Butterfly Mini Album - Part 2

Hello everyone!  Barbara here, and I want to share a couple of pages from my Butterfly Mini Book, as promised earlier.  You can click on the link above to see my earlier post where I decorated the front and back covers.  Now, I will be decorating the inside pages.  This month, we are also teaming up with another fabulous company, Altered Pages, so I am combining some of their products with Sin City Stamps' products to show you how well they work together.

Front

Back

Supplies used:



Sin City Stamps:  Butterfly Chipboard Book; Mannequin Tags 2; Love of Butterflies; A Wing Above the Rest; Art Journaling with Terri Sproul; Art Journaling with Terri Sproul 2; Birds and Clocks

Altered Pages collage sheets: AP-761-Queen of Hearts (lady); AP-1735 Altered Images I (Butterflies); Vintage ATC Sheet III (moth, Kimball label, bottle stamp)

White gesso

Black archival ink; Artprint Brown ink

Distress inks in blues, greens, browns, yellows

Chalk inks in jade, violet, and yellow ochre

Print papers and card stock

Embossing folder



Directions:



Paint both sides of page with white gesso, leaving some of the page color to show through.

Stamp background image from A Wing Above the Rest randomly over front of page with black ink.

Stamp numbers and letters from Art Journaling with Terri Sproul over back of page with black ink.

I spritzed both sides of the gessoed pages with home made distress ink mists in blue, green, and brown, but discovered that the colors disappeared on the gesso.  As you can see in the photos, the colors are not at all vibrant.    We will fix this later.

Stamp one mannequin image onto print paper with artprint brown ink, and a second one with green distress ink.  Adhere to lightweight chipboard and cut out.  Set the green one aside.

Stamp one medium butterfly image onto print paper with blue distress ink, and one with brown distress ink.  Cut out.  Set the brown one aside.

Print AP-761-Queen of Hearts collage sheet onto parchment card stock, and a second time reverse or mirror image the print.  Cut out one of the same lady images from each sheet.  Set the reversed image aside.

Put the first three pieces together, as shown.

Adhere to center of butterfly page, as shown.

I needed more color, so I swiped my blue ink pad along the edges, and added some green here and there in the center.

This is what it looks like on the back page.  Not good for a book page.

That is why I printed the second image in reverse, so I could make a second butterfly lady and adhere it to the back page.  This time, however, you will not put it together first, but instead, layer each piece, as shown.  This will ensure a good alignment.  Adhere lady image first.

Then adhere the butterfly wings.

Then adhere the mannequin, matching up along the bottom and below her face.

I need more color, so I swiped my green ink pad along the edges and added a bit of yellow in the center.

Now, my pages need some bling, so here is a close-up of front and back of this page.

Front

Back

For my second page, I first embossed the green page with a branch style die.  On this particular two-sided die, there is another pattern on the inside, which is the one used for this page.

Rub high spots with jade and violet chalk inks.

Turn page over and rub high spots with bisque and yellow ochre chalk inks.

I first fussy cut several Altered Pages collage images, inked the edges, and adhered them to the pages. Stamp small clock face onto tan scrap with Versamark ink and heat emboss with gold embossing powder.  Trim and place beneath postale butterfly square collage image, as shown.  Trim and add remaining collage images to page, as shown.  I also added some punched flourishes and paper flowers to embellish, with a few pearls in the flower centers.

Front

I embellished the back of the page in a similar manner, stamping the bird image with blue ink onto a scrap of blue print paper and fussy cut it out.  See photo below.

Back

Well, there you have it.  Two pages down, several more to go.  But between the wonderful Sin City Stamps and the fabulous collage images from Altered Pages, I will get this book finished in no time.  So I hope you will visit both shops and see what wondrous products they have in store for you.  

Thanks so much for stopping by today, and I would love for you to visit me at my blog and say hello.  Have a super creative weekend.

Hugs,

Barbara

Aluminum Foil Embossed Butterfly Hairclips-

 I really have enjoyed working with Sin City Stamps because their stamp designs are so diverse and right up my alley. Plus they have chipboard shapes, die cuts and stencils! I hope you will enjoy this tutorial and (hopefully) will be inspired to make some of your own.

Here we go. Ready?
To create the above beautiful butterfly hair clips, you will need the following:

• Sin City Stamps-butterfly chipboard pieces.
• Aluminum foil tape- found in the plumbing section of a hardware store.
• Burnishing tool and detail scissors.
• 3 Favorite embossing folders and machine to run them through.
• Alcohol pens.
• Dew drops and a cluster of beaded wire.
• Alligator hair clips, e-6000 and a gold leafing pen.
• A extra piece of chipboard to practice on.

 

 Begin by covering both sides of your chipboard pieces with the foil tape. Trim off the excess and burnish the pieces until no rough edges. Do this the same with your practice piece of chipboard.
    

 Place your foil covered (practice piece) chipboard  inside your embossing folder. Move the piece around until you are happy with the placement of the folders design. Carefully run though your machine with the appropriate platforms. When you are happy with the pressure of the envisioned design, repeat with the non practice pieces.

 One side of your foil piece will have the embossed design raised and the other side, not raised.
Color the designs with your alcohol pens. Wait for the colors to dry before adding a second coat to really make the colors 'pop'.

 When you have finished coloring all your chipboard pieces, edge them with the gold leafing pen and  decide which ones you want to layer.
Place a line of e-6000 down the center of the large piece before adding the smaller piece.
Here I lightly bent the smaller butterfly down the center before placing onto the line of glue.
Next I added some clear dew drops which I 'just' touched the tops with the gold leafing pen.

 

 I wrapped the wire beaded cluster in and out of the hair clip until secure.
Then I rolled up the practice piece of chipboard and placed it inside the clip.
I added some e-6000 to the top of the hair clip and placed the layered butterfly. I held this in place with my finger for about 20 seconds until I was sure it would not slip off the clip if I let go.
The rolled up piece keeps the hair clip from being sealed shut if any glue escapes.
Leave this in place over night. Remove in the morning or after 6 hours.

 I colored the second butterfly with a many bright and happy colors.
The nice thing about using alcohol pens, if you mess up...you can wipe the slate clean with nail polish remover and start over! :)

CLOCKWORKS TAG

Happy Monday!

I made a fun tag to share with you today, using SinCity Stamps and Die Cuts.

SUPPLIES:

• #8 Manilla Tag *I buy mine on ebay, 100 at a time*
• SinCity Stamps "Clockworks Inspired by Terri Sproul" Stamp Set
• SinCity Stamps "Keys and Keyhole Die Cuts"
• Ranger Distress Inks, Frayed Burlap, Vintage Photo and Rusty Hinge
• Ranger "Timeworks" Mask
• Stewart Superior India Ink Pad
• Pearls

Start with a light neutral ink as your background color for your tag.

*You know, SinCity now has  Masks!  BIG selection to choose from!!*

Place your mask on your tag.  Ink over it with a brighter color of ink so you get a really good contrast in color.

Go around the edges of the tag with the Vintage Photo ink.  Using the Stewart Superior India Ink, stamp some Roman Numerals, Clock Hands and Screw Head stamps on your tag.

And finish by putting some of the Die Cut Keys on a piece of rope and tying it to the top of the tag. Finish tag with a few pearls. 

I was thinking of all the things you can do with this tag.  You could use the numerals like place cards at a party.  The numerals can be made to show an age for a birthday present tag.  Or just make some tags because you like using Roman Numerals!  I just think these stamps look so cool!  I've used them several times already!!

Have an awesome day!!

xxDaniella

A Little Birdie Told Me

This is Karen with a spring project for you.


Sin City Stamps is teaming up with Altered Pages this month, and it was really a treat to scroll through the beautiful images from Altered Pages and to pair them up with stamps from Sin City Stamps!

I chose a beautiful bird image from Altered Pages and a gorgeous background stamp from Sin City Stamps, then added a cute phrase from Sin City Stamps.  I really prefer simple cards, so I limited the number of images I used.  But you could create any number of minimalist or elaborate combinations.

I printed Altered Pages AP 2125 - Little Spring Birdies collage sheet onto cream cardstock.

Once I chose the bird image I wanted to use, I chose some cardstock in coordinating colors.  I made test stamps with several inks on different colors of cardstock.  I knew I wouldn’t use them all for this project, but I can save the extras for later.  I chose the color combinations I thought looked best with my image.


I used the background stamp from Sin City Stamps’ Rosette Hearts set and a phrase from the
Steampunk Circus set. I decided to use the background image stamped in ColorBox Chalk Ink in Rouge on the pale pink paper and the phrase stamped in ColorBox Chalk Ink in Dark Brown stamped on the same paper, with the darker pink paper as the base.


I cut out the images.  Here is a tip.  I wanted to cut out the bird image in a way that would allow me to use the remaining images, and I wanted to cut it with a paper trimmer so the cuts would be straight.  It can be hard to tell exactly where you should put the paper in this situation, so I used a clear piece of acrylic to help me line up my image with the cutting line.  This is actually the block I used to stamp the phrase, doing double duty:


Here’s another tip.  When I cut the phrase on the paper trimmer, it was so small that it kept slipping and making a slanted cut.  I held it down with a pencil eraser to get it to stay straight.

And here’s one more tip.  It turned out I had stamped the background image at an angle, so I couldn’t
just put the paper in the paper trimmer.  So I used a clear ruler and a rotary cutter.  Here it is lined up:


Sometimes the paper slips when you use this method, and you need to add an extra sheet for thickness.

I cut a piece of cardstock for my base, scored it, and folded it in half.  Then I dragged each piece across a pad of Distress Ink in Tea Dye.  Finally, I attached all the pieces with double-sided tape.



Supplies
Digital Image: Altered Pages #2125, Little Spring Birdies
Stamps: Sin City Stamps, Rosette Hearts and Steampunk Circus
Inks: ColorBox Chalk Ink in Rouge; Distress Ink in Tea Dye
Cardstock, double sided tape

I hope you will consider combining digital images with rubber stamps in your next project!

A Bag full of Love by Astrid

Hi everyone and thank you for visiting! Hope you have all survived the holiday season and are feeling ready for a new year of stamping and crafting!
Today I am sharing an altered gift bag with you. This could make a super gift for Valentines day.

As you may have seen in a previous post, this month we are doing a cross promotion with Altered Pages who do amazing collage sheets. So for this project I have not only used SinCity Stamps but also some collage sheets that we were given to work with.

Here is a list of supplies used:
Stamps:
Couples Pocket Watch
Banner of Love
Art Journaling with Terri Sproul 2
Collage Sheets
Angelic Hearts Collage sheet
Very Vintage New Year Collage Sheet
Other
Paper bag to alter
6 x 6 piece of Kraft card
2 sheets of 6 x 6 designer paper
White card
sewing machine
Ranger Distress Inks in Pumice Stone and Victorian Velvet
Ranger Archival Ink in Watering Can
Ranger Adirondack ink in Espresso
Spellbinders Decorative Labels 8 die
Paper Doily
Scalloped Heart punch
Scalloped Circle tag
Flower and leaf embellishments

1.I started by cutting designer paper to 5 3/4 by 5 3/4 and 5 1/2 by 5 1/2" respectively and sewing them together with my sewing machine. (They could of course just be glued together).I distressed the edges and adhered them to my piece of 6 x 6" Kraft card.

2. Next I cut and embossed my chosen collage image with the Spellbinder die

This was to become the vocal image of my altered bag.
3. I stamped my chosen stamps on white card and cut them out, ready to layer around my image.

4. I coloured both them and the frame of my main image with my chosen Distress Inks to bend in with the background papers.
5. I then collected some other embellishments to frame my image, here you can see what I used:

6. Then I decided I also wanted to make a matching tag. So I chose another little collage image, cut it and mounted it first on a scallopped heart and then a round little tag from my stash, which I had stamped first with a text stamp.

7.Time to layer it all up together. Here you can see a bit of the detail:

And that was it. Quick and simple and adaptable of course to whatever images and papers you have available.

Thank you for visiting and I hope you like my gift bag. Do check out the wonderful stamps SinCity have available and don't forget to check out Altered Pages as well, they have hundreds of amazing sheets suitable for so many occasions, you will be spoiled for choice.

See you next time,

Jan 2014 Celebrate Card with Pam Bray

Can you believe we are almost through the first week of January....I am still having a hard time believing we have just enter into 2014....lol but why not "Celebrate" all the new beginnings, New Years resolutions....some we are still keeping and others we have probably broken....

I started my card by first embossing a piece of cream card stock that matched my card base with White Seafoam Embossing Powder, VersaMark and SinCity Stamps Classic Spark Stamp Set.

 Allow the heated embossing powder to cool before using your distress inks or it may smear....once cool I used Wild Honey and Broken China Distress inks to achieve the color I wanted to go along with my A Childs New Year Collage piece from Altered Pages.

 Here is a closer look at the Classic Spark Background Stamp.

Add the fun little girl collage piece from a Childs New Year Collage Sheet to the front of the card. I added the sticker numbers to the piece so it would say 2014, cleaver way to use the collage sheets through out the entire month or year.

I hope you have a fabulous 2014 and stop by frequently to check out all the new items in the SinCity Stamps Store....we have added chipboard, stencils, masks and more stamps. We would also love for you to stop by SinCity Stamps  and Altered Pages Blogs to check out all the fabulous inspirations that is being offered. Hugs Pammejo
Supplies:
SinCity Classic Spark Stamp Set
Altered Pages A Childs New Year Collage Sheet
Fancy Pants Wonderful Day Collection
Seafoam White Embossing Powder
VersaMark Ink
Wild Honey and Broken China Distress Ink
WRMK Deco Corner Chomper
EK Success Deco Border Punch

The Dressmaker's Parfumerie Shoppe

Hello everyone.  I hope everyone had a wonderful New Year's holiday.  But the celebrations are over and it is back to the old grindstone.  But the Sin City Stamps design team is still at it and have some wonderful projects to share with you in the new year.



Today I have a fun altered art project to share, using all sorts of mixed media, dies, stamped images, and collage images.  We are sponsored this month by another fabulous company, Altered Pages, who have provided us with some wonderful collage sheets to share with you in our projects this month.

Welcome the New Year with a Steampunk Couture Card!

 Hi Everyone!
Happy new year and welcome to 2014!
When I was creating this card, I felt like the colors and Steampunk style were just perfect for a great creative start in the new year!
Here's how I made it-