Live Life In Full Bloom Art Journal Page

Happy Friday!

I'm up on Wild Whisper's blog today, where I'm sharing my Live Life In Full Bloom Art Journal Page which features the Fanciful Collection, stamps and stencils from Nicole Wright Designs as well as Embossing Powder from Pam Bray Designs.

For all the details, more photos and a full tutorial on my art journal page, you'll want to stop by the Wild Whisper blog. You'll want to make sure to keep checking out Wild Whisper's blog as the design team will be sharing lots of inspiration featuring the new collections.

- Katelyn

 

Mermaid Kisses & Starfish Wishes

Happy Wednesday!

I've been busy playing with Joset Designs newest collection of adorable sea themed dies. So, for today's project, I created this cute Mermaid Kisses & Starfish Wishes Card. To create my card, I've used a variety of dies from Joset Designs. You'll want to read below as I have a full tutorial on how to recreate my card at home.

Start by diecutting a 3 1/2" Stitched Rounded Rectangle out of White Soft Finish Cardstock.

Diecut a 4" Stitched Rounded Rectangle out of a piece of mermaid like patterned paper.

The next five steps use the Mermaid Die.

Die cut the hair pieces out of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Using a blending tool with foam, blend Gathered Twigs Distress Oxide Ink over the entire surface of each piece. 

Die cut the mermaid bottom out of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Using a blending tool with foam, blend Seedless Preserves Distress Oxide Ink over the entire surface of the piece. 

Die cut the head, hands and body out of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Using a blending tool with foam, blend Tattered Rose Distress Oxide Ink over the entire surface of each piece. 

Die cut the head band, bikini top, flipper and trim out of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Using a blending tool with foam, blend Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide Ink over the entire surface of each piece. 

Die cut the mouth and eyes out of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Using a blending tool with foam, blend Abandoned Coral Distress Oxide Ink over the entire surface of the mouth. Colours the eyes using a black marker.

From the Mermaid die, die cut the crown out of White Soft Finish Cardstock. From the Diving Accessories die, die cut the starfish out of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Using a blending tool with foam, blend Squeezed Lemonade Distress Oxide Ink over the entire surface of each piece. 

For the next three steps, you'll need the Seaweed die.

Die cut the rocks out of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Using a blending tool with foam, blend Vintage Photo Distress Oxide Ink over the entire surface of two of the rocks. Using a blending tool with foam, blend Hickory Smoke Distress Oxide Ink over the entire surface of the other two rocks.

Die cut the coral pieces out of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Using a blending tool with foam, blend Abandoned Coral Distress Oxide Ink over the entire surface of the large coral piece and one of the small coral pieces. Using a blending tool with foam, blend Seedless Preserves Distress Oxide Ink over the entire surface of a second coral piece. Using a blending tool with foam, blend Squeezed Lemonade Distress Oxide Ink over the entire surface of the last coral pieces.

Cut a piece of White Soft Finish Cardstock that measures 3/4" x 3 1/2". Die cut the edge die out of cardstock piece. Round the bottom left and right corners of the piece. Using a blending tool with foam, blend Antique Linen Distress Oxide Ink over the entire surface of the piece. 

Adhere your mermaid together.

Adhere the 3 1/2" rectangle piece to the 4" rectangle piece.

Adhere the sand piece to the bottom of the 3 1/2" rectangle.

Foam square the large coral piece to the left hand side of the 3 1/2" rectangle. Use adhesive and foam squares to adhere the other three coral pieces to the right hand side of the 3 1/2" rectangle as desired.

Around the large coral piece, adhere a brown and grey rock as desired. Around the three coral pieces, adhere the remaining rocks and the starfish as desired.

Adhere the mermaid in behind the coral pieces. Apply Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide Ink to the Mermaid Kisses & Starfish Wishes stamp from the Splish Splash Sentiments. Stamp the sentiment to the top right side of the 3 1/2" rectangle.

Cut a cardbase out of White Soft Finish Cardstock that measures 4 1/4" x 11", score at 5 1/2". Adhere the cardfront to the cardbase.

Here are a few closeup photos of the finished card.

Here is the finished Mermaid Kisses & Starfish Wishes Card.

Elizabeth Craft Designs Supplies Used:

Other Supplies Used:

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Distress Oxide Ink - Peacock Feathers, Squeezed Lemonade, Abandoned Coral, Hickory Smoke, Gathered Twigs, Seedless Preserves, Antique Linen, Tattered Rose & Vintage Photo and Blending Tool with Foam

- Misc: Patterned Paper and Black Pen

I hope that my card has inspired you to recreate your own version of my Mermaid Kisses & Starfish Wishes Card.

- Katelyn

Look For The Dream Art Journal Page

Happy Thursday!

I'm up on the Quietfire Design blog today, where I'm sharing my Look For The Dream Art Journal Page. My page features a variety of Quietfire stamps, dies and Modern Gilding Powder.

For a full tutorial of my art journal page, you'll want to head over to Quietfire Design blog for all the details. 

- Katelyn

The Journey is the Start Card

I'm excited to be back on Creative Scrapbooker Magazine's Blog as a monthly blogger sharing my The Journey is the Start Card. My project features a variety of products from Ranger Ink, Superstock from Creative Scrapbooker Magazine, dies from Elizabeth Craft Designs, embossing powder from Emerald Creek Craft Supplies and adhesive from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L.

You'll want to make sure to stop by the Creative Scrapbooker Blog to learn how I created my The Journey is the Start Card.

Thanks for stopping by!

- Katelyn

Treasure the Moment Art Journal Page

Happy Friday!

I have a new project over on Wild Whisper's blog, where I'm sharing my Treasure the Moment Art Journal Page which features the brand new stamp from Nicole Wright Designs as well as previously released stamps that compliment the page beautifully. 

For all the details, more photos and a full tutorial on my art journal page you'll want to stop by the Wild Whisper blog. You'll want to make sure to keep checking out Wild Whisper's blog as the design team will be sharing lots of inspiration.

- Katelyn

August Planner Post #1 - August Title Page

Happy Saturday! I've been getting my planner set up for August and while I was creating, I created this August Title Page as a marker for the start of a new month. To create my page, I've used a variety of the dies from the Planner Essentials line and Joset Designs. You'll want to read below to learn how to recreate my August Title Page at home.

To start, die cut the fishtail page from the Planner Essentials - 12 die out of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Place your favourite stencil on the arrow as desired and use a blending tool with foam to blend Pick Raspberry Distress Ink over certain parts of the stencil. Apply Potting Soil Archival Ink to the dot stamp from the Background Stamps 1 and stamp as desired on the page. Reapply ink to the stamp as needed. I stamped the dot stamp eight times. Apply Jet Black Archival Ink to the diamond stamp from the Patterns 2 stamp set and stamp as desired on the page. Reapply ink to the stamp as needed. I stamped the diamond stamp five times. Distress the edges of the page. Ink the edges of the page using Walnut Stain Distress Oxide Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Choose two patterned paper pieces from the ModaScrap - Relax in the Garden Paper Pack. From one of the patterned papers, die cut the square edge from the Planner Essentials - 8 die. From the other patterned paper, die cut the torn edge from the Planner Essentials - 11 die. Distress the edges of each edge. Ink the edges of both edge pieces using Walnut Stain Distress Oxide Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Choose another piece of patterned paper from ModaScrap's - Relax in the Garden Paper Pack. Die cut the large rectangle from the Planner Essentials - 6 out of the patterned paper. Distress the edges of the rectangle. Ink the edges of the rectangle using Walnut Stain Distress Oxide Ink and a blending tool with foam.

From the Planner Months die, die cut the August month out of White Soft Finish Cardstock.

You'll need one of the patterned papers that you used to die cut an edge from. Die cut the rose from the Planner Essentials - 6 die out of the patterned paper. Ink the edges of the rose using Walnut Stain Distress Oxide Ink and a blending tool with foam.

From the Planner Essentials - 5 die, die cut the large rectangle with holes out of kraft cardstock. Distress the edges. Ink the edges of the rectangle using Walnut Stain Distress Oxide Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Choose two patterned paper pieces from the ModaScrap - Relax in the Garden Paper pack. Choose three flowers from the Small Flower set. Die cut the one of the flowers six times out of the one patterned paper along with a set of centers. Die cut the other two flowers four times out of the other patterned paper along with a set of centers. Ink the edges of the flowers and centers using Walnut Stain Distress Oxide Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Adhere the square edge piece to the middle of the page. Adhere a piece of Cherry Blossom washi tape to the righ of the square edge. Adhere the torn edge slightly overtop of the square edge.

Adhere the patterned paper rectangle to the kraft rectangle. Foam square the kraft rectangle to the middle of the page. Adhere the rose to the middle of the patterned paper rectangle. Adhere the August title overtop of the rose.

To finish off your page, shape and adhere the flowers and centers together. Adhere two of the same style flowers to the top left corner of the rectangles. Adhere the other three flowers to the bottom right corner of the rectangles. 

Here are a few closeup photos of the finished page.

Here is the finished August Title Page.

Elizabeth Craft Designs Supplies Used:

Other Supplies Used:

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Distress Ink - Picked Raspberry, Distress Oxide Ink - Walnut Stain and a Blending tool with foam

- Tim Holtz for Stampers Anonymous: Stitched Layering Stencil

- Ranger Ink: Jet Black Archival Ink and Potting Soil Archival Ink

- Alexandre Renke: Cherry Blossom Washi Tape

- Misc: Kraft Cardstock

- Katelyn