My scrappin' life

Crew Member Wednesday With Linda

Hi everyone! Welcome to another Crew Member Wednesday. It's Linda's turn today and she created a gorgeous little gift box. Isn't this just the perfect idea, right in time for Christmas?!! 

 

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Hi there.

December is getting closer and for many people it’s the season for giving gifts.

Today I want to share a box I’ve made.

 

I’ve found this flat box at a local craft store. I took it apart and and added pattern to it with a Carabelle Studio embossing folder designed by Birgit Koopsen
I then painted the outside with black acrylic paint and let it dry.
I inked the black paint with Distress Oxide and let it dry.
I then went over the red ink with gold acrylic paint using a sponge. The Distress oxide ink mixed in to the acrylic paint and gave it a red gold look. When dry I built the box and started on the star decoration.
To create the star I used embossing powder gold and then some gold ink spray. Cut out the stars and decorate the box after closing it.

 

Products used in this project:

 

Wishing you all a creative season!

Linda

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Linda

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Crew Member Wednesday With Karin

Hello! It's crew member Wednesday and today we have Karin with a set of gorgeous tags! Love, love, love the colors!!

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I got inspired by the beautiful colors of nature and the falling leafs and therefore I decided to create something with one of Birgit's gorgeous leaf stamps!

I started with a gelprint out of my stash and cut it into two tags.

Then I stamped them with the "leaf" stamp.

The next thing I did was stamping the "leaf" on a sheet of paper and I colored them with ecoline markers.

I cut them out and glued them on the already stamped images on the tags.

And as a final touch I added some splashes of gold ecoline.

Product used in this project:

Karin

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Crew Member Saturday With Andrea

Hello there and welcome to Crew Member Saturday! Can you believe it is already September, wow, time flies! First Saturday of the month so here's another guest designer post! 

Today we have Andrea who created some lovely colourful tags using lots of layers. And you know I love layers, right?! Also she did something that freaks out a lot of people but that I would totally do (and have done)! Check it out :)

 

 

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Hi Andrea here!

I made these two tags by doing something that is quite terrifying: cutting up a perfectly good stamp!  While it was a scary move, I do believe in making products match whatever purpose YOU have in mind and that’s what I did with this project.

I started with a piece of Strathmore Mixed Media paper that I glued pieces of an old book page onto.  I also had some great Washi tape that I stuck on.

Next I slathered on layers of acrylic paint with a palette knife.

 

To keep the colors from being too out of control, I covered most of the page with a layer of white acrylic paint.

 

I sprayed on some acrylic ink in bright pink and turquoise and let it dry.

 

I cut two tag shapes out of my background page using a die-cutting machine and tag dies.

 

Using embossing ink, I stamped the tags with the lovely Background with Circles stamp, then I sprinkled white embossing powder on them and heat-set them.

 

And now the crazy part!  I took the fabulous Stitched Mixed Media Background stamp and cut it into strips!  I did this because I adore the patterns and designs and thought they’d look great in individual strips, too.  And I figured I could always stick them back together for the whole stamp look.

 

 

I chose a few of my freshly-cut “stamp strips” and stamped them onto my tags then heat-embossed them with black powder to make them stand out.  I also used an image from the I Heart Washi Tape stamp set.

 

I added a little square of patterned paper to reinforce the hole at the top of the tag and topped it off with a Christmas ornament hook.

 

To finish off my tags, I glued on some poetry sentiments that I cut out of an old book.

Products used in this project:

Andrea

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Andrea

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Crew Member Wednesday With Karin

Hello! Welcome to Crew Member Wednesday. Karin is here today using my newest "For The Love Of Layers" stencil and she created a beautiful layered art journal spread with it! 

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I recently added an incredibly cool stencil from Birgit to my stash and had to use it on this Art Journal spread.

First I made a colorful background with some paint and on top of that I used the stencil with black water-resistant ink.

Then I applied some color accents with a white pen and some acrylic markers.

Because stamping on a busy background is rather difficult, I stamped the tulips on a white paper. I colored the parts I wanted to use with ecoline markers. And cut them out and applied the tulips to the background.

Finally I added a text to it. It is in Dutch and it means something like "When you let go of control, the most beautiful things happen".

Products used in this project:

 

Karin

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Crew Member Wednesday With Karen

Hi there! It's Crew Member Wednesday again and today we have Karen who is sharing a simple but fun way to create lovely journaling cards. I love how these turned out, clean and simple but beautiful!

 

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Hi everyone! It’s time for another Crew Member Wednesday and I’m making these great little journaling cards which are perfect to add into your art journal, planner, diary… whatever you’d like really! I’m using a super easy masking technique as well to make a really lovely layered look.

 

I’m using the “Life is pretty awesome” stamp set and I picked out the middle sized flower and I cut down some card stock to 3” x 4” and I stamped the flower onto a post it note so that I would have a “mask” that I can easily reposition. My post it note had lines on it as it was the first ones I had to hand, you can use any one for this or even some paper if you don’t have a post it note.

 

 

I cut around the edges of the post it mask and set it to one side. I then took my staz on ink pad in black and stamped the image off the edge of my journaling card. I wanted to create a border like effect around the edges of my cards.

 

 

Once I had one image stamped I added my mask over the top and stamped again. This means that you can create the effect of the flowers being “layered” one behind the other.

 

 

I kept going right along the edge of the card and created some others, varying the direction and the pattern that I created.

 

 

I went in with my micron marker to add in some lines for my journaling to go on to. You can totally use a ruler for this part if you would like but I really liked the free hand, slightly squiggly lines that I drew for my cards.

 

 

I then went in with some of my watercolor crayons to add in some colors to the journaling cards that I had made. I kept it simple with a few light washes and layers. I left one blank so if I wanted to add in a different color to match a page I could!

 

 

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and it inspires you to either make some cards of your own or give the masking technique a try!

 

 

Product used in this project:

Karen

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Crew Member Wednesday With Hermien

Hello and welcome to Crew Member Wednesday!! 

Today it's Hermien's turn and she made some lovely cards in bright yellow and magenta, such a gorgeous color combination! She's sharing her process here with you!

 

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It took a while to get into the inspirational mood, in fact it took so long I even dared to think that the creativity had stayed at my old home and that it was there to stay... but nonsense of course!

I made a few cards I liked (but not a lot ;-)) and then I decided to get my fingers dirty and to paint over the background was the answer. And this is the result.

 

First I made a background by randomly spreading paint with an old creditcard, dabbing paint through those beautiful masks and stamping the text before cutting the (300gr watercolour) paper into 6 squares.

Then I used some favorite 'Birgit' stamps and embossed those on top followed by (finger) painting around the embossed print.

Very simple but effective!

The flowers even looked like a small painting, so no extra's were added.

The hearts did get some washi tape and the 'awsome' stamp to make it complete.

I hope you like them as much as I do (or is this only a feeling of relieve after my creative melt down??? ☺☺☺)

Products used to create these cards:

Hermien

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Hermien

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Crew Member Wednesday With Karin

Hello! Welcome to Crew Member Wednesday. Today we have Karin with an explosion of color. I totally love the idea of die cutting circles out of these papers with so many patterns and details and colors. Karin made some beautiful cards with them but just imagine what more you can do with them, like using them in your art journal! 

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Hello, it's Karin here!

Because I'm almost out of cards, I decided to make some.

First I made two inked backgrounds (A4) and used a lot of different stamps on it.

I edited the stamped prints with markers and a white pen and I also applied some nice glitter to the backgrounds using WOW! FabFoil. I added some accents with a mask.

Then I punched everything in circles with a circle punch and glued the circles on a firm piece of paper. I cut the paper into squares and at last I glued the squares onto green cardstock.

Products used in this project:

Karin

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Crew Member Wednesday With Karin

Hello! Welcome to Crew Member Wednesday. Today it's Karin's turn and she made a clean and simple yet eye catching colourful project using Ecoline markers. She is thinking about framing it and I think she definitely should! 

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Hello, it's Karin here!

Today it's my turn to make something for the Crew Member Wednesday and I made something clean & simple and I had fun creating it!

I started on a piece of cardboard (30x 40 cm or 11,81 x 15,75 inch) and I used one of Birgits stamps on it. I loved the kind of Mandala shaped patern which emerged.

I gave the peacock feathers some color with ecoline markers and that was it. I think I'm going to frame this creation.

Stamp used for this project:

Karin

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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 Saturday With Andrea

It's Crew Member Saturday and I can't believe that we are already in March and having our 3rd guest designer post of the year! 

Today we have Andrea who has a bold and colourful style and uses lots of texture. If you don't know Andrea then click here to find the links to her beautiful and eye catching art!

 

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I had an English professor who taught me to always carry a notebook with me for recording my thoughts and ideas.  This lesson has stuck, so I love making notebooks that reflect my love of words and art.  This is a store-bought notebook that I made a snazzy cover for.

I started by using the Background with Circles stamp.  I stamped and heat-embossed some circles onto white and black background paper, then colored in some of the circles with acrylic paint and added some scraps of Washi Tape.

Next I cut out the circles and some rectangular scraps.

With my accent pieces cut out, I started on my background.  I glued scraps of text paper to my cover page and rubbed white paint through the Triangle Mesh stencil.

When the paint dried, I stamped Balloon Flowers onto my page (very lightly- just enough to figure out the placement).  I added some Brushos watercolor crystals and spritzed the page with water.

I finished the page off by coloring the Balloon Flower lines with a Black Sharpie and gluing on the circles and rectangles.  I added some bright-colored smears of ink and paint.  When the paint dried, I sewed the cover to my notebook.

Products used for this project:

 

Andrea

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