Smash Book part 19

This first one may look familiar and that's because there is a similar page, but not with the dictionary paper. I definitely like it much better with dictionary pages. Inked with distress stains, heat dry, and gesso. Sprayed a yellow tinted glimmer mist (very lightly):

More dictionary pages with my tropical colors: pink, yellow, orange and lime (all distress ink colors). I also did it the "old fashioned" way: ink my craft mat and spritz with my mini-mister. Finally, inked the edge of my page for a cool distress look. Your project isn't complete unless you have an inked edge:

Just a page with a bunch of flowers and inked edge. However, stay tuned for another flower surprise (tomorrow) inspired by a man's shirt (of all things!):

First I sprayed the center with brown tinted glimmer mist, then an orange, red, green. Next I took a can of vienna sausage and pressed into my ink pad and then pressed all over my page:

Come back tomorrow for some  more fun! :-)

Freda

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Smash Book part 18

With this first page I attempted some clear UTEE with stamping. The base is acrylic paint. Sorry about the glare but it took me so many attempts with the camera to get a shot that wasn't completely blinded by the flash and it would not come out without a flash. Sigh!:

You might recall a couple of days ago that a table top at my favorite Mexican Restaurant inspired a similar page. Well, Steak n' Shake inspired this one:

With this page I colored with distress stains, crumpled up the paper, unfolded, then rubbed distress ink over the raised parts, spritz with my mini-mister, and iron to flatten and dry:

With this final page for today, I rubbed distress stain on my craft mat, took my paper and did a sloppy accordian fold, and let the paper soak up the ink. Next, I used a craft iron to flatten and dry, sprayed with a brown colored glimmer mist color, heat gun dry:

We're getting there! Just a few more days of photos and techniques!

:-)

Freda

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Smash Book part 16

Are you ready for some more? This one I used my choice of Distress stains and sprayed a little with Glimmer Mist while the Distress Stains was still wet so it would all blend in a little. Then I tore strips of paper and laid one over the other to use as a mask. Next, spray with a darker color in Glimmer Mist. Dry. Stamp (with the paper still on as a mask) with a script stamp of your choice. Finally, give it a good coat of Glim Glam:

I have these Fleur de Lis stamps in my collection so I decided to do something French. The colors are from Distress Stains and acrylic paint. Unfortunately the White Picket Fence Distress Stains did not coat the paper well enough for the look I wanted. So I used acrylic paint instead for the white:

Ah! This one, believe or not, was inspired by a table top at a local Mexican Restaurant. Done entirely with acrylic paint and stamps. Basically the process was paint, dry, stamp, dry, stamp. This photo looks better in close up and even better in person:

I also have a ton of flower stamps. Distress Stains was my background:

Tomorrow I have a couple of surprises for you!

Freda

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Smash Book part 15

Today I played around with my embossing powder a little bit. The photos don't really do the pages any justice;  you really need to see them in person and feel. The first one is with acrylic pain, inked stamp, and using a stencil on the edge with embossing powder:

Remember the bubble wrap? This time I used it with embossing glue and sprinkled with black embossing powder: 

Glimmer Mist and gesso. This was meant to be the "negative" version of a page from yesterday, but it did not come out as well as I hoped. I'm going to try something similar soon, but with dictionary paper. So don't think you're seeing double :-):

Hmm...this one did not come out as well as hoped either. Sigh! :-(: 

Ok, since I had two bummers in a row, I decided to include a bonus page. This one is Distress Stains, my Tim Holtz Stamper's Anonymous stamps, and Distress Ink. I kept the stamps on the card in their original position since the card is almost the same size as the paper I was working with. Remember, Distress Ink is reactive. So I decided to make this page interesting by using my mini-misters to spray water on it. See how the ink bleeds through the paper? It also created some water spots where the Distress Stains are. Dried with heat gun (carefully! The other side has embossing powder, lol) and inked around edges with some more Black Soot (Distress Ink): 

Come back tomorrow for more! They just keep getting better :-).

Freda

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Smash Book part 10

Sorry about not having anything for you yesterday. I thought I had it set up but I was wrong. Below are the next 4 pages. The first one is Glimmer Mist, Glim Glam, Gesso and Acrylic Paint:

This one did not turn out as well as I hoped. I think it may be one of those things where it looks better on card stock. I took a piece of lace, sprayed over it with Glimmer Mist, removed the lace, placed a paper towel over the paper, and used my brayer to soak up the excess. Then I carefully sprayed around the edges with Chocolate Covered Cherries Glimmer Mist but during the process I decided I liked the splattered look:

This is fire brick Distress Stains with Chocolate Covered Cherries Glimmer Mist: 

On this one I used Gesso and acrylic paint blended together and sprayed around the edges (and lightly in the center) with Chocolate Covered Cherries Glimmer Mist. It's rather sticky, even after drying so I'm waiting for some fixatif and matte spray to come in and hope that will solve the problem:

That's it for today. I have a wonder selection and discovery for you tomorrow!

Freda

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Smash Book part 9

Welcome to part 9! This began with a composition notebook I thought it would be festive to use a composition notebook cover stamp. The background is  Distress Stains:

Co'ordinations paper and cardstock: 

This is so far my most favorite! I used acrylic paint on the background, then adhered black tulle to the paper. While waiting for the glue to dry, and getting practically nowhere with the heat tool, I decided to add another element: embossing powder! Plus, the heat tool melted the tulle a little in some spots. Doesn't it look awesome?:
 

Smash Book part 8

Ooh! you're going to love, love, LOVE this! Below is a page from an unwanted legal magazine that was heading to the recycling bin. Fortunately I found a few phrases that seemed sentimental:

Remember the page with acrylic paint, bubble wrap and distress ink? This one is completely acrylic paint:

 Here is the bubble wrap itself. I can wash it off and reuse it for another mixed media project:

Acrylic paint and grosgrain ribbon. Yes, I ran out of ribbon (it was re-purposed from a packaging) and yes, I purposely left the end sticking out for a tab and page marker: 

This one is a favorite. Distress Stains and embossing powder. I used my stencil and pressed it in the adhesive. Then sprinkled embossing powder over it and brushed off. It looks like gold foil:

Come back tomorrow for more!

Freda

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Smash Book part 5

Here is today's edition! This book is coming along beautifully! The photo below is of my page using acrylic paint. I was going for the shabby chic look:

Acrylic paint and paint dabbers: 

Distress Stains and water. The image on the flip side of the right page is seeping through. Sigh!: 

Distress Stains and pigment ink on an over-sized Sizzix embossing plate: 

Check back tomorrow for more! This album will be finished before you know it!

Freda

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Smash book pages: part 1

Sorry! I got busy with all that Zen Cart stuff that I neglected projects! Serious multi-tasking lately. Ok, so here it is, so far. Some of the first pages of the Smash Book project. The first pic is using Denim. Kind of blah but I've been wanting to use denim (an old pair of jeans) on something:

Dictionary page, Gesso, and Acrylic paint: 

Cheese cloth (used Mod Podge to adhere) and Acrylic paint: 

 Distress Stains and a mask:

One thing I learned is, working with a composition notebook, and the loose leaf paper inside, there's a lot of bleeding. But it adds to the character of the album so I'm not complaining. :-)

More pics tomorrow!

Freda

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