Archival ink backgrounds

Hi everyone,

Today was the day I decided to play with archival ink and alcohol. Wendy Vicchi had done a wonderful background at CHA when I was there in January and I wanted to try some play with those products myself. Here is the YouTube video of Wendy in action. So I created a bunch of backgrounds and then decided I needed to do something with them. That's when Tim's new wallflower papers – came into play. There's a sheet inside that package that has found relatives. Aren't they grand? I also found a pack of embellishing  papers that easily worked into this. So here's a picture of what I created. It is a frame with six openings from Fancy Pants. You can find these from the Scrapbooking Studio along with many of the stamps and inks I used. I just love Wendy's Archival inks and refills from Ranger.

I had a good time playing with all of these things today. I hope you get a chance try Wendy's technique out. It's a lot of fun. 

My Mind's Eye - Cut and Paste

Hello everyone,

Today I am working with a new line from My Mind's Eye called Cut and Paste. I love the collection of bright and cheery colors with the natural wood grain and chalk effects in the paper line. Everything coordinates so well, it is a breeze to create pages.

I started by stamping the background paper with white and gray ink using a set of stamps from Stampers Anonymous. I then splattered the paper with Picked Raspberry Distress Ink and distressed the page edges. I layered up the sweet MME papers and added tiny word stickers, layered stickers and buttons. 

tiny word stickers

stickers and buttons

Below is a quick and easy card idea. The enamel embellishments really dress it up. I fussy cut the hello greeting from one of the papers.

Card with enamel

Here is a second layout done with this collection. You can see just how versatile this collection can be. The flags come with the button set and there are some great chipboard stickers. I also used some cool enamel shapes and dots that are part of the line.

Chip board flags

 There were still plenty of buttons and paper left, so I used some to dress up a jar to store buttons.

Decorated button jar

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All the products shown here can be purchased at the Scrapbooking Studio.

Thanks for stopping by.