'SEEK' - Travelers Notebook - Prompt - Postage Stamps by Emma Zappone

 Hello, another week has just whizzed past and it's Thursday again.
This means because it's Thursday I have a Travelers Notebook spread for you. 😊
This weeks prompt is Postage stamps. As soon as I saw this theme I knew that I had to play with some cool 49&Market products and postage stamp stamps. 

You can see these pages come to life here in my video....

I really wanted to make this a fun create using fun products. Left over in my stash was some original 49&Market washi which I used to start my collaging with.
Next came rub ons from an assortment of different 49&Market collections. (yes I have them all🤭😂😉 ).

I continued with rub ons within the layers. I then added some colour by using the trusty Distress Oxide Inks in a variety of colours including - Vintage Photo, Brushed Corduroy, Old Photo & Rustic Wilderness.
Once the colour was dry, I then added a small amount of stenciling with a Finnabair stencil. 

Once the paste was dry, using a wax in 'Firebird', highlighted it ever so slightly. Next came some stamping, I used 2 different stamp sets for this, the first was an Aall & Create - 'Framework Elements' and the second was an old Finnabair - 'Carte Postale' that has all postage style mini cling stamps. 
Finally came a few 'embellishments and quotes.

A fine drawn border and a flick of  Art Philosophy's 'Honey' these pages were complete.

I hope you enjoy watching my process video and that maybe it inspires you to create your own version for this weeks theme. 

I will see you all again soon.

Stay Crafty, Em xx

 

Bloom - Travellers Notebook by Emma Zappone

Hi, Em with you today.
And today for my share I have a Travellers Notebook page that also showcases the moodboard for Feb.
So some of you may know that I quite like Brown and when I saw this months colour theme I might have squealed with delight.

As a reminder lets peek at the amazing mood/sketch.....

I will play with the sketch side of the board later in the month.
I used some awesome products for these pages. I started with some Rubons. Once they were applied I coated my pages with a clear Gesso to prime them ready for all the colour and medium.

Next I used some modelling paste through Finnabair's stencil - Mind games along some of the corners and edges of the pages. This created a nice bit of texture with out overwhelming the pages.

Then came the colour. I used a variety of different products for all the neutral shades. I started with Distress Oxides in Gathered Twigs, Vintage photo & Frayed Burlap and then a Dylusions Ink Spray in ground coffee. I moved it around with a little water and a damp brush.

Next came the tree. This was painted with a Mix of different acrylic paints which included Art by Marlene - Tobacco, Dina Wakley - Buff, Dina Wakley Heavy Body acrylic - Ancient and a little cheap acrylic from my stash. For the trunk, this was painted with black Gesso. You can see how it all came about in my Video.

This weeks TN theme is hearts, now I'm not one to play with hearts much, so I drew these little hearts dangling from the tree to honour the theme. Finally I added a word and a quote from Art by Marlene quote book and this weeks TN pages were complete. 

I hope this inspired you to play along with this weeks theme or even have a go at this months fab mood/sketch.
You can check out my video here....

I will see you all again very soon.
Stay safe and stay crafty, Em xx

Amanda's take on TN Thursday! TAG ALBUM!

 Hello SC fans!

Have you been enjoying all the TN Thursday inspiration?! Some incredible projects are being shared!

Rather than weekly, I am joining in once a month. My theme will be to choose a word to focus on for each month.

And rather than a Travelers Notebook, I am using a Tag book.

Today I will share my book, as well as my inspiration for January from Kylie's prompts.

My Tag book

Before I share my inspiration, let me show you my tag book and how I created it.

I taped together enough Tab Tags for 12 months of the year. These Studio Light - World Watercolor Tags by Art by Marlene are awesome. After taping together, I applied a coat of Gesso to each page (mostly to cover the tape).

To decorate my front and back cover I used:

• Liquitex Inks - I used Magenta, Prussian Blue and White.
• Dina Wakley Media Collage Tissue Paper - Text Collage
• Dina Wakley Media - Stencil - Done is Better

To colour the cover, I used a wide brush, to brush the pink and blue inks onto the tag.

Once dry, I droppered more ink onto the cover, (Including adding white this time) and used the air puffer tool to blow the ink around.

Plus I added some white splatters of the ink.

Here is the front!

For the front, I ripped and scrunched some Dina Wakley tissue paper and glued it down.

And I selected a quote from the Dina Wakley Media - Stencil - Done is Better and stenciled it on with some white modeling paste.

Finished with some white and black pen doodling!

Now for my January inspiration and word: OPTIMISM

The January TN prompts I used were: Stencils/texture; Inks and transfers.

The products in store were:

• STENCIL: Tim Holtz - Stencil
• INKS: Distress Oxides Ink Pads
• TRANSFERS: Dress My Craft - Transfer Me - Queen Birds

I hope I can maintain an attitude of optimism throughout January, despite the weird covid stuff happening everywhere! 

Gotta stay positive!

Thanks for looking!

Amanda

For the Boys - Traveler's Notebook Spreads | Sue Plumb

Hi everyone! It's Sue Plumb here with my latest guest designer project to share with you. You might recall that last week I shared a pretty floral 12x12" layout (you can see it HERE); so for this week I decided to go in an entirely different direction with some boy themed traveler's notebook (TN) spreads.

My love for TNs has really grown over the past 12 months, as I approach this format quite differently to the "traditional" layouts I do. These little books are less about the process, and more about getting the memories down so I include a lot more journalling. For today's post I was working in one of my sons books and getting a couple of stories recorded for him.

I started this spread with a piece of leftover patterned paper from another project, so I thought I would take the opportunity to use it up on this. (This is a great way to use up scraps.) The paper I used was the I Love You paper from the Simple Stories 'Heart' collection, and I placed a piece on either side of my spread as my base.

The next step was to arrange my photos and my printed journalling. (I pre-print my journalling so I know exactly how much space it will need on the page.) Just like a larger layout, once I have those things in place, it's simply a case of filling in space with embellishments. For this spread I was working with the Ephemera Pack from the Pinkfresh Studio 'Boys Fort' collection. 

All the embellishments you can see on this spread are from the same Ephemera Pack; and I simply shuffled through the pack and found ones that work work to fill the spaces on my page. The final step to finish off my spread was to add some spots to the white space using a very fine grey felt pen.

For my second spread, I again began with my background. This time I used a scrap of the Treasured Memories paper (also from the Simple Stories 'Heart' collection); along with a scrap of the Happy Go Lucky paper from the Cocoa Vanilla Studio 'Boys Rule' collection. 

This time I also matted my main photo with the same Cocoa Vanilla Studio patterned paper to help it stand out more on the page. Again, I placed my photos and journalling before turning my attention to the embellishments.

I used the same Pinkfresh Studio 'Boys Fort' Ephemera Pack to embellish this page as I did for the previous spread. This time however, I needed an extra pop of blue so I fussy cut some blue stars from the Starshine paper from the Cocoa Vanilla Studio 'You Rock' collection (using my awesome limited edition gold Fiskars scissors).

I finished off my spread by stamping some little banners using StazOn black ink and a roller stamp from my stash; and with some doodling using fine tip felt pens.

I hope I have inspired you with some ideas for the next time you get creative - maybe try the traveler's notebook format if you haven't already, or even just create something masculine?

Thanks so much for stopping by, I will be back again next week with another project to share.

November Moodboard Inspiration with Leonie

Hello! 

I hope by now you have seen our November Moodboard.

If not take a peek below. 

Today I have two Art Journal spreads based on this moodboard.

All entries can be added to the album in our Facebook group

My first share is an Art Journal spread in a Travellers Notebook.

To begin with I used Dylusions Paints and various stencils on the base. 

The paint brush stencil is from Kinder Kreations.  I used Liquitex Super Heavy Gesso with the KK stencil. 

I then pulled out some ephemera and added the woman and butterfly image along with an old stamp. 

Liquitex Matte Gel Medium was used to adhere the ephemera. 

Lastly I outlined the paintbrushes with a black Fude Ball pen and added a typewritten quote and some doodling. 

I was on a bit of a roll by this stage so I put together another little spread.

This one using Crafters Workshop and Flutterbys stencils.

I also used Dina Wakley Collage papers, Washi tape and Acrylic Paints.

Hope you've been inspired. 

Thanks for stopping by today, 

we hope you can join in on our November Moodboard.

Happy Crafting 

Leonie Neal-Dawson

Travelers Notebook - With Karyn Schultz!

Hi Scrapping Clearly Lovelies,

It's Karyn here,

Today I have some pages in my Travelers Notebook to share with you made using the Fancy Pants Designs "Hello Sunshine" Collection available in the Scrapping Clearly Store.

I started with my Websters Pages Color Crush Travellers Notebook Inserts that I keep in my Jane Devenport Butterfly effect book/TN cover . 

I added by adding some offcuts of paper from the Fancy Pants Designs "Hello Sunshine" Collection kit. This kit contains 2 each of 6 designs of 12x12 double sided patterned paper, an Ephemera pack and a Tags and Labels pack - and it is such fun and bright colours and pattern. 

Next I painted a "Pineapple crown" on my page with Prima Watercolor confections.

I added some ephemera and tags from the kit. I stamped the date on a Heidi Swapp foil label, then I added some stamped phases from the American Crafts Memory Planner clear stamp set.  

 

This next page uses more papers and ephemera from the Fancy Pants Designs "Hello Sunshine" Collection kit. I stamped the date on a Heidi Swapp foil label, then I added a repeated stamped phase from the American Crafts Memory Planner clear stamp set, and some handwritten journalling.  

Isn't this flamingo adorable!  

Thanks so much for stopping by 

Crafty Hugs xx

Karyn

#pegs100days

Hi There Arty peeps,

Have you been seeing all the #the100dayproject posts on Instagram?

I checked it out after reading Lisa's post and decided to play along.

I chose to do a little art journal page in a traveler's notebook each day using Ranger Archival inks, stencils, and stamps. I picked this format thinking it will be easier to complete something small, knowing my habit of losing interest in things that take too long. They are also readily portable and inexpensive.

You can check my progress on Instagram here.

I have saved days 6 & 7 to share with you here before I upload them publicly.

Day 6 #the100daysproject

Products from the shop in order of use...

Ranger Archival ink pads

TCW mini squares stencil

Dylusions 12" vine stamp & stencil set

Prima Bloom Girl stamp

Coloured pencils

Tim Holtz Small Talk sticker

Cocoa Vanilla butterfly & hearts stamps

Date stamp

Day 7 #the100daysproject

Products from the shop in order of use...

Ranger Archival ink pads

TCW circle grid stencil large

Fude Ball pen

TCW Dina Wakley silhouette stencils

TCW mini squares stencil

Black & white Dylusions ink sprays

Date stamp

So there you have it, I'm still going, yay me!

Check out the links if you want to play along, and share on the

Scrapping Clearly FB page so I can see what you're doing too.

Thanks for coming by,

til next time,