Vintage Muse: Scrapbooking

Thursday, June 26, 2014

Practical Scrappers June Blog Hop!

Hi everyone and welcome to this months Scrap Your Stash Blog Hop hosted by Practical Scrappers! You should have arrived here from Lee-Anne's blog if not check it out here. It's that time of the month where you dig into your stash of scrapbooking supplies! This month for my layout, I used Basic Grey's Hipster and Carte Postale lines. I had a lot of fun with this and gave it a mixed-media twist. I can hardly believe my son is 22 now :)

My base sheet was from the Hipster collection. I started by adding Wendy Vecchi Embossing Paste with stencils to add some texture. After that was good and dry I brushed some gesso over my page concentrating on especially where the embossing paste was placed.

After my gesso dried I added color with some Mr. Huey's - Desert and some watercolors. I used some vintage books papers and prints from the Carte Postale line. I shaded all my paper pieces with Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool. I distressed my paper edges with a bone folder.

I added a little background interest with just some sewing thread.

I used Studio Calico Wood Veners and Thickers.

GIVEAWAY!!! Up for grabs is a selection of 6 x 6 scrapbook papers with coordinating bakers twine and washi tape. To enter, just become a follower on my blog through Google, Google plus, or the email option. Leave me a comment letting me know you are a new follower! I will leave this giveaway open until 11:59 CST on July 6th.

I hope you enjoyed my layout, let me know what you think, I love your comments! Thanks for stopping by and we'll see you next time! Next on the blog hop list is Kerri, happy hopping!!!

Here is a full list of all our Practical Scrappers Blog Hoppers!

Practical Scrappers http://practicalscrappers.blogspot.com

Audrey http://audreysreflection.blogspot.com/

Wendy C www.stampingrules.com

Erin http://girlpaperscissors.blogspot.com

Majken http://chocoscrapaholic.blogspot.com/

Christine http://scrappingwithchristine.blogspot.com

Ruth http://paperandmusings.wordpress.com/

Lee-Anne http://lee-annelovethejourney.blogspot.com

Bobbi http://vintagemusedesigns.blogspot.com/ **you are here**

Kerri http://kerrikr8tions.blogspot.com *next stop*

Alison http://alisondaydesigns.com/

Lisa http://www.snappinandscrappin.blogspot.com/

Cheryl http://patchesandscraps.blogspot.com

Laura http://scrapaddict4life.blogspot.com/

Deborah http://scrappinthelittlethings.blogspot.com/

Suzanna http://lifestrivialities.typepad.com/

Thursday, April 24, 2014

Practical Scrappers - Scrap Your Stash Blog Hop

Hi everyone and welcome to this months Scrap Your Stash Blog Hop hosted by Practical Scrappers! I am loving that spring is finally here and the grass is getting green and the flowers are starting to bloom...what could be better! For this blog hop I was thinking of just that, spring and flowers! You should have made it here from the fabulous Erin's blog, if you are playing in order. This month I wanted to use some more of my Crate Paper stash, y'all know this is one of my favorite companies so I need to whittle down my stash :)

This particular Crate Paper is the first Maggie Holmes collection. I used several different different snippets of paper from the collection itself. I shaded all of the edges with walnut stain distress ink. I distressed all of the edges of the paper with a bone folder and did some sewing. You know my pages just aren't complete without a few studio calico wood veneers :) I also used some Mr. Huey color mist sprays in opaque white, classic tan and splash. I punched a few shapes out with some of my Martha Stewart punches and put them in a small glassine envelope.

If you're wondering about the photo that I used, it's a floral picture from my flower garden and an iPhone/iPad app called Rhonna Designs. I believe the app also works for android-based phones as well. You can really do a lot of fun things to your photos for not a lot of $$$. I hope you enjoyed my layout, let me know what you think, I love your comments! Thanks for stopping by and we'll see you next time! Next on the blog hop list is the very talented Wendi, happy hopping!!!