Journey Art Journal Page

This is one of my first attempts of art journaling. I've made some that turned out really bad, and some ok. This is the first one I think turned out really well.

The quote is "The Journey isn't over, it just changed course". I used the Tim Holtz. Postal Idea-Ology tissue paper. I glued that all down using Liquitex Gloss gel, you can get a matte gel, but I like the sheen of the gloss on my projects.
After the tissue paper was dry, I used some Tim Holtz Distress paints in Mustard Seed and Rusty hinge and the tissue paper.
I then stamped the arrow border using the My Mind's Eye Snapshot stamp set, and Ranger Archival Sepia ink. Because the Sepia ink was light, I then traced over the arrows with one of my Faber-Castel PITT brush pens in brown. I used a Heidi Swap stencil and Liquitex Modeling paste for the white arrows; I couldn't find a link to the exact stencil I used, but I did link to one that is similar.
For the quote I used Lawn Fawn's Quinn's ABC's to cut out some Recollection brown card stock, and then used a small alphabet stamp for the smaller letters. I don't know where I got the small alphabet stamp set, or what the brand is. I think it's just one of those inexpensive sets you can get at any craft store.
I also free-hand cut the brown card stock arrows, and glued them down with the Liquitex Gloss Gel.

Overall, I think it turned out nice.


Links
Ideaology Tissue Paper, Postal
Liquitex Gloss Gel
Distress Paint Mustard Seed
Distress Paint Rusty Hinge
Faber-Castell PITT Artist Pens
Ranger Archival Ink Sepia
MME Cut and Paste Stamp-Snapshots
Lawn Fawn Quinn's ABC's
Liquitex Light Modeling Paste
Heidi Swapp Stencil

Co-Worker Christmas Gifts

I finally figured out what I was going to do for the traditional Co-worker Christmas gifts. I don't know about you, but I sometimes have a hard time deciding on what to give. I don't bake, so baking cookies is out of the question. And making homemade caramel sounds like a bad idea, I think I would want to eat all the caramel instead of giving it away.

This year I decided to do a simple card inspired gift.

It's the size of an A2 card, but I made it into a pocket to hold a packet of hot chocolate mix. I don't have the name of the paper line I used, But I will make sure I update this post with all that wonderful information.I have about 20 co-workers, so I made 20 different cards.

Update: The paper line I used was DCWV Candy Cane Lane, it was the 12x12 stack I used, so it came with the different tags and cards that you can see on the packs. That's one of the nice things about using a 12x12 paper pad, you know everything will coordinate beautifully, but also, you get a couple pages of tags and cards.

As for how I made the pockets, I used Recollections 110 lb white card stock and cut it down to a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inch, side folding card. I then cut a couple strips of scratch paper to about 1 x 2 1/2 inches and 1 x 1/2 inches. I scored the small pieces of paper in half lengthwise and used them to close the card. It's kind of difficult to explain, so I will post some pictures later.
For the flap, I don't have an exact measurement. I put the envelope piece in my Martha Stewarts' score board, so that the paper would be at an angle, and scored at where I though would be a good place. Not really scientific, sorry.
I chose some papers from the paper pad, and cut all those down, to sizes I would need. For the plain red paper in the back I cut it down to 4 x 3 1/2 inches, no need to cut the paper to the whole 5 inches, no one will see it anyway, and it's a good way to stretch your supplies. I then cut 4 1/8 x 3 1/2 inches squares, and made them into triangles, I only used one square for each card, because I wanted the card to look like there was patterned paper on the inside. I also cut a large panel for the front, and chopped off a bit of the right corner, so there wasn't any bulk.
Putting together these were pretty easy, I created an assembly line, so I wasn't spending a lot of time on each one.

I think they turned out pretty cute, for putting them together late Sunday night.

Holly Jolly Santa Belt

Today I have a really simple card.

I used Recollections 110 lb card stock as the card base. I then cut a 5 1/4 x 4" panel of Simon Says Stamp Schoolhouse Red card stock. The sentiment is from the Simon Says Stamp Candy Cane Christmas, I stamped it with Versa Mark ink and then used Judikins white embossing powder. 

The ribbon is from Recollections, I cut a small strip of ribbon, and taped the ends behind the panel. I then used EK Success foam squares to attache the Schoolhouse Red card stock to the card base. 

I will add links to the products used later.

Happy Crafting!

Christmas Candies

 Hi Everyone, I have another Christmas card that I made using the Simon Says Stamp Christmas Candy Cane stamp set.

The inspiration for the card came from a Recollections paper pad called Jolly Holiday. I've had this paper pap in my collection for a couple years. It has some really cute images in it, and it uses non-traditional Christmas colors. Unfortunately it is no longer available.

I started this card using Recollections 110 lb white card stock, and made an A2 card base.
I measured about 1/2" from the bottom of the card and drew a very faint line with a pencil, to make sure I stamped the images straight. I then took the gum drop candy from the stamp set, and used Color Box pigment ink, in red, pin, orange, yellow, green and purple, and stamped the gum drop along the line. Because I was using pigment ink, and it takes a while to dry, I was able to add some embossing powder to the images. The embossing powder I used is a clear powder with glitter. This made the gum drops look like they had sugar all over them. The embossing powder I used was Recollections Clear Glitz sparkle.

After finishing the gum drops, I eye-balled the measurement for the swirl candies. I didn't do an exact measurement but it is smaller of the little line stamp that was in the stamp set. I then stamped the two small swirl candies from the stamp set, using Color Box Cranberry ink. I then covered the swirl candies in Recollections clear embossing powder, to give those candies that nice shiny look that those candies have.

I masked the swirl candies with some post it tape, and started stamping the little lines, or "toothpicks", from the stamp set. I used Simon Says Stamp Khaki ink for the toothpicks.



For the sentiment I used a sentiment stamp from an old stamp set I had. I'm not sure what the name of the stamp set is, but it is a Recollections brand. I stamped the Merry and Bright sentiment in Simon Says Stamp Schoolhouse red ink. I also stamped the small sentiment from the Candy Cane Christmas, on the inside, to finish the card.

This card was a lot of fun to make, and it turned out really cute.


Product Links
SSS Candy Cane Christmas
SSS Schoolhouse Red Ink
Recollections 110 lb White Card Stock
Colorbox Classic Queue Ink Pad
Colorbox Pigment Ink in Cyan
Colorbox Pigment Ink in Cranberry

Merry Christmas and Luminary Circles

Hi everyone, I have another card I'd like to share. This card I made using the Simon Says Stamp 2014 Holiday card kit and the Simon Says Stamp Luminary Circles Craft Dies. Unfortunately the card kit is no longer available, but you can still purchase the different components of the kit separately. I first die cut a piece of Recollections 110 lb white card stock using the Luminary Circles. After die cutting, I stamped the sentiment from the Candy Cane Christmas stamp set, included in the kit. I used the Schoolhouse red ink, that is also included in the kit.I then cut down a piece of the patterned paper that comes in the kit, to fit behind the Luminary Circles. I wanted to keep a red and white color scheme, so I chose the candy striped paper. I made the card base using the Schoolhouse red card stock in the kit, it's an A2 size, top folding card. I then put some EK Success foam squares, to add dimension.

I really liked the way this card turned out.

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Merry Christmas Polar Bear

I just love this image from Drawn with Character by Krista Heij-Barber.

I first printed the image out on Recollections 60 lb white card stock. I then die cut the image, 
using my Sizzix circle dies, I'm not sure on the circle size, but I think it's about 3 1/2". 
I then colored the image in using a variety of alcohol markers. Before coloring, I did choose 
my patterned paper, to make sure the colors matched. Copic Markers. Reds: R35, R29, R39;
 Greens G20, G21, G24. Black 100 for the nose. To shade the polar bear I used the Prismacolor
 Premier maker in PB-79, Brick White. I then outlined around the image using the Spectrum
Noir BT1, just to make the white parts look more white. 

For the patterned paper I used The Paper Studio's Woodland Wonderland 6x6 paper pad. 
I used the slightly larger Sizzix die, about 4", to make a mate for the image. 

The card base is made from Recollections 110 lb white card stock. For the red patterned paper,
 I created my own pattern using the Simon Says Stamp exclusive stamp Set Candy Cane 
Christmas' holly stamp. I stamped the holly's using Simon Says Stamp School House Red ink, 
for a tone on tone look. 

The sentiment is stamped using Versa mark ink and then heat embossed with Judikins white
 embossing powder. Sentifument comes from the Simon Says Stamp Be Joyful stamp set that 
was part of the November Card Kit. 

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