Stamp a colorful embossed art journal page with Blank Page Muse Stamps

Greetings!  Chris here! 

Today I am excited to share with you this colorful Art Journal page I created 

using some of my favorite Blank Page Muse Stamps!  

My goal is to create a book of my art just because! I can't wait to see how the next pages turn out!

Blank Page Muse Supplies :

The Wizard of Oz III Art Rubber Stamp Sheet Set

Sequin Waste Light Art Rubber Stamp by Terri Sproul

Classic Spark Art Rubber Stamp Set

Sunflower Blossom Rubber Stamp by Pam Bray Designs

Fall Rubber Stamp Sheet Set by Pam Bray Designs

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Other Supplies:

7 Gypsies Blank Starter Journal

Distress Inks

Seth Apter Embossing Powders Baked Velvets (or other translucent colors)

Paper Doll

Chipboard Sentiment

Versamark

Paper Doily

Stamp brick road twice onto lower right corner of journal. Note I slightly overlapped the images .

Stamp Dragonfly near center of journal page.  Repeat stamping slightly off page as shown. 

Randomly stamp Sequin waste onto the page.

Stamp the sunflowers over sequin waste. 

Add Distress Inks randomly over journal page as desired.

 Cover entire page with Versamark ink and coat with Seth Apter Embossing Powder, then heat emboss. You can see the before heat embossing and after below.

 Stamp classic spark with Versamark and emboss with translucent embossing powder.

 Using a embossing marker, add embossing ink to butterflies and emboss with Seth Apter embossing powder.

 Add Versamark to paper doll and chipboard sentiment and emboss with embossing powders.

 Attach paper doll and chipboard over folded paper doily to finish!

 I hope this project inspired your inner muse!

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Pockets full of inspiration

Hi Everyone,
Jess here today.  I am a huge reader.  I love everything about books.  Remember when you used to have to sign out your books at the library by writing your name on the card in the pocket?  Today I have a project for you using library pockets.

Blank Page Muse Products:

 Small Crackle

Correspondence 

Feathers

Sequin Waste

Pointing Hand

Small Butterfly

Hot Air Balloon

Other Supplies:

Library Pockets

Paper Dolls

Photobooth Photos

Distress Inks

Distress Oxide Ink

Archival Inks

Adhesive

Chipboard Sentiments

Bronze Paint

Vintage Sheet Music

Heavy weight thread

Milk Cap

Die Cuts

Mini flashcard

fabric tape

Frosted Crystal Embossing powder

Cardstock

Paper Distresser

Start by using a piece of silver cardstock. Coat the cardstock using Distress Ink and Oxide Ink.  Once the ink is dry use archival ink to stamp the  Small Crackle stamp.  Using a paper distresser rough up all the edges and cover the front of your library pocket.  

Stamp a piece of vintage sheet music with the postal stamp from the Correspondence  set.  Slide the paper into the pocket and glue it in place.  Add your 3d embossed border to the top of the pocket.  Stitch a small "x" onto your photo and glue it onto the crackled background.  Glue on the milk cap and chipboard sentiment. 

Stamp out the small Butterfly using archival ink.  Add bronze paint to the edges and cut the butterfly in half.  Add the wings to a paper doll and slide her into the pocket. 

This will complete your front cover. 

 Line a second pocket up to the backside of your first pocket.  Using a piece of fabric tape attach the pockets together.  Line the backside of your first pocket with a vintage airmail envelope.  Use postage stamps from the Correspondence  set in various spots.

Using archival ink stamp a Hot Air Balloon.  Color the balloon using various shades of blue distress ink.  Fussy cut your balloon and use the bronze paint to cover your raw edges.

Adhere the balloon to the page.  Add a paper doll, chipboard sentiment, and die cut globe.  Using the smallest  of the Feathers stamp them all around your page.  

   Use patterned scrapbook paper to cover the pocket on your next page.  Add the Pointing Hand and Feathers to the top of the pocket.   

Use the   Small Crackle stamp to add age to a tiny flashcard.  Use bronze paint around the edges. 

Add paper doll with die cut suitcase into the pocket.

Here are the middle pages. 

For the back of the second page(your back cover), stamp on a plain piece of cardstock. Use the script stamp from the Correspondence  set, the  Small Crackle stamp, Sequin Waste, and the  Feathers.  I used various shades of archival inks in browns and reds to create my background.  Glue the paper to your pocket.  Rip a piece of patterned scrapbook paper and add it to the edge.  Stamp out a couple Feathers using archival ink and fussy cut them,  Add the tiniest hint of blue using distress inks to the feathers and edge in bronze paint.  Cut a small slit in your photo and slide the feathers in to make them appear to be wings.  Glue remaining pieces to complete your book.     

I hope you enjoyed this project as much as I enjoyed creating it.

Jess 

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Believe in Possibility

Hi Everyone,
Jess here today. I think I have mentioned this before, but in case you don't know I love to add wings to things.  My tag today gives you a fun way to take an amazing stamp and extend it out.

Creating a Masculine Card with Sin City Stamps

Hi Chris here and today I would like to share with you how to create this stunning masculine card. I was trying to explain to my daughter how easy this card was to make and she said show me.  So with her help, I have my first ever video to share with you! Now being that its my first I will apologize for the shadows in advance.  I am working on correcting that!  But the video does show how simple this card is to create!

Here are the supplies you will need:

Sin City Stamps: Sequence Waste; Ship; Wish
Tim Holtz Tissue Tape
Tim Holtz Distress Inks: Antique Linen, Mermaid Lagoon
Tim Holtz Distress Markers: Wild Honey
Water Brush
Ranger Archival Ink : Jet Black
Corrugated Paper
Altered Trading Card (The Paper Studio)
Black and White Cardstock

And here is the 1st attempt at video!

A Visit to the Sea Lab

Hi Chris here and today I am sharing this layout featuring my son at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab.  I had so much fun stamping this layout!  This layout uses loads of stamps! Here is my complete supply list:

Sin City Stamps: Terri Sproul Alphabet, Sequence Waste, Sea Shell, Coral (SC27-11), Antique Diving Helmet, Sea Plant, crab, Craw Fish, sea horse, fish, Ship, Stencil Pattern 2

ColourArte: Twinkling H2Os--Meridian Blue, Teal Zircon, Mandarin Citrine, Ginger Peach, Deep Coral, Playful Peony

ColourArte: Radiant Gels-- Indian Copper 

Core'dinations :Cardstock (White Wash Picket Fence), Sanding block and dust buddy

PACON- Multi Media Paper

Inks: Tsukineko Memento (Tuxedo Black and London Fog). Note you may want to substitute Jet Black Archival Ink for the Memento Tuxedo Black as this project does use some watercolor techniques.  I worked fast so my ink did not really bleed.

Distress Inks: Antique Linen, Pumice Stone, Abandoned Coral

Distress Markers: Frayed Burlap, Tea Dye

Graphic 45 Papers

Crop-a-dile hole punch

Paper Studio Banner Punch

Spectrum Noir #EB8

Water Brush

Jute

Eyelets

I started by placing my Sin City Stencil under my Core'dinations Cardstock and sanding in multiple location on my background.  

In the space left over I stamped the Sequence Waste Stamp repeatedly, overlapping the stamped images to mimic a fish net look. I used a torn piece of paper to mask off the parts I didn't want stamped.  This created a subtle texture over my background. 

I then cut a frame from patterned paper and added it over my background page.

I decided that the frame was too plain so I punched holes in the frame and threaded jute through the holes and added a bow at the top of my layout. 

I then stamped the ship on Multi Media paper and added it to the top right corner of my layout.

I added my matted photos and a banner across the upper left corner. 

                                                 

I then stamped lots of sea images onto Multi Media paper.  For the Diving Helmet I painted over the image with the Radiant Gels. The other images except for the shell were painted with Twinkling H2Os.

For the Sea Shells I used my Distress Markers and drew an ink line along the outer edge and then use my water brush to pull the ink toward the center of the shell.

I then fussy cut all the images  and added them as accents throughout the layout.  

                                  

I stamped my title on to my hand made tags and added them to my layout. 

Here is the finished project!

Graduation Wishes

Hi Chris here and today I would like to share with your this graduation card I made for my nephew with Sin City Stamps and ColourArte Twinkling H2Os and Radiant Gels. For my card I used:

Sin City Stamps: Globes;  Ship; Sequence Waste

ColourArte: Twinkling H2Os (Meridian Blue); Radiant Gels (Indian Copper) 

Inks: Memento Ink (Tuxedo Black), StazOn (Black)

Distress Inks: Old Paper, Tea Dye, Weathered Wood, Scattered Straw

Distress Markers: Barn Door

Multi Media Paper : Pacon

Gauze Paper : DCWV

Brads, journaling pen, foam mounting tape, water brush, distress tool

To begin this card I started by stamping the Sin City Stamps Globes onto multi-media paper.  Your paper should be about an inch smaller than the size of your finished card.  I then tore the edges of my paper for a worn look.  (Hint: When tearing if you want to see the paper fibers in your tear, tear the paper toward you.  If you want a "neater" tear and no fibers tear away from you. )

I then wrinkled my stamp paper into a ball.  I admit it was hard to crinkle up that stamped image but the result was worth it *wink*

After I straightened out my paper I was left with this...

I then inked the crinkled stamped paper with Old Paper then Tea Dye Distress Ink. I was trying for a wrinkled map look so  I just kept inking til I liked the amount of color.  I then matted my paper onto a piece of gauze paper using brads.  

I then took a piece of scrap paper and painted it with the ColourArte Radiant Gels (Indian Copper) .  If I did this over again I would choose a thicker. sturdier piece of cardstock.  After the Radiant Gels dried I stamped over the background using Sin City's Sequence Waste and StazOn.  

I then matted my stamped Globe paper onto this background piece.  

 I then stamped the Sin City Ship onto my multi-media paper.

After fussy cutting out my image, I started by coloring my image first with ColourArte Twinkling H2Os (Meridian Blue) on the water.  Then colored the flags using my Barn Door Distress Marker.  I then used my water rush to paint the ship using Distress inks using Old paper for the sails, Scattered Straw for the boat trim, and Weathered Wood for the sky.

I added a hand written sentiment and attached the ship to my card using foam mounting tape. For the inside I hand wrote.... Congratulations on completing the first part of your journey into the future.