Workshop update and a WOW layout!

Just a quick update. I’m in my hotel in Capelle aan de IJssel. It’s Friday the 13th.

My day went pretty well so far, hope yours is too! I will be teaching at Scrap4fun tomorrow and Sunday.

Just had a lovely dinner and the Scrap4fun DT is coming over here to meet up and have a drink together in about an hour. That will be fun!

About my workshop “The whole Shebang” that I will be teaching here… I had several people asking me if I would be teaching this workshop in my own studio in Winsum too, and yes I will!

 

A 15x15cm mini-album filled with techniques. We will be using gesso, acrylic paints, spray paints, distress inks, alcohol inks, aquamarkers, masks, stamps, embossing powders etc. on a variety of surfaces like wood, cardstock, metal foil, canvas, felt and transparencies, or in short, you will get the whole shebang! The workshop is scheduled for Saturday, march 24. Time: 10.00-17.00 Price: € 57.50 (lunch, drinks and snacks included)

If you are interested drop me an e-mail at scrappen@birgitkoopsen.nl

So this week I posted on the WOW! Embossing powder blog for the first time. Very exciting!!

 

I love to create with little strips and blocks of paper in different colors and with different patterns. I'm always left with a lot of scraps, big scraps, because sometimes I only use a one inch strip of a whole sheet of paper. Recognize that?

So why not create your own patterned paper and bring 1 single sheet of cardstock to great value?

For this layout I cut half a sheet of white cardstock into strips of different sizes. I stamped the strips with a variety of stamps and embossed them with different colors.

The tickets and leaves where also stamped on white cardstock and embossed.

The little butterflies are actually part of a flower stamp (Gratitude) of which I only used the top part. I applied them to the layout with staples so I could bend the wings.

Behind the picture you find a cake cup that was embossed with the same color which gives it a nice structure. I also did that with the flower.

The chipboard letters where first embossed with puff powder and then covered with fine clear embossing powder.

Supplies used:

WOW! Embossing Powders: Suzy West Whirly Pop, Tea Garden Green, California Sunshine, Bay Area Blue, Presidio Purple, Skyline Grey Puff and Clear Gloss Super Fine.

WOW! stamps: Brocade and Gratitude

Patterend paper and chipboard letters: Basic Grey, Flower: Prima Marketing inc., letterstickers: Lily Bee design, Other: Kraft cardstock, cake cup, black pen, Adhesives: Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L.

Thanks for stopping by today. Hope you got inspired to get you some of these wonderful powders and stamps and create some art work!

Have a wonderful and creative weekend!!

Birgit

 

Comments

[Maria Therese]

Beautiful layout!!

[Riikka]

Happy and bright LO!

I have to thank you for inspiring and lifting my creative mojo to a whole nother level! Thank you!

[Chantal]

Mooie LO Birgit. leuk idee met al die kleurtjes poeder. Ik vind de kleuren van WOW toch heel erg leuk hoor. Lekkere knalkleurtjes he. Toch weer eens iets anders dan de Ranger poedertjes. Je snapt het al, daar gaan we weer. Zal maar even kijken wie het verkoopt hier in Nederland.

[teddi]

i love it! the end. :)

[Adriana Noleto]

Perfect layout!
Loved it!
Cheers!