A Wish Come True - Scrapbooking Layout

Good Morning! I can hardly believe that it is February already. I hope that January treated you well and that you are here and ready to explore some fun techniques and color combinations. I have been laid up for a month because of Covid and have been watching all kinds of technique videos and, well, we are not going to talk about the online shopping! 

Also, through today's layout, I am going to introduce you to the newest member of my family. I adopted her the week before Christmas and it has been more of a blessing than I ever could of imagined. 

So, without further ado... let's get inky and meet Liberty! 

Start with a piece of white cardstock and cut it into strips. One thing I learned about was the ink VersaFine Clair, so I got a few colors. Also, using sponges to apply the ink. They literally look like a mini version of the makeup sponges used to contour, (something I have yet to perfect!). You can see how it applies and creates an almost suede looking texture. Using the sponge was a little messy. It was also great for inking the edges. All throughout the layout, you can grab your sponge and add a little ink to your edges... without having to get out the ink pad again.

 Now for some stamping! Using the Fancy Filigree Vines, stamp randomly on your strips. Earlier I mentioned color combinations.... can you tell from the layout that I had a little fun with color. Choosing red ink to stamp my Filigrees allowed the strips to look rich and warm verses if I had used a black ink pad, that would of created a sharp and colder look. 

                             

Look at the beautiful detail of the Fancy Filigree Vines. These are absolutely one of my most favorite set of stamps I own! 

Using the Heart Stencil from Mr. G and You stamp & stencil set and Texture Paste, add a little dimension to your background.

Once dried, ink up the the background using the sponge and VersaFine Clair Inks. There is one section that I did attempt to use my new Brushos on... but I am still learning, and we will save that for another day. The important thing to remember is to always have fun and if a technique doesn't go quite right, there are so many ways to cover it up! 

Using the Single Dandelion Blowing in the Wind Stamp and the Heart from the Day of the Dead Sugar Skull Set, create the grouping with your title and journaling. 

For the flower accent, use di-cut flowers and then to add a little pizazz, ink them up and use the Handwritten Note Art Stamp, (another one of my all time favorites!)

Using various scraps from your stash, put your layout together. You can use pop dots to add dimension and brads for a little flair. Most importantly, HAVE FUN, and enjoy being able to document your memories and getting lost in your creating. 

I hope you leave here feeling inspired and ready to go do some stamping! ...and for more inspiration click the links below and to connect with the Blank Page Muse Community!

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Happy Creating! 

Christine

The Mad Inker

www.scrapbookingtechnique.blogspot.com

Instagram: the_mad_inker

Twas the Night Before Christmas

Hi Chris here and I am sharing this Christmas Eve layout I created using Sin City Stamps! To get started I used the following supplies:

Sin City Stamps: Winter Wonderland - sleigh, small snowflake
                          Peg Round Christmas
                          Tiny Numbers for ATC 
Vellum
Patterned paper-Crate Paper
Cardstock
Ink- Staz-on, Ranger Archival (Jet Black, Red Geranium)
Tim Holtz Distress Markers-Ripe Persimmon, Squeezed lemonade, Fossilized Amber, Pine Needles, Iced Spruce, Festive Berries, Ground Espresso
Spectrum Noir Markers- TN3, TN5, DR3, PP5, CT3, TB3, JG1

I started out by first stamping the sleigh from Winter Wonderland onto vellum with Staz-on Ink.

I then fussy cut out my stamped image.

I then turned my image onto the back side and began coloring the image with my Spectrum Noir markers, I used TN3 and TN5 on the reindeer, and then  DR3 on Santa. I then used PP5, CT3, TB3, and JG1 to color the toys. Here is the result.

I then took the large candle banner from Peg Round Christmas.  This is a huge stamp, I angeled the stamp on my block for a better fit. 

After stamping my image I colored my image with the Distress Markers.

I then hand wrote my title

I then started on my layout by matting my background papers onto cardstock.  I choose bold papers to match the kids jammies. I then added a large red block to the background.

I then added a large circle cut from patterened paper.

 I then decided to add some small snowflakes to the red block for visual interest.

I then added my photos and then added the stamped sleigh at the top of my photos and the stamped title to the bottom of my layout.  I stamped the year on the bottom of the red block. 

 I hope you enjoyed this layout!.

Father's Day Classic

Hi!  Chris here today sharing this classic Father's Day Card that was super fun and yet easy to whip up in a short amount of time.  I started with these supplies:

Sin City Stamps: Classic Spark; Terri Sproul Alphabet Set 
Pacon: Multi Media paper
Cardstock
ColourArte: Radiant Gels -Copper Pearls (altho link shows the color looking more coppery-  my jar looks more pearly)
ColourArte Twinkling H2Os - Mandarin Citrine, Iridescent Blue
Ink- Ranger Archival Jet Black, Ranger Tim Holtz Cracked Pistachio, StazOn Jet Black
Distress Marker - Squeezed Lemonade

To start out I painted my background using the ColourArte Radiant Gels on my Multi Media paper

After the was dry, I stamped the over the paint with my StazOn and my background stamp from the Classic Spark Collection. I love how it kind of reminded me of a 50's diner floor!  Perfect for the theme of my card!

I then matted that background piece onto black cardstock to fit my card.

Before I got too far along I stamped the inside of my card and then stamped and matted my greeting. 

I then stamped the car image again on my Multi Media paper using the Ranger Archival Ink.  I then proceeded to "color" in my image.  I used the Cracked Pistachio on the car body by stamping my ink pad onto by craft sheet and picking up the ink with my water brush.  

I have to admit that at first I stamped with my Memento Ink pad, forgetting I was using water.  In the first image you can see the ink bleed into my color , the second image uses the Archival ink.  

I added the Iridescent Blue Twinkling H2Os to any parts of the car that would be chrome or white walled.  I added the Squeezed Lemonade Distress Marker to the headlights and then a touch of the Mandarin Citrine for a bit of extra shine.   I then fussy cut out my car and added it to the front of my card. 

I then stamped DAD using the Terri Sproul Alphabet onto my MultiMedia paper and matted that onto black cardstock.  

Hope you enjoyed my project!

Love Vanquishes Time

Hi, Chris here sharing my first reveal for Sin City Stamps. 

For this project I used the following supplies:

Sin City Vintage Fashion Stamps
Tissue paper
 Archival Ink (black)
Distress Ink (Antique linen)
Cardstock
Letter stickers
Embossing Folder
Lace Heart Doily
Black lace
Baker's Twine
Decoupage 
Sandpaper

To create this card, I started with a White cardstock card base (10x7 ).  I cut out a card base "top" in black and adhered to the card base. 

I then stamped the watch from the Sin City Vintage fashion on a cream colored tissue paper.  I stamped multiple images.  (the folds won't matter or show up. )

I then tore the tissue paper into pieces and adhered to a piece of white cardstock (to create the card background) and to a chipboard heart using decoupage.  After the pieces were dried I trimmed off the excess paper and sanded the edges.  I attached the cardstock background piece to the card. 

I then Embossed a 4 x 6 piece of cardstock.  I slightly sanded the embossed piece and then matted the embossed piece onto black cardstock, and attached diagonally onto the card

I cut the inside heart out from the white heart doily and then inked the doily with Distress Ink.

 I attached the heart on the left side of the card trimming off half of the heart for use on another project. I then added the letters to the heart and backed the heart with black lace and added to the card.  I added a baker's twine bow to the heart to help soften the bold black and red tones. 

Hope you enjoyed this card and technique!  Here is another picture of the final product! 

Journal cover

Hello everyone, this is Astrid here from the UK with my very first post for Sin City Stamps.

I was over the moon excited when they asked me to become part of their team as I adored their stamps just from looking at the pictures of them in the store. But when I received my stamps to work with, I got even more excited as these are the best stamps I have ever laid my inky hands on, - they are so deeply edged you just cannot go wrong. No ink in places where you don't want it with these stamps!