My Scrapbooking Blog

The Typeset Workshop on the Go Kit includes:

Typeset Level 2 Paper Packet ($9.95)
My Acrylix^® Typeset Workshop ($13.95) (stamp set is exclusive to this workshop)
Milepost Shapes ($3.95)
Create-a-Shade^® Pearl Paint ($2.95)
Colonial White Cardstock (2 sheets) ($.98)
Workshop Guide ($1.00)

Here are my pages:

Come back tomorrow to see the Bonus Project (cards) for this workshop.

You can order this workshop kit on my CTMH Website through February 29, 2012 (while supplies last).

Supplies used: Unknown paper from my stash, Prima flowers, Close to My Heart cardstock, Cricut Art Philosophy Collection by CTMH, Alphabitties stickers, American Crafts Trademark Rubon Letters, Die Cuts With A View Vellum Quote, Kaiser Fozz Felt, and Basic Grey Opaline Designer Half Pearls.

I used a sketch from Sketch Inspiration.

Welcome to our Technique Blog Hop!  This month there are 12 of us highlighting the Masking Technique as shown on page 15 in the 2011 Autumn/Winter Idea Book!  Masking is when you use a piece of scrap paper to cover an image (or part of an image) so you can stamp around the original image.  Click here to watch a video that explains and shows masking in full detail.

This blog hop is a circle so you can start wherever you want and continue through to see all the fabulous artwork incorporating this technique.  If you are coming from Bethany’s Blog, you are on the right track!

Supplies used are all Close to My Heart unless otherwise noted: Cricut Art Philosophy Collection, Lagoon ink, Sunkiss Yellow ink, Blush ink, rubber brayer, Baby Pink reinker, Create-a-Shade Pearl Paint, Ribbon Rounds – Blush Collection, White Daisy Cardstock, DCWV Alphabet Stickers, Studio18 Rhinestone Stickers, and Kaisercraft Rhinestones.  Layout is loosely based on a March 2008 Page Map sketch.

I used the Cricut to cut an image for my masking.  I used a brayer to apply ink over the mask to create my background.  Then, I misted with a spray pen filled with water, Baby Pink reinker, and Create-a-Shade Pearl Paint to add to my final background.  The accent flowers are scraps from the mask I used and they are inked with Sunkiss Yellow, Blush, and Lagoon.

Thanks for stopping by!  Please continue on to Judy’s Blog where you will find some additional artwork highlighting this technique!  Be sure to leave a comment and let me know what you thought of my variation and happy hopping!

For a list of all the blog hop participants, go here.

Welcome to our Technique Blog Hop!  This month there are 13 of us highlighting Multicolor Motifs as shown on page 110 in the 2011 Autumn/Winter Idea Book!  This technique is when you use your markers to apply different colors to the same stamp for a multicolored image.

This blog hop is a circle so you can start wherever you want and continue through to see all the fabulous artwork incorporating this technique.  If you are coming from Michelle Battatori’s Blog, you are on the right track!

Supplies used are all Close to My Heart: Miracle Paper Pack, Baby Pink cardstock, Love Life Stamp set, Crystal Blue Marker, Baby Pink Ink, Crystal Blue Ink, Sparkles, Bitty Sparkles, Miracle Irresistibles, Cricut Art Philosophy Collection, and Glitter Glitz – Stardust. August 2011 Page Maps Sketch.

Exclusive Inks markers make it easy to selectively ink parts of a stamp with different hues.  Just apply each ink color using the brush tip of the marker, then stamp on your project for multicolored images.  This is such a great technique to add more options to your stamp collection.

TIP: Once you have finished coloring your stamp, “huff” on it before you stamp.  This will moisten the ink if it has taken you some time to do the coloring.

It must be the lighting on the first photo because you can see the border of circles just fine in real life.  Here is a closeup that shows it better:

I created the circle border with one stamp (that had the multiple circles).  To save some time, I first inked the stamp in Baby Pink (my lighter color) then I added Crystal Blue to every other circle using my marker.  I used this same technique with the flourish, inking it in pink first and then adding the blue with a marker before stamping.  You could also create lighter and darker shades of the same color within a stamp by stamping off the color and then using the marker where you want darker spots before stamping your final image.

Another modification to this technique is to ink only the portion of the stamp that you want (instead of masking!).  I did this for the words on my layout and used ink pads instead of markers.  I inked the middle word with Baby Pink ink.  Some of the pink got on the other words but I didn’t worry about that since it was a lighter color.  Then I inked the outer words with the edge of my Crystal Blue ink pad, this time making sure I didn’t get any blue on the word Laugh.

Thanks for stopping by!  Please continue on to Bethaney Harlan’s Blog where you will find some additional artwork highlighting this technique!  Be sure to leave a comment and let me know what you thought of my variation and happy hopping!

For a list of all the blog hop participants, scroll down to the previous post.

The Sharing from the Heart Blog Hop is a mixture of Close to My Heart consultants and customers who have come together to share their projects.  The hop makes a circle so if you have started here, just continue until you make your way back.  If you are coming from Jody Gustafson’s Blog, then you are on the right path.

This month’s theme choices were: Limited Edition SOTM, fall, or color combo (Ponderosa Pine, Pansy Purple, Parchment, Smoothie, Grey Flannel – use at least 3).

Although I didn’t use the combo colors I was somewhat inspired by them.  The Vanilla Cream I used for my layout is close to Parchment and it is a color that I rarely use.  I just had in my head to use these photo booth pictures with the words from the stamp of the month set.  My cousin had a photo booth at her wedding reception and the kids (especially Stephanie as you can see) had a blast!  I had absolutely no idea how I was going to make all these photo strips fit on one layout (okay, I’ll admit I did put a couple away for a page in my book).  Something else about this layout is that I only used a tiny bit of patterned paper, very rare for me!  But the pictures are busy enough.

Supplies used are all CTMH: Vanilla Cream cardstock, scrap from Miracle Scrapbooking Kit, Antiqued Brads, Cricut Art Philosophy Collection, and Limited Edition September Stamp of the Month.

Your next stop is Deanne Jacob’s Blog.

If you get lost along the way, there is a list of all participants go HERE.