Creative Embellishments May 2020 Challenge-Steampunk Card

May 30, 2020May 30, 2020 | Corner Scraps

Hey, all! This is the last project I’m doing for May, but I’ll be back on June 1, 2020 with the Tres Jolie Kit Club Reveal!

Today I have a steampunk card I created for the May Challenge over on the Creative Embellishments Blog.

I don’t know what I’ll be doing with the card yet, but it’s good to have some one hand! Or so I’ve heard, I’m not a real big card maker, I find them difficult to do! But I’m happy with how this one has come out! All of the chipboard gears, the ATCoins, and the Circle Shaker Set are from Creative Embellishments, I just added the Patina and Rust Effect Pastes to go with my old, DCWV paper.

Creative Embellishments Challenge Inspiration – Twist: Use Numbers

Check out my quick process video!

Now for a few close-ups:

I always say “that was easy” after I finish a card, but I always have trouble getting myself to make another one! Maybe I’ll slowly (likely very, very slowly!) start making more!
I hope you enjoyed this card & thank you for joining me here in my corner!

Products:

Creative Embellishments – “Circle Shaker Set,” various “Gear Sets” for all of the chipboard gears, and “Steampunk Artist Trading Coins,” Stamperia Rice Paper (DFSA4242), ReneaBouquets – “Bronzed Teal” Beautiful Beads, Prima/Finnabair Rust Effect & Patina Effect Paste Sets, Prima/Ingvild Bolme Tiny Junkyard Findings “Nailheads” & “Special Screws,” DCWV “Tattered Time” Cardstock, Little Birdie “Caribbean Teal” Tinted Metallic Paint, Emerald Creek/Seth Apter Baked Texture “Vintage Beeswax,” Simon Says Stamp Clear Embossing Ink, Heidi Swapp Wood Veneer, Tim Holtz Distress Collage Mediums “Matte” & “Crazing,” Copper Thread, Unknown “Blue Metallic” Microbeads, Unbranded Metal Gears, Liquitex Black Gesso, BEST 1” Double Sided Tape, FabriTac, Art Glitter Glue, E6000, EK Tools Score Board, Tim Holtz Mini Snips, Spellbinders Tool n One, Ranger Heat-It

May 2020 Lindy’sGang Challenge-ATCoins-Journey

May 29, 2020 | Corner Scraps

Hi, all! I have managed yet another project this month!! Still not going to question or argue with my brain’s decision to be active this month!

This time I have made a set of Artist Trading Coins for the Lindy’s Gang May 2020 Color Challenge.

Below the Lindy’s Gang Color Challenge Image, you’ll find a quick process video!

Here’s a quick (7 minutes) video of what I did:

Now for a few close-ups:

For the background I used a circle punch on the paper ribbon and added a stamped image that I embossed with some Lindy’s Gang “Silver Moon Mistletoe” Embossing Powder (Discontinued?). For the stars I mixed a little of the “Plumeria Pink” Flat Magical with some water and brushed it on, and for the wings I mixed the same “Plumeria Pink” Flat Magical with some white gesso to lighten it up. I dyed the cheesecloth with the “Aloha Avocado” Flat Magical powder, and after everything was dry I just started layering, adding some sisal, twine, and “Small Talk” phrases!

Once I figured out where I was going with this project, it went along rather quickly! Sometimes the idea is harder than the execution!

Products:

Lindy’s Gang – “Plumeria Pink” Flat Magical, “Aloha Avocado” Flat Magical (Both from the Hawaiian Island Flat Magical Set), and “Silver Moon Mistletoe” Embossing Powder (Discontinued? Seasonal? I couldn’t find it on the site), ReneaBouquets Beautiful Board-Beautiful Bits “Star,” The Paperie Shoppe “Uncharted” Paper Ribbon, Creative Embellishments ATC Coin Blanks, Recollections 2.5” Circle Punch, Finnabair Mechanicals “Winged,” Prima Quick Dry Fluid Chalk Ink “Tin Can,” Hobby Lobby July 4th Carded Twine, Stamperia Cosmos Stamps (WTKCCR05), Tim Holtz idea-ology “Small Talk,” Finnabair Heavy Gesso, Sisal, Cheesecloth, Liquitex Clear Gesso, FabriTac, Art Glitter Glue, E6000

May 2020 Mixed Media Place Challenge-Beach Bottle

May 27, 2020May 27, 2020 | Corner Scraps

Hey, all! I have a beach themed bottle I made for the May 2020 Moodboard Challenge over at the Mixed Media Place! It had been a while since I completed a project that wasn’t Design Team related, and since May was going good for me & having ideas, I was able to squeeze one in!

I just absolutely loved the colors of the moodboard, and even though I’m not a fan of going to the beach, I do love looking at beach elements. All the beauty, none of the sand!

I used a lot of Prima/Finnabair pastes and paints, a couple of Tim Holtz Distress Paints, and one Vicki Boutin paint, even though I’m not sure it’s noticeable anymore!

The shells came from a variety of sources – some I bought, some I’m not entirely sure where they came from.

The flowers are 49 & Market, the chipboard is actually Beautiful Board from ReneaBouquets, as is the final details of beads and butterflies!

Below the video you’ll find the moodboard.

I went into this project not knowing exactly where it was going, or how I was going to get there, but I did record what I was doing, so there is a process video to go along with this post!

Awesome moodboard, right? How could anyone resist using those corals and pinks!?!?


It took a lot of layers, but I eventually got the look I wanted!	So many textures on the bottle! Some from the crackle paste, some the result of what happens when gesso gets extra wet on glass!	You can still see the stripes I made, even though this wasn’t my original plan, I am still happy!

As you’ll see in the photos below, the microbeads are actually gold. I didn’t notice the color got distorted so much during editing!

Here are some more close-ups:

As a final note, I want to say I would not recommend heating up a sealed glass bottle for long periods of time! Besides the fact that it gets hot, you are increasing the internal pressure! I had a lot of “heat gun enough to stop runs,” followed by periods of cooling and air drying!

Thank you for checking out my project!! Don’t forget to watch the process video to see how I stacked all my layers of mediums!

Products used:

Finnabair: Heavy Gesso, White Crackle Texture Paste, Paper Texture Paste, Sparks Paint “Phoenix Feather,” Metallique Paint “White Pearl,” Patina Effect Paste “Blue,” Texture Fantasy Pastes “Blue Green” & “Fire Orange,” Rust Effect Paste “Lavender,” and Liquid Acrylic Paint “Burnt Sienna,” 49 & Market: Garden Seeds “Sea Breeze” (it was a partial pack), & Blossom Blends (Technically the “Bluebell” & ‘”Linen” Packages, but I only used the bamboo looking pieces), Distress Paint: “Abandoned Coral” & “Picked Raspberry,” Vicki Boutin: “Sugared Strawberry” Paint, ReneaBouquets: Beautiful Board – Bubbles, Beautiful Beads – Iridisent “Mermaid Tails,” Gold Glass Microbeads, & Magical Miniatures, Double Sided Printed Butterflies “Memory Keeper,” Brea Reese Texture Pebbles, Tim Holtz Mini Snips, FabriTac, Ranger Glossy Accents, JudiKins Diamond Glaze, Hobby Shells & other misc. shells, Ranger Heat-It heat gun

Tres Jolie Kit Club-May 2020 Mixed Media Kit-Butterfly Reels

May 15, 2020May 15, 2020 | Corner Scraps

Hey, all! Welcome back to my blog! Today I am bringing you my “Butterfly Reels” project where I used three of the VHS reels, the mediums, and the package of Prima Mechanicals, along with items from my stash, to build this steampunk piece!

I am very happy with how this piece came out! I love mixing the patina and rust effect with the non-aged look of the reels and flowers! Check out the video to see the whole process!

Video:

In the above photo you can see the ripples created by the paint pour!

I love Prima’s Rust Effect Paste, and I’m glad I had some on-hand to use with the Mechanicals from this month’s kit! Plus, those butterflies were what I had left from the March Mixed Media Kit!

I knew parts of my chipboard would overhang, so to give it some extra stability I used “Prima Sculpture Medium” before adding the Rust Effect Paste!

The longest parts of this project were all the drying times, so I would just set it aside while the glues and mediums dried so I could work on other projects! My final touch was adding some Teal Glass Beads from ReneaBouquets on top of each stack of Mechanicals!

May 2020 Mixed Media Kit

In addition to items from this months kit (*From previous Tres Jolie Kits), I used:

Prima Rust Effect Paste Set (Brown, Gold, and Red Rust), All chipboard received from a swap with Toni, *Prima Finnabair Mechanicals “Scrapyard Butterflies,” ReneaBouquets Glass Beautiful Beads “Teal”,” Liquitex Pouring Medium, Dina Wakley Cell Creator, Prima Sculpture Medium, Liquitex Matte Super Heavy Gel, JudiKins Diamond Glaze, E6000

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Tres Jolie Kit Club–May 2020 Mixed Media Kit–Grunge Canvas

May 5, 2020May 4, 2020 | Corner Scraps

Hey, all! Welcome back to my blog! Today I am bringing you my first official project of the month using the May Mixed Media Kit from Tres Jolie Kit Club! (I say official because some of the mediums made their way onto my projects for the iNSD challenges over this past weekend!)

For my first project I made a Steampunk/Grunge piece using the canvas, the mediums, one of the VHS reels, and the pack of Prima Trinkets.

My thought process for the coloring was rather simple! I was just sitting and staring at the mediums and ended up thinking “Yellow & Blue make Green!” Or in this case, gold and blue make teal!!

Check out the video to see how I put all this together:

Now, how about some close-ups?


I made built up some texture paste at the upper left and lower right corners before adding the wax and paint!	I had a mix of chipboard and metal embellishments, but brought them together with paint!

I stacked and stacked to give dimension to my canvas and added three contrasting Prima Pebbles as a final touch!	Even though I have a lot of different textures, keeping with the same color as the paint kept it from being overwhelming!

I hope this project gave you some ideas of what you can do with items from this month’s Mixed Media Kit! I’ll be back on YouTube and the blog on the 15th with another Mixed Media project! Keep an eye out for projects from the other Tres Jolie Designers! And don’t forget to visit the Tres Jolie Kit Club Café and check out the sketch and mood board challenges!

May 2020 Mixed Media Kit:

In addition to items from the kit (*Items from previous Tres Jolie Kits), I used:

*13@rts Modeling Paste, *13@rts White Gesso, ReneaBouquets Candy & Beautiful Beads in Teal, Glass/Rock [looking] shards from Monica, *Prima Melange Sugar Art Pebbles – Multicolored,

Creative Embellishments Gear Set 2 Small; Large Gear Set; Steampunk Clock; *Lightbulbs; Grunge Harlequin Piece; Distress Punchinella; the monocle, but I don’t know if CE still has it available, I couldn’t find it!, *Texture Powder, FabriTac, Liquitex Matte Super Heavy Gel, Prima Silicone Brush, ModPodge Gloss & Matte Spray Acrylic Sealers, JudiKins Diamond Glaze.

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iNSD 2020 – Tres Jolie Kit Club–BINGO!

May 4, 2020May 4, 2020 | Corner Scraps

Hi, all! Welcome back to my blog! I hope you were able to join us over at the Tres Jolie Kit Club Café and enjoyed the challenges offered!

I created a BINGO challenge, and am now sharing the details of that challenge here on my personal blog! (I didn’t want to cause “entry” confusion during the challenge!)

BINGO! Challenge Guidelines & my examples:

Now, to the requirement! It’s rather simple, all you need to do is have all five (5) elements of the one (1) row OR one (1) column OR one (1) diagonal that you choose included on your project!

You are not limited to only those five (5) elements, but all five (5) must be included!

I have put together a couple of examples for you to view; a layout, a mini-journal/notebook, and a mixed media canvas. You do not have to create any specific project type! These are just some examples of what can be done!

First, the layout:


Sample layout (featuring my youngest!)	The column I picked for my layout!

I created a process video to accompany the photos for an overview of my creative process!


You can see some of the chipboard pieces!	I used embossing powder on the star frame!

My torn paper!	Some more chipboard!

The upper left corner with the stamping!	A close up of the stenciling!

I hope this project gave you some ideas! Now on to the next example, a Mini-Journal/Notebook!


My mini-journal/notebook!	The row I picked for the mini-journal/notebook!

The process video for the mini-journal/notebook!

There are flowers on the cover and on the patterned papers, the staples and eyelet are metal, there are three half-back beads on the cover, as well as a chipboard frame around “Notes,” and the mini-paper clips are wooden!

My third example is a mixed media project featuring a photo of my son’s friend! (With her permission, of course!)


My mixed media canvas!	The diagonal I used on the canvas!

The process video for my mixed media project:


Layers don’t only have to be paper! Here I have the rice paper, chipboard, and flowers!	The flowers on the background are the rice paper from this month’s Cards, Tags, and More Kit!

The fine black text is from the stamp that came in the May Cards, Tags, and More Kit!	I added some glass beads randomly along the chipboard pieces as a final touch!

Products for the example layout:

May 2020 Scrapbooking Kit	May 2020 Mixed Media Kit

In addition to items from the May 2020 Scrapbooking & Mixed Media Kits (*from previous Tres Jolie Kits), I used:

StazOn “Timber Brown,” Studio 490 – Wendy Vecchi “Rectangle Collage” Stamp, Tim Holtz Mini Snips, Liquitex Clear Gesso, ReneaBouquets Beautiful Board – Beautiful Bits “Star,” We R Memory Keepers Craft Knife, Brown Thread, Emerald Creek “Rocky Road” Baked Texture, Creative Embellishments “Star In My Universe Frame” and *“Crackled Brick Stencil,” Lindy’s Gang Magical Shaker *“Bratwurst Brown” and *“Grab A Guy Gold,” Ranger Big Emboss It, Liquitex Matte Super Heavy Gel, Twine, FabriTac, JudiKins Diamond Glaze, Silly Winks Sticky Back Sheets

Products for the example mini-journal/notebook:

May 2020 Cards, Tags, & More Kit

In addition to items from this months Cards, Tags, & More Kit (*From previous Tres Jolie Kits), I used:

Brown Twine, Brown Thread, EK Tools Score Board, We R Memory Keepers Crop A Dile, Recollections 2 1/2” (6.35cm) Circle Punch, Ranger Big Emboss It, We R Memory Keepers 3 Way Corner Punch, Mini Clothes Pins, *Lindy’s Gang “Oakleaf Olive” Embossing Powder, ReneaBouquets Candy “Toffee,” Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher, FabriTac, JudiKins Diamond Glaze, Brown Eyelet, Art Glitter Glue, 2” Book Binding Tape, Lineco 1.25” Linen Hinging Tape, Lineco PVA Glue, Scotch ATG

Products for the example mixed media project:


May 2020 Scrapbooking Kit	May 2020 Mixed Media Kit	May 2020 Cards, Tags, & More Kit

In addition to items found in all three May kits (*from previous Tres Jolie Kits) I used:

StazOn “Jet Black,” Mod Podge Paper Matte, Krylon Workable Fixatif, Tim Holtz Splatter Brush, Prima 2” Silicon Brush, Prima Waterbrushs, Tim Holtz Flat Waterbrush, Liquitex Matte Super Heavy Gel, *Prima Watercolors Tiki, Palms, & Coconut, *Lindy’s Gang Embossing Powder “Bougainvillea Red Teal,” Ranger Big Emboss It, ReneaBouquets Glass Beautiful Beads “Cranberry,” Prima Bloom Stencil “Spark,” Silly-winks Sticky Back Sheets, FabriTac, JudiKins Diamond Glaze

Tres Jolie Kit Club–March Mixed Media Kit–Birdhouse

March 27, 2020March 26, 2020 | Corner Scraps

Hey, all! Welcome back to my blog! Today I’ll be sharing a Spring Birdhouse I created for the Tres Jolie Kit Club using items from this month’s mixed media kit along with items from my stash!

I created the birdhouse with various brown and tan cardstock sheets and some patterned papers from Friends and Craft O’Clock using Silhouette Store ID# 271046 – “Birdhouse 3D Gable Box” by Snapdragon Snippets (Snapdragon Snippets Assembly Instructions)

Video:

I used the larger circle from this month’s kit on the “entrance” of the birdhouse, then used the last of the transparency and flowers from my stash to fill it in! The stick is one from my yard, the brick chipboard is from the kit, and painted with a single layer of the Cafe Au Lait paint. I added some of the metal butterflies to finish things off!

This photo of the roof shows the watered-down paints that I used to add some extra color to the birdhouse!

Here at the back of the birdhouse, I arranged some of the chipboard to cover the rear hole from the stick!

More bricks and butterflies on the front!

I painted the back of the transparency pieces with the Olive Green paint before using gel medium to hold it in place!

March Mixed Media Kit

In addition to items from the kit (*From previous Tres Jolie kits), I also used:

Scotch Advanced Tape Glider; BEST Double-Sided Tape 1/4” & 1/8”; Art Glitter Glue; FabriTac; Spellbinder Tool n One; Silhouette Store ID# 271046 – “Birdhouse 3D Gable Box” by Snapdragon Snippets (Snapdragon Snippets Assembly Instructions); *Friends & Craft O’Clock “Vintage Bison”; *Bazzill “Dark Kraft” Cardstock (x4); Silhouette Cameo 3; Niacapa Cutting Mat; Silhouette Premium Blade; Stick from outside; Krylon Workable Fixatif; Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher.

Note: All other cardstock was unmarked & I’ve had it so long I can no longer recall manufacturer or how I acquired it! I used 2 sheets of the dark brown and 2 sheets of the light tan. (At least I’m fairly certain, it may have been 3 sheets of the dark brown.)

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Tres Jolie Kit Club–March Mixed Media Kit-Canvas

March 17, 2020March 13, 2020 | Corner Scraps

Hey, everyone! Welcome back to my blog! For my second project this month using items from the March Mixed Media Kit from Tres Jolie Kit Club, I created a grung-y canvas using items from the kit on a canvas I had previously purchased at Dollar Tree!

This canvas was quick and easy! I had it together in a day (the paint dried rather quickly!) and just set it aside to let the glues and 13@rts Gel Medium from the kit dry! See how I put it all together here!

Video:

With just a few items from my stash, I created a little décor piece in one day! (And I never finish a project in one day!!)

After I coated the canvas in black gesso, I layered some torn pages from an old book and a piece of patterned paper on the canvas then used a palette knife to create the broad strokes of paint. Without adding gesso first, I put a single layer of the same paint on the brick chipboard from the kit.

After the paint dried I added my transparency piece using the gel medium from the kit.

Still using the gel medium, I put my flower clusters together, added my butterflies, and fussy cut leaves from parts of the transparency to add to my clusters.

March Mixed Media Kit:

In addition to the March Mixed Media Kit (*From previous Tres Jolie Kits), I used:

Book sheets from Memoires Parisiennes Etsy Shop; *Friends & Craft o’Clock – Vintage Bison – #1; Liquitex Clear Gesso; Liquitex Black Gesso; ReneaBouquets Mini Gold Roses; Canvas from Dollar Tree; FabriTac

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Steampunk Pocket Letter – November 2019

November 21, 2019 | Corner Scraps

This month over at scrapbook.com my partner, Donna, and I decided on a steampunk theme for the Pocket Letter swap hosted by Jess. As I told Donna when we were deciding, I have more steampunk items than could possible be considered healthy! And I assure you, what I used here won’t even be missed!

Process Video:

Close-ups:

For the “metal” on the cards I used Amazing Cast Resin to pour onto the embossing folder. These had been done previously, which is why the process isn’t in the video. I picked up the technique a couple of years ago from Keren Tamir, but after all this time I don’t think I could find her video again!

My partners favorite flowers is the sunflower, but I didn’t have any of those laying around already made so I made some plain white ones, yellow! And her favorite color? Purple!

I love steampunk because part of it’s charm is being able to mix multiple metals! For me personally, I think steampunk needs at least two metal finishes, but 3+ is better!

Products:

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Other products:

Creative Embellishments:

Steampunk Clock Corner
Steampunk Gears Corners 2
Gears 1” & 1-1/2”

Seth Apter-Chunky Rust Baked Texture

Lindy’s Gang:

Starburst Squirts – Polite People Purple
Flat Fabio Sprays – Pineapple Paradise
Embossing Powders – Hollyhock Scarlet Plum, Tannenbaum Green Gold, & Midnight Bronze

Simon Says Stamp Clear Embossing and Watermark Ink

ReneaBouquets:

Dusty Plum Mini Roses
Beautiful Board Clock Face

Shimmerz – Coloringz – No Yolking

Prima-Flower Embellishments Box-White Flowers

13 @rts-Ayeeda Paint-Red Bronze

Heart Pendant & Chain and Metal Gears from AliExpress

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For the love of paper crafting…

ReneaBouquets

Creative Embellishments May 2020 Challenge-Steampunk Card

May 2020 Lindy’sGang Challenge-ATCoins-Journey

May 2020 Mixed Media Place Challenge-Beach Bottle

Tres Jolie Kit Club-May 2020 Mixed Media Kit-Butterfly Reels

Tres Jolie Kit Club–May 2020 Mixed Media Kit–Grunge Canvas

iNSD 2020 – Tres Jolie Kit Club–BINGO!

Tres Jolie Kit Club–March Mixed Media Kit–Birdhouse

Tres Jolie Kit Club–March Mixed Media Kit-Canvas

Steampunk Pocket Letter – November 2019