Book Week 18 | Sue Plumb

Hi everyone!

It's Sue Plumb here with my latest design team project for you. Today I am sharing an 8.5x11" mixed media scrapbook layout I created to document some photos of my daughter from last year. These were taken when her school was doing a book character parade to celebrate Book Week.

To create my page I first decided where my photos were going to be placed, then painted a quick background using Dina Wakley acrylic paints. Once the paint was dry, I added my stamping using black StazOn ink.

At the top of my page I used the This Book Belongs To: stamp, adding it twice, then once again below my photos. I then added the Chevron Banner and Triangle Banner, so they would adjoin each of my photos and help create flow across the page. 

At the bottom of my page, I added the Be Adorable quote stamp (which is filled with sentiments that I absolutely love that are very appropriate for my daughter). 

I then added a few papery layers to go under my photos. First, I stamped a pair of paint sample cards with the Library Return Card stamp. I love using these cards in my layering, as it makes it so easy to coordinate colours and they are free from my local hardware store. 

I also added some book paper, a paper doily, washi tape, frayed gauze and some black cord into my layers before sticking the photos on top. 

For my title, I used Cocoa Vanilla Studio alphabet stickers, then stamped the "18" using the Grunge 1 and Grunge 8 stamps. 

After that, it was simply a matter of adding some quick journaling with a felt pen and I was done. I couldn't believe how quickly this page came together - I love it when things just fall into place! 

Thanks for stopping by today so I could share this, I hope I have inspired you to get inky too!

Stamps used:

- This Book Belongs To:

- Chevron Banner

- Triangle Banner

- Be Adorable

- Library Return Card

- Grunge 1 

- Grunge 8

Other materials:

- Miracle Tape

- white cardstock

- Dina Wakley Media acrylic paints

- Tsukineko StazOn ink

- paint sample cards

- assorted collage materials (as mentioned above)

- Cocoa Vanilla Studio alphabet stickers

Girly Envelope with Distress Oxide Inks - Mail Art Monday with Susanne

Hi there!

Today I have to share a girly mail art envelope for a friend of my daughter. I am sure nearly every girl loves unicorns and glitter....

Here is what I did:
I picked a piece of watercolour card stock and inked it up with Distress Oxide Inks. I used: Picked Raspberry, Peacock Feathers and Spiced Marmalade.
After that I sprinkled water droplets onto the surface and dried it with my heat tool.

After building the envelope with the Envelope Punch Board, I used the "Chevron Banner" and the "Whimsical Thatched Heart" to stamp decorative borders to the top and bottom of my envelope.

I stamped the "Unicorn" onto white cardstock, cut it out and adhered it to my project.

As I wanted the word "Birthday" being very BIG and glittery, I masked the rest of the "Happy Mail Enclosed" stamp before inking it up. So I was able to stamp only the word "Happy" with different colours and different intensities onto the front.

Finally I cut out the Birthday sentiment from cardstock that was completely covered with Miracle Tape. This makes it really easy to cover it with glitter completely after cutting.

Thank you for stopping by today!
xx Susanne.

Supplies:
Viva Las VegaStamps!:
Whimsical Thatched Heart
Happy Mail Enclosed
Chevron Banner
Unicorn 
Others:
Distress Oxide Inks
STAMPlorations "Birthday" die
Archival Ink
WOW! Sparkles

Time to Celebrate- Mail Art Monday

Hello Again!!!

Welcome back for another fun Mail Art Monday project!!!

This one is super special to me. 

This was created in honor of my friends and I finally graduating dental hygiene school!

Yes, that's right... I'm officially a Registered Dental Hygienist!!! 

SO... Let's ... CELEBRATE!!!!

To start I began by stamping the creepy cone hat and creepy bald guy, and masking them off.  I also stamped the writing triangles and masked them off too.  At this time you should also mask of your desired address space (and trace around it).  

Now time to add the fun stuff...

Stamp the doodle frame first across the top, then the chevron banner below it... 

(because why have 1 banner when you can have 2 !?! ) 

Stamp Celebrate above the address box

Are you still hanging in there? 

Good! 

Time to pull this all together... I used Distress ink in blues, greens, and yellows to base ink the background... then to detail the background I randomly stamped the doodle dots and numbers set.

Now stamp the dictionary page around the edges to help pull focus to the center.   

Now, Lets see how things look without the masks.

(this is always one of my favorite parts!) 

Ok, now we are in the final stages!! 

Stamp the stitching on the address label and color everything in. 

(I used watercolor brush pens to color mine)

Then, to finish everything off I used black pan pastels to edge everything and make them pop!

Thanks for sticking in with me, I know this was a long one. 

I hope you enjoyed this piece as much as me!! 

Stamps Used:

Creepy Cone Hat

Creepy Bald Guy

Writing Triangles

Doodle Frame

Chevron Banner 

Doodle Dots

Numbers Set

Dictionary Page

Celebrate

Stitching

Sing Your Song

Hello again my lovelies!

Aimee here with a fun tag to share!

 

I hope you're all doing well and enjoying the spring weather.

Time to start sprucing up our outdoor areas and take care of those

household repairs we've been putting off.

 

Here's the tag I have for you today.

Wanna make it?

Yippeeeee!!

Let's go!

 

What you need:

Label embosser with black tape

Distress Inks- Mustard Seed, Black Soot, and some blues

Blending tool with foams

Adirondack ink- Stream

Tiny Attacher or other stapler

White gel pen

Glitter gel pen

Manilla tag

STAMPS: Washi Chevorn Background  & Birds on Wire

 Supplies not pictured: heat gun, water, washi tapes, embellishment,

Dylusions ink spray (blue).

 

1. Lay stencil on tag and spray with Dylusions ink spray. Dry.

2. Ink up tag with multiple shades of blue Distress Ink.

3. Ink tag with Mustard Seed in the center of the tag.

4. Spray a little water in your hand and flick it at the tag. Dry.

5. Ink around edges with Black Soot Distress Ink.

 6. Stamp Chevron Washi in bottom area of tag, using the darkest blue Distress ink.

 Looks AWESOME, don't ya think?

 

7. Slap on some washi tapes.

 

 8. Stamp Birds using the Stream Adirondack ink. Dry well.

9. Stamp the birds again, offset, with Black Soot Distress Ink,

and emboss with the clear Embossing powder.

10. Stamp Washi Chevron near the top of the tag using the dark blue Distress Ink.

11. Use the label maker and create the sentiment. Cut apart, and attach to tag using the Tiny Attacher.

12. Trace around the embossed birds using the glitter pen.

13. Use the white pen to create white dots around the birds.

14. Add an embellishment and you're done!

As always, here's your wiener!

My sweet, adorable little Daisy Dog.



 

Dream House Arch

It has been far too long since I've played with either of my favorite shapes - gothic arch and house - so this stamp just called to me when it arrived! :)  Luckily it arrived around the same time my arch die arrived for my Vagabond - so voila!  House art! 

Items used:  Whimsical House, Triangle Banner, Chevron Banner, Scowling Moon, and Alphabet used from Plate 1430. 

The background was colored using Tim Holtz Distress Stains, 3 shades of blue/green.  I took white acrylic paint and with a paper towel, dabbed in the clouds under the moon.  A bit of silver Distress Stain was added to the clouds.  From there, I stamped the banners in the background.  The house was actually stamped and trimmed from paper scraps.  Glitter was added to the house and to the trim of the arch.  Washi tape and sequins placed at the bottom.  "Dream House" was the final touch.