same cardstock I used to matt the whole layout.

I have sewn around everything with my sewing machine and black thread, 

including a circle in the middle of the layout.

To embellish the layout I used some items from the Steampunk Safari Creative Cuts 

and some fussy cut items from Steampunk Safari - Unique patterned paper

I cut the title from black cardstock using my Kaisercraft DD700 Alphabet Upper Case die.

I added a coat of Glossy Accents.

My process video is below.

In the video I also show you how I add my layout to a page protector 

in my album so the flip can be opened.

Don't forget to pop over to Mystical Scrapbook and check out the Cyber Crop

Thanks for being here today

Till next time

Stay safe

Hugs

Julie

Off The Rails Scrapbooking July 2022 Challenge

Hello hello

Today I am sharing the page I created for the July challenge at Off The Rails Scrapbooking.

You will find the challenge here.

The challenge is to use outback/desert colours.

Here is my layout

The photo on this page was taken during my trip to Egypt in 2019 when we were able to travel.

The top photo was one I purchased, it was taken many years ago from a slightly different angle to

mine but I wanted to show the "before & after" photos.

The papers I have used for this layout are from a Craft Concepts paper pad

called Vintage Grunge printed in 2012, so you can see I have had it in my stash for some time.

I chose a mustard coloured paper with brown script for the background.

The papers are double sided so I used both sides of the red spot paper plus the striped paper.

All of the papers were torn to size using my Deckle Rulz tearing ruler.

The red spot paper is approximately 5 1/2" wide, the striped paper is approximately 3" wide 

and the last paper is approximately 2" wide.

I used double sided tape to attach these to the background 

so they are evenly spaced across the page.

I used an emery board to file around the edges of my photos and 

matted them onto some cream cardstock.

They were attached to the layout with scrap chipboard pieces behind them.

I created the title using my computer.

I typed the title using Black Oak Std font in size 28.

This was printed onto a piece of the same cardstock that the photos are matted on.

Once it was trimmed to size I backed it with scrap chipboard pieces to attach it to the layout.

The cameras, tags and suitcase embellishments were stamped onto patterned paper and heat embossed.

The suitcase is a stamp from Magnolia, the tags are from Kaisercraft's Now Boarding stamp set 

and the cameras are from Kaisercraft's Happy Snaps stamp set.

Here is my video

I hope you enjoy it

Thank you for spending part of your day here with me today

Till next time

Stay safe

Hugs

Julie

Off The Rails Scrapbooking May Challenge

Good morning

Today I am sharing the layout I created for the May challenge at Off the Rails Scrapbooking

The challenge for this month is Black & White with only one other colour.

I have chosen blue as my other colour

I have gone with a simple clean layout for this challenge.

The minimalist look seems to be appealing to me at the moment.

I have added Modelling Paste through TCW Chevron stencil 

to the centre section of my white cardstock background. 

I have not been too particular with this application 

as I am looking for a random type of feel.

My colour is added by spraying Tattered Angels Jazz Blue Glimmermist 

at the top of the page and using extra water spray 

to help it run down the centre of the layout 

over some of the Modelling Paste.

When everything was dry I used Kaisercraft's Grid stamp 

and StayzOn Jet Black ink to stamp randomly over the background.

The patterned paper is from 2007, it is by Imaginisce and is 

Striped Sophistication from the Black Tie Optional range.

I tore this into strips using my Deckle edged ruler.

I inked the edges of the strips after I had torn the edges down 

to create an assortment of lengths then 

attached them to my background using Art Glitter Glue

My black & white photos were printed with the white border and measure 3" x 4 1/2".

I have attached pieces of cardboard to the back of the photos before attaching them to my layout.

To embellish the page I have painted 

Scrapmatts CB5156 Triangles 01 chipboard with black acrylic paint.

I cut the chipboard into three pieces and attached it to my page along side each of my photos

I used my fountain pen to draw a double scribbly border around the page.

A little more detail was added to the background by splattering some of the 

Glimmermist and black acrylic paint lightly, mostly to the central area of the layout.

The title was cut from black cardstock using Kaisercraft's DD735 Uppercase Alpha dies.

Once it was attached to the layout using my t ruler, reverse tweezers and Art Glitter Glue

I coated it with Glossy Accents. This gives a beautiful glossy finish when it is dry

Here is my process video. 

I hope you enjoy watching it.

Thank you for spending part of your day here with me today

Till next time

Stay safe

Hugs

Julie

DT layout for Off the Rails Scrapbooking

Good morning

My layout today was created for the Moodboard over at Off the Rails Scrapbooking

This is the Moodboard

This is my layout

I have used Kaisercraft's Now Boarding and After Five patterned papers.

They are very old and I don't think they are still available.

I have trimmed the mustard coloured cardstock for the background to 11 1/2" square.

I trimmed the bottom of the mustard cardstock on an angle from the bottom left corner up about 1" on the right hand edge and backed that with a piece of Now Boarding - Terminal patterned paper.

The mustard background was attached to black cardstock.

I used TCW Chevron Tiles stencil and Ripe Persimmon Distress Ink, applied with my domed blending tool, to create a pattern on the mustard cardstock.

I also ran around the edge of each of the squares on the stencil with a fine black pen to outline each shape.

Now Boarding - Cabin Crew was trimmed to 6 1/2" x 8"

After Five - Corsage was trimmed to 3" x 10 1/2" A fishtail was cut in each end

Now Boarding - Boarding Pass was cut to 2 1/4" x 9 1/2" A fishtail was cut in each end

All of these were then matted onto black cardstock that was cut a 1/4" larger, 

giving a 1/8" boarder all around.

The photos were also matted on black in the same manner.

These were attached to the layout. The largest piece of patterned paper and the photos were 

attached with cardboard behind them.

To embellish the page I used a tab from the collectables pack and several items that I had stamped, heat embossed and fussy cut using a Kaisercraft stamp set. 

I can't remember the name of the stamp set but I could look it up if anyone would like to know its name.

The title was printed on Now Boarding - Boarding Pass and attached between the two photos.

Here is my process video

I hope you enjoy watching it.

Thank you for spending part of your day here with me today

Till next time

Stay safe

Hugs

Julie

Mystical Scrapbooks March Challenge

Hi there.

Today I am sharing the layout I created for the March challenge over at Mystical Scrapbooks.

The theme over there this month is mood boards and there are two of them to choose from

 or maybe even create a layout for both of them.

This is the moodboard this layout was created for.

This is my layout

The background for this layout started life completely different to how it links now.

I gave my white cardstock a coat of white Gesso.

Originally I used Distress Inks and plastic packaging to colour where the red is now. 

I used Barn Door but when it dried it was more pink than bright red.

Not happy with the colour I used a sponge to dab red acrylic paint over the top of the ink.

I then splattered white acrylic paint over the red.

The flower frame is a cut file from Page Evans

I stamped a text stamp with StayzOn Jet Black ink all over the cut file.

I used Distress Ink Mustard Seed and a wet brush to colour the cut file and then

Carved Pumpkin and a fine brush to add a little detail to the centre of the flowers.

I punched a few circles from white cardstock, stamped them with the same stamp and ink

to fill the holes in the centre of the flowers.

I used Art Glitter glue to attach the cut file to the page 

so it sat over the painted section of the background.

I am using a 6" x 4" photo, I filed around the edge of the photo with 

an emery board before matting it onto some orange cardstock.

I also added some cardboard to the back of the mat.

This assembly was then attached to the layout.

I used Heartfelt Creations Daisy Patch Flowers to stamp and heat emboss three layers of the flower.

I used Mustard Seed and Barn Door Distress Inks to colour the flower.

I also stamped and heat embossed Picket Fence - Flowers for the Picking.

I used my flower shaping tools to shape all of the flowers.

All of the flowers were attached to the layout with liquid glue.

I trimmed my white background down to 11 1/2" square and matted it 

onto a 12" piece of black cardstock to give it a nice dark border

The title was die cut from black cardstock using my 

Kaisercraft DD700 Alphabet Upper Case dies

and attached using my t-ruler and liquid glue.

I used my fountain pen to draw a double scribbly border around the page and the flower centres

I have a process video you might like to watch

Thank you for spending part of your day here with me today.

Till next time

Stay safe

Hugs

Julie

Art Journal page using Alcohol Inks

Good morning

Today's post shares an Art Journal page that I created using Alcohol Inks for my background

I don't use alcohol inks very often and am by no means an expert with them 

but I am very happy with the way my page turned out.

I have used Office One A4 180gsm Gloss Photo Paper for my base.

This paper came from my Mum and is not as glossy as some of the other gloss photo papers I have.

I wasn't sure if it was going to work but figured I would give it a try, nothing to loose right...

I sprinkled blending solution onto half of the A4 sheet. 

I decided to work on half the sheet at a time because the alcohol inks 

dry quite quickly and I did not want them to dry before 

I had the opportunity to move them around and get the look I was going for.

Next I added the alcohol inks.

I am using Paper Mill Shimmer alcohol inks for this page.

The colour I used are Lime Green, Grass, Ocean Blue and Sea Breeze

I also added a few drops of Slate, this is not a shimmer.

I used my Couture Creations "puffer" tool to move the ink around, adding more blending solution and ink 

as needed to get a nice all over cover

I then added several drops of Ranger Fixative in Gold. 

I did not move this around because I wanted it to look like gold splatter.

I set this aside to dry. You can dry it with your heat gun 

but I find that moves the colour around a bit more 

and I prefer to let it dry naturally.

To add more interest to my beautiful shimmery background 

I splattered some slightly watered down acrylic paints using my fan brush.

The paints I used were 

Black Gloss, Golden Turquoise, Sparkling Sapphire Pearl and White Frost Pearl.

The focal point for my page was created by using my Big Shot to die cut white cardstock 

using a Hexagon die I purchased from Downunder Scrapbooking. It is GD2056.

I cut it from both white and pearl gold cardstock to see which one I preferred.

I chose the white because it stood out from the background better.

I used Art Glitter glue to attach the hexagons to the page.

To help my hexagons look like they are part of the page 

and to help them stand out a little more I used my Stabile All pencil in black

 and a water brush to shade around each hexagon.

I used a black fine point Sharpie to draw a double lined border 

around the page and then coloured black squares between those two lines.

A Copper 250 Opaque Texta marker was used to fill in the blank squares in the border. 

This colour is very close to the colour of the gold splatters in the background.

A fine white scribbly border, made with my fineliner bottle and watered down acrylic paint, 

was added to the inside of the border to finish it off.

I like to mix fonts for my quotes so I have used 

Kaisercraft's DD735 Uppercase Alpha die and black cardstock

 to cut "OPEN" and then printed "your mind" onto copier paper

to complet the quote.

I used Art Glitter glue to attach the title to the page.

A 0.7mm white Posca pen was used to highlight the black letters.

I have to say I really enjoyed making this page.

I love the look you get with alcohol inks and plan on using them more frequently in the future.

I have a process video

I hope you enjoy watching it.

Thank you for spending part of your day here with me today

Till next time

Stay safe

Hugs

Julie

 

Mystical Scrapbooks Cyber Crop

Good morning

Today I want to share the layout I created for the February Cyber Crop at Mystical Scrapbooks.

This is the sketch I used.

This challenge requires you to use the sketch and to add gold to your project.

Here is my layout

The outer frame of the layout is Kaisercraft's Time Machine - Mechanism paper that I have cut the middle out of leaving a 1" frame.

The background of the layout is Uniquely Creative's Drive & Fly - Engine paper

 that I have trimmed to 11 1/2" x 11 1/2"

I used Kaisercraft's Crackle stencil and some black Gesso randomly to add some interest at the top and bottom of the layout.

Once the gesso was dry I rubbed Art Alchemy Metallique Wax in White Gold.

I trimmed Uniquely Creative - Drive & Fly - Train to 7 1/2" x 12"

and two strips of Mechanism 3/4" x 12".

The strips were added to the 12" edges of the Train paper

Next I trimmed a piece of Kaisercraft - Time Machine - Ironclad to 4" x 10" and tore the two 4" edges.

A little more gold was added to the layout by heat embossing a frame from Memory Maze's Junky Frame and Arrows chipboard with embossing ink and Stampendous Aged Gold embossing enamel.

I cut the frame in half so I could off set it on my layout.

I used an emery board to file around the edges of my photos and matted them onto the Mechanism paper.

I also added some scrap chipboard to the back of the photos.

I used my Scan N Cut to cut my title and three tropical leaves.

Time now to attach all of my elements to my page. I used Art Glitter glue for this.

Here is my process video

I hope you pop over to Mystical Scrapbooks and check out the Cyber Crop

Till next time

Stay safe

Hugs

Julie

Mystical Scrapbooks February Challenge

Good morning

Today I am sharing the layout I created for the February challenge at Mystical Scrapbooks

There is a sketch challenge this month and this is the sketch I created for the challenge.

There are two challenges and two sketches for you to use.

The added requirement for this challenge is to use some altered chipboard on your page.

This is my layout

You can see it closely follows the sketch.

The paper I have used for this layout is Mechanism from Kaisercraft's Time Machine range.

The background is white cardstock

I tore two strips approximately 2" wide and 2 approximately 1/2" wide 

and layered the 1/2" strip behind the 2" strips.

These were then attached to the sides of my layout.

My photos are 4" x 3", I filed around the edge of each one 

with an emery board to give a thin white border.

I then matted them onto the dark side of the Mechanism patterned paper

I have added scraps of chipboard to the back of my photos 

to give them a little lift when I attach them to my layout

I have used two packets of chipboard on my layout.

Dusty Attic Cog Border #3 and

Memory Maze Live Every Adventure

I coated the chipboard with white Gesso and then

Silver metallic acrylic paint

I wanted the Dusty Attic Cog Border #3 to look a bit rusty and old 

so I added some textured brown paint, 

that I have had in my stash for about 20 years,

just randomly around the edges.

I also had some Uniquely Creative Silver Metal Cogs.

I painted these with the same silver metallic paint so they had the same look as my chipboard.

I tucked the border chipboard edge under the side strips, 

using liquid glue to hold it in place.

I attached the photos to the layout, then added the single cogs, both chipboard and metal,

so some of them overlapped the photos.

I wanted some of the chipboard elements on the side panels. 

I painted them with black acrylic paint so they would stand out better on the green paper

 and attached them using Art Glitter glue.

I find that this glue works extremely well for attaching chipboard and metal objects.

To create the title I used my Kaisercraft Alphabet Upper Case dies

 to cut "Toys" from the same patterned paper.

I attached these to a piece of acetate, added thin strips of chipboard 

behind the first two letters, before attaching it at the bottom of my page 

so it overlapped the vacant area of the bottom photo.

I gave the title a coat of Glossy Accents for a nice shine.

Here is my process video. I hope you enjoy watching it.

Thank you for spending part of your day here with me today

Till next time

Stay safe

Hugs

Julie

Live your best Life Art Journal page

Hello, hello

Welcome to my blog today where I want to show you an art journal page I have just completed.

I used Gelatos to colour the background. The colours I used are

Lemon, Red Cherry, Tangerine, Gold Champagne and Butter Cream

Once the colours were dry I gave my page a coat of Boyle Matt Spray

to seal it so the colours would not move when I added any other mediums.

I cut the circles from both white and black cardstock using Kaisercraft DD942 Stitched Circle Die.

I used pearl acrylic paints to colour the circles.

I gave each circle a couple of coats of a light colour 

then shaded around the edges with a darker tone of the same colour.

The colours I used are Duncan brand pearl acrylics

Lemon Drop, Powder Blue, Sparkling Sapphire, Bright Turquoise, Golden Aqua, Golden Lime, Golden Turquoise, and Green

I also used Folk Art Metallic Pure Gold

I stencilled onto the background using a 13@rts broken circles stencil.

Firstly I used Duncan Natural Texture (gritty paste) in Pumpkin

then Duncan Pearl White acrylic paint.

The stamping on the background is done with Archival Jet Black Ink 

and an assortment of circle stamps.

One of the stamps is Kaisercraft's Stains stamp set 

and the other two are unknown brands.

I used my black Stabilo All pencil and a wet brush to shade around each of the circles 

before giving them a scribbly border using slightly watered down

 black acrylic paint in a Fineliner bottle.

The same bottle of paint was used to draw a scribbly border around the page.

I gave each of the circles a highlight using a flat brush and some watered down white acrylic paint.

The same watered down paint was used with my fan brush to add a good amount of splatters to my page.

The quote has been stamped using Tim Holtz Cling foam stamps from the block lower alphas set.

The centre part of the quote was printed using my Brother PTouch label maker.

There is a lot of texture and shine on this page.

Here is my process video for you to check out

As always, thanks for spending part of your day here with me today

Till next time

Stay safe,

Hugs

Julie

Merry Art Journal Page

Good morning

This will be my last post for this year and I want to take this opportunity to wish you all a very merry Christmas and a happy and healthy 2022.

I really appreciate the time you spend here on my blog and look forward 

to sharing more of my papercraft projects with you in the coming year.

A new year is always exciting I think, because we don't know what the future will bring for us

 and what changes we will make as the year goes by.

Today I want to share a Christmas Art Journal page.

I love Christmas trees and this page features a Christmas tree, although I have to admit that wasn't my original idea.

I had planned on having the baubles hanging from the top of the page and the background was going to look like the tree, so a closeup of the tree if you will.

The proportion of the baubles to the background did not look right to me when I tried this 

so I had a re-think and decided to make a Christmas tree shape using the baubles

 and I have to admit, I am quite happy with the results.

I used Woodware Bubble Mini Bauble stamp, Versafine Onyx Black Ink, Embossing Buddy, 

Clear embossing powder and smooth white cardstock to heat emboss twelve of the baubles.

I coloured each of the baubles with Distress/Distress Oxide inks, and a water brush, using two tones of each colour on each bauble, so they had a little shading.

 These are the colours I used:-

Distress Ink Bundled Sage & Distress Oxide Cracked Pistachio

Distress Oxide Shaded Lilac & Distress Ink Dusty Concord

Distress Oxide Tattered Rose & Distress Ink Spun Sugar

Distress Ink Mowed Lawn & Distress Ink Pine Needles

Distress Ink Faded Jeans & Distress Ink Chipped Sapphire

Distress Ink Barn Door & Distress Ink Fired Brick

Distress Ink Carved Pumpkin & Distress Ink Ripe Persimmon

Distress Ink Festive Berries & Distress Ink Candied Apple

Distress Ink Scattered Straw & Distress Ink Mustard Seed

Distress Ink Victorian Velvet & Distress Ink Picked Raspberry

Distress Oxide Salty Ocean & Distress Oxide Blueprint Sketch

Distress Ink Peeled Paint & Distress Ink Twisted Citron.

Once all of the baubles were coloured, I fussy cut them and 

inked around the edges, with Archival Jet Black ink

To create the background I used a sponge to pounce acrylic paint to the whole area.

I used Southwest Teal, Seabreeze Turquoise and Jade Green,

 blending them until I was happy with the look.

The texture for the background comes from putting Avocado Acrylic paint

through Kaisercraft's Lattice stencil,

Modelling Paste through TCW Mini Labyrinth 6" stencil

and stamping Uniquely Creative's Wavy Words stamp with Archival Jet Black ink.

I attached the baubles to the page using Gloss Gel, 

I also coated the whole page with the gel being careful 

not to smudge the inks used to colour the baubles. 

This will help the baubles to stay in place and allow me to use my 

black Stabilo All pencil to shade around the baubles.

I cut a base for my tree and a star from some gold cardstock and added them to the page.

To highlife the gold pieces I used a black paint marker

to draw faux stitching around their edges.

My title was die cut from black cardstock using Kaisercraft's DD700 Alphabet Upper Case dies.

To add some shine to my page I gave the larger circles on the baubles a coat of Glossy Accents

The final touch for the page was to use some watered down black acrylic paint

in a Fineliner bottle to draw a scribbly boarder.

Here is my process video

Well that's it for me for this year

Thank you for spending part of your day here with me today

Once again I hope your Christmas and New Year are all that you hope they will be

Till next time

Stay safe

Hugs

Julie