Tin Tiles Doorway Mini Album

Hello everyone, Debby here. I am so excited to be your guest blogger for today. I've been a member for three years now and I am constantly awestruck with the designs, quality products, and variety in every Club Scrap collection. Recently Club Scrap celebrated its 15 year anniversary by releasing the Tin Tiles Anniversary Collection.

Club Scrap Tin Tiles Collection

The imagery reminds me of ornate historic buildings and antique architecture. The collection comes with directions to make ten beautiful 12 x 12 scrapbook pages, however, I like to make mini albums, so I decided to make a doorway mini album inspired by one of the cutapart quotes. The doorway cover features the dry embossing folder included in the collection. The inside pages feature collection papers, cutaparts and tags decorated with the stencil included in the collection.

Tin Tiles Doorway Album Cover 

The doorway cover is made from chipboard with a cut out window and transom. I painted it with silver acrylic paint as a base for additional embellishment.

• The "tin" accents are foil sheets embossed with the Tin Tiles embossing folder, antiqued with Distress Paint.
• Punch Collection papers with the EK Success Scroll Pattern punch and add as accents.
• The window is an acetate sheet with an antiqued jewelry medallion adhered with Glossy Accents.
• The door knob is a Tim Holtz Ideology hitch post.
• Behind the transom is an acetate sheet dry embossed and antiqued with bronze Distress Paint.
• The door was finished with black marker lines and black inked edges.

Inside cover with the cutapart quote that inspired the project.

Internal pocket pages

The binding is a Stack the Deck Binding designed by Laura Denison. The pockets were made from ivory #10 envelopes cut on the diagonal and slit on the side.

• Each pocket is attached to the spine tab with Club Scrap Bookbinding Glue, and covered with Tin Tiles collection papers and Gold Foil Handmade paper from the Trees collection.
• Pockets are further decorated with Tin Tiles Cutaparts, papers, and left over embossed foil accents.
• Ribbon accents were added to the flaps and some of the pages.

Tags created as inserts for the pockets

The pocket tags are decorated with stencil techniques or papers and accented with ribbons from the collection.

• Dark blue tag: Emboss with Tin Tiles embossing folder and ink raised areas with Club Scrap white pigment ink. 
• Light blue tag: Stencil with watermark ink, emboss with clear EP then antique with Distress Ink
• Grey tag – Ink Tin Tiles stencil with Club Scrap white pigment ink.
• Manila tag: Reverse stencil image from grey tag (place over white inked stencil and rub the back to transfer). When dry, antique with Mahogany Distress Ink and rub with a damp cloth to reveal the reverse stencil image. 

I hope this gives you an idea of the possibilities with the Tin Tiles Anniversary Collection. It was so easy to make a delightfully coordinated project, adding just a few optional embellishment from my stash. To see more of my Club Scrap projects see my blog listed below.  

Thank you for reading and happy crafting!

Debby H

Blog: Masculine Inspirations in Paper & Craft

Stamping on Stencils

I found a "new-to-me" technique video while browsing Pinterest the other day and couldn't wait to give it a go and then share the results with all of you.

I grabbed some simple supplies and got to work.

1. Geometrics stencil and a stiff bristled paint brush (hardware store find)

2. Time of your Life Borders and Backgrounds stamps

3. Hybrid Ink Pads: Lagoon, Leaf, and Amethyst

4. Wild Flowers distressed script stamp.

5. Follow the video instructions and admire the amazing results!

Tip: Select a stencil with large open areas.

6. Create a card with a layout design by Gloria found here.

Versailles blue, Wisteria purple and Ornamental shimmer green circles
Gear stamp from Time of your Life Part Deux UM set

I hope you like this fun technique and will give it a try.

Julie

Neon Lights Technique

They say necessity is the mother of invention.

Last week, Jac, Lori and I were in Novi, MI, for the Great Lakes Mega Meet. We had a booth and I taught two classes each day. The booth was stocked with past monthly and special edition kits, as well as our Neon Ink Dabbers, Neon Inkpads, and Neon Doodles unmounted stamps. Jac enthusiastically demonstrated the "Neon" line for passers-by, until doing the same thing over and over got kind of dull. It was time to get creative.

Having the freedom to "play" can lead to discoveries, and that's what happened on Saturday. Jac's "play" time with the Big Deal stencil (from one of my classes) and neon inks led to a fun new technique I couldn't wait to share with you!

Neon Lights Technique
Supplies:
Neon Inkpad(s)
Ink Applicator(s)
White Gel Pen (Graffiti CS Gel Pen or Graffiti Lite 3-D Souffle Pen*)
Black or dark-colored cardstock
CS Stencil (we used Big Deal)

Trace stencil images onto black cardstock with white pen. 

Add scribbles/doodles inside traced area until desired look is achieved.

Re-align stencil; use applicator tool and Neon Ink to color artwork.

Artwork "lights up" with color from the Neon Inks.

Add sentiment stamped with white pigment ink; add matte to create card.

Here are more of Jac's demo samples to inspire you:

Same technique as above on Big Deal Gray Plain.

Try on other colors, too: Big Deal Yellow Plain.

White Plain (from HPOP stash).

Add hand-written greeting to create a quick card.

3D Neon Lights Technique

For a fun twist, add a three dimensional element to your stenciled artwork.

Color stencil with neon inks onto Big Deal Tan Plain. Shift stencil slightly, then trace image with white gel pen.
Resulting "offset image" creates a 3D effect, making the image pop off the page.

I hope you'll try this fun technique with your favorite Club Scrap stencils. We'd love to see what you create!

*The Graffiti Lite 3-D Souffle pen works very well with this technique; however, this ink formula goes on nearly clear and must be allowed to dry completely to a bright white before adding Neon inks.

Creatively yours,

Karen

Double Stenciling with Geometrics

I was intrigued when I ran across this compilation of stenciling techniques in a video demonstration by May Flaum. Her "Double Stenciling" idea shown at the four-minute mark really grabbed my attention! I knew that my Club Scrap® stencil and mask collection would work perfectly with this technique.

I used an open shape stencil coupled with the brand new Geometrics stencils to create unique combinations of images. Follow these steps to achieve the double stencil technique . . .

1. Choose a stencil from your collection with an open shape.

Common Threads

2. Choose a mask/stencil with a repeating pattern.

Geometrics 

3. Lay the open stencil on top of the repeating pattern mask/stencil and apply color with an ink applicator.

4. Layer the stenciled panel onto a coordinating matte and card.

Stencils: Common Threads + Geometrics in CS® Amethyst Hybrid ink
Take Wing green panel and Great Outdoors sentiment in CS® Peridot Hybrid ink

For a more defined shaped image follow these steps:

1. Keeping the open shape stencil in place, remove the pattern mask/stencil.

2. Ink the outside edges of the open stencil to define the shape.

Let's take a look at some other striking double stencil combinations.

Stencils: Take Wing + Geometrics in CS® Amethyst Hybrid ink
Collections script stamp in Neon Pink CS® Ink and Hydrangeas quote.

Stencils: Spring WOW 2013 + Geometrics and My Funny Valentine 2011 in CS® Amethyst Hybrid ink
Collections script stamp in Neon Pink CS® Ink and Watercolor Blossoms quote 

Stencils: Graffiti + Geometrics in CS® WOW Red Hybrid ink
Neon purple dabber splats, Random Doorways red panels and Big Deal sentiment

Stencils: Hopes flower + Cape Cod (left) in CS® Ocean Hybrid ink and
Friends (right) in CS® Neon orange and yellow ink
Hopes leaf + Geometrics (left) and Comics (right) both in CS® Spruce and Peridot Hybrid ink
Trees light and dark green card bases with Blossom sentiment

I hope you enjoyed my version of this unique and highly addictive technique!

Feel free to share your stencil combo ideas in the comments section below.

Julie

Wood Tape Trees

Trees Self Adhesive Wood Tape

Imagine my surprise when I visited the blog on Tuesday, and found that Kay was also blogging about the amazingly versatile wood tape goodie that came in the Trees kit. I want to share what I created using this fun embellishment!

Trees Collage Stencil

It all began with the stencil. I loved it from the moment I saw it. I loved the collage feel and felt that it could be turned into a unique three-dimensional piece of art by adding some special details to the tree.

Here is how I created my artwork.

Step 1. Lay the stencil onto a piece of watercolor paper which takes mists very well, and tape off any areas of the stencil you do not want the mists to sneak through.

Step 2. Spritz with your favorite colors of glimmer mists. I used yellow, green and blue colors made with the Creative Concoctions recipes from Retreat 2012. Remove the stencil from the paper. Lay the stencil, wet side up, back into your spray tray (pizza box bottom) and lay another piece of white water color paper onto the stencil and burnish. Two pieces of art for the price of one!

Step 3. Allow the mists to dry. Stamp the diamonds from the Trees Borders & Backgrounds UM with CS® Earth Ink onto the image.

Step 4. Use the stencil to trace the image of the trunk and branches of the tree onto the wood tape and trim out with fine detail scissors.

Step 5. Ink the edges with CS® Earth Ink, remove the adhesive backing and place onto the misted image.

Step 6. Punch a lot of tiny leaves (over 160) using both shades of Trees green cardstock. Adhere each leaf to the misted image with the help of a sticky tool* and CS® Bookbinding Glue.

Step 7. Allow all the glue to dry completely. The piece can be used to embellish a page, adorn the front of a card, or stand alone as a framed piece of art.

Thanks for stopping by and let me know in the comments how you plan to use your wood tape.

Julie


*Sticky tool back story- My good friend Cherryl Greene had been to a trade show a few years back and told me she found this fun tool with a sticky tip on it. We discussed how you could probably make your own by using dental wax and a dowel, so that is what I did. I use my sticky tool to pick up very small items when applying adhesives or placing items onto my artwork. This tool comes in especially handy when I am creating paper flowers with a hot glue gun.

Sneak peak for Trees Blog Hop coming 3/26/14