Playing with Scraps - CS September Card Sketch

Thanks for joining me, 

Today I'm working on the Club Scrap (CS) September Card Sketch challenge from the CS forums.   I love starting a card from a sketch to focus my ideas. Below is the sketch by Marya. for more information on the challenge see the CS forum.  

This time I decided to raid my scraps.  I keep scraps of any technique or art media for when I need a special detail.  Today I decided to work from papers I had out for a twinchie swap (a 2 x 2 inch art panel).  I next picked all the art scraps that went with papers in violet and spring green from the CS Wildflower kit (CS Retreat 2013, I think).   When I was finished I had enough stuff for two cards.

I started with the large violet panel using a new embossing folder and Lindy's Stamp Gang Sprays.  I just love the nest detail and the touching quote inside from the CS Take Wing Collection.  The fun part was making a nest.

• Violet panel 
• Embossing folder
• LSG Magnolia Magenta Gold Starburst Spray
• LSG Sweet Violet Purple Teal Starburst Spray
• Light application of Pan Pastel white
• Gold panel
• CS Geometrics Stencil
• LSG Shabby Turbine Teal Starburst Spray
• LSG Blue Hawaiian Blue Starburst Spray
• LSG Sweet Violet Purple Teal Starburst Spray
• CS Wood tape colored with Gathered Twigs Distress Stain
• Scrap of teal sprayed as gold panel above
• Bird
• Scraps of Alcohol Ink on Glossy Card Stock
• CS Leaf Stamp - CS Spring WOW 2014
• Various Archival Inks
• Stampin' Up Bird and sprig punch
• Nest 
• Yellow Tulle - CS Spring Chorus Collection
• Book Page Scraps - Sprayed as gold panel above
• Strands of blue and lavender embroidery thread 
• Various gems and pearls
• CS Stamps 
• CS Hybrid Ink - Ocean
• Love - CS Lock and Key Collection
• Greeting - CS Take Wing Collection
• Distressing Edges
• Distress Ink Evergreen Bough
• Distress Ink Seedless Preserves

This card started with a blue panel with a some unknown sprays that reminded me of the sky.  You'll see many parts are the same as the above card. Again the quote was just perfect.

• Violet panel as described above
• Blue sprayed panel
• Unknown sprays
• Clouds with Pan Pastel white, Distress Paint Picket Fence, and White gel pen
• CS Serenity Stencil
• LSG Blue Hawaiian Blue Starburst Spray
• Distress Paint Mustard Seed and Tarnished Brass mixed
• CS Wood tape colored with Gathered Twigs Distress Stain
• Yellow Tulle -  CS Spring Chorus Collection
• Metal embossed panel with added Distress Paint Tarnished Brass 
• Butterflies 
• Scraps of Alcohol Ink on Glossy Card Stock
• CS Leaf Stamp - CS Spring WOW 2014
• Various Archival Inks
• Stampin' Up Butterfly punches
• Strands of blue and lavender embroidery thread 
• CS Stamps 
• CS Hybrid Ink - Ocean
• Love and quote - CS Wisteria Collection
• Also - CS Take Wing Collection
• Book Page Scraps - Sprayed as gold panel above
• Distressing Edges
• Distress Ink Evergreen Bough
• Distress Ink Seedless Preserves

LOL, I did not realize that I used so much stuff, but this is my style of "art jounaling." I had a lot of fun working on these cards and I hope you'll give this sketch a try.  

Comfortable Jeans Mini Album

Welcome to the Club Scrap Dungarees Collection Blog Hop! To return to the start of the hop here. This is the time for graduations and I needed a gift for a high school graduate going away to college.  Instead of going for something formal, I went for something worn and comfortable made with the Club Scrap Dungarees Collection. The pattern is for a Cascading Pocket Mini Album designed by Laura Denison. I love the jean pocket paper and made the cover with a real pocket.  It includes removable distressed flowers and keys from the Club Scrap Lock and Key collection.  

The inner album features pages with flaps and pockets for mats/tags up to 4 x 6 inch.  The front and back covers have pockets for extra tags since each pocket will fit several tags.  It was a lot of fun using the Dungarees cut aparts to decorate each page.  

I was inspired to make the distress flowers by Julie's Dungarees Rag Quilt card.  I thought the look would be great for a contemporary but shabby flower.  The flowers we made by cutting 1 inch squares and rounding two corners.  First the edges were distressed; then the petal was colored with fluid chalk & wrinkled.  The center is a colored circle covered by a Dungarees rivet stamp embossed in Club Scrap Hematite embossing power.  

Supplies Used:

• Club Scrap Dungarees Collection
• Club Scrap Lock and Key - keys and tags
• Club Scrap Hematite embossing power
• Prima Fluid Chalk
• Distress Ink
• Glossing Accents
• Distress Paint
• Tim Holtz Journey Charm
• Found items from my stash

Your next stop is with the artistic Tiare from Tiare Smith Designs and the beginning of the hop is at Club Scrap Creates. Thank you for reading my post and your comments are greatly appreciated.

Happy Crafting,

Debby H

Pocket Card and Frame Formula

Welcome,
Today I'm making even more cards for my favorite sources of card sketches: Operation Write Home (OWH) and Retro Sketches.   I'm using elements from the Club Scrap Lock and Key Collection and their Assembly Line Card Making (ALCM) method for efficiently using paper.  To see more card making formulas see their blog Club Scrap Creates.  For this ALCM formula I used three sheets of 12x12 paper and six sheets of 8.5 x 11 and some extra scraps to make 9 cards.  For the formula direction see the end of the post.

OWH Pocket Card

OWH #195

Retro Sketches #3

The line drawing below shows how to cut each of the three sheets of 12x12 paper and three sheets of 8.5 x 11.  The remaining three sheets of 8.5 x 11 are cut in half and folded to make six A2 cards.  With this formula and some extra red scraps I make 9 cards.  What I do combine the papers together for each card, but put all the extra scraps together to use for the extra accents.  Also I pick some ribbons, punches, and embellishments. I made these last week for the frame challenge for Club Scrap Assembly Line Boot Camp (ALBC).

** 12 x 12 cutting diagram corrected on 4/1/14 **

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you enjoy this ALCM formula.
Happy Crafting,
Debby

Aspen Journal

Welcome,

I loved the Club Scrap Aspen Collection so much I have another project for you.  I am Fitbooking with iClassyGirl and this is my journal made with the Aspen collection.  I was inspired by Kay's cut out stencil on her scrapbook page on Club Scrap Creates, so I made a journal using the stencil with cut outs.

I cut out part of the stencil image on the wood veneer paper and colored the remaining background with blue Distress Stains.  The quote and is clear embossed and inked.

On the inside of the black chipboard I used textured paper from Club Scrap Lock and Key and reversed the stencil.  The First page is the leaf paper with a stenciled image staggered to show through.  This time I colored the trunks with a white Distress Marker. The leaves were clear embossed on the Aspen tan paper colored with distress stains in yellow and orange.  To add a little more dimension they were raised on foam squares. 

Inside I made pages with tabs using my envelope score board punch and Aspen paper.  The pages were made by putting Aspen digital kit images behind light lines on text weight paper.  The journal is just under one half an 81/2 by 11 page, so I printed the pages at home, making them double sided.  Then I simply trimmed and punched holes.

I hope you have enjoyed this post.  I really look forward to 2014 and the great changes in store.
Happy, Creative, New Year,

Debby H

Locked in My Heart Display Tray

 

Hello crafters and welcome to the Club Scrap Lock and Key blog hop! 

 I'm glad you are stopping by my blog today.  Hasn't the inspiration so far been wonderful?

I have two projects for today.  All using the Club Scrap Lock and Key Collection.  The first I made my own version of the “Bag of Memories” Project from this month’s Club Scrap Magazine Page 4-5.  On the cover I used an embossed resist technique from Tim Holtz’ Creative Chemistry 102 online class.
 

 

The second project was inspired by the cut apart images included in each Club Scrap collection.  I made a Changeable Photo Display Tray using a pattern developed by Laura Denison as published in a Graphic 45 blog hop at this link.  

 

I made a tray with chipboard cards to hold pictures.  Each card is wrapped with neutral patterned paper from Club Scrap basics collection. On one side I decorated the cut aparts using paints or ink.  Then I added my papers and embellishments from Lock and Key plus few supplies from my stash.  All the hearts were die cut from the red metallic paper in Club Scrap’s Tribal Kit.   I finished each with a ribbon tied binder clip.  

 

On the back side I covered each with Lock and Key patterned paper.  When I add pictures I can mix and match the decorated and plain sides for a perfect display.  I can't wait to print my favorite pictures and put them on display at work.

 

Thank you for joining in the Blog Hop and for reading my post.  Here is a link to your next stop with Tiare at iClassyGirl.  Also, here is a link back to the start at Club Scrap Creates. 

Happy Crafting!

Debby