Hello dear friends, I know it has been quite some time since I last posted on my blog. As most of you know I've had a lot going on with my daughters wedding....but it is done now (it was a beautiful wedding) and now I have time to get back to my creative work! My first order of business was to get a new Page Kit done for The Scrapbook Diaries! It's summer and it's such a fun time to do those beach/seaside photo's. I used the gorgeous papers and embellishments from the new 49 & Market collection (designed by Janene Meyerowitz) called Sand & Sea! I am so in love with these papers and especially the layered sticker sheet that goes with it!!
These beautiful layered stickers (sea horses, shells, starfish, bubbles, coral, sea grass and jellyfish) are so pretty and add a lovely 3D effect....and best of all, no fussy cutting! In an instant you have the look of a page that took a lot of time and detailing but without all the work! Included in this kit is a full 12x12 layered translucent sticker sheet with glitter accents....I'm actually hoarding some for a canvas I want to do....but there are a LOT of embellishments to choose from in this package....and lets just say the quantity is limited on these so you may want to jump in on this one asap!
For this kit page I used a cool distress crayon by Tim Holtz along with some gorgeous Blue Patina mica powder by Ranger Perfect Pearls for my mixed media products (included in the kit of course). And to give the page some lovely texture I used a 6x6 stencil that I designed for The Crafter's Workshop called Tile Mania (TCW662).....all included in the kit.
As always the kit includes a full private video tutorial to which you will have unlimited access to with the purchase of the kit. This will show you in step by step detail how to create this page. You can imitate it exactly as is or tweak it to match your own taste. Janene also created a bonus page that can be made with this kit and let me tell you it's a stunner, it utilizes some more of my favorite papers from the gorgeous Sand & Sea collection!
I have to admit that beach/summer pages are my favorite to create and this one was seriously fun to play with, I think you will really enjoy this one. You can get your kit while quantities last at The Scrapbook DiariesHERE.
I hope you enjoyed this post today and perhaps want to give this gorgeous kit a go! I appreciate all your kind comments and feedback and read and reply to them all! Thanks so much! Have a lovely creative weekend my friends!
Hi all! I'm back today to share with you all a video tutorial I made up using another NEW stencil I designed for The Crafter's Workshop stencils. This one is called 'She Said Yes" TCW659s (6x6") and the "You Are my Sunshine" TCW660s (6x6")....I made it in two sizes utilizing the 12x12 inch stencil for the larger book.
In the following video I show how I made the bride book (can be used as a guest sign in book or photo book) out of some cardboard, paper and stencils with texture paste. Enjoy!
You can watch on my Youtube channel HERE if you prefer to watch it larger.
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Hope you enjoyed my video! This stencils are a brand NEW release for TCW and are being shown at the Creativation CHA show in Phoenix as we speak....so stores are ordering and should be in stores soon! I noticed many of you are asking when/where to get. I know for sure that The Scrapbook Diaries have ordered these stencils and will have them in the online store soon (Janene is a CHA right now as well so her store is on hold for a few days)....and of course if you have a local scrap store that carries TCW, they should have them soon as well (if your local store doesn't carry them, you can always ask to order them in, many stores like to hear what their customers would like to see in stores.)
Thanks again for stopping by my blog today, I always enjoy reading your kind words and feedback, makes my day! xo
It's Tuesday! And time for another sneak peek at a project I've been working on using another stencil I designed for The Crafter's Workshop Stencils! This one is a canvas with a polymer clay centerpiece. I will have a video tutorial up for this one soon (both on how I made the centerpiece and the whole canvas design).
The stencil I used for this background design is called "Jungle Vines" TCW658 and can be ordered soon from The Crafter's Workshop or at the CHA coming up soon! I will be showing this canvas in it's entirety soon....ha, been saying soon a lot haven't I! :) But I promise I've got lotsa fun video tutorials to share with you all :)
Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today, as always I really appreciate all the lovely and kind comments, they make my day! xo
Hi All! It's Tuesday, and time for another peek at a project I made using a stencil I designed for The Crafter's Workshop! I made a scrapbook page (photo of my daughter and her fiance) and used my the stencil I designed for TCW called 'Tile Mania TCW662 to create the background design.
I will be showing the rest of the layout along with a video tutorial in a future post (soon as the stencils are released - January 15th). If you make it out to the Winter CHA be sure to stop by the TCW (The Crafter's Workshop) booth to see some of the TCW projects for yourselves.
Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today, your kind comments are much appreciated! xo
I know many of you have been asking about why they've seen so little of my work on my social media and my Youtube Channel lately. Well, I've been busily making 8 NEW stencil designs for TCW (The Crafter's Workshop) for their upcoming new releases for the Winter CHA (Craft and Hobby Show). And along with creating these fun stencils I've also created some projects to show how I would use these stencils.
The stencils will be available by January 15th and will be shown at the Winter CHA (at the TCW booth along with a whole bunch of projects I made using them!) As always they come in two sizes, 6x6 inches and 12x12 inches.
This is just a little peek....can you tell I've had my mind on mosaics lately? This project came together quick and easy. As soon as I get the go ahead I will be showing this project in full with lots of close-ups, tips and tricks and of course a full video tutorial on how I made it.
I will have more and more sneak peeks to share with you all as the CHA draws closer but before I leave you all today I just wanted to share one more bit of awesome news! Did you know that TCW makes their own line of mixed media products now? I was so very excited to get my hands on these beauties and give them a go....and boy, they did not disappoint! I've absolutely been loving using them, I've pretty near emptied that thick Modeling Paste, a treat to work with!
I hope my little peek has whet your appetite for more because I've got lots more to share. It felt nice being able to just play again (I love designing products but I love using the products even more!).
Thanks so much to all of you who have shown so much sweet support in your kind comments and in the use of the products I design....nothing gives me more pleasure than to see what others are doing with the products I put out there! Looking forward to seeing what you lovely creative people out there will be doing with my newest designs! Sending loads of love to you all! xo
Hi all! I'm happy to share with you today a layout I made of one of my nephew's (and his wife's) engagement photos. I wanted to go with a simple background to which I added some inking, texture and stamping.
I used two stencils that I designed for The Crafter's Workshop to help create the background design, using texture paste and inks as well as some fun mixed media products.
I began by doing some light inking on the background of the area around my photo with a soft rose/brown ink. I then used the houndstooth design found in one of the hearts on the Complicated Hearts stencil and inked with a rich brown chalk ink (Ingvild Bolme's Branch Bark Chalk Ink). After that I added a whole bunch of random stamping around my photo area.
Next I added the heart design to the left side of the photo area using the 3 heart designs found on the Complicated Hearts stencil using some home-made white texture paste (recipe below). This is an easy to make text texture paste that works very well with all my TCW stencils....and I love that dries quickly! After I added my texture paste design, I outlined the hearts with a black pen so that they would stand out more from the page.
Homemade Smooth Texture Paste
1/4 cup Talcum Powder (I used Johnson's Baby Powder, Make it smell good too!!)
1 tablespoon White All purpose School Glue
1 tablespoon White Craft Paint
Some Water
Instructions: Combine talcum powder, glue, white paint with disposable chopsticks (or plastic spoon) in an airtight container, adding water to get it to the consistency you are looking for. You want a nice thick texture much like toothpaste. The mixture will keep perfectly for many months.
For my title I mixed some bronze Pearlex mica powder into some Matte Gel Medium (Golden's) and used it on the 'Love' title from the Complicated Hearts stencil.
I used the same mixture on the inky butterfly design in the top left corner of the page. The butterfly design is from the Winged Exploration stencil. While the gel medium was still wet, I sprinkled on some tiny bronze micro beads (Prima).
After that, I simply added my photo and a few floral and chipboard embellishments (Prima flowers and Scrapeniec wood chippies)....and my layout was done!
I hope you enjoyed my project today and hope that you are inspired to play with your favorite TCW stencils while you have a little crafting 'me' time over the holidays! xo
Hello friends! I have a fun little video tutorial to share with you all today! I made this little tag using one of the 6" x 6" tags I designed for The Crafter's Workshop called 'Winged Explorations' (TCW566), some Tim Holtz Distress inks and my water droplet stamp (found at The Scrapbook Diaries).
My Winged Exploration stencil designed for The Crafter's Workshop.....you can find this stencil at The Scrapbook Diaries or at a TCW dealer near you (TCW Store Finder).
I also used a stamp I designed for The Scrapbook Diaries, my water droplet/brick wall stamp. Janene recently got more of my sold out stamps back into the store along with a few new designs as well. You can find the stamps HERE.
As always, I like to show you step by step how this tag was made in this brief little video tutorial....so grab a cuppa and give yourself a little break ....enjoy! ....
I hope you enjoyed watching my little video tutorial! I used Tim Holtz Distress inks for my background coloring (Scattered Straw, Broken China, Stormy Sky, Dusty Concord, Black Soot).
I had a little fun mixing Golden's Matte Gel paste with some Pearlex mica powders for the texture paste I used with the 'Winged Exploration' stencil.
I hope you all have a fun crafty week, thanks so much for stopping by my blog today, your kind comments and feedback are always so appreciated! xo xo
Hi all! I know it's been a while since I posted a project, so I'm happy to share with you today a reverse style canvas I made on a 4"x 6" canvas using a TCW (The Crafter's Workshop) Mini-Brick Stencil, Shimmerz Paints and some NEW Dusty Attic chipboard!
Shimmerz Products used on this project:
~ Glorious Day Vibez
~ Truffle Spritz
~ Palm Reader Vibez
~ Don't Be Suede Coloringz
~ Green Olive Shimmerz
~ Greener Pastures Creameez
~ Boogie Boardin' Blue Creameez
~ Penny 4 Your Thoughts Inklingz
~ I Onxly Love You Inklingz (Jewel)
~ Olive U Truly Inklingz
~ Berry Hot Creameez
Dusty Attic Products used on this project:
~ Indian Arrow
~ Rushes #2
~ NEW Dusty Attic Texture Paste
TCW Stencil used in this project:
~ Mini Bricks (6x6 inch stencil)
So to make things easier I did up a video tutorial on how this project was made. So grab yourself a lil break and enjoy! xo
Hope you enjoyed watching.....here are a few close-ups you can view at your leisure....
I just love all the new chipboard pieces Jennifer Hedger has added to the Dusty Attic Store! This piece is called Indian Arrow....so many fun things you can do with this one! I did a little quick painting with Shimmerz Creameez & Inklings, then added some twine and Bo Bunny adhesive pearls for a unique look.
For the butterfly, I printed off a butterfly image on an acetate sheet and cut out two sizes, gluing them together. (I had the image on my old computer, so I no longer have the image to share....but you can find many printable butterfly images on Pinterest). The metal embellishments are the key and keyhole embellishments from Graphic 45. I used the TCW mini-brick 6x6 stencil with the NEW Dusty Attic Texture paste to get my background design.
I used a combination of Shimmerz Glorious Day Vibez, Truffle Spritz and Green Olive Shimmerz Paint for the background brick texture colors. NOTE: You can get your FREE/Bonus Shimmerz Paint product in the color of your choice with your next Shimmerz Paints order just by mentioning my name "Gabrielle" in the Instructions to Merchant/seller part of your order.Shimmerz Store. xo
Hope you enjoyed today's post! thanks so much for stopping by, your comments and feedback are always appreciated and make my day! (For anyone looking for DA chipboard, Janene at The Scrapbook Diaries has a large selection, including their new texture paste! :)
Hi dear friends! I'm happy to share with you all today a project I made a little while back using two of my new stencil designs for The Crafter's Workshop! For this project I used the 12"x 12" size of the Moving Vines Stencil, as well as the 6" x 6" size of the Organic Matter stencil.
I'm working on a 12" x 24" canvas....I needed something a little bigger to accommodate the vase I wanted to use for this project.
I wanted to go with some fresh summery colors so I chose, Olive Branch Spritz, Bamboo Leaf Spritz and Glorious Day Vibez from Shimmerz Paints. Here is a quick little video tutorial I created, a little step by step on how this canvas was made, Enjoy!....
Hope you enjoyed my little video tutorial! Here are a few closeups of the canvas....
This is one of those times where a 12" x 12" photo is just perfect for a project! I used Golden's molding paste with a credit card to get a nice even application.
I used the 6x6 Organic Matter stencil to add patches of texture to the background design. I sprayed on the Shimmerz Paints sprays, darker to the outside, lighter to the middle. I want to note that this design was inspired by a canvas I saw by Vicki Chrisman, she kindly gave me permission to imitate her beautiful design.
Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today and letting me share my newest creation with you all, hope you all have a creative fun week! xo
So I've made August my "spend time with family month", just wanting to take advantage of the time the kids have off school and make the most of it! But I have taken a few moments out of our fun time to do a little video tutorial of an art journal cover that I made up as a sample using stencils I recently designed for The Crafter's Workshop!
I created both a positive and negative stencil design for this stencil that I named "Organic Matter". For this project I used the smaller 6x6 inch stencil (for the back) and the 12x12 inch mask style stencil for the front of the book cover. (You can find all my stencils online at The Scrapbook Diaries, I just heard that Janene has all the stencils in house now! and has already begun sending out all the pre-orders!! ....you can also use the TCW store finder for a TCW dealer near you).
Dusty Attic Products used on this project:
~ Dusty Attic Journal
~ Skeleton Clock Frames
~ Geometric Corners
~ Nuts and Bolts
~ Rulers
~ Cogs #2
~ Jumbo Cogs
~ Dusty In Color Paint: Hot Chocolate, Raisin, Sunburnt Orange
~ Dusty Attic Rusting Powder
When I was designing my stencils I have to say that I already had all these wonderful Dusty Attic chipboard designs in mind to use with my stencils. I just love the industrial look of these chipboard pieces and thought they would work well with my Organic Matter stencils.
As I was creating this cover design I decided to flip on my camera and shoot a video tutorial to show how I used the stencils and also to show how I added the rusty finish to my Dusty Attic chipboard pieces. So if you have time, give yourself and little break, sit back and enjoy!....
I used a whole lotta mixed media products to make this project, to find the list just click on the youtube link (bottom right corner of the screen above....when it's playing).....you can find the full list in the Youtube description area underneath my youtube video (click the down arrow beside the title to open up the description area).
I always like to keep the back of my art journal book covers free of a lot of 3D elements as the back seems to take a lot of wear and tear. So I stuck to just adding some texture with my 6x6 'Organic Matter' stencil. I added some stamping and used the same mixed media colors and sprays I used on the front of the journal cover.
Here is a view of the front and back of the journal cover. I like that you can open up the spin of the journal cover so that you can remove the front and back to work on them. Then you can reattach when the painting is done. NOTE: this is more of a notebook journal.....if you are looking to have an art journal where you can paint on the papers you will want to order a art journal that has watercolor or manila papers inside them.
I used Dusty Attic's Rusting Powder on all of my chipboard pieces for this project. I so much love the effect of the rusting powder. All I did was paint the pieces with some of my Dusty Attic paints and while wet, sprinkled on the rusting powder. I then sprayed the pieces with a solution of 75% white vinegar and 25% water. I gave it about 20 mins to a half hour to dry/rust. I then lightly brushed with some Sunburnt Orange DA paint to add to the corroded look. (see video above for more details)
I used Golden Molding Paste (but really any texture paste will do the trick) with my TCW Organic Matter Mask Stencil (12x12 size) to create the veined look on my background design. After applying all my background spritzes and inks, I hit the relief areas of the stencil with some Luminarte H20's in Egyptian Gold, and Pearlex Mica Powders in Aztec Gold and Turquoise (see video for application).
This journal cover was so much fun to create! I hope I've inspired you all to get out your DA chipboard (you can find a large selection of DA chipboard at The Scrapbook Diaries), TCW stencils and mixed media products and get creating your very own mixed media project! Thanks for stopping by my blog today, I always appreciate all the kind comments and feedback and love to hear what you all think of the new products I've designed!
