Try It Tuesday~ different ways to use those handmade cards!

Hi guys!

Thanks for stopping by for Try It Tuesday!

I create lots of cards and started to think of a couple of 

different ways to use them.  I know sending them in the mail is a great way, 

but what if you have that very special one you would like to keep~

Here's a couple of ideas~

Remember this pop-up card, from the Darkroom Door and Karen Burniston Blog Hop

a few weeks ago, it makes a great embellishment for this scrapbook page.

Instead of the sentiment and signature space I used that space for the journal space.

The perfect place to tell the story of that day. 

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Here is another idea, remember these cards from the

 Darkroom Door Monthly Facebook challenges~

I really loved them and thought they would look great as a cover for a note pad.

So I stuck a note pad inside the card.  I did score another 1/4" line below the fold line.

By adding a score line, the cover will lay flat. The back will be shorter

but with the note pad on it doesn't look short. 

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Hope you will give these ideas a try!!!

Notepads for teachers ~ Clear Scraps!!

Hi, Connie here with a cute and easy idea for those special teachers using embellishments by Clear Scraps.  Clear Scraps a great selection of chipboard, acrylic and mirror  embellishments.  They are super cute added to notepads. Let me show you what I came up with~

Instructions:

·  Notebook (from office supply store) 5" X 8" ~ have them cut  down the middle.  I usually buy the pack, that will give you 8 notepads.

·  Cut the pattern paper 3" wide X 10" long.

·  Fold the pattern paper over the top of the notepad, about 1 1/4".

·  Add a decorative edge with a border punch or steel die.

·  Adhere the notepad to pattern paper

Add color to the acrylic, chipboard and mirror embellishments.


The acrylic flower is colored with alcohol inks.  The mirror dragonfly is colored with alcohol inks.  The chipboard lizard is colored with embossing powder.  All embellishments are glued to the top of the notepads with Beacon 3-IN-1 all purpose glue.




To complete the projects, stamp a sentiment for the bottom of the notepads.



Supplies used:
Clear Scraps:  Acrylic Flowers, Dragonflies Mirror embellishments and Geckos Chipboard
Other:
Notepads (from office supply store)
Beacon
Alcohol ink and applicator /Ranger
embossing powder/Emerald Creek
Buttons Galore & More

Thanks for stopping by~
Connie Mercer/DT Member

Hello Summer cards with Clear Scraps~

Hi, Connie here with two cards using 6" stencils by Clear Scraps.   Using stencils is an easy way to make cute and quick cards.  The stencils can be used to create the background for the card or they can be used as the focal images on the card.   I did both~


The background, for the cards, was created using Distress Oxide and then stenciling a pattern over the color.  I went with blue tones to give a ocean look.  The shells were stenciled on white cardstock and trimmed out, then layered at the bottom of each card.  Buttons were added along with the sentiment.  Twine was wrapped around the tops of the cards and tied into a bow.


Stitching was stamped on the sides of both cards and paint splats were added to the card front.


When adhering the trimmed out images, foam squares were added for dimension.

Supplies used:
Clear Scraps: 6" Shiplap, 6" Beach Fun and 6" Ocean Friends
Beacon
Other:
Scrapbook Adhesives/foam squares
Distress ink
Distress Oxide ink
Darkroom Door/stamps
Buttons Galore & More
twine

Thanks for stopping by~
Connie Mercer/DT Member

Try It Tuesday~tart tins and dishes!

Hi guys!!

Thanks for stopping by for Try It Tuesday.  I haven't been regular on Tuesday

 and I'm sorry for that.  Life has been coming at me pretty fast lately.  I have a cute project to share using some junkin' stuff.  If you have tart tins and old dishes your good to go. Let me show you~

All I did was glue the tart tin to the bottom of the dish, making a dish with a pedestal.

I used Beacon Quick Grip, love this stuff!!!

 Let them dry for about 10 minutes and it is good to go.  You could also use saucers for this (just didn't have any).  The rule is "use what you have".  If you have to buy stuff, just takes the fun out of re-purposing something. 

These also would be really different to hold a birthday cupcake for someone special. 

I'm using them, in a cluster, for buttons.

Hope you will make some ~

tag me if you do :)

Simple and cute with Darkroom Door~

Hi guys I have a few cards to share with you today.  These were created a   

couple of years ago with the paper that comes

 in the Take Ten magazine by Stampington & Co.   I was able to get

two cards from the sheet that is in the magazine.  The third card is designed from a sketch.

The papers are shinny and the stamps performed well on the paper.  I used Archival 

ink by Ranger for these.  Simple and cute.  The set by Darkroom Door is called 

Just My Style.  The papers are layered in a stack and then a little banner flag is attached to the sentiment with a small brad.

This one used the Little Ladies by Darkroom Door and the 

phone dial is by deadbeat Designs.  Inspiration for this was a sketch by Tenia Nelson.

Thanks for stopping by~

August Challenge for Darkroom Door FB Inspiration page~

Hi guys!

This month the Darkroom Door August Challenge is Texture stamps!!  They have so many too!!

I chose three different Texture stamps, to make quilt type background, for the card front.

The Texture stamps were stamped on white cardstock using three different colors of Archival inks.  Then cut in 1 1/2" strips and adhered to card front. The Robin bird was stamped out and then embossed to look like a silhouette. The succulent is stamped out using two different Archival inks.  Hit the stamp randomly, with the inks, to achieve the two tone look.  The Robin bird is standing on a real twig. 

Whether it's a card, art journal page, mixed media project, tag... anything goes! Your project just needs to include a Darkroom Door Texture Stamp. Please let us know the name of the Texture Stamp too as other stampers will be keen to know :)

Here's how to enter the challenge:
* Create a project using a Darkroom Door Texture Stamp. You can use other products too, but DD products must be one of the main elements or features of the design.
* Post a photo here in the Darkroom Door Inspiration group
* You have until August 31st, 2018 to enter.
* Project must be new and not previously uploaded to the group.
* Create as many projects as you like! (of course you are always welcome to upload ANY other project you create with Darkroom Door products too, not just ones for the challenge! We like to see what you are creating!)

One winner will be picked at random (within the first week of September) and will receive a Rubber Stamp set and stencil (or equivalent) of your choice.

To inspire you, here's a card I created using the Polka Dots Texture Stamp! (also: Bold Blossoms and Bright Blossoms Vol 1 stamp sets)

Good luck and happy creating!!

Rachel

I hope you will join us.  There is still plenty of time to create a project!!!

A Scrapbook page with Clear Scraps products!!

Hi, Connie here with a scrapbook page using stencils and the Life Is Good chipboard word title embellishment by Clear Scraps.  These are so fun to create with.  They can easily be painted, inked, embossed or just leave them bare, with no color.  They look great anyway you want to create with them.  Clear Scraps has a large selection of title words to choose from.  You can find them here.


The chipboard word title was embossed using a powder that looks like sand.  Nice touch!!!  The nautical shapes at the bottom, of the scrapbook page, are created by stenciling the shapes on pattern paper (using ink) and then cutting them out.  Thought these sets (Ocean Friends and Beach Fun by Clear Scraps) were perfect for a cute border at the bottom of the page.  




 When adding color, to the stencil, you can use more than one color.  I love doing this technique.  It gives the images shadows that add dimension to the image.

Products used:
Clear Scraps: Chipboard Title " Life is Good", 6" Beach Fun Mascil and 6" Ocean Friends Mascil.
Other:
Embossing Powder: Emerald Creek/Dirty Sand
Paper: Three Bugs in a Rug
Ink: Ranger
Scrapbook Adhesives / foam squares

Thanks for stopping by~
Connie Mercer