Remembering The Adventure

In May, the Penmaker

and I ventured to Virginia to attend the Mid-Atlantic Penturners Gathering in Richmond. It turned out to be quite the event, a real adventure for us... 

and inspired me to create this layout for my husband...

You probably recognize

the Prima Engraver collection here, but if you zoom in, you'll see a sheet from the Printery as well, used as my base. Under it is a 12x12 piece of black chipboard for stability. I distressed all the edges and sponged on Walnut Stain Distress Ink.

After putting on the

base papers, I  laid down molding paste... tinted with raw umber acrylic paint... using the Prima Sunrise Sunset checkerboard mask. I pulled out Tattered Leather Glimmer Mist and sprayed on a layer with the Crafters Workshop Numerals stencil.

I fussy cut several

 elements from the collection. Here I topped the clock with an Idea-ology gear, a Prima Junkyard Finding and wound around some May Arts natural burlap string. A Prima wood border piece is tucked underneath. 

More fussy cut pieces,

an arrow sticker from the collection sheet, and Idea-ology's hinge clip, chain and a muse token.

Idea-ology pen nibs.

An Engraver brad

as a flower center, Idea-ology Chit Chat sticker words and Martha Stewart punched oak leaves. I dry brushed some of the flowers (Engraver) and papers with gesso for a shabbier look.

I made the tab using

my We R Memory Keepers Cloud/Scallop Corner Chomper. The alphas are Cosmo Cricket Tiny Type.

In this grouping of

flowers, is one of the Engraver wood buttons, tied with burlap string and sitting inside one of our son's bottle caps from his soda he saves for me. There is also an Idea-ology memo pin and a Prima Say It In Crystals black gem used as a flower center.

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Have a great weekend!

Thanks for stopping by!

Linda

Printery Paper Bag Mini Album For A Sweet Little Lady

This is Brianna.

She's my daughter-in-law's niece, and she was here at our house on Sunday afternoon, along with her family. They are missionaries to South Africa and are back here for a few months. I had the pleasure of showing her and her sister my studio and all the projects I had recently made. Happily, I was able to give her a little memento of her visit. I think she was pleased.

This is the album

made from just two little kraft paper bags from Michaels and Prima's Printery 12x12 papers and the 8x8 stack.

There are a ton of

photos, so I'll just list some of the product and you can scan on through.

Prima - tile, chipboard stickers, Say It In Crystals

Flowers - I Am Roses, Prima

Brads - My Mind's Eye

Dies - Spellbinder's Foliage

Punches - Martha Stewart Scallop Dot and Doily Lace

Distress Ink - Vintage Photo

Wide eyelets - We R Memory Keepers

Doilies, crinkled seam binding and pearls - from my stash

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Linda

A Manly Romance Novel

... or a masculine card

made with Prima's Romance Novel collection. My stash of cards for men has once more dwindled down to nearly zero, so it's time to replenish. Although I normally wouldn't have thought this collection right for a man, I think it came out just fine. We know a lot of guys who like gardening and yard work, so I don't think the rose stamp is out of place. Besides, it adds just a splash of color and these papers are all so beautifully vintage looking.

My card has a base

of Recollections kraft cardstock... which seems to have been out of stock for some time now at our Michaels... along with black textured cardstock from Core'dinations.

The sentiment is from

Verve's Joy for the Journey stamp set. I love this set, and I really need one similar in an anniversary theme. Any ideas?

Chevron brad - My Mind's Eye 

Junkyard Findings - Prima

Mini paper clip - Idea-ology

Brushed Corduroy - Distress Ink

Jet Black - Archival Ink

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Linda

Transparency Mini Album Part Two

And now the rest of the story...

 pages 7-8

Flowers - I Am Roses, Petaloo

Pearls - Queen & Company

Metal label holder - Momenta

Label sticker - Crate Paper Random collection

Transparency - Glitz Vintage Blue

Tags - cut with Alterations Tiny Tabs & Tags die

Distress Ink - Brushed Corduroy

Lace - Websters Pages

3-D sticker - K & Company

Bird on Vintage Postcard ATC - Digital Perfection

I fussy cut one of

the bird images and popped it up with 3-D foam adhesive.

Pages 9-10

Vintage Trinket window - Prima

Chipboard sticker - Prima

Metal flourish - Momenta

Lace - Hobby Lobby

Metal key - Graphic 45 Staples

Cheesecloth - from my stash

Ivory burlap string - May Arts

Gesso - Liquitex

Checkerboard stencil - Prima

Distress Ink - Faded Jeans

I made a fold out

using Alterations Vintage Cabinet Card and Vintage Cabinet Card Mini dies.

I added a coat of

gesso using my checkerboard stencil. Sponged over it with Blue Jeans DI.

Lace - Websters Pages

Wood clock - Prima

Brad - My Mind's Eye

Additional papers - Graphic 45 French Country, Authentique Fresh

 back cover

Glitz Vintage Blue packaging - cut with Alterations Vintage Cabinet Card

Well, I'm happy it's done...

glad I did it... and I'm satisfied with the results... but I'm not sure I'll make another. I have big plans for the rest of these transparency sheets, though... have some stamping ideas in mind!

Enjoy the weekend, friends!

Looks like it's going to be beautiful.

Thanks for stopping by!

Linda

Transparency Mini Album

A short while back,

my blog friend, Ros... Mikey's Mom... and I did a swap of supplies and she sent me some transparency sheets that I had been wanting to make into a mini album. I've been captivated of late by the creativity of Stephanie Miller. As nearly everyone knows, she is in the forefront when it comes to mini albums. After watching her Ustream for Prima where she created a fabulous mini album with transparencies, I just had to try making one. Believe me... it wasn't as easy for me as it was for her.

 cover

I had a hard time

lining up my paper to the transparency, and in the end, I trimmed some of the edges with my Tonic scissors. Unfortunately, I'm one of whose people that are bothered by slight imperfections in their projects and I "try" to fix them all. (Probably why it takes me so long to make a project.)

The papers are all

from the Glitz Vintage Blue 6x6 pad and a few scraps of the 12x12 sheets plus the Vintage Blue Whatnots die-cuts I got from Audrey's Etsy shop last year. I thought it was time to use up this collection and make way for a new one. I'll try to give a brief description of what I used and how, but I may need to break this up into two posts... we'll see how this goes!

Lace and pearl trim - Surplus City, MD

Bauble - Recollections (clearance)

Flowers - I Am Roses, Petaloo

Pearls - Queen & Company

French Lace Doily - Hennytj's Boutique

Graphic 45 Staples Keyhole - Novel Concept 2

Brackets die - Alterations

 pages 1-2

Ooops... forgot to put the

white crinkled seam binding through the hole in my tag!

Warm Metal wide We R Memory Keepers eyelets - Scrapbook.com

Butterfly charm - Lindy's Stamp Gang

Distress Ink - Black Soot

Lace - Surplus City, MD

Crop-A-Dile Corner Chomper - We R Memory Keepers

Mini paper clip - Idea-ology

 pages 3-4

Tags - cut with Alterations Tiny Tabs & Tags die

Envelope - cut from a template I traced onto cardstock

Music Note clip - Prima

Text - Authentique Diction stickers

Pearl trim - Pat Catans (local store)

Lace trim - Surplus City, MD

Border punch - Martha Stewart Doily Lace

 pages 5-6

Distress Ink - Walnut Stain

Kraft tags - The Paper Studio

Metal flourish & label holder - Momenta

Label sticker - Crate Paper Random collection

Kraft mini pocket - Recollections

Circles die large - Spellbinders

If you zoom in,

you can see the Petaloo packaging I used behind the kraft mini pocket.

Chipboard stickers - Prima Almanac collection

Flowers - Prima, Petaloo, I Am Roses

Tab - cut with Alterations Tiny Tabs & Tags die

Distress Ink - Faded Jeans, Vintage Photo

Circles die large - Spellbinders

Border punch - Martha Stewart Scallop Dot

I'm about halfway,

so I believe I'll come back later with the rest of this. Sorry to keep you so long... thank you for putting up with my rambling. Hope to see you tomorrow!

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Thanks for stopping by!

Linda