Scrapping by Design

Hey, fellow stampers. Are you short of ideas this summer?  If you are, you might want to check out this blog post by I’m Impressed Paper Arts, a  stamping and scrapbook store in Vancouver.

They’ve posted a list of 120 things you can stamp.  Imagine!  They even suggest stamping on a marshmallow. I confess I have no idea how that would be done.  I did make my own suggestion to the list, though. I suggested stamping on decorative food items, such as gourds, pumpkins, eggplants and squashes. I’m thinking in terms of decorations, not things you eat.

I can see those little tiny decorative pumpkins that you get near Halloween — stamped and decorated with messages.  I suppose you would need to use small stamps and solvent inks.  Perhaps die inks would work.  This would take some experimenting.

Anyway, the link for the list is: 120 Things to Stamp.

Yesterday I needed to gift wrap a birthday present. I thought I had wrapping paper on hand, but it turns out I didn’t.

I turned to my stash of craft supplies and found two sheets of scrapbook paper that were a light lavender in color with darker dots of purple.

Nice, but not very festive.

The recipient is fond of butterflies, so I found a large  butterfly stamp and some red die ink.  I stamped the red butterfly over both scrapbook papers, then stamped it on the accompanying envelope.

I added a couple of paper flowers to the envelope and placed a gold and pearl button in the middle.

It’s quite a nice look.  Given that craft supplies are more costly than gift wrap, I don’t recommend this as a regular practice. However, in a pinch, its a good substitute.

This chipboard mini album was completed as a birthday gift for a friend.

I made it using an Edgy Album  from Bo Bunny. I also used Bo Bunny papers and embellishments for the layout.

The cover is acrylic. I stamped the bird image and the word Happiness using acrylic stamps and Stazon ink.  It needed a solvent ink because other inks would not dry on acrylic.

Here is the video showing the inner layouts of this little scrapbook.

It’s an interesting little mini album. I am particularly fond of the Bo Bunny collection that I used. I’m using a similar collection to make a Sweet 16 mini album for my granddaughter’s birthday.

I made this hand made greeting card using scraps of scrapbook papers and card stock left over from making another Welcome to the World journal.

The bird stamp is a clear acrylic one made by Inkadinkadoo.

The two-sized circular die cut is by Nestablities Spellbinder, cut on the Big Shot.  The word always is part of a stamp set. I can’t remember the manufacturer.  The tiny red flower is an eyelet.

I made several similar cards using this basic design.  Some have ribbons and some have different scrapbook papers. It’s an easy card to make and fairly attractive.

I’ll be posting some pictures of the second Welcome to the World journal in a few days time.

I made this altered art brooch using an irregularly shaped piece of CD or DVD disk.  It’s an example of Melt Art as popularized by Suze Weinberg.

To make this brooch, I heated a CD disk in boiling water until it was somewhat softer and easier to cut.

I cut it into pieces using old scissors.  If you try this, be sure to protect your eyes. Little pieces of CD can fly around when you make the break.

I painted the front of the CD using craft paint, then stamped an image using part of a stamp and black stamping ink.

When dry, I coated with about two coats of Ranger Melt Art UTEE Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel, Clear. I heated  it with a heat gun to melt the UTEE, and applied two coats of UTEE.

I attached a brooch pin on the back.  You can buy them at Michaels Arts and Crafts Store, or at other craft stores.

On some of the other brooches that I made, I punched a tiny hole in the bottom and dangled a charm through the hole.

This is a green craft project that makes good use of unwanted CD and DVD disks.

Mothers Day is fast approaching. I thought this comic Mother’s Day card would appropriate to send to a friend.  It might also be appropriate for some people to give to their mothers, depending on the relationship, I suppose.

In real life, this card ends at the yellow boundnaries. The surrounding white is a creation of the scanner.

At this point, I have not stamped the Mothers Day sentiment on the card. I will add that at the bottom, or perhaps I will use the card as a birthday card or a “thinking of you” kind of card.

The woman is a stamped image made from a Mo Manning stamp by Stampavie.  I colored the image using Twinkling H2Os.

The sentiment, “Get Wild” is a stamp from A Muse Artistamps.  I masked the stamp to place one word on each of two shapes.

I cut the shapes using the Spellbinders S4-247 Nestabilities Labels Twelve Die Template. My die cutting machine is the
Sizzix Big Shot. I am so happy that I bought the Big Shot. I use it constantly.

Now I will make a variety of comic Mother’s Day cards using this same stamp.

This hand made Easter card is going to a teenage boy.  I think it would probably work for any age, but its one of the few that may be suitable for the masculine recipient.

The images are made by stamping with two different stamps. I added some Sparkly Fluff (Rockin Pink) for accents.

The “To” embellishment is cut with the Cricut using a shape from A Walk in my Garden cartridge.

I embossed the background papers using the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder and the Big Shot.

This hand made Easter card features dry embossing with  Cuttlebug Embossing Folders done with the Sizzix Big Shot.

The tag is a punched shape.

The tulips are cut with the Cricut and come from the folder called A Walk in My Garden.

A bow of white ribbon and a small white eyelet fancy up the look a little.

Happy Spring is a stamped image.

Yet another hand made Easter card featuring die cut tulips.

As you can see, this one is a little different.

I had a scrap of leftover scrapbook paper that I had been saving for years. I loved it because of the spring crocuses.

It worked well with the gold colored Bazzill Bling Card Stock. The tulips were die cut with the Cricut, using the A Walk in my Garden cartridge.  I cut the tulips from a scrap of white paper. After that, I cut just the tulip heads from purple card stock and stuck them on.

The card has a bow of translucent beige ribbon. It doesn’t show up well in the photo but in real life, it looks quite nice.

The sentiment “Happy Spring” is a stamp.

This hand made Easter card is courtesy of a make and take at Making Memories with Scrapbooking in Burnaby, BC.

The coloring is done with copic markers. I love copics, but I have decided not to purchase any.  I have a stash of assorted coloring products from previous fads, and I can’t justify buying more.

The pink part of the nose and inner ear is colored with a new product called Sparkly Fluff by The Craft Lounge. The color is Rockin Pink.

The bunny and the sentiment are stamped with acrylic stamps.  I don’t remember the brand, and I suspect the scalloped circles were cut with a die, probably one of the Spellbinders Nestabilties Dies

This is a cute card for a kid. I have a young boy in mind to receive it this Easter.