Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again...

A have special project to share today, the front cover of a Tim Holtz Collection Folio I am making up to capture the memories of the trip I took last year, featuring Travelling Betty from Simply B Stamps.

When I saw the awesome Travelling Betty I knew she would be perfect for this, especially as we got to meet and hang out with Betty herself on the trip.  My folio is inspired by the beautiful work of Paula Cheney whose example of one Tim showed in a video for the release of them is what got me wanting to get my hands on one in the first place.  I’ve borrowed some of Paula’s techniques and her use of a Word Band on the elastic closure, including altering the band.  In my case I rubbed some Rub’n’Buff on to make it a bit more grungy.

I wanted the cover to be somewhat grungy, I guess because that is really my style but pretty at the same time.  I raided my stash and came up trumps with the gorgeous paper from an old Creative Memories collection.  I just kept going on the stash items playing along with Craft Hoarders Anonymous’ current challenge.  I have, from left to right on the bingo board, markers (Copics on my image), fabric and lace (behind my embellishments), die cutting (oval shapes both manual and electronic), stamping (image) and mixed media (stencil and texture paste), chipboard (title), and metal (brads and faux metal look to the chipboard) and buttons and brads.

The theme of the album is travel and we certainly did a lot of flying on our trip so I had to add in the great resin plane embellie from Prima so I’m entering this in the current Fussy and Fancy challenge as planes have wings.

Our trip took in the beautiful Canada in the fall and even the USA too put on a lovely colour show of autumnal leaves so the leaf button seemed a fitting embellie to cover off both countries’ scenery.  With my button I’m entering this in Papertake Weekly’s current challenge picking the product theme.

To make the background a bit more special and fill the space rather than using more designer paper I opted for a lovely abstract flower stencil and some modelling paste.  I coloured the modelling paste using Distress Inks to make an olively green to match the designer paper I used.  I then added in some brads to give it some added texture that wouldn’t easily fall off as this is going to get handled, or at least I hope it will invite people to handle it and look inside.  Sweet Stamps has a challenge looking for stencils and paste so I am entering my project there.

To finish off my embellies I wanted something a bit bigger than the resin and button so decided to add a bit of interest and texture with some fabric and lace scraps ruched to form rosette style embellies.  I think they add just the right finishing touches and with them I am also entering my project in the current Try it on Tuesdays’ challenge.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E000, E00, E11, E21 (E02 cheeks)

Eyes E30, E35, 0

Lips R24, R29, R46

Hair E21, E23, E25, E27, E29

Outfit B91, B93, B95, B97, B99, N4, N6, N8, YG93, YG95, YG97, YG99, 100

Suitcases N4, N6, N8, Y21, Y23, Y26, Y28, YG01, YG03, YG05, YG07, 100

Chalks & Powders etc

Ranger Embossing Powder ~ Clear

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Joy! Crafts Blue Mould ~ Oval (6002/0258)

Spellbinders Nestabilities ~ Classic Scalloped Ovals & Opulent Ovals

Prima Stencil ~ Sunset Sunrise Flower

Embellishments

Creative Memories Alphabet Stickers ~ Blue & Crimson

Jesse James Dress It Up Buttons ~ Fall Collection Autumn Leaves

Metal Brads from stash

Prima Ingvild Bolme ~ Explore Resins

Stickabilities ~ ⁷/₁₆^” Hand Drawn

Tim Holtz Idea-ology ~ Word Band

Inks & Paints etc

Prima Ingvild Bolme Chalk Ink ~ Rusty Bucket

Rub’n’Buff ~ Spanish Copper 

Teresa Collins ~ Modelling Paste 

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Evergreen Bough, Gathered Twigs, Mowed Lawn, Squeezed Lemon & Tea Dye

Papers

Bazzill Cardstock ~ Milkshake

BoBunny Double Dot ~ Maize Vintage

Creative Memories ~ Reminisce Travel

K&Company ~ Tim Coffey Travel

Tim Holtz Idea-ology ~ Collection Folio

Ribbons & Trims etc

Chiffon & Lace from stash

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~ Travelling Betty

Challenges

Craft Hoarders Anonymous ~ Choose Your Challenge (markers, fabric or lace, die cutting, stamping & mixed media (stencil & texture paste), chipboard (title) & metal (brads & faux metal look to chipboard), buttons & brads)

Fussy and Fancy #131~ Things with Wings

Papertake Weekly ~ Take your pick (product theme: buttons)

Sweet Stamps #206 ~ Stencils and Paste

Try it on Tuesdays ~ Add Some Fabric

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Nau wale no

Wednesdays are sketch days over at the Outlawz and this month we have been sponsored by Oak Pond Creations and I’ve used their Hibiscus image on my card today.

Here’s this week’s sketch.

I didn’t have a die the right shape and size for the rectangular element so I was a bit lost as to what to do on my card.  As I do, I went and checked out some challenges to see if I could find some inspiration.  Brown Sugar’s current theme is Kraft paper and Creative Fingers wants you to add some texture.  Putting the two together I came up with my Kraft background paper and used my favourite stencil to add in the rectangular element.  For some added interest on the background I threw some Fran-tage over the modelling paste I used while it was still wet and heat set.

For my embellishments I used another challenge for inspiration as the thin strip across the top was going to be too plain if I just added in some ribbon given I had no designer papers.  Luckily Chocolate, Coffee and Cards have a bingo challenge on, I love bingo boards for inspiration on decorating up a card.  I’ve gone with pearls, a bow and a charm for my embellies.  I used a ribbon with butterfly trim to tie in with the butterfly charm, which I thought was a lovely compliment to the hibiscus flower image.

Now hopefully I’ve inspired you to come and take a look and even play along over at the Outlawz, we’d sure love to see what you create with the sketch.

Ingredients:

Copics

G07, G28, G43, G46, RV52, RV63, RV66, RV69, V09, V12, V15, V17, Y13, Y15, Y17

Chalks & Powders etc

Fran-tage Embossing Enamel ~ Aged Ochre, Aged Rose, Chunky White & Shabby Pink

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Memory Box Stencil ~ Texture Mesh

Embellishments

Metal Butterfly Charm from stash

Inks & Paints etc

Claudine Hellmuth Studio ~ Gesso

Lindy’s Stamp Gang ~ Cheshire Cat Cherry

Smooch Spritz ~ Mixed Berries

Teresa Collins Basically Essential ~ Modelling Paste

Papers

Kaisercraft Cardstock ~ Liquorice

Kraft Cardstock from stash

Ribbons & Trims etc

Live and Love Crafts ~ Pearl Trim Lilac

The Paper Studio Ribbon ~ Poteeka Souffle

Stamps

Oak Pond Creations ~ Hibiscus

Challenges

Brown Sugar #108 ~ Let’s Get Krafty

Chocolate, Coffee and Cards #72 ~ BINGO (pearls, bow, charm)

Creative Fingers #46 ~ Add some texture

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Five, six, pick up sticks

My double layout from my baby book today features the adorable Noor from Lacy Sunshine.

Little Noor was a freebie recently and was drawn up by Heather to celebrate the birthday of a little girl whose mother runs a crafty shop.  Although Noor is supposed to be two I’ve done this layout up ready for a photo from baby’s first birthday.  As I’ve used little Noor I am entering this in the challenge at Noor Designs.

The layout is from the current sketch at Sketchabilities and allowed me to use up some of the scraps from the other pages.  There was lots of space in the sketch so I’ve used a stencil with a row of butterflies to fill it, this is the same stencil I used on the cover so it ties in nicely with that.  With my stencilling I am also entering this at Country View’s current challenge.

I’ll have the last two pages done up over the next couple of days and you can see the cover from this book at this post, the first page here, the last page here, a double layout at this post and another double layout here.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E21, E30, E33 (R20 cheeks)

Eyes E23, E27, 0

Mouth RV10, RV11

Hair T4, T6, T8, 100

Outfit RV10, RV11, RV32, RV34, RV66, V000, V01, V09, V12, V15, V17

Balloons BG000, BG01, BG02, V000, V01, V12, Y11, Y13, Y15

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Magenta Stencil ~ Nature Element

Embellishments

Carta Bella Alpha Stickers ~ Beautiful Moments

Paper Flowers from stash

Petaloo Darjeeling ~ Wild Mini Blossoms Pink

Prima Flowers ~ Chantelle Medallion

Inks & Paints etc

Teresa Collins Basically Essential ~ Modeling Paste

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Tea Dye

Papers

Authentique Classique Pretty ~ Tartan

Carta Bella Baby Mine ~ Baby Floral, Baby Girl Dots

Kaisercraft Pitter Patter ~ Bundle of Joy

Ribbons & Trims etc

Baby Girl Ribbon from stash

Green Tara ~ Organza Pearl Trim Pink

Lace from stash

Stamps

Lacy Sunshine ~ Noor

Challenges

Country View ~ Stencil it!

Noor Design ~ Noor

Sketchabilities #119

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One, two, buckle my shoe

A while ago I posted the cover of the baby book I have been making (see it at this post) and I finally have a layout from it to show, this one features the adorable Baby Blocks Rio from Simply B Stamps’ Baby Teen Scene collection.

To make up the pages I’ve followed the current sketch over at Stuck on U Sketches, I just flipped the sketch horizontally to have the pages mirror images.  I want the whole book to tie in together so for part of the horizontal elements I used the same stencil as I did on the cover only this time I left it white to break up all that pink.

I found some perfect ribbon and ric rac in my stash to complete the horizontal elements.  I don’t do baby stuff often so why I bought two rolls of pink and white gingham ribbon is anyone’s guess but goes to show how deep my stash runs!  As I have ribbon on the page I am entering this in Incy Wincy Designs’ current challenge.

Baby Blocks Rio was the perfect image for this page of clever little firsts, she is so stinkin’ cute.  I didn’t do two images though as I really wanted to contrast the picture page with the journaling page and, besides, it allowed me to add in some cute blocks that I made using shrink film.  To tie the two sides together I mounted both Rio and the blocks on the same die cut and used another for the titles.

As this is a record of a young child’s life I think it suits a theme of ‘forever young’ perfectly so I am entering it in the current challenge at Corrosive Challenge.

Now I really will be posting up the rest of the layouts over the next few days as I have to finish this off once and for all so please come back and see how it all looks.
 

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E21, E30, E33 (R20 cheeks)

Eyes E21, E23, E27, 0

Mouth R000, R00, R02

Hair T4, T6, T8, 100

Outfit N0, N1, N2, N4, RV10, RV11, RV32, RV34, RV66, 0

Blocks B00, B02, B05, BG05, BG07, BG09, G03, G05, G09, R24, R29, R46, RV32, RV34, RV66, V09, V12, V15, Y13, Y15, Y17, YG00, YG01, YG03, YR12, YR14, YR16

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Memory Box Stencil ~ Texture Mesh

Spellbinders Little Darlings ~ Lovely View

Spellbinders Nestabilities ~ Stately Circles

Embellishments

Baby Blocks handmade from shrink film

Kaisercraft Pearls ~ Rose

Kaisercraft Stickers ~ Pitter Patter Girl

Making Memories Rub-ons Alphabet ~ Heidi White
Prima Flowers ~ Chantelle Medallion

Inks & Paints etc

Teresa Collins Basically Essential ~ Modeling Paste

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Dusty Concord, Shaded Lilac & Tea Dye

Papers

Carta Bella Baby Mine ~ Alphabet Soup

Graphic 45 Secret Garden ~ Patterns & Solids

Kaisercraft Pitter Patter ~ Special Delivery

Maja Design Shall We Take  Coffee Break? ~ Leja’s Café

Riddersholm Design Fall Flea Market ~ Future Key

Ribbons & Trims etc

Pink Gingham Satin Ribbon from stash

Pink and White Ric Rac from stash

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~Baby Blocks Rio

Challenges

Corrosive Challenge #203 ~ Forever Young

Incy Wincy Designs ~ Strings and Things (ribbon, thread,string, fibre, etc)

Stuck on U Sketches ~ July 18

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