A Reason to Smile!

We don't always have enough room on layouts for lots of journalling or sometimes we just want to keep it private, so here is a "pretty" journalling pocket for your layouts, 

or perhaps even for a card when giving money. 

Take one Inkessentials Manilla Tag #8 and cover with Mustard Seed Distress Stain then scrunch up  while wet, then let dry or cheat by using a heat gun.  

Lay flat and wipe lightly with Old Paper Distress Ink using the ink pad directly onto the tag, so it only picks up the raised scrunch up parts.  Ink edges also with Old Paper

Now fold tag as photo shows

Open tag back up, and cut and tape as the photo shows.  Remove tape and seal sides

Wipe some Buttercream Baker's Twine with Old Paper Distress Ink.  

Now at this point I wasn't sure what I was going to do with the twine, it just seemed like a good idea to use some and blend ink on it to tone down the white in the twine.  LOL

So after inking it I moved it to the side

and what do you know .... I liked the look of how it lay - so a new idea came to my head

(thank goodness because really at this point I had no idea what I was doing, firstly I started off making a tag, next minute it's a journaling pocket, hence why the first photo shows the whole tag being inked!)

 

So after a lightbulb moment ...

I got myself a Twiddleybitz Vintage Inscribed Chipboard key (they come in a pack of 4, and you may remember I used one my gold and black clipboard photo frame, blogged a few days ago)

and covered the key with Mustard Seed Distress Stain, 

when dry wipe with Old Paper Distress Ink, then using my finger wiped over Inka Gold in random areas 

 

then pop the twine onto the key that lay on my mat!

ta da 

LOVE IT!!

oh and added a yellow 1cm rose, with an antique bronze heart locket charm that I lightly wiped with Inka Gold

 

Now I was stuck again, (I swear I started this tag 2 weeks ago!)

I found a yellow glitter brad but didn't want to make a big deal of "sealing" the pocket 

heck after coming up with my pretty bit of twine I wasn't taking anything away from it!

So I pierced a hole below the flap for my brad and added an Antique Bronze Arrow.  

So you slide it down when opening your pocket.

lastly, a Tim Holtz Idea-ology Reinforcer over the tag "hole"

and a quick touch all over "lightly" with Inka Gold

You can do this part before sealing the sides, as previous step, but remembering I didn't know what I was actually making during this whole process (this is usually how I scrap!)

Now I am one happy scrapper with one pretty little pocket!

okay so I was on a roll and nothing was stopping me,
 so while I had the Inkssentials Manialla Tag #8 out, I made this:

I applied in a row Salty Ocean Distress Stain, Weathered Wood then Mustard Seed Distress Paint and spritz it with water to my tag

(love spritzing the distress range with water, gives it such a different finish)

When it was dry I ran it through my cuttlebug using the Rays Embossing Folder (damm SO sorry, if anyone wants one let me know and I will order more in)

Then with my ink blending tool, I blended Vintage Photo Distress Ink around the edges

Next I got some white ric rac and coloured it with Salty Ocean Distress Stain, or you could use Salty Ocean Distress Ink or Distress Paint.  Either way you will get a cool result to match your project!

See the photo, the left hand side is spritz with water and dabbed with a tissue and the right is left untouched.  See the difference?

I discreetly, stapled the yellow ric rac and the blue ric rac to the end of the tag and added one of the Limited Edition Yellow Charming Floral, with Blue Lillies and adhered with Dimensional Magic.

The title "smile" letters are Jewelry Box Chipboard Metallic Gold that has had a random wipe with Inka Gold Cobalt Blue.  Our Made with a Smile sun charm has been painted with Mustard Seed Distress Paint.

Added some Tim Holtz Chitchat stickers to finish it off (like Jen used yesterday on her Imagine Card)

Sometimes I like to send a Birthday Tag, instead of a card, but this tag could be used for most occasions or a "just because" I wanted to send you a tag!

Yellow Week, Imagine the possibilities...

Hello Everyone

Jennifer with you here today!    In honour of "Yellow Week", I created a quick card!  I love this combination of black and white, teamed with the lovely bright yellows.

I had fun playing with the Tim Holtz Idea-Ology Mask Sheets again - using a die to create the cutout, and using my ink blending tool - first with squeezed lemonade and then mustard seed distress inks.  Once I had removed the mask, I stamped the Kaiser Stamp slightly off-set with black Archival Ink.

I used the sponge applicator again to change the colour of the roses slightly from the cream colour to the matching hue of the yellow already on the card.  

I curled the stems of the flowers and put them together in a bunch, adhering them to the card with hot glue. Next I used black distress stain to colour the white pre-tied ribbon bow, the silver thread adds that little touch of bling; adhering it once again with hot glue.

I also coloured one on the words from Tim Holtz ChitChat sheets - "imagine" to match the card, again with my ink blending tool.  I also sponged the edges of the envelope and then inked them in black Archival Ink as well.

Thanks for stopping by - I hope you'll be using some yellow this week!  If you go to grab some yellow and realise you don't have any - pop on over to the my2angels shop because everything yellow is on special!!

Cheers,

Jen

:-)

Clipboard Photo Frames

So my DD brought me a mini clipboard a few months back, I had a thought that it would look cool as a photo frame, and even better when a friend brought me another one so I have the start of a clipboard photo gallery on my wall (and also gave me a reason to get out the Claudine Hellmuth Multi-Medium, not that I need an excuse LOVE the stuff!)

So here is Photo Frame Clipboard No 1 

with Prima Engraver Roulette glued to the base

and added our black scroll felt frame (cut up for 2 corners)

yellow flowers

Silver Love Key Charm
yellow 1cm roses

scrap chipboard letters to spell love

I love you postcard charm

made with love heart charm 
antique bronze love charm

then a good coat of Claudine Hellmuth Multi-Medium

and when dried sprayed with Tarnished Silver Glimmer Mist and Yellow Glimmer Mist (found the yellow in a mini mister and clever me didn't label it!)

and our new I Love you to Infinity Yellow Chain (wiped with some Black Soot Distress Paint)

Yellow Stickles on the Large Filigree Butterfly which was first painted with Mustard Seed Distress Paint and once dry centred with a Silver Love Key Charm 

As this is a gold and yellow themed frame I lastly, wiped randomly with Inka Gold, over areas, and paying more attention to the silver charms
(Inka Gold is a great product to colour charms and dries within minutes!)

and Photo Frame Clipboard No 2

started off like this with

Music paper glued to the base,
gold flower rhinestone trim, 

cream tulle

black felt scroll frame, 

black and white stemmed flowers, 

selection of brown flowers and a white magnolia sprayed with Tarnished Silver Glimmer Mist that I found on my desk, 

Twiddleybitz flower flourish which has been chopped up

snuck in behind the top left hand corner of the frame is one of our silver rhinestone heart

 then a coat of Claudine Hellmuth Multi-Medium

and a spray of Gold Glimmer Mist, Tarnished Silver Glimmer Mist and Inka Gold
a few splats of Tarnished Brass Distress Stain for good measure
then added a Twiddleybitz fancy flourish and
one of our shabby love embellishments to the top


and I ended up with this

Wish you could see on the photo the awesome effect that the Inka Gold gives!

Tucked in underneath is a flat circle filigree, Antique Bronze Birdcage and a Twiddleybitz Chipboard Vintage Inscribed Key

I love them!

and wouldn't they be a great unique gift idea?

Yellow, Black and Gold OTP Tin

Remember the blue coffee tin I decorated a few weeks back, well here is another one that I intend to display our yellow rose buds in for instore.

First I started off by painting it fully with Mustard Seed Distress Paint and stamping it using Archival Jet Black Ink with my Kaisercraft Script stamp.
 (Love how smooth & creamy these distress paints feel!)

Around the base is our black lace and black flower rhinestone chain. 

It is adhered with my hot glue gun.

Next came the fun part of embellishing it.  Starting off with our black feathers in the background

then black and white stemmed flower, gold pearl spray, antique bronze leaf charms, yellow rose buds and yellow roses

 
And tucked in behind are our Black mulberry flowers

Now our large flower filigree got a coat of Mustard Seed Distress paint too, which adhered very nicely!



Topped with a black gardenia then a small yellow rose

Lastly, I gave it a quick spray with Iridescent Gold Glimmer Mist

I am pretty happy with this bright cheerful tin, can't wait to start on my next one.

And don't forget all yellow and gold products are on sale now, so pop over to the website and get yourself some bright and cheerful yellow goodies

It's Yellow and Gold Week

Yellow is a colour that you don't see scrapped often. I don't know why, since it's such a cheerful colour.  During these cold, dull months of winter, isn't it nice to scrap and play with a bright, happy colour like yellow?

So this week we will be sharing all things Yellow - and what is another tone of yellow?  GOLD

All this week - in-store - things Yellow and Gold are 20% off - we have created a special YELLOW & GOLD WEEK section on the website with the discounted price already applied.  (Make sure you check the 50% off section too as there is MORE yellow products listed in this section)

Of course what is on my desk at the moment has nothing to do with this sudden thought to promote yellow - I have no idea what gave me the inspiration to scrap yellow. ROFL (Hmmm - Ngaire is wondering if RED will be the colour for next week???)

Here is a snippet of what has been created to match our yellow theme...

I am sure if you took at look through your photos, you will find some yellow ... so start creating today with a fun, bright and happy colour like yellow.

Just for this week only we have ...

Limited Edition Yellow Embellishments


Yellow and Antique Bronze Charming Floral

Yellow and Silver Love Charming Word



Yellow Date and Clip Embellishment Set

So pop over to the YELLOW section and watch for a yellow infusion of creations on our blog this week.

Let's start the week off with a birthday card.

Start off with a Twiddleybitz C6 white card and apply some Mustard Seed Distress Paint towards the top and in the middle.  Spray with water and tilt your card down so it dribbles to the bottom.  

Once dry, give it some black splats by using your Black Soot Distress Stain and banging it down onto the card.  Run your Distress Stain along the edges of your card as well.

Leave to dry.

While your card is drying, grab a Twiddleybitz Chipboard Lightbulb and paint with Black Soot Distress Paint.  

Once dry, (which takes around the time it takes to make yourself a coffee), use your finger to wipe some Inka Gold over your chipboard.

Add the lightbulb to the centre of your card and then apply rock candy crackle paint over it.

Now add some yellow rose buds and yellow roses.

Grab some yellow scrap cardstock and cut some very thin strips.

Add the strips amongst your cluster of roses.  (Keep one strip for next step.)

 

Using the same scrap cardstock, cut yourself a banner from the Tattered Banner die and stamp with your sentiment.

And finally, to finish off, add a charm (of course).  Tie a small piece of Buttercream Yellow Baker's Twine and your extra thin strip in the loop of a silver clock charm.

Ta da one Birthday Card.

No reason why you can't use the lightbulb as an embellishment for a layout either!

Aren't you warmer and more cheery already??

Twiddleybitz Printer Tray as a note board

Here is my 2nd project using Twiddleybitz Printer Trays

As mentioned in the previous post on Friday, you get 3 trays and a base board.
The 3 trays are designed to allow for dimension when creating your OTP.

For my note board, I have used the solid chipboard base and 1 printer tray.

The base I covered with the gorgeous Prima Romance Novel pattern papers & added a few "post it note" pads.

Plus a special photo with our Brown Laughter Charming Word

The printer tray was inked with Versa Color Pinecone (love this ink!)

I have used 3 vial bottles on this tray,
one spilling out Creamy Latte Sugar Beads, pink roses and a collection of Antique Bronze Love Charms

The other vial bottle has our pen pot charm tied with brown thread plus a Twiddleybitz Flourish Corner which I have embossed with Stampendous Aged Embossing Enamel Black Powder

PLUS the vial bottle is the perfect size and HOLD A PEN!  so you anyways have one on hand

 

This vial bottle, is a "flower vase" with pink roses, pink rose buds, green mulberry leaves with brown tips, strung peacock flue feathers, pink sherbet baker's twine with a pink resin flower.  The "water" in the "vase" is glue from my hot glue gun :) 

Our Antique Bronze Scissor Charm, pink rose and a Idea-Ology Pen Nib (the one I used has "notes"engraved on it - there are various engraved words on the nibs in the 12 nib pack)

Now I have a "pretty" functioning memo board for my desk

 (and even better when I put the pen BACK!)