Stencil Crackle Paint Technique

Crackle paint adds so much dimension and texture when paired with the Blueprints masking stencil. Check out these amazing results.

Don't you just love how crisp and clean the edges are and all that wonderful crackled goodness?

Grab some Blueprints papers, the mask and some crackle paint, and I will show you how it's done.

1. Lay the masking stencil down onto brown paper. Paint over the stencil with the crackle paint.

I used a complimentary color of brown - Distress "Vintage Photo" Crackle Paint from Ranger.

2. Swipe over the paint using firm pressure and a scraping motion with an old credit card. This will spread the paint across the stencil and ensure proper coverage.

Note: You don't have to use the entire image when painting on the medium. I chose to highlight certain words.

3. Carefully remove the mask. Allow the crackle paint to dry and reveal the texture.

Run the masking stencil under warm soapy water immediately to remove the excess paint.

Now it's time to use this carefully crafted paper in a layout.

Our daughter Shannon had fun helping us build this dribble sandcastle over the Labor Day weekend. Fits the theme quite nicely, don't you think?

Stamp a gold photo mat, Kay Williamson style!

Add crackle paint to the gold anchor strip, stamp a compass image border, and mat a clever quote to tie the two layouts together.

Let's get cracking on those layouts!

Julie

BIG On Photo Corners

The Club Scrap kit features different goodies each month. September's  Blueprints collection includes a 12-pack of Jumbo Photo Corners. Let's take a closer look. . . .

They're quite jumbo in comparison to your run-of-the-mill photo corner. In fact, if regular photo corners were to challenge our Blueprints Jumbo Photo Corners to an arm wrestling match, I'm pretty sure I know who would win!

They might look a bit strange and unidentifiable when first received and unfolded. Follow these simple steps to assemble . . .

1. Position the paper on your work surface with the "bump" of the score facing up. Fold the small flap on the score line.

2. Add double sided adhesive or bookbinding glue to the flap.

3. Fold the larger flap on the score line.

4. Press down on adhesive to secure.

5. The photo corner is now ready for action.

The photo corners are alterable. I swiped this one with Earth Ink before attaching to my layout.

Stamp artwork onto the photo mounting corners for a neat effect.

White Pigment ink coordinates perfectly with the Blue papers in this collection.

These Jumbo Photo Corners will be a big hit in your scrapbook!

Thanks for stopping,
Kay at Club Scrap

Four New Ways to Use Cutaparts

Just wait until you get your hands on the prints and cutaparts inside the Cinema Lite Kit! If you use them up doing the pre-assembled pages, you may want to pick up a few extras.

Club Scrap Cinema Lite Layout

Occasionally I'll order miniature collage prints from Walgreen's, and I always have a few leftovers after completing the intended project. This layout features black and white photos spanning several years. They worked perfectly with the filmstrip.

I cropped and adhered photos that were small enough to fit the 1x1.25" filmstrip spaces on the Stone cutapart. The strip was then used to complement the right edge of my layout.

Rather than saving the journaling blocks on the Stone cutapart for journaling, I used them as frames for additional photos.

I had some unique plans for the White cutaparts, as well!

Instead of using this element as a border strip, I repurposed the numbers for photo embellishments.

I also trimmed a 12" border strip to use as a caption . . .

. . . and stamped a quote on the other half.

Here's lookin' at the Lite cutaparts in a whole new way! Enjoy!

Kay at Club Scrap

Filmstrip Fun

Okay, I am even surprising myself here! I used my filmstrip die twice in one month, WOW. Check out this blog post where I made a homemade embossing plate.

Next I will use it to create an embellishment for layouts 7&8 from the Cinema ALSB.

1. Create an 8.5x11 print using Time of Your Life and Cinema digital kits.

2. Print image onto plain white paper.

3. Trim a 1.75x11" strip and attach to one sticky side of a piece of double sided sticker paper (goodie included in the Fire and Ice kit).

4. Die cut the filmstrip from hybrid paper + sticker sheet.

5. Remove backing paper and attach to your layout. TIP: I reattached my filmstrip "sticker" to the uncut backing sheet and inked the edges to create more dimension.

6. Adhere die cut embellishments to scrapbook pages.

Cinema ALSB layout 7

Cinema ALSB layout 8

7. Add photos to the completed layouts.

Have you ever found die cut shapes that work perfectly with your Club Scrap kits?
Share your favorite pairings in the comments section below.

Enjoy the rest of your week!

Julie