Hello everyone!
Nathalie here with the last sketch on June... Tomorrow a new kit will be revealed (and it is a beauty!), but before we get new goodies, let me show you how i made the most of my kits using this week's sketch as inspiration. Here is this week's sketch:
It is a rather fun sketch, as soon as i saw it all i could think of was a grid of some sort. First i decided to use the sketch with the left over pieces from my Around Here Life Crafted Kit in my Life Crafted album:
For this layout, i decided to divide the sketch in half and follow it as close as i could. Since the pictures are in color, i decided to chose rather neutral papers for the layers behind them.
The secret to balance the sketch was to keep everything at the same level/border. So, once i had the limits marked, i used the typewriter to add my lines of journal, and then glued the layers in place. I added the extra tag above the small strip of paper at the bottom of the picture to help balance the page.
I followed the sketch for the other side of the layout, but added a few things just so that it helped me tell the story of the pictures. All the gorgeous ephemera pieces about "creatives" was perfect for this side, so i just added them to the clusters and then stamped some sentiments from some of this month's Stamp sets. Love how easy it came together, but i tried the same sketch with the add-on kit for a 12x12 layout.
I wanted all those pastel colors in the Add on kit to create this page about my daughter's first horse-riding adventure.
I started with creating the layers behind the picture using all the papers from the add on kit. However the bottom layer of the pictures is one of the large Alpha pieces (Maggie Holmes Sunny Days collection) as they had a vibrant and solid look to them.
To bring the grid look of the sketch to the page, i decided to mount my layers on a piece of vellum. This helped with limiting the space for the layout, and made layering the papers much easier (a little chipboard and foam adhesive help to create the soft shadow behind the layers).
I wanted to keep the soft look of the page, so instead of adding those paper strips to the corners of the page, my choice was to create a small shaker pocket. For this, i simply used a ruler and penciled the rectangles, then hand stitched the rectangles and fill them with sequins.
To finish the page, I used one of the ephemera pieces from the Around Here kit in combination with the stickers from the add on kit, added a few gold ink splatters, and then added my lines of journal with gold ink (and smudge a bit of it with my hand, too).
Just love how these turned out using the sketch as the starting point for the layouts. If you have questions on how these came together, please do not hesitate to contact me!
XO
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Hi there!
Welcome to the Altenew June 2019 Stamp/Die/Stencil Release Blog Hop + Giveaway. You must be arriving from Laurie's blog ( a list of all the participants is added at the bottom of this post). Today Altenew is releasing a new set of goodies that are so beautiful, you will want them all. I am always excited when my little Altenew box arrives that i just dive into the box and create, and trust me, this time i created lots of projects, so let's get started.
For this first project, i used the new Forever in Love Stamp and Die set to create this new entry on my Family album (Citrus Twist Kits Life Crafted Album). The beautiful illustrations are the perfect accent for the colorful picture and background.
It started with a paper from the Live Your Dream collection as the background, next added the picture of my kids and littles to the one side of the page. I used the Forever in Love stamp set to create a few of the images on white cardstock, and then used them to frame the picture. Another of the images creates the focal point on the other side of the page. Here i added my title (Live Your Dream collection embellishments) and the lines of journal. A few Altenew Enamel dots complete this page. The following video will show you how it all turned out:
Simple and beautiful, all because of the Forever in Love Stamp and Die set, and now let me show you a few simple ideas using one of the new stand alone dies.
The new Pressed Leaf Die is amazing!!! I used it to create two cards. For the first card, i covered the front panel of the card with the Misty Meadows Washi tape. A second smaller panel was covered with a piece of the washi tape, but only big enough to fit the die.
The Pressed Leaf Die was then used to cut the shape, and then i slowly peeled the extra tape leftover. A small exacto knife helped to trim the extra tape from the center line. To finish the page, i embossed a sentiment using the Weekend Doodles stamp set. Here is another idea using the Pressed Leaf die
For this card, I started by cutting the image out of Metallic pink kraft stock. Then used the Pressed Leaf Die and a shimmy to create a second impression on white cardstock. This created the soft outlines in the leaf.
I used some glue to attach the center line of the die cut pieces together, and then propped them on my card with thin foam adhesive, a simple sentiment ( fussy cut Altenew Mail Labels) completes this card. LOVE how these turned out, and how easy they came together.
Now let's go back to scrapbooking to show you how i used the Mid Century Frame Die in my Family Album.
The new dies are just so versatile, this time i cut a few of the images from Mocha cardstock using the Mid-Century Frame Die. I used a full frame to add my layout title in one of the pockets.
Then cut the second frame to add repetition of the shape in the layout. First i used a piece of the circle to frame the embellishment cluster at the bottom of the picture on the second pocket. While the other piece was used to add a subtitle to the layout. I created a simple layout by adding a bit of gold trim Washi tape to the edges of the page, then layered some of the Summer Garden paper behind the picture. I placed the piece of die cut at the bottom of the page, and added a stamped sentiment from the Forever in Love Stamp inside the frame. The following video will show you how this came together:
Pocket pages are so easy to put together, and the new Mid-Century Frame Die was perfect for the pictures of my 19th anniversary festivities. But i saved the negative pieces of the die cuts to create cards:
I used a bit of foam adhesive to prop the negative piece from the Mid-Century Frame Die to a premade card, then added a sentiment -using Jet Black ink - from the Sunflower Daisy stamp set, followed by fussy cut flowers from the Teal Shadow washi tape. But since i had a second negative, here is a second card:
For the first card, i used the Welcome Home Stamp & Die set and Altenew Inks to create the circle image of the card. Using the die set i cut the circle out, and then used the "Welcome" die to cut a few shapes out of navy cardstock.
The die cuts were glued together, then the sentiment was cut from Gold metallic paper, and glued at the top of the stacked die cuts. The sentiment die cut was glued to the Welcome Home Stamped Circle image, which was in turn glued to a prepped card (created using the A Walk in The Woods Stamp set and Altenew Azurite ink). Love the bold color contrast and dimension on the card. Now let me show you another idea using the Welcome Home Stamp set.
For this card, I used the Welcome Home stamp set only to create the background of this page. I created a couple masks to help with stamping the entire panel, then scored the card so that there is a soft frame on the panel.
I glued the panel to a card, and then created the sentiment by die cutting the Fancy Hello Die a few times and then gluing together to create the dimension you see. A few drops of clear dots complete the card. Love this card so much, and i am sure you will do, too!
I stamped quite a few Sunflower Daisy flowers on white cardstock using the Altenew mini cubes. These were die cut and set aside.
The background was hand stitched so that i helps to bring texture and dimension to the page, Once the picture was set on the page, i started layering the flowers so that they frame the picture and just one side of the heart. A few embellishments from the Live Your Dream collection and enamel Dots complete this page. However i stamped so many flowers, that decided to create a card with the left overs.
I started by using the Sunflower Daisy Mask Stencil to create the background of the card using Vicki Boutin Art Crayons and Stencil Brush. The new Frilly Frame Die was used to create a frame from citron Metallic paper.
The frame was glued to the card background, a sentiment was added inside the frame, and then some of the leftover flowers were added in a cluster at the bottom of the frame. The following video will show you how these came together:
I love all these projects, they all came together rather easily using this month's releases. If you have questions on any of the projects, please contact me. But now it is time for the GIVEAWAY!
To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift
certificate to 6 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or Altenew Scrapbook Blog by 6/12/2019 for a chance to win.
We’ll also draw a winner to receive a $20 gift certificate from the comments left on each designer’s blog on the blog hop list below. All winners will be announced on the Altenew blogs
on 6/15/2019.
Thank you so much for joining me today, and now it is time to check Virginia's creations in her blog. Remember you can always come back here to start your loop, or start at the Altenew Card or Altenew Scrapbook blogs. Here is a list of all the participants for your convenience:
Welcome to the Technique Tuesday June 2019 Release Blog Hop. You must be arriving from - a list of all the participants has been added at the bottom of this post for your convenience. It is always a fun day when you get to play with stamps, and this month's Laugh and Smile Stamp Set is one that will be a staple in my documenting.
The rectangular shape of the sentiments in the stamp set were the catalyst for the idea of building a tile background for this page.
I chose to use different tones of blue Distress Oxides to build the background ( Tumbled Glass, Blueprint sketch, Faded Jeans, and Chipped Zapphire)and loved the different sizes in the sentiment tiles of the Laugh and Smile Stamp set. To complete the page and the sentiments of the tiles, i simply spelled the word "SMILE" with gold foam stickers.
To complete my page, i chose to add the picture to a paper from the Pinkfresh Studio Simple and Sweet collection, and decided to build a subtitle for the page by using the Layered Smile Crafting Dies and metallic Kraft paper from Tim Holtz' Idea-o-logy collection.
To continue the tile look of the layout, i added a few word embellishments that had the same shape and small gold accents. A few lines of journal and the gold ink splatters complete this page.
I love how easy this came together, and the graphic look of the layout. The following video will show you how the layout came together using the new stamp and dies:
