Beach Junk Journal

July 21, 2019 | Corner Scraps

A little, beach themed junk journal I made for the ReneaBouquets Mood Board Challenge this month.

Flip Through Video:

~~The Process Video will go here when I’ve finished editing & uploading it!~~

Process Video 1: Cover & Construction

Process Video 2: Ephemera & Such!

And here are a few close ups:

I received that beautiful, floral applique (along the spine & other bits on the inside) in the ReneaBouquet Canvas Swap (Oct. 2018) from Wendy M.! (Thank you, Wendy!!)

A close-up of the beautiful mermaid from ReneaBouquets!

A ReneaBouqet Beautiful Board Starfish!

Here you can see all three paperclips I quickly altered using ReneaBouquets Beautiful Bits – Seashell.

A closer look at the layers of lace! The scalloped lace I used on the edge of two of the pages I just received from Jenn D. in the ReneaBouquets June (2019) swap! (Thank-you, Jenn!)

Products:

ReneaBouquets

Beautiful Board

Tiny Starfish

Beautiful Bits

Seashell

Printed Beautiful Board

Tiny Ocean Orchid Starfish Mermaid

13@arts

Acrylic Modeling Paste

Shimmerz

Paste-eez

Puttin’ On The Glitz

Creameez

Berry Hot

Prima

Frank Garcia

Golden Coast

12 x 12 Paper Pad w/ foil
Ephemera (Item #995126)
Ephemera (Item #995133)

From Swaps

From Wendy M.

Floral Applique

From Jenn D.

Scalloped Lace (white)
Kraft Tag & Sleeve

From Yvonne (scrapbook.com swap … Sept. 2018)

The ribbon used to tie the journal shut

Webster’s Pages

Adrienne Looman

Designer Trim

Plum Seed

The Paper Studio

Bright Lace Ribbon Scrap Pack

American Crafts

Vicki Boutin

Blue Hawaiian Acrylic Paint

Ranger

4″ Brayer
Tim Holtz

Mini Blending Tool
Distress Oxide

Tattered Rose
Antique Linen

Distress Spray Stain

Mermaid Lagoon

Tonic

Tim Holtz

5″ Scissors

Heidi Swapp

Stencil (it doesn’t appear to have a name…)

Momentum Brands (pretty sure I got it at the 99¢ store)

Happy Holidays

Decorative Ribbon

Mod Podge

Antique Matte

Art Glitter Glue

E6000

Beacon

FabriTac

JudiKins

Diamond Glaze

Unbranded/Unknown

Paperclips
Pink & White Bakers Twine
Hairclips

Adventure

July 19, 2019 | Corner Scraps

For the More Than Words July (Main) Challenge: Discover & Stash

Discover made me think of maps, right away. Maybe my subconscious is trying to tell me something. After that I didn’t really have a plan, I just went where my stash led me.

Stash:
Clipboard – I don’t know how old it is, but I’ve owned it for almost two years now.

I think Tea Dye was one of my first Tim Holtz ink pads I bought! Way back when I wasn’t sure what “distress” really meant, but hey, “this Tim Holtz fella has stuff to make new stuff look like old stuff!” My husband could actually make a pretty good case claiming Tim was an original “supplier” that got me hooked leading to an entire spare bedroom being filled with paper craft related items! I love Tim Holtz so much I have hoarded his papers waiting for just the right time. I have been working on accepting the fact that it’s a lot more productive to make the right time myself rather than expect a sudden epiphany. Plus, I’m having a much harder time remembering EVERYTHING I own…so if I can’t even remember everything, how will I ever use everything?

Anyhow, all but 11 of the items on the product list are at least a year old (and that includes adhesives, the 3D Gel, the wax & such), of those 11 items, I think 5 have “appeared” within the last 6 months.

I used as much from my stash as I could, and I can’t tell. You’d never know anything was “missing.” I tell myself I should stop buying until I get my stash knocked down, but every time I think that something new is released & I realize I need to just stop thinking nonsense and do more projects!

Process Video:

Close-ups:

**Postcard Image from: Public Domain Pictures

Products:

ReneaBouquets

Glass Microbeads

Rose Gold

Creative Embellishments

Moroccan Lattice Panel

13 arts

Ayeeda Mist

Patina Bronze

Lindy’s

Magical Shakers

Grab A Guy Gold
Bratwurst Brown

7 Gypsies

Architextures

Ornate Garden Stakes

Silhouette

Cameo 3
Design Store

Design ID #34811

Ranger

Perfect Pearls

Blue Patina

Archival Ink

Jet Black

Tim Holtz

Distress Ink

Tea Dye

Distress Spray Stain

Rusty Hinge

Mini Blending Tool

idea-ology

Tim Holtz
Paper Stash

Memoranda
Lost & Found

Ephemera Pack

Expedition

Sanding Block

Tiny Attacher

Small Talk

Tonic

Tim Holtz

Paper Distresser
5″ Scissors

Stampers Anonymous

Tim Holtz

Harlequin Stencil

Prima

Finnabair

Metallique Wax

Bronze Age

3D Gloss Gel

Julie Nutting

Tag Pad

Hancock

Fancy Pants Designs

Me-ology

Button Set

Dear Lizzy Date Stamp

Mod Podge

Antique Matte

JudiKins

Diamond Glaze

Art Glitter Adhesive

Krylon

Workable Fixatif

Liquitex

Clear Gesso

Unknown/Unbranded

Twine
Metal Stars
“BINGO” Card
The “other,” non-Tim Holtz, ephemera
I got the roll of map paper at Hobby Lobby, so it’s likely by The Paper Studio.

Lets Go To The Drive-In

July 15, 2019 | Corner Scraps

A set of ATCs that were relatively quick and easy thanks to my Silhouette Cameo 3!

Yes, the pen I used did leave some extra lines. I’ve decided to call them power lines…

This project was just one of those projects that fought me every step of the way! I couldn’t get my idea to come together. I had to redo a few things, some more than once. The pen I used can get build up on it (apparently…maybe I knew that but forgot *shrug*) and I think that is was gave me my “power lines.” But I had had it with this particular project! I almost didn’t do this topic for the swap (there are four categories, I’ve done the other three already: Flag A.T.Coin, World Tiger Day, & Forest Key.)

I did finally finish, and my package is ready to get sent to the hostess, Marci (who you can find here and here) ASAP!

I even managed a quick process video!

I turned the cityscape into a sketch, the sign into a Print & Cut, and added an outline (Offset) to the car, then put it together and hoped for the best!

I thought the sign needed a little something more, so I used Crushed Pineapple Stickles for some “lights.” And since the sky seemed a little to gloomy, I added some “stars” with Shimmerz “Buttercream” Paint.

Products:

Showmore (Etsy)

Vintage Car SVG

Silhouette

Cameo 3
Pen Holder

Silhouette Store

Cityscape (Design ID #2346)
Retro Sign (Design ID #10011)
The letter panels came from Retro Christmas Labels (Design ID #35461)
Curving Road (Design ID #297750)
CG Retro Font (Design ID #292616)

Shimmerz

Buttercream Paint

Ranger

Stickles

Crushed Pineapple

Tim Holtz

Distress Spray Stain

Blueprint Sketch

JudiKins

MicroGlaze

UniBall

Signo (UM-153) – white pen

Unknown

Cardstocks (they were in my scrap stash)
Glossy photo paper

Forest Key (a Mixed Media ATC)

July 7, 2019 | Corner Scraps

I don’t know if I should say I created these for the June Mixed Media Place challenge, but will be swapping them, or if it would be more accurate to say the June Mixed Media Place challenge helped me put together these ATCs for the “Favorite Product and/or Technique” category of the swap over at scrapbook.com! They both helped each other along in the end!

I love the mood board this month over at Mixed Media Place. The wonderful colors of the forest really spoke to me! I’m also participating in the ATC swap over at scrapbook.com, hosted by Marci (you can find her here and here), and was still “needing” to make my “Favorite Product and/or Technique” batch! I have a little of both on these cards! I love, love, LOVE Finnabair’s products by Prima, and I adore using her waxes, but I also love mica powders (in this case I used Lindy’s Magical Shakers), and Tim Holtz was my first designer love (I’ve been collecting Tim Holtz since shortly after I first started scrapbooking!).

(Below you can find a process video, more photos, & a product list.)

The Mixed Media Place June Mood Board for the June challenge.

Process Video:

I think one of my favorite things about ATCs is they help me use up scraps & partial packages, plus I find them to be very freeing, even I can only fit so much on a 2 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ surface!

With these ATCs I didn’t cut into any new cardstock or open any new packages! In fact I finished off one of the Prima packages & the Little Birdie package in addition to getting rid of a teeny tiny bit of my vast scrap collection! (Okay, maybe not vast…it could be worse I suppose!)

Also, to make projects go faster, when I have some spare time I will make up batches of pieces from my various moulds. I can’t say I have an absolute preference of which resin to use, both of the ones used to make these keys have a purpose. Amazing Cast Resin sets up F.A.S.T!! And I mean you better have a plan of action and work in small batches! This is great when I don’t have the time to wait for the Art ‘N Glow resin to set. However, I love the Art ‘N Glow because it mixes up thinner, and I have a work time of 45 minutes! The thinner is great for the smaller moulds I have, and the longer time is better because I can pour slow and sure! (It does, however, have a 24 hour cure time.)

**Note: I’d wear gloves. The Amazing Cast Resin gets real hot, real fast (it’s best not to ask why I know this so well!). Gloves will help you peel that off quick! The Art ‘N Glow is just practically impossible to wash off with soap and water. It’s very sticky! (Again, don’t ask! LOL)

Products:

Lindy’s

Magical Shaker

Grab A Guy Gold
Bratwurst Brown
Cathedral Pines Green

Prima

“Keys” Mould
Candy Gems

Melon

Cinderella Collection

Cypress

Finnabair

Opal Magic Paint

Violet-Green
Green-Gold

Sparks Paint

Fairy Wings

Metallique Wax

Bronze Age

Wax Cire Cera

Firebird

Little Birdie

Rosalind Pearl Pink

Sizzix

Big Shot Pro
Tim Holtz

Thinlits

Detailed Butterflies, Mini

Liquitex

Matte Super Heavy Gel

Fibre Craft

Painted Stem Wire

Art Glitter Glue

Amazing Cast Resin (White)

Art N Glow Casting & Coating Epoxy Resin (Clear)

Scraps

All paper/cardstock

World Tiger Day ATCs

July 2, 2019 | Corner Scraps

Artist Trading Coins – “Unusual Holiday/Celebration” Theme – scrapbook.com June-July ATC Swap, hosted by Marci (you can find her here: Blog: A Scrap from Marci and here: scrapbook.com Gallery)!

Global/World/International Tiger Day – July 29th!

Process Video:

For the image of the tiger I used a free one I found at needpix.com (link below) and then played with editing it until I got something I liked. I can’t really tell you the steps, because sometimes things just happen, and I’m not always sure how I did it! There was some selective color picking and changing though, I can tell you that much!

There isn’t really anything overly complicated on these, just some coloring/watercoloring with some Scribble Sticks, fussy cutting, and gluing! OH! The tigers weren’t fussy cut, I used the print & cut feature of Silhouette Studio with my Cameo 3.

*Original Tiger Image (listed as free) from needpix.com. Tiger Image Direct Link

Products:

Hip Kit Club

The Happy Life

Sunset Blush

American Crafts

Dear Lizzy

Lovely Day

Color Me Pretty

Heidi Swapp

Pineapple Crush

Palm Beach

Crate Paper

Maggie Holmes

Chasing Dreams

Hello Beautiful

Ranger

Dina Wakley Media

Scribble Sticks

Set #1

Lemon
Lime
Magenta
Tangerine

Set #2

Blushing
Evergreen
Cheddar
Ocean
Fuchsia
Eggplant

Tim Holtz

Water Nib

Prima

Water Pens

Silhouette

Studio
Cameo 3
Premium Blade

You can, let go (a mixed media tag)

June 30, 2019 | Corner Scraps

You can, let go

Process Video:

ReneaBouqeut Beautiful Board filled with ReneaBouquet micro glass beads.

Beautiful handmade roses by ReneaBouquets!

JudiKins Diamond Glaze works great for this because is thin and dries fast!

I’ve had these unbranded glass beads for a while, and they have almost made it to a few previous projects, but today I finally got to use them and not just put them back away! (They are a little bigger than the micro beads from ReneaBouquets)

Products:

ReneaBouquets

Glass Microbeads

Champagne
Gold
Teal
Purple

Beautiful Board

Small Lacy The Moon Fairy (gifted to me by Mary Jane in the May RB swap!)
Beautiful Bits

Star

Mulberry Paper Roses

Mini Chocolate Covered Caramel

Creative Embellishments

Flourish 15

Prima

Finnabair

Opal Magic Acrylic Paint

Rose-Gold

Wax Cire Cera

Electric Violet

Sentiments Stickers

Julie Nutting

Tag Pad

Prima Flowers

Prima Handmade

Candy Gems Melon (Item #549381)
Item #634483

Watercolors

Tropical

Ranger

Tim Holtz

Distress Oxide

Peacock Feathers

Distress Spray Stain

Wilted Violet

Distress Paint

Wilted Violet

Mini Blending Tool

Perfect Pearls

Blue Patina
Heirloom Gold

Tonic

Tim Holtz

Paper Distresser

Jacquard

Lumiere

Halo Violet Gold

PearlEx

Reflex Violet
Misty Lavender

DMC Embroidery Floss

Precious Metal Effects

E3821

JudiKins

Diamond Glaze

Liquitex

Matte Super Heavy Gel

Unknown/Unbranded

Clear Glass Beads
“Stone Path” Die
Gold Sewing Machine Thread

Great-Grandma

June 27, 2019 | Corner Scraps

My great grandmother, about 82 years ago!

The majority of this layout is made using products that came in the June 2019 Tres Jolie Kit Club Scrapbooking Kit (product list below), and was created for the June Sketch Challenge hosted by Kim & the Tres Jolie Kit Club!

The Tres Jolie Kit Club June Sketch

I just love 49 & Market, and those laser cut shapes made this layout go together much faster than fussy cutting flowers!!

Adding some foam under the photo gives it just a little lift from the layers underneath.

I set out with a goal to see if I could use an entire package of flowers on a layout! I think it’s a first for me!

I just happened it have the perfect Say It In Crystals in my stash for this project!

Another big, flower milestone for me…using a mix of flat & 3D flowers. I don’t know if I’ve ever really succeeded at it. It always makes me panic!

A bit of the lace from the Tres Jolie Kit & a ReneaBouquets Heart Paper Clip for some little touches.

Products:

[From the] Tres Jolie June 2019 Scrapbooking Kit

49 & Market

Bold & Beautiful Collection

Dear John
Edge of Reason
Whispers
Laser Cut Shapes

Blossom Blends

Bluebell

Lace

ReneaBouquets

Beautiful Board Heart Paper Clips

Art Anthology

Keyholes 6×9 Stencil

Shimmerz

Creameez

Lapis Dance

Dazzlerz

Foiled Again

Prima

Finnabair

White Crackle Texture Paste

Jamie Dougherty

Bloom

Spark 6×6 Stencil

Frank Garcia

Santorini

Say It In Crystals

idea-ology

Tim Holtz

Tiny Attacher

Tonic

Tim Holtz

Paper Distresser

JudiKins

Diamond Glaze

Art Glitter Glue

Silly Winks Sticky Back Foam Sheet

Liquitex Clear Gesso

"Flag" Artist Trading Coins

June 25, 2019 | Corner Scraps

Artist Trading Coins – “Flag” Theme – scrapbook.com June-July ATC Swap, hosted by Marci (you can find her here: Blog: A Scrap from Marci and here: scrapbook.com Gallery)!

My quick process video:

Products:

Silhouette

Cameo 3
Pen Holder (Original)
Store Design ID: 11034

Creative Embellishments

Artist Trading Coins

ReneaBouquets

Shard Glitter Glass

Silver

idea-ology

Tim Holtz

Adornments, Stars

Stampers Anonymous

Tim Holtz

Splash Mini Stencil (THMS080)

Tonic

Tim Holtz

5″ Scissors

Prima

Finnabair

Metallique Wax

Old Silver

Waterbrush

Ranger

Dina Wakley Media

Scribble Sticks

Set 1 – Ruby
Set 2 – Lapis

Tim Holtz

Detailer Tip Waterbrush

Transparent Gloss Texture Paste

We R Memory Keepers

Crop A Dile II

UniBall

Signo

Micro 207 – Black

Scotch

ATG
Tacky Glue

Canson

Watercolor Paper

JudiKins

Diamond Glaze

Unknown/Unbranded

Red & White Beads (they are the kind used for fingernail art, so they are really micro!)

Dragonfly Express

June 25, 2019 | Corner Scraps

The Dragonfly Express! (This photo was taken in full sunlight.)

This project actually had two sources of inspiration. The first was the ReneaBouquets June 2019 Mood Board Challenge, the second inspiration was the Creative Embellishments June 2019 Challenge. (Both sources of inspiration are below) I actually saw the Creative Embellishment challenge first, and I have a thing for hot air balloons. A looking at them from the ground thing, not an actually getting into one thing.

Anyhow, I also really wanted to use this dragonfly I had been working on, and a hot air balloon doesn’t need any help flying, so it (slowly) transformed into a flying ship! Besides the flying in the Creative Embellishment inspiration, I also love the whimsy of the image, and the Ferris wheels made me think of actual wheels!

Creative Embellishments Inspiration

ReneaBouquets Mood Board

Process Video:

The following photos were taken in a more shaded area, because my front porch had a convenient hook I could use to get some greenery in the background and not have to hold the project in one hand while shooting with the other! LOL!!

ReneaBouquets Glass Microbeads for the dragonfly’s eyes and ReneaBouquets Beautiful Beads on top of the masts.

ReneaBouquets Tiny Anchor and Creative Embellishments Pipes and Gears pieces.

And here are some photo of the dragonfly while it was still grounded! [Note: I found the dragonfly in my yard, buried in the dirt by a tree, apparently left by the previous owners. It was shortly after finding it that I came across a Finnabair DT members (I think) post in Instagram who used Finnabair’s Leaves to build butterfly wings (I think it was a butterfly) and a solution to my broken wing dragonfly was born!]

Products:

Ship

My SVG Hut (Etsy) – 3D SVG Pirate Ship Galleon DIGITAL download

(My SVG Hut Blog – Assembly Instructions) (Mine is smaller than the original, “intended” size)

ReneaBouquets

Beautiful Board

Tiny Nautical Anchor Laser Cut Chipboard

Beautiful Beads

Magic Stones

Creative Embellishments

Steampunk Pipe Corner
Gear Cluster Set
Gear Cluster Set 2

Ranger

Tim Holtz

Distress Oxide

Hickory Smoke

Distress Spray Stain

Rusty Hinge

Dylusions

Ink Spray

Melted Chocolate

Heidi Swapp

Color Shine

Tinsel

idea-ology

Tim Holtz

Metallic Kraft – Stock
Hitch Fastners

Prima

Finnabair

Rust Effect Paste

Brown Rust
Red Rust
Gold Rust

Metallique Paint

Rustic Brown

Metallique Wax

Brushed Iron
Bronze Age
Vintage Gold

Opal Magic Wax

Turquoise Satin

Sizzix

Big Shot Pro
Tim Holtz

Embossing Folders

Waves
3D Foundry Metal
Riveted Metal
Diamond Plate

Silhouette

Cameo 3
Premium Blade

Nicapa Cutting Mat

Best

Double Sided Tape

Spellbinders

Tool ‘n One

We R Memory Keepers

Crop A Dile

JudiKins

Diamond Glaze

Art Glitter Glue

Liquitex

Clear Gesso
Black Gesso
Matte Super Heavy Gel

Apple Barrel

Black Matte Paint

Unknown/Unbranded

Fishing line (used for hanging)
Kraft Cardstock
Chain
Eyelets

Dragonfly

ReneaBouquets

Glass Microbeads

Black

Prima

Finnabair

Mechanicals

Woodland Leaves

Mould

Mechanica

Opal Magic Paint

Rose-Gold

Metallique Paint

Royal Blue
Romance Pink

Opal Magic Wax

Vintage Silk

Metallique Wax

Bronze Age

Wax Cire Cera

Indian Pink
Blue Lagoon

Rust Effect Paste

Brown Rust
Red Rust
Gold Rust

idea-ology

Tim Holtz

Swivel Clasp

Ranger

Glossy Accents

JudiKins

Diamond Glaze

Creative Paperclay

Amazing Cast Resin

Liquitex

Black Gesso

Unknown/Unbranded

Gears

C.J.'s Corner Scraps

For the love of paper crafting…

Uncategorized

Beach Junk Journal

Adventure

Lets Go To The Drive-In

Forest Key (a Mixed Media ATC)

World Tiger Day ATCs

You can, let go (a mixed media tag)

Great-Grandma

"Flag" Artist Trading Coins

Dragonfly Express