Traveler's Notebook Layout with 49 and Market

 Hello, Jenn here to share a Traveler's Notebook layout. I've been inspired by Scrap Shotz challenge for the month of February to get an unfinished project FINISHED! I know I'm not alone in having a pile of half finished projects that need some attention so I think this challenge is the perfect push to pick one and get it done. The first project I've chosen is my May 2019 Traveler's Notebook, which only has a few pages left to finish, one of which just happened to be a picture of my peach lemonade from Starbucks, the perfect match for the 49 and Market Color Swatch Peach Collection that I got from Scrap Shotz! Here is what I did:

All month long I have been playing with the sketch that I created for February so I thought it would be fun to try shrinking it down to a Traveler's Notebook size for this layout. I threw in a few of my favourite techniques, as well, to ingnite some creative sparks and complete the rest of the notebook. To start I used some watered down Abandoned Coral Distress Ink to create splatters on my background. While that dried, I chose the cover paper from the Peach collection, which has a small sample of each paper pattern on it. I really love using this paper in every collection to stretch my collection. I tore strips of paper from this sheet so there would be multiple patters on each strip, for my horizontal and vertical layers. This gave me a lot of colour for my layers without having to sacrifice a small strip torn off of multiple pieces of paper. The torn edges also give a lot of texture and interest without too much dimension. 

I layed down in strips in layers, similar to the sketch, and then added an envelope and tag from the Peach Envelope Bits pack, and some leaves and butterflies from the Peach Acetate Leaves pack. I also had a piece of a cutfile that I used as a stencil for an earlier layout in the Traveler's notebook and thought might make a nice embellishment so I cut it apart to fit it around my little picture. The finishing touches were a few sequins from the SpiegelMom Scraps Peach Fizz sequins mix and a sketchy border around the layout using a peach marker.

I always enjoy creating fun little layouts that come together quick and easy. I like to stick to my comfort zone to get started with finishing a project that I haven't touched for a little while, and then I can slowly build up my creative confidence with go-to techniques. For me, those include using a sketch to inspire design, using scraps, paper tearing, splatters, sequins, and sketchy borders. I try to keep it simple and use a limited amount of supplies, like a single collection. After creating this layout, I went on to finish three more and completed this project, WOOHOO!!! Please check out my Youtube Channel for a more detailed list of all of the unfinished projects I am working on this year, as well as the process video for this layout and a flip-through of the finished Traveler's Notebook. To find all of the supplies I used, click the links that are highlighted, or head to the Scrap Shotz store to see all of the beautiful 49 and Market products now available.

Thanks so much for popping by, Happy Scrapping :)

Jenn

Pretty Pink Posh Is Here

Happy Wednesday everyone! Cathy here with a couple of projects featuring Pretty Pink Posh! For these projects I used the Birdie Friends stamp set and the Birdie Friends Die set. I had to switch gears from Christmas creating, but loved the sentiments in this set. And what a great set to use just to let someone know you're thinking about them.

I started with a manilla tag and Distress Oxides, used my heat tool to dry them and then did some edging with a stencil and a Distress Crayon in Hickory Smoke.

Distress Oxides in Picked Raspberry, Fossilized Amber and Spiced Marmalade. I stuck with these colours because they just say spring to me and so do the little chicks!

To cut out all the tiny leaves (thank goodness for matching die sets) I used scraps of other bits of paper that had shades of green on them. Sometimes it does pay to be a paper hoarder! I did stamp of the little leaf images on the green backgrounds as well.

The branch was stamped then embossed in Emerald Creek Burnt Copper Leaves

I coloured my little chicks with a water brush and my Oxides and added a touch of blue for their little eyes.

Little leaves stamped directly on the background and ones I cut out with the die set, these were put on with some foam tape for dimension.

The chicks are put on with foam tape as well as they stand on their little fence post.

And a little ribbon on top and the tag is ready to go.

For my next project I made a quick and easy card. I got the idea for my background from fellow DT member Rosie when I saw a background on a Christmas card of hers. I used to have tons of big background stamps with words for every occasion. But after moves and purges etc I don't have any left. So I made my own with most of the sentiments from the Birdie Friends stamp set .

I used the larger chick and coloured in with the Oxides again, staying with the same bright happy colours.  Once the chick was ready I ran it through with the die to cut it out. I stamped a sentiment on a scrap piece of paper and made a little banner sign using a toothpick, and tucked it under the chick's wing.

I edged my banner and my card with Vintage Photo Distress Ink

 

 

Attached the chick and his little banner with foam tape to pop it up just a bit.

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to get your Pretty Pink Posh sets in the Scrap Shotz online store! And be sure to check out the holiday stamps that are in too!! 

I'll be back on Friday with some wintery goodness from Scrap Shotz and Pretty Pink Posh!! Have a great week everyone!

C9 Christmas Card Fun!!

Glad to have you join me, Rosie, for more cards featuring Concord and 9th 😊. I know I have only scratched the surface of the card possibilities so please share your creations with any of these stamps either in the comments or email to me directly at rosieneust@shaw.ca.

I'll begin with a card using the Concord&9th Ornamental stamp:

The stamp images are coloured with Copic markers, small berries were heat embossed with gold embossing powder.

"Merry Christmas" is the cursive merry Christmas die by Tonic Studios, coated in 2 coats of Versafine black ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder, cooling between layers.

This card begins with a distress inked base of Tumbled Glass, Mermaid Lagoon and Blueprint Sketch. The tree is cut with the Concord and 9th Trim the Tree Die and embossed with the stitched lines from the die. "Snowfall" circles are stamped with clear embossing ink from the stamp set, coated with Emerald Creek Soft Fallen Snow embossing powder and heat set.

"Merry Christmas" is cut with a Tonic Studio die in 2 layers of white card stock and The Ton gold Glitter adhesive paper.

Studio Katia clear 'drops' add more shine to complete this card.

This card features the Concord and 9th Christmas Cheer Turnabout stamp which has been stamped and heat embossed in silver embossing powder. The stamped base and silver 'the ton' glitter paper are die cut with the Pretty Pink Posh Stitched Borders 3 die. 

 The papers have been alternated across the 4"x 5 1/4" white card stock base.

The ribbon banner is cut from the C9 ribbon banner die and hosting a red embossed (powder from my stash) Concord and 9th Christmas Cheer turnabout stamp sentiment.

The red glitter flower is cut with the Fill In Blooms die and accented with a Tim Holtz Fluted Star metal embellishment.

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look!

October Kit Projects...Take Two

Happy Friday the 13th everyone!! Cathy here with some more projects using the gorgeous Scrap Shotz October Kit, featuring the Beautiful line from Simple Stories! The October Kit is available now and there are add ons to go with it!

I love home decor, especially anything I can put on a wall or display on a shelf. I did this frame up using one of the cut apart sheets from the 12X12 paper pack. There are so many to choose from, but the best part is, you can change up the center card message whenever you like. I did this one using a vertical card but you can also do a horizontal version.

I found this great frame at the thrift store for $1.50 and thought it would be perfect, already had a mat inside it too. I did not like the colour so a bit Dylusions White and Dylusions Black Paint and I have a frame I like.

I layered a 4X6 card on a piece of the patterned paper from the kit so it fit in the center of the mat. I fussy cut some of the flowers out and edged them in black ink. I also edged the frame in black to pull it together. You could use any colour for that part. Added gold hearts to the corners and some of the clear word stickers on the side.

For the flower in the foreground I cut all the petals and edge them in black as well.

More fussy cut flowers attached to the mat around the center card.

I did leave the frame just painted and edged in Distress Ink in Black Soot, that way I can just change out the mat board inside to what ever design and colour I would like.

And for my last project this month I did a 5X5 card and a regular size card. The cut aparts from the Beautiful line are so great for cards. And I love the positive words and encouragement.

The embellishments that come with this kit are so amazing. They all go together so well and there are so many options with this line. This is a 5X5 card and I used one of the cut aparts and just trimmed it down and layered in on squares cut from the paper.

The balloons are in the sticker book and are so adorable and the little tiny bow is one of the stickers too.

This little circle is from the chipboard set and is layered on a cut out piece of matching paper.

My second card is a regular size one. 

I used a striped pattern on the bottom layering piece and then used the matching washi tape to add stripes.

I fussy cut the feathers out of one of the cards and tucked them in behind the sentiment. And added the little bow on the top feather.

The matching floral washi tape is gorgeous. Used it for the background and cut a small banner out of it for the top corner.

Two different circle stickers added to the corner, and you can pop these up too if you want.

Yes the gold does shine that wonderfully!!

Hope you have all had a great week and enjoyed seeing the incredible projects this week from Katelyn and Rosie!! Coming up next week, the Design Team will be showing you projects featuring items available from Scrap Shotz! Stay tuned!

 

 

Using American Crafts Thickers

Hey Scrap Shotz fans!! I'm Cathy and I am very excited to share my first post here as a member of the Scrap Shotz Design Team. I received a package of supplies, all available from Scrap Shotz, and could not wait to get started. My first post is two projects, but I made them so they could go together! 

Part one of this project is a gift box decorated with Thickers Fresh Start set, Lawn Fawn Watercolor Paper and one of my loves, Distress Oxides and regular old Distress Ink.

I found this little box in my stash and thought it would make a great gift box, for a small gift or even a gift card, or my second project :)

I nice layer of Distress Oxide in Salty Ocean, then a very small splatter of water.

I added the Wilted Violet by smooshing the pad on my craft mat, spritzing it with water then dabbing the box into the color.

I cut out paper to fit the sides and top of the box and then edged it in Wild Honey Distress Ink.

After the pieces were attached I splattered the whole box with Wilted Violet.

And here is the completed gift box with all the panels done and my Thickers added, all the stamp sayings are from a Tim Holtz set. 

I didn't love all the yellow, so I used the blue watercolor paper and layered it so there was just a touch of the yellow showing.

All four sides are done with a stamped saying and one of the pretty Fresh Start Thickers.

For my second project I wanted to keep using the Fresh Start Thickers and thought a set of little cards would go great in the gift box. All the cards are 3X3 and all the layers are done with the Lawn Fawn Watercolor Paper. The word stickers are from the Tim Holtz Big Chat line and also from the Small Talk book.

I did one set of 3 using a blue base and edged the watercolor paper in Faded Jeans

The second set of 3 I used pink and cream together and edged the watercolor pieces in Worn Lipstick.

The whole set of 6 little cards (envelopes too) fit right in the box.

And here are both projects together! I think this would make a great little gift for a teacher or co-worker.

I hope you liked these two projects and I will be back tomorrow showing you some other amazing products you can find in the Scrap Shotz Online Store!

Have a great day everyone.

Cathy