Summer Flowers Floral Scrapbook Page

I was delighted to be invited by Creative Scrapbooker Magazine to share a project on Facebook Live on June 17 2020!

You can see the archived broadcast HERE.  

Here is a list of the toys, er, tools I used for this project!  Happy Creating!

Suzanne

Supplies:

Creative Scrapbooker Super Stock https://creativescrapbooker.ca/super-stock/

Dies:

A Way With Words 4 Seasons  (Summer) ECD https://shrsl.com/1qzk5 

A Way With Words My Garden Flowers  Quietfire: http://www.quietfiredesign.ca/My-Garden-Flowers-Metal-Cutting-Dies.html      ECD https://shrsl.com/1h211

A Way With Words Flourished Frame  EDC  https://shrsl.com/2672w

A Way With Words Butterfly Flourish  ECD  https://shrsl.com/1pjc3

Stencil Cards: Leafy Branch Happy Birthday Stencil Card  https://www.silhouettedesignstore.com/artists/230503/324211
Berry Branch Hello Stencil Card https://www.silhouettedesignstore.com/artists/230503/324212

Stamps:

 How Lovely is the Silence http://www.quietfiredesign.ca/How-Lovely-is-the-Silence-Mounted.html 

Leafy Acanthus Background http://www.quietfiredesign.ca/Leafy-Acanthus-Background-Mounted-6106.html

Gilding Powder 
Kells Gold Modern Gilding Powder: https://emeraldcreek.co/modern-gilding-powders-kells-gold/

 

VersaMagic Midnight Black for stamping sentiment 

Bazzill cardstock:

Chablis (dark pink) used for the word die cuts and Pinkini and for the Butterfly Flourish and Stitched Panel behind quote

and

Guacamole (dark green) used for the Flourished Frame and Lily Pond for the panel behind the photo.

White cardstock for stamping quote

vellum

Distress Oxides: Bundled Sage, Worn Lipstick 

Blending brushes

Glue Dots – Mini

Scrapbook Adhesives 3D Foam Squares

How lovely is the silence with painted bamboo

Hi, there!  It's finally a nice consistently warm temperature here and my garden is growing.  I do love going outside to see what has decided to bloom... it's also my time of peace and quiet while all the kids are still inside, hopefully working on their schoolwork during this "distance-learning" bit.  

It made me think of this stamp:  How lovely is the silence of growing things.  And you know what grows amazingly quick?  Bamboo - that stuff will take over your yard if given a chance.  Since I had this stamp nicely positioned on my Misti, I went ahead and stamped and embossed on 2 each of black cardstock and kraft cardstock.  I knew I wanted to paint some bamboo to frame the quote - and since I've never tried painting bamboo before, I knew I would appreciate having the extras.  I also sponged the edges on a couple of the pieces with a light green to see if the softened edges would look nice.  

I used my  Coliro M600 Artist Mica Watercolor Paint, Metallic, Gold palette for the bamboo. The main stem of the bamboo was painted in the white gold and the leaves in the middle gold shade. 

The stem was a bit full so I tried to used less paint on the second one.  I like it more but it was hard to be consistent.  Afterwards, I tried matting in a smaller gold sheet than the silver above.

On the kraft cardstock, I tried using a dark green Sakura brush and that gave me skinnier branches. 

On my last attempt, I mixed the green from the brush with the silver color of the paint.  It looks really nice at an angle but very muted straight on.  I think I like the last one the most.  

So here's my tip:  don't be afraid to try something new and go ahead and prepare several to try different techniques.  Having them all ready to paint made it much easier than painting one and stopping to emboss another each time.

I made videos of how I painted these bamboos but having trouble importing them onto here.  I think the file is too big?  I'll put it up on my instagram @yourstrulybydiana later today if you really want to see.  Thanks! 

How lovely is the silence

How Lovely is the Silence of Growing Things Scrapbook Layout

Hello, Connie Nichol here today with a scrapbook layout featuring one of my favourite Quietfire Design stamps.  This is such a great stamp to accent gardening and flower photos, but also good for layouts of growing children.

The photo is of me when I was a little girl, circa 1964.  It was scanned from a 35 mm slide, and then I printed it as an enlargement.  For a single feature photograph like this, I like to keep the scrapbook layout simple and not distract the eye away from the photo.  Just take two pieces of coordinated pattern paper and cut them diagonally.  

Stamp the growing things in a matching ink and mount with foam adhesive to pop it up slightly from the page.

I also added a bit of a punched border and a few flowers but kept the layout quite simple to focus on the photo and the stamped quote.  Thanks for stopping by, Connie