Remember Grandpa ~ Bird is the Word using The Stamping Scrapper Sketch

When I found this older photo of Joseph and his Grandpa Sabella, I knew I wanted to do a special layout for it. The challenge over at Bird is the Word to use "Remember" gave me the perfect title for this page. Grandpa Sabella was a very special man and we miss him a lot. 

I used this January Sketch by Shannon ~ The Stamping Scrapper:

Be sure to stop by Shannon's blog to see what her talented DT created with this fab sketch and let her know what you think. She'd enjoy hearing from you if you decide to use it. 

Techniques:

Masking ~ I cut letters on my Gazelle for the word remember and backed them with Xyron adhesive. I placed them down the side of the layout and inked over top of them, then carefully removed them with Un-Du, leaving a masked image for my title. 

Postage Stamp Border ~ A 3/4 inch circle punch would have made this task so much easier, but since I didn't have one, I cut a 3/4 inch circle and used it as a template to place my half circles around these two blocks, then fussy cut the circles out of the borders. Since I was going to distress the edges, they didn't have to be perfect.

Tag ~ I cut the tag from chipboard at Scrapbooking By Lisa - our local scrapbooking store on their AccuCut machine. I then ran it through the Tim Holtz snowflake embossing folder so the the snowflakes would be raised. I painted the entire tag with crafter's acrylic paint in several shades of blue - letting portions show through as I layered the coats of paint. I then applied an antique white to the raised snowflakes. Once this was dry I decorated it with the hand written and hand stitched tag, lace, and other embellishments. 

Cutting and Inking ~ I used my Cricut and Gazelle to cut out the mats and corner feature. I inked the edges and to the corner I brushed on some stickles for some shimmer. 

Lacing ~ I placed eyelets on both sides of the postage blocks and then laced between - I was inspired by Gabrielle Pollacco's gorgeous work for the lacing and postage stamp blocks. 

Paint ~ to age the metal embellishments, I dabbed on antique white paint, and rubbed most of it off to leaving paint in the cracks and crevices, which not only gave the metals some age. It also made the lettering easier to read on the key and tags. 

I entered this at:
Scrapbook Sisters Challenge #8 ~ Snow (Feb 29)

Thanks for dropping by. I treasure your comments!

~ Blessings ~

Reveal Day for The Stamping Scrapper ~ WannaBe Friends?

It's Reveal Day for the July sketch at The Stamping Scrapper. Here's the layout I created for Shannon's wonderful Sketch! Be sure to head on over to Shannon's blog to see the wonderful layouts created by her DT, and leave her a comment while you're there.

Here is Shannon's fabulous sketch:

First of all I want to give credit to the inspiring work of the fabulous Irene Tan. I enjoy her masking, fussy cutting, stitching, and stamping.

Techniques:

1) I started playing with Tim Holts/Ranger Distress Ink this spring, and am so impressed with the versatility of this wonderful ink. It is great to use for masking and distress coloring a page. This background paper was a simple green ledger page when I started. I cut a 1/4 inch wide square frame, then sprayed the back with removable adhesive and placed it in the center of the page. I used a make up sponge to rub Orange Marmalade over the frame. To get the lighter bubbles in the orange ink, I flicked water on the inked area with my fingers and then blotted with a paper towel. I only wanted the orange to have the light spots in it, so I inked out the orange area first. 

After I was done playing with the water, I rubbed on the brown ink, and then a couple shades of blue. The neat thing about Distress ink is that it blends nicely so you can create colors that go with your layout and you aren't limited to the colors the inks come in. I play on a piece of scrap first.

Once the inking was done, I removed the mask, drew in a dark brown line around it and hand stitched down the center of the masked frame. 

I also inked and doodled the word bubbles above the photo, which were originally stark white.

2) The white flowers were heat embossed. I used Perfect Medium to stamp the flowers and then embossed with white powder and my heat tool. I applied some X-Static first so I didn't have very much stray embossing powder. I use a very fine tip paint brush to remove any stray granules of powder, so they don't get melted onto the page in the wrong place. Once the flowers were embossed, I used a fine tip black marker to doodle around the design and mimic the pattern in the Bo Bunny Ad Lib paper.

I also used a brown marker to doodle a design on the photo mat.

3) Sometimes the simplest ideas are the best. My scrappy friend, Tiffany, had this gorgeous journaling on her page this week. When I commented on it, she told me that she pencils it in before writing it in marker. That's what I did with the "WannaBe Friends?" title. I found a font I liked and wrote it out on the page in pencil first. Thanks Tiffany!

4) One of my favorite mediums to work with is Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel (UTEE), which I used for the frame around my title. Here is a fabulous tutorial by Ranger on how to use UTEE and Perfect Pearls on chipboard. (I didn't paint my chipboard, and I didn't stamp it.)

Paper:

Bo Bunny ~ Ad Lib

Bo Bunny ~ Ad Lib Hoopla

Bo Bunny ~ Ad Lib Wild Thing

Bo Bunny ~ Ad Lib Vertigo

White Card Stock ~ Stash

Embellishments:

Inque Botique ~ Hip n’ Hot Inqueboard (chipboard)

Ranger Distress Ink ~ Spiced Marmalade, Storm Sky, Broken China, Pumice Stone

Ranger Perfect Pearls ~ Kiwi, Mint, Forever Green

Ranger Perfect Medium

Ranger Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel ~ clear

DMC Floss ~ #838

Zig Writer ~ Chocolate

Zig Millennium ~ 05 Pure Black

Whispers Opaque Embossing Powder ~ Seafoam White

Buttons ~ Stash

Fiber ~ Stash

Tools:

EK Success ~ Honey Bee Scissors

Darice ~ Heat Tool

Tim Holtz ~ Distress Tool

Fiskar ~ Craft Knife

Martha Stewart Craft Ruler

Inque Botique ~ Monarch 52001 stamp

Scrappy Cat Clear Stamps ~ FLRL HRT PHRASES

American Crafts Stamp Block

Gary M Burlin & Co. ~ X-Static

The new challenge has been revealed at ScrapFIT. Workout #48 is "Put a Bird on it." So hop on over and enter your layout. The winner will receive this fabulous prize from Endless Inkabilities:

Don't forget to check out the Weekend Warm Up creating embellishments from patterned paper and enter your project for a chance to be featured on the ScrapFit blog! While you're at it, become a fan of ScrapFIT on their Facebook Page.

 Thanks for stopping by, I enjoy reading your comments!

~ Blessings ~