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!