My scrappin' life

Crew Member Wednesday With Linda

Hi everyone! It's Crew Member Wednesday and we have Linda today showing how you can create a fun little case for her glasses from Kraft-text paper. What an interesting product and an awesome way of using it!

 

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Hello !

Today I want to show you a project where I’ve used Kraft-text paper for the first time. It feels like leather, act likes fabric and is made out of paper. Great to use with your sewing machine. As my first project I made a spectacle case for my reading glasses I always need to bring with me. I was inspired to make this just by looking at the beautiful eye stamp Birgit has designed.

Her is what I used.

First I measured up the paper for the case and an extra pocket for the lens cleaner

I stamped one of the eyes on  tissue paper so I could turn the image and make a perfect pair of eyes.

First stitching the pocket on to the sleeve, then I stitched the case together

The backside of the case looks fantastic with half of the Mandela stamp

I made a flap so I am able to close the case.

Some color was needed, nothing like blue on brown paper.

A white gel pen creates nice contrast to the black and brown.

The case ready to care for my glasses

Detail of the flap and pocket

Products used in this project:

Linda

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Crew Member Wednesday With Karin

Hi,  welcome to Crew Member Wednesday. Today it's Karin's turn and she made a really cool project! A birthday calendar!

What a great way to keep track of all those important dates and festivities. Just looking at it is a little celebration :)

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Hi, it's Karin here!

A few weeks ago I threw away my old birthday calender and therefore I decided to make a new one.

I made a couple of gel prints and used a lot off different stamps and stencils on them. 

I cut them into the right sizes and colored some of the stamped images with acrylic paint markers.

And at last I taped the  already printed  months on the gel prints and I clipped them on the clipboard and there it was…my new birthday calender!

Products used in this project:

    

 

Karin

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Thank you so much for stopping by!!

Make sure to drop by every Wednesday and every first Saturday of the month for ongoing inspiration by my fabulous Crew!

We would love to see your creations on Birgit's Mixed Media Art Crew Facebook page so if you created something inspired by one of the Crew Members or using any of my products then please share!

Also, if you don't want to miss a thing... follow our new Instagram feed: Birgit's Mixed Media Art Crew!

 

Karin

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Thank you so much for stopping by!!

Make sure to drop by every Wednesday and every first Saturday of the month for ongoing inspiration by my fabulous Crew!

We would love to see your creations on Birgit's Mixed Media Art Crew Facebook page so if you created something inspired by one of the Crew Members or using any of my products then please share!

Also, if you don't want to miss a thing... follow our new Instagram feed: Birgit's Mixed Media Art Crew!

Crew Member Saturday With DeeDee!

It's the first Saturday of the month, which means we have a guest crew member post today! 

DeeDee made this amazing little accordeon book. Look at all that gorgeous texture! Love it!!

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Hello again Birgit Fans ^_^ I'm just as excited if not MORE excited to share with you today as I was in January... I LOVE THIS PROJECT. First... here's a sneak peek ;) 

 

 

How delightful does that look??  I was already sold on the technique to make these amazing textures... but now I'm SUPER sold on how I USED them.

 

To start with I gathered some super sturdy water color paper and trimmed it down to a 3x4 inch size. I keep a stack of these babies close by for any sort of playing around or experimenting I might find myself wanting to do. I'm even doing my #the100dayproject challenge on them! They're small enough to work with quickly, while being big enough to DO things on. I used some Blick modeling paste and applied it in a VERY thick manner using my Catalyst tool. The layer was easily 1/8 inch thick. Then I heated the surface of the modeling paste thoroughly with a heat tool. I wanted the inside of the layer to remain pliable, while hardening the top layer. Once achieved, I took Birgit's Background with Circles XXL stamp and stamped it right into the paste. I did all 3 cards at once, because the stamp is SO BIG it easily stretched across all 3. Then I left the cards to dry. 

 

 

After the cards were completely cured I came in with some acrylic paint & had a play. I chose a gorgeous raspberry purple, a dark gray & a warm bone color. I applied the paint & heat dry. Then I brushed over the texture with some gesso. This technique highlights all of the raised surface of the rubber stamp... because I used the stamp in a relief type of application, the texture is actually the NEGATIVE space of the stamp. 

 

 

Then I stitched together some watercolor paper in an accordion style layout. I sewed 2 of the 3 modeling paste cards to the "covers" of the accordion... which yielded me a GORGEOUS little art journal! 

 

 

I realized the journal had a bit of "poof" to it, so I stitched a piece of muslin to the front & back. It ties on both sides to keep my little book perfectly closed. YAY! I can't wait to play inside this book... I also KNOW that the cover is not done enough for me... but it's such a fabulous starting off point.. I just can't even. I'm SO giddy!

 

 

Thanks for joining me today :) Visit my instagram page to see the journal operate! 

 

Stamp used in this project:

Other supplies:
Canson Watercolor Paper, Blick Artists Modeling Paste, Amsterdam Acrylics, Liquitex Gesso, Muslin (or similar 100% cotton fabric, natural)

 

DeeDee

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Thank you so much for stopping by!!

Make sure to drop by every Wednesday for ongoing inspiration by my fabulous Crew!

We would love to see your creations on Birgit's Mixed Media Art Crew Facebook page so if you created something inspired by one of the Crew Members or using any of my products then please share!

Crew Member "Wednesday" With Karen

I'm a day late, oops, but better late then never, right?! Today we have Karen sharing a lovely art journal spread that she created in an old book. Awesome colors and I love that home made washi tape using my "I heart washi" stamp set!

Check out the video to see Karen creating these wonderful pages!

 

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Hi everyone! It’s time for my latest Crew Member Wednesday and this project sees me playing inside of my altered book art journal. The page I ended up creating is a really simple one but I love the colors and vibrance of it.

 

I made my own paper washi tape by using Birgit’s stamps and I love how they turned out on the grid paper. It gives a lovely contrast to the book text on the spread page.

I hope you enjoy watching my tutorial and you get inspired to dig out your own altered book journals and get working inside of them! 

 

Products used for this project:

 

Karen

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Thank you so much for stopping by!!

Make sure to drop by every Wednesday and every first Saturday of the month for ongoing inspiration by my fabulous Crew!

We would love to see your creations on Birgit's Mixed Media Art Crew Facebook page so if you created something inspired by one of the Crew Members or using any of my products then please share!

Also, if you don't want to miss a thing... follow our new Instagram feed: Birgit's Mixed Media Art Crew!