Month: September 2010

HSN #2

I’m back with another Girls’ Paperie page (as seen on HSN). The kit I used can be found here, as well as a video of the segment if you want to check it out.

You might notice I don’t do a lot of journaling on these ‘made for TV’ pages. It’s not my normal style, you’re right. Reason for it? Well if I’m on deadline and have assignment to work with specific products/make them shine I’m focusing on that, not my stories… if that makes sense. It’s more about the pretties and the fun, not about meaningful journaling. That’s just how I work – and sometimes something has got to give!!

Oh but I love them all the same. It’s not a better/worse thing – just different. This one is lots of die cut layers and creative thinking on my part. See, doing layouts WITHOUT the assistance of letter stickers, for me, is a huge challenge! I rely heavily on them in my normal scrapbooking. So what’s a girl to do? Well this girl likes to print out words in cute fonts (backwards on back of patterned paper) and cut them out! I wanted more “oomph” with the girl word so I outlined with stickles, and I edged most everything on this sucker too.

Have I mentioned that the stamps were really fun to work with? I REALLY need to do more with stamps. I enjoy it, I just seem to forget about them. Mental note made! Until next time – happy crafting!

As seen on HSN #1

This is the first layout I spotted, and Margie talked about a few of the things I did (loads of stamping, the Tim Holtz die cut flowers, adding dimension with foam dots…)

My favorite part is the birdie (at bottom) with the stamp swirl. I’m nut sure why – but all those green swirl stamps just made my day.

Actually… I think this is my favorite of all the layouts I sent in. I just love how the stamps + die cuts + paper came together so easily. Oh and FYI – if you missed it you can see Margie here. Below the image of the Paper Girl kit you can click on “video” and watch the segment.

Spooky house featuring Tim Holtz product

This is something I made just because. A number of creative experiments together that worked out way better than I’d ever hoped. I hope you like it.

Without further ado may I present: the spooky Halloween house that took forever and yet took no time at all.

Featuring a whole lotta Tim Holtz products…
Distress Crackle Paint in Dusty Concord
Distress Ink in Spiced Marmalade, Dusty Concord, and Peeled Paint
Distress Embossing Powder in Brushed Corduroy
Distress Stickles in Forest Moss and Walnut Stain
Flourish stamp
Idea-ology sprocket gear + brad
Grungeboard basics- plain
embossing folders: Halloween Night & Poison set and Branch Tree
other: beads, PPA by US Art Quest, Liquitex pearlescent medium

This was a project done in 5 minute increments over a few weeks. A little paint here, an experiment with grungeboard there… it was SO FUN. It needed a lot of drying time so it was a great project for me to work on between other projects and during down time.

First I was messing around with ink, water, Tim’s embossing folders and powder, and grungeboard… and I decided to chop the image in 1/2 and make a spooky roof…

Added in some crackle paint to funk things up, and the front is painted with a mixture of matte finish medium + distress ink (more on ‘how’ some other time on that one). Eventually I ripped off the bird perch and turned this into a straight up spooky house…

Grungeboard door cut to size. Then embossed, inked, stickle-d, and door knob added…

Then I just kept saying “what if…” and adding stuff.

The tree above was done with a paintbrush + water + distress inks (on embossed grungeboard) before stickle-ing and was WAY fun. I don’t know what my favorite part is though – I just had so much fun on this whole thing! {though for me, the crackle paint really made this for me. LOVE that stuff!}

To say I had fun with this would be an understatement. I’m loving the embossing folders ENTIRELY TOO MUCH! Or maybe just enough? Let’s just say I’m adoring them, along with a whole lot of Tim Holtz (genius) product… and I am loving every minute I get to work with any and all of it.

Can’t you just see a whole village of spooky houses? I can. Though I will likely not make another until next year. To say I cut loose and tried a whole bunch of things would be accurate. I’m ready to pull down all my Halloween decor. 

Next stop on this creative fun train? Gingerbread houses + an all new class for Scrapbook Territory (making said holiday houses). Stay tuned for more info on that in about a week or so…

Now. Who has some candy corn they want to share? I’m SO in the mood for fall!