Scrapbook Saturday

Hello Paper Wings Fans!  Erica here with you today and I am so excited to be sharing a layout with you!  But first I want to thank everyone who linked up to our March Challenge.  Once again we were blown away with all the fabulous projects you shared with us!  This month our randomly chosen winner is #6. Angeline Choo!  Congrats Angeline your project is beautiful!  Please email Erica at medga902@hotmail.com to claim your prize.

Angeline Choo

 I had a lot of fun creating this layout and had fun getting a little messy with some Lindy's Stamp Gang!  I started out with  plain white cardstock to create my layout.  I used the Prairie Wildflowers from Lindy's Stamp Gang and sprayed my non-stick craft sheet with all three of the sprays that come in the set.  I made sure to spray it all over my craft mat and a lot of it!  I then took my white cardstock and placed it on top of my craft mat gently pressing down onto the cardstock to pick up the color.  Next I carefully lifted it up off the craft mat and let some of the ink run off before setting the cardstock right side up to dry.  I love how it turned out and the pink in this Sidekick set is beautiful!  Once my cardstock was dry I used some black gesso and a stencil to add the dots to the corners of my layout and stamped out a couple images using the Art Textures stamp set. I used alot of product from the March Mixed Media Kit to build up my layers in this layout.  The ATC sized paper pack that comes in this months kit worked out perfect to build up layers and I also used a piece to create a tag.  The printed text layer was created by taking a piece of white cardstock and using the Text Melange stamp set to stamp out the script.  I am a big fan of creating my own background!  I also pulled out some left over Cosmo Cricket brads from the Creative Girl Nesting Components kit!  We still have one of these kits available in the shop and for the rest of March you can pick it up for 25% off using the promo code MADNESS at checkout!  Here is a look at my completed layout!

The beautiful Prima flowers and leaves are also included in this months Mixed Media Kit and you can pick up your kits here!

I want to thank you so much for stopping today and to get our hands on any of the products I used today please click on the links below or head on over to the Paper Wings Productions shop here!  We have a giveaway going on right now on our Facebook page so make sure to check that out for your chance to win!  Also we have 25% off the entire shop right now till the end of March!  Perfect time to pick up this month's Mixed Media Kit, Monthly New Stamp Release, and our March Stamp of the Month!  Enjoy your day and remember to let your creativity take flight!

Feature Friday - Details Framer

Hi everyone!  Tara C. here with the Paper wings Productions Design Team.  Today for Feature Friday I am showcasing the charming stamp set, Details Framer.  This set has so many useful and versatile images - perfect for all sorts of paper crafting goodness!

To show off the images in this set, I created a small collage of a recent family trip to Hawaii. Just a very few of the photos we took of this fun-filled trip on the island of Maui.  We girls had so much fun by the beautiful ocean and I wanted a small memento of those days.

There are so many clever expressions in this set perfect for documenting life.

Charming fonts and accents will help you make the most of your pictures, scrapbooks or cards!

Thanks for checking out my project today.  Check out the Paper Wings Productions store for this sweet set and so many others. Come back next week to see what gorgeous creations the design team have come up with!

The Paper Wings Productions supplies used:

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Tutorial Tuesday - Crayon Resist

Hi everyone!  It's Tara C. here to show you a super easy resist technique that will add interest and dimension to your stamped creations.

The supplies you will need for this technique:

-Card stock in a light color, white works best

-Black or dark dye ink (I used Memento      Tuxedo Black) and another coordinating ink in a lighter color

-Stamps

-White crayon

-sponges or brayer

-Paper Towel

Step 1:

Stamp your image in dark ink onto the card stock.  

Using the white crayon, color over all of the areas of the image and card stock that you want to remain white.

Step 2:

Using your sponge and the lighter ink, cover the image and card stock completely.

Here is a picture of the area first covered in white crayon and then colored over in ink.

Step 3:

Using a paper towel, rub off the areas of your image and card stock that were covered in crayon.  You will see that those areas remain white!

Here is the finished card and the black image really stands out with that white border!  I added more black details with a simple scalloped frame and a bow.  A couple of cute buttons and a sweet tag complete this colorful creation.

Super easy technique that doesn't require a ton of work!  Show us what you create with Paper Wings Productions stamps!  Post your pictures to our Pinterest page, our Facebook page or our Flickr gallery.  

Thanks for visiting today.  Please visit the Paper Wings Productions store to check out the stamps I used today and much more!

The Paper Wings Productions supplies used:

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Feature Friday: Falling for Fall

Happy, happy Friday peeps!

It's Shay here and I am delighted to bring you some cards for the autumn season.  I am so happy that the weather is downright pleasant after the heat of summer and I am anticipating all this season brings including autumn crafting.

I made two cards that are very similar, but by changing up the colors, sentiments and some of the images they have their own character.

Using the same stamp set, Scallop Border, I made the background for two cards with a different look by using different patterned paper.  All of the border stamps (Double Dot, Lace, Leaf, Lines, Scallop, Single Dot, Triangle and Zig Zag) come with two stamps: an outline and solid that work together or can be used separately.  Another fun feature of the border stamps are that they can be lined up so you are able to stamp the entire length of a 6" x 6", 8" x 8" 8.5" x 11", 12" x 12" page or even larger surfaces.

For these cards I simply stamped the scallop outline many times on patterned paper and cut them out and adhered them together (one under the other for a tiered effect) into a panel.  I cut the left and right sides for straight edges. I then adhered all the scallops to a piece of cardstock with the bottom cut into a scallop design.  For the Halloween card I also stamped an equal amount of scallops with the solid scallop in black ink and adhered them alternately.

For interest and dimension I curled up the edges of the scallops.

The sentiments are framed by the frame image in Day Framer for the fall card and the frame image in Life Framer for the Halloween card.  I added dots or circles to both frames using Copic markers.  You can also use patterned paper, paint them in, doodle in designs to decorate your frames...really the possibilities are as varied as the colors in the sky.

Funky Alphabet is perfect for sentiments during autumn (especially Halloween) and I spelled out "boo" and "fall" using them.  The "Happy" is from the fall card is from Details Framer and "to" from the Halloween card is from Snapshot Framer and "you" from the Halloween card is from Day Framer.  The cute cat is from the Window stamp set.

You could use the idea of this tiered scallop background for scrapbook layouts, tags, gift bags, mixed media projects among a few things.  Try one of the other borders for a completely different look.  Embellish with punched images, jewels, leaves, feathers, flowers, ribbons, fabric, lace, pearls, sequins, die cuts and the like to really make it your own.

We would love to see what you are crafting as the weather cools this fall.  Add your projects to our flickr group, to Pinterest, comment with a link on this post or even email pictures to us!

And be sure to stay tuned for our upcoming release for some great autumn and winter stamps to add to your Paper Wings Productions stamp collection!

Take flight,
Shay.

Stamps: Day Framer, Details Framer, Life Framer, Snapshot Framer, Scallop Border, Funky Alphabet, Window
Inks: Memento by Tsukineko in tuxedo black; Jenni Bowlin for Ranger in brown sugar and chili powder; Tim Holtz Distress Ink in black soot
Cardstock: white, Georgia-Pacific; black and kraft, Neenah; chocolate chip, Stampin' Up!
Patterned Paper: Anna Griffin and Basic Grey
Other: twine by Divine Twine; Copic Markers; dimensional adhesive, Stampin' Up!

What's Up Wednesday - Techie Birthday!

 

 

 

 

Hey Peeps!

 

 

Just dropping in for a quick share of a quick birthday card.  My friend Steven's birthday was yesterday.  I always find myself wondering what I'm going to do for a guy card.  With my dad and husband, there are many things to pick from, but I tried something completely different for this one.  Steven happens to work in IT.  Check out this Birthday Card for him.

 

 

 

 

I wanted to cheer Steven up, so I picked sentiments from several sets and stamped the stars over and over, embossing everything in white.  Having all of the elements being stamped and embossed with the same color really does help to make a quick card.

 

I can imagine that some of you are wondering "what is this background"?  Did any of you figure it out???  Well, when I got my computer about a year ago, I was peeling off the plastic covering that fits around......

 

 

 

 

 

...the keys of the keyboard!!!!  I knew that one day it would come in handy as the perfect stencil, and it really did. I used Mister Huey's Opaque White spray with the keyboard stencil to give a subtle image of the keyboard.  And much like the keys "backspace", "enter", and "shift", I chose to put the words on the keys to create the birthday sentiment.  It's true what they say, inspiration can come from ANYWHERE! I hope this project inspires you to try something new and unexpected.

 

 

Happy Wednesday and Happy Stamping!

 

Julie

 

 

Supplies:

Stamps - Hanging Stars, Vintage Technology, Details Framer, Life Framer and Snapshot Framer

Ink - Versamark by Tsukineko

Paper - Stampin' Up!

Tools / other - keyboard stencil, heat tool, Mister Huey's Opaque White Spray.



Oh Baby!

Happy day peeps,

I tried my hand at a gift for a baby (probably boy, but perhaps not) that adds a little color and handmade charm to the nursery using the color combo from last week of yellow, aqua and coral.  For more information and projects using this color combo check out this post HERE and HERE. 

My background was inspired by Julie's baby card found HERE. I loved how she used all of her Whimsical Pattern Alphabet as a background and that is how I began as well...stamping the entire alphabet to make a fun pattern.

I then added watercolor markers, followed by Dylusions ink sprays and a Dylusions stencil and plenty of water. The colors were very vibrant and pretty, but I thought they were too intense for this project so I used a mixture of gesso and warm white paint to mute the colors. Of course this covered up the alphabet so I stamped it several times after the first time. Luckily the base of my project was a pretty heavy weight watercolor paper which held up to all the layers very well. 

I cut out the little paper boat and waves from patterned paper (don't worry about it being perfect, there is something special when you can see that someone made something themselves) and then I stamped each piece with a matching ink color using a flourish from Flourish Fun 2 and edged each with a matching color of watercolor marker. These flourishes work for nearly anything and I could probably add a flourish to every project I made so I better watch myself! 

My last bit of stamping was done sporadically around the top, right and left borders using the criss-cross border image from Details Framer using a gray ink so that it was somewhat subtle.  The words I had at hand...I like to sometimes type up a variety of words or phrases and have them when I need a few words sprinkled about a project.

Popping this little project into a frame would make a sweet gift for a little sailor.  You could easily change up the colors and patterns along with the image to suit your needs (for instance you could cut out a heart for a wedding gift...a house for a welcome home, hostess gift or housewarming gift).

Don't forget to check out the lovely card Julie made for a baby shower HERE. 

Take flight,
Shay.