Mini Album with Ruler Binding

Hi friends! Dana Tatar here today sharing a mixed media mini album that I put together. I usually struggle with album binding, so this Tim Holtz Ruler Binding set was a quick and easy way for me to hold my album together. The only tool necessary was a standard hole punch. (The metal screws, washers, and wing nuts are included with the rulers.)

I started this album by cutting up pieces of scrap patterned papers, clip art sheets, acetate, and fabric, to measure 3.25 x 5 inches. To add strength to the album, and to help keep the paper pages from tearing, I used acetate for the front and back covers.

I'm still working on embellishing all the pages in this album. I added handwritten song lyrics, stamping, chipboard stickers, and words cut from patterned papers, to the pages shown above. The fabric pages add fun texture to this album. I used a safety pin to attach a silver foil bird to a fabric page. Stitched beads or charms, or iron-on patches, would also make great embellishments for the fabric pages.

I gathered the punched pages together and placed them onto the screws to bind them together. The album is held together by wing nuts that twist onto the screws. I have 40 pages in this album and still have about 1/4 inch of space on the screws if I decide to add more pages at a later date.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Paper Wings Productions Supplies:
Big Textures Cling Stamp Set
Spring Flowers Clip Art Sheet
Silver Foil Bird

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Awake My Soul

Happy Tuesday all!  Pam here today to share a project using the Awake My Soul stamp. This is one of my favorites from Paper Wings.

This stamp has such a presence on it's own I wanted to make a one layer card and have it be the focal point.  To give the card an airy feel I used the My Favorite Things Cloudy Day stencil along with the Tim Holtz Distress Marker mister and various shades of blue Distress markers.

After drying completely with a heat tool,  

the paper was inked with Tumbled Glass Distress ink using a blending tool.

The image was stamped in Archival Black ink over top the clouds background.

Here is a close up of the final result:

Thanks for joining me today and I hope this project has inspired you as much as it inspired me!

Embrace Imperfection!

Pam

Scrapbook Saturday-Holiday Cutie

Happy Saturday Paper Wings Fans!  Erica here with you today sharing holiday layout I created using product from the Paper Wings Productions shop!  

I pulled out one of my past Holiday Nesting Components kits, some stamps, gelatos and ink and began to create!  I started with a plain white piece of 12x12 cardstock.  I pulled out a silver colored gelato and added some to a big clear block.  I also added some water to create a nice light watercolor and then applied a piece of clear packaging to the block and picked up some of the color.  I dabbed it all over my white cardstock just to add a little something extra.  Most of it ended up getting covered up but I am ok with that.  I do like the bits and pieces that you can see.  The photo I am scrapbooking is of our daughter last year in front of the Christmas tree.  This is one of my favorite photos of her from last Christmas.  I love the bokeh in the background!

I used the Tim Holtz rub-ons that came in the kit all around my layers and added one of the background texture stamps from the Art Textures stamp set.  I added a few of the chipboard pieces from October Afternoon that also were included in this kit and the cute JOY wood veneer.  For my title Holiday Cutie I used the Holiday Clear stamp set and used the word Holidays.  I masked off the letter S so it would just stamp out Holiday.  I used some red stickers from my stash to spell out cutie!  I love how it turned out and I hope you enjoy it as well!  The items I used today are still available in the Paper Wings Productions shop and some of them are even on sale!  You will find them linked below!  I hope you all have had a wonderful holiday season and I wish you a very blessed New Year!  Thanks so much for stopping today and remember to let your creativity take flight!

Scrapbook Saturday

Happy Saturday Paper Wings Productions fans!  Erica here to bring you this weeks Scrapbook Saturday post!

I am so excited to be bringing you a scrapbook layout today that I created using the September Mixed Media Kit!  I loved this kit and the 6x6 paper pad from My Minds Eye that was included is filled with beautiful paper!

I also used some of the fabulous stamp sets from the Paper Wings Productions shop and a gold gelato!  All the products I used today from Paper Wings Productions will be linked down below!  I started with a plain white piece of textured cardstock.  I took my gold gelato and ran it across on of my acylic blocks.  I used a paint brush and some water to create a nice gold watercolor and then used the Faber-Castell stipple brush to add some splashes of gold to my white cardstock.  I set this aside to dry and then began cutting squares from the 6x6 paper pad.  I cut them in 3" and 3.25" sizes so they were not all the same.  I also cut a few smaller pieces to use as layers.  Next I laid out all my squares and added embellishments from the My Minds Eye Market Street ephemera pack to the squares.  I then added my 3 photos and started to adhere things down.  Once things were down I pulled out my stamps and my Jenni Bowlin ink and added some stamping!  This layout came together quickly and was inspired by a layout that I recently saw on Pinterest!  I really love the look of grid style layouts and they have been very popular and one of my favorites designs right now!  Here is a look at my final layout!  I also pulled in a few enamel dots from my stash and a brad from a past PWP Mixed Media Kit.

Thanks so much for stopping today!  Please remember that our October challenge is still going on and you can link up to our challenge a total of 3 times!  Using PWP product is not required but will give you extra entries into our challenge!  Enjoy the rest of your day and remember to let your creativity take flight!

Featured Friday-Card Set

Hello Paper Wings fans!  Erica here with you today to bring you this weeks Featured Friday!

Today I am featuring the stamp set Flourish Fun 1 and I have created a card set using a variety of stamps from this set. I started out with 4x4 card bases and a white card front.  I picked a variety of ink colors and then began stamping out different backgrounds and sentiments.  I also used some of the rub-ons from the June 2014 Nesting Components Kit.

There are 6 different stamps in the Flourish Fun 1 stamp set and they great to create beautiful and simple backgrounds for cards.

To finish up my card set I created white envelopes using my envelope punch board and then tied everything together using the beautiful bird ribbon that is included in the June 2014 Nesting Components Kit and put them all inside of a vellum bag.  I used some light molding paste and the birds stencil to add a single bird to the bag.  To close up the bag I added a kraft circle and stamp one of the stamps from the  Handmade stamp set.

Thanks so much for joining me today and I hope you enjoyed my card set!  I think they will make a great a little gift!  For more card inspiration check out this post from Katie using the Play With Your Coffee stamp set.  We love to see what you have created with the Paper Wings Productions products so please tag us on Facebook or Instagram and you can always up load your projects to our Flickr gallery.  Have a wonderful day and remember to let your creativity take flight!

Sea Melange Tag

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Hello PWP Fans!  Norma here with you and I've got summer on my mind.  I'm so tired of winter aren't you?!  When the weather warms up, we head to the beach.  It's one of my all time favorite places to be.  There is something so magical about the sea, it seems to just make the rest of the world just fade away and transports you to a place of complete tranquility.  Well at least that's what it does for me, lol.  So today "What's up" is Sea Melange!!

I created this tag using the beautiful Sea Melange stamp set along with this month's set of the month, Vintage Melange. 

I started out by stamping a collage of images on the background then spraying it with Lindy's to add color and shimmer.  The ship is on the Sea Melange set and the gorgeous flourishes (which I love) is on the Vintage Melange set.

Next I pulled out some Vintage Photo and Peacock Feathers Distress Inks to add another layer of interest using the Tim Holtz Clockwork stencil.  I just rubbed both colors over the stencil.  It makes it look like the sun shining through the water.

I colored in the mermaid with Prismacolor pencils.  They're my favorite medium for coloring in stamped images.  I go heavy along the edges then pull the color out using a Prismacolor colorless blending marker.  I also like layering several colors when coloring.  I think it really helps bring the image to life.

Once I cut her out, I started playing with placement but nothing was really working for me.  So my solution was to give her a place to sit.  I found a shell and applied a light layer of gesso to it then spritz it with Lindy's.  After it was dry, I stamped some of the fish to it and glued it on.  I also added a tassel made of shells.  I cut it off of a plant hanger that I'd picked up at Goodwill awhile back.  I was gonna use it for my gypsy Halloween costume but I never used it.

Oh yes, much better!!  

I used one of the quotes on the Sea Melange set:  She stood in the storm and when the wind did not blow her away, she adjusted her sails. ~Elizabeth Edwards

Here is a closer look at the ship.

Thank you so much for stopping by today and in case you missed Amber's beautiful project on Monday, here is the link: Mixed Media Monday - Wildflower Frame.  Have a beautiful day!!

Sea Melange Cling Stamp Set Sea Cling Stamp Set Vintage Domino Cling Stamp Set Vintage Melange Starburst Set- Mermaid Seashells

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