Secret Garden Collection by Quick Quotes~ a scrapbook page!

Hi, Connie here with a scrapbook page using the Secret Garden Collection by Quick Quotes.  The colors are rich and vibrant and so colorful!!!

The pictures were printed out on the iP8720 Canon printer.

I printed two photos on one 4"x6" photo paper.  I did this twice to get the four pictures I wanted to use on the page.  The pictures were adhered to make a photo strip.  It is such a good way to use multiple photos on a scrapbook page.  The focal photo was printed on the iP8720 Canon printer also.

The chipboard word was colored, using PowderPuff Chalk ink by Quick Quotes.  The banner was created out of the orange arrow paper from the Secret Garden Collection.  The flowers are from a flower punch I had in my stash and then shaded with the PowderPuff Chalk ink by Quick Quotes.

The journal strips were written in Word and printed out on the iP8720 Printer by Canon.

Products used:
Quick Quotes: Secret Garden Collection (coming soon)
Quick Quotes: Whistlin' Dixie 500
Quick Quotes PowderPuff Chalk Inks: Sandy Shore, Sunset and Midnight Confession
Canon iP8720 Printer
other:
twine and pearls

Thanks for stopping by~
Connie Mercer

Try It Tuesday~ grab your suitcase, with Darkroom Door!

Hi, Connie here with a couple of cards using the new Eclectic: Suitcase stamp by Darkroom Door.  I'll start with the World Traveler card~

Stamp the Postage stamps background stamp on white cardstock.  Use several different colors of ink to mimic the different colors of postage stamps.

Mount the background on two different colors of cardstock, bringing in two of the colors from the background.  Stamp the suitcase on white cardstock and trim out.

Stamp stickers out for the suitcase using the Correspondence and Vintage Office set by Darkroom Door. and adhere to suitcase. Add a Paper Dolls image by Tim Holtz/Idea-ology.

Brass look alike brads were added to the suitcase using a Pearl Pen by Viva.  

Stamp the words World Traveler on white cardstock, trim out and adhere to card front.  Speckle with ink splats or paint. Stamp postage cancellation image on front of card.

Supply List:

Darkroom Door: Eclectic: Suitcase, Vintage Office, Nomad, Correspondence and Background: Postage stamps

Ink: Ranger/Archival: Saffron, Cobalt, Jet Black, Potting Soil and Fern Green

Other:

Pearl Pen: Viva/Bronze

Paper Dolls/Tim Holtz Idea-ology

The next card is called Follow Your Dreams using the same Eclectic/Suitcase stamp by Darkroom Door.

This card is created much the same way as the first card.  Stamp the background, on white cardstock, using the Tickets stamp by Darkroom Door.  Stamp Lady Liberty, with black ink, on the side and adhere to the card base.

Stamp two suitcases out, on white cardstock, using Archival (Potting soil) and Distress Oxide (Walnut Stain) and trim out. Overlap the suitcases and adhere to the card front.

Stamp the suitcase with words and stickers from different Darkroom Door sets. Add the paper doll to the card front.  Add some color to the flag by using the Cobalt and Red Geranium Archival inks.

Speckle the card with ink or paint.  Add the Brass look a like brads, to the suitcase, using the Pearl Pen by Viva.

Supply List:

Darkroom Door: Eclectic: Suitcase, New York Vol. 1, Nomad and Background: Tickets.

Ink: Archival: Cobalt, Jet Black, Red Geranium and Potting Soil

Ink: Distress Oxide: Walnut Stain

Other:

Pearl Pen: Viva/Bronze

Paper Dolls: Tim Holtz Idea-ology

Thanks for stopping by~

Connie Mercer

Creating with chipboard by Clear Scraps!

Hi, Connie here with a scrapbook page using chipboard shapes and the title year, as embellishments, by Clear Scraps.   I love using chipboard on scrapbook pages! It is easy to make it what you need it to be.  If you want to use paint, emboss it , ink it or leave it plain ~ you can decide what look you like.


The two chipboard peices were embossed with chunky embossing powder.  I really love the look of embossed chipboard.  Clear Scraps has a large selection of chipboard images, shapes and title words.  They are always adding new items to the store, so check it out!


The embossed chipboard is adhered, to the page, with Beacon 3-IN-1 glue.  So shiney and it has a varigated look to it.


I wanted to keep the program, from this event, so I created a slide out behind the photo mat.  All you do is adhere along 3 sides, of the mat, leaving the one side  open to slide the item in and out of.  This technique could also be used to create a secret space for journaling.  The tab on the program makes it easy to pull it out.


A photo strip was created, at the bottom of the page, making sure all the pictures, of the event, are in que.


This is a special time for my granddaughter and her family!!  She is one smart cookie!

Products used:
Clear Scraps: Chipboard/Circle Vines
Clear Scraps: Chipboard Title/2018
Other:
Beacon 3-IN-1
Bella Blvd. paper
Embossing powder: Emerald Creek

Thanks for stopping by~
Connie Mercer/DT Member

Eclectic Typewriter with Darkroom Door~

Hi, Connie here with cards made using the new Eclectic Typewriter stamp by Darkroom Door.  This is a fun stamp for card making but I can also see it used for scrapbook pages.

The background was created using the large Polka Dots stencil by Darkroom Door.  The stencil was placed on top of the card base and ink was applied with sponges.The background came to life very quickly.

The little bird was stamped out on white cardstock, shaded with the same inks that were used for the background and then trimmed out.  The typewriter was stamped on white cardstock and shaded with one color and then trimmed out.

A cluster was created, in the center of the card, by stamping the Texture/Weathered Stripes stamp as a focal point for the typewriter image to be adhered.  The little bird was adhered, along with the sentiment, on the typewriter.

Speckle the card with ink or paint.

Supply List:

Darkroom Door: Eclectic/Typewriter, Happy Birthday

Texture/Weathered Stripes, Love Birds, Garden Birds.

Darkroom Door: Large. Stencil/Polka Dots

Ink: Archival/Jet Black, Distress ink: Faded Jeans and Bundled Sage

The next card shares the same beautiful greens and blue colors!

The background of this card was created using the Large. Stencil/Mesh by Darkroom Door.  Two different Archival inks were used, Watering Can and Aquamarine.  The typewriter was stamped on white cardstock and shaded in with 

same Aquamarine ink.   The sassy lady was stamped on white cardstock and colored in using Faber  Castell pencils.  She was shaded and trimmed out.  The Polaroid frame stamp was stamped on white cardstock, stamped and trimmed out.

Behind the Polaroid image the Texture/ script stamp was used for the text.  The sentiment was added to the top of the typewriter.  Speckle card front with ink or paint.

Supply List:

Darkroom Door: Eclectic/Typewriter, Texture/Script, Frame/Polaroid, Just My Style  and All Occasions.

Darkroom Door: Large. Stencil/Mesh

Ink: Archival: Aquamarine, Watering Can and Jet Black.

Other:

Faber Castell/pencils

twine

Thanks for stopping by~

Connie Mercer

Try It Tuesday ~ the money shot !

Hi guys~

You are in for a treat!!

I love these photos and those eyes..  Speaks to me :)

The pictures are a couple of years old.  I found them the other day and couldn't 

wait to work them up.  The pictures are cut down so I could get all four pictures across the page.

The money shot was matted to highlight it as the focal point of the page.  Don't miss the the 

thumbs up, look close. Thumb is up!!!!!

He is such a fan of his grandy!!

The BEST  of times, they go by so fast!!!

Products used:

Paper: Little Yellow Bicycle

stickers

die cuts

Scrapbook Adhesives

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USA ~ Made in America with Clear Scraps!

Hi, Connie here with a patriot craft that uses the Pallet (fence) shape by Clear Scraps.  I turned it on its side and saw a flag, waving in the wind, so that is where I started.  The Pallet shapes are cut from Birch wood right here in the good ole' USA.  I favor American Made products and that is what Clear Scraps is ~ Made in America!!


I created a few step out photos, so the process, of masking off the flag stripes could be shown easily.


To create the blue part of the flag, mark with a pencil the center of the pallet fence shape.  Mask off two rows down (as shown in the first photo).
The second and third photo show how the red and white stripes were masked off.   The tape  used is painters tape.
After the stripes were steniled in, a messy black line was applied by using a liner paint brush.  It cleans up the paint lines really good and gives the flag a primative look.


I used stencils by Clear Scraps to add the words, the chevrons, the ship lap and the stars to the flag.


The chipboard Stars, by Clear Scraps, were embossed with gold embossing powder and then adhered to the flag in random places.


I have it on my craft room door~just love it!!!!
Products used:
Clear Scraps: Pallet ( Fence) birch wood shape
Clear Scraps: 6" stencils / Chevron, Stars, Shiplap, Imagine.
Clear Scraps: Chipboard/Stars
Beacon: 3-IN-1 glue
DecoArt acrylic paint
DecoArt creme wax
other:
sanding block, drill and wire (for hanging)

Thanks for stopping by~
Connie Mercer/DT Member

Flag Day with A Jillian Vance Design

Hi guys!

Today is Flag Day and I wanted to share a card that was created with

A Jillian Vance Design's Flag stamp, it also was published in Take Ten. by 

Stampington & Co.

Products used to create this simple card are:

AJVD Flag Stamp

AJVD Stitched Dot Rectangle thin cut die

cardstock

Ranger: Archival ink

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