Let’s Focus on Stamps!

November 6, 2018November 26, 2018Leave a comment

Our focus at the Crafty Maven Getaways this month is stamps!

Tuesdae here for the design team! I thought I would pull out stamps from Cheeky Studio and Heidi Swapp and used black Archival Ink to stamp on Close to my Heart smooth 12×12 white cardstock. It stamped beautifully. I thought if I stamped solid black images and outlined images that would yield a good balance on my layout and allow me to add color to the outlined images so I could control colors. CYMERA_20181106_162611

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Previous to stamping I did prepare another 12×12 white cardstock with gesso and allowed it to dry. I wanted to get messy with some Shimmerz Paints! Once dry, I used the packaging technique to apply 3 colors of Vibez in Princess, Pop Art Pink and Glorious Day. I did not use those colors for the painting of the stamped images. For that I used Artist Loft watercolors. I like the mix of shimmery ink and chalky watercolor to add depth of color.

I trimmed down the background cardstock and gutted a piece of 12×12 Cheeky Studio Autumn Beauty #8 paper and used it behind the white cardstock to create a frame. I also grabbed some scrap papers from my scrap bin and backed my two photos, then, proceeded to add my stamped images in three clusters around the photos and paint on them as I stuck them down.

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I finished up with a label from Cheeky Studio’s November kit exclusive cut aparts from the Autumn Beauty collection and some cork embellishments and ephemera from that same kit. A few splashes on additional paint around the page tied everything together to look cohesive. I think the final layout turned out beautiful! You can see the Youtube Scrapbook Process video on the Crafty Maven Getaway Channel HERE

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I hope you enjoyed this blog. I loved creating the page and hope that it can inspire you in some way. Please make sure you like and subscribe to the youtube channel so you never miss a video and so that others can find us!

Happy Scrapping!
Tuesdae Hubbard

Stash It Monday – Sidney

March 26, 2018November 21, 2018Leave a comment

Happy Monday. Hope you are doing well. Today I am digging way, way back into my paper stash. All of the papers I used today have to be at least 2-3 years old and I think at least one of them is around 10 years old (by the way, where has the time gone??).

Here is what the overall layout looks like.

For the background I used a smooth cardstock and primed it with Dina Wakley gesso. I used some Mr. Huey’s and Heidi Swapp Color Shine. Most of the color was put down with the packaging technique. I added a few black splatters to top it off.The chipboard came from a My Mind’s Eye 12×12 chipboard sheet. I really like the colors and the paper I used for the layers went well.I added a bit of journaling and my title and the layout is done.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Make sure you check out the Facebook page and Instagram for more inspiration.

Have a great day.

Free Flow Wednesday: (Dec30)Hannah Lemieux

December 30, 2015December 30, 2015Leave a comment

Aloha Crafty Mavens!! I hope You all had a very merry Christmas and are excited for the new Year!! I am already thinking up some ways to vamp up The Crafty Maven in the New Year as well as trying to force myself to be more productive so I can spend more time with my family!!

Isn’t that what scrapbooking is about our family anyway right?! This Christmas Season I have primarily been focused on my December Daily. Even though I love doing that album I tend to get bogged down half way because I am itching to scrap my love, which is 12×12 layouts! I haven’t taken the time to scrap layouts of any of the pictures I took this year. I set out with that in mind when I started this layout.

I printed my photo in black and white matte. I have been loving the look of matte paper this holiday season. I just love the colors better on matte paper. I really wanted to go with a very classic Black, white and red with pops of silver and gold that were so prominent in the inspiration piece.

My layout has lots of white space which really makes the red stand out and look amazing!! I let my layers have a playful feel to match the picture mood too. The picture is a candid photo of my kids with Santa and Santa is trying to tickle Samuel so they are all laughing. Santa is trying not to laugh but you see that twinkle in his eye!! It is one of my Favorites from this year!!

I scattered a few embellishments throughout the layout but tried to keep it simple. I feel the inspiration piece has a celebration element but but very subtle and I also wanted that feel for my layout as well.

Here are some close up shots of my layout!

You can Watch the process video on The Crafty Maven Getaway Here,

You can also see more process videos on my personal Youtube channel.

I also have a blog too, where I share layouts that I am working on, sometimes they are layouts, that I don’t have process videos for as well. My blog website is scrapbookpagesandcupcakes.com.

I hope you were inspired today!! Don’t forget to come back tomorrow and watch a Sketch It Out process video.

Have an amazing New Years!!!

Aloha, Hannah