Stamperia Around the World Art Journal ~ FotoBella DT

     If you like travel and anything vintage, like I do, then you're going to LOVE Stamperia's Around the World Collection from FotoBella!  I did a page in my art journal using the 12 X 12 Paper Pad, Bicycle Stencil, and Geography Stamp with a step-by-step tutorial on the FotoBella Blog.

     The quote from the stencil was perfect for this page!

And here's a close-up of the stamping, colored with Distress Crayons.

Thanks for stopping by, and go to the FotoBella Blog for the tutorial.

Challenges:

Stamps and Stencils ~ Words with Meaning 

Frilly and Funkie ~ Something Old

Mixed Media Monthly Challenge ~ (#27 Travel)

Mixed Media Mojo 

Everlasting Love

I just LOVE this old photo of my grandparents, and decided to use it as my example for the monthly Stamping Challenge that I host at Scrapbook.com. My Grandma recently passed away, but I'm comforted with the thought of her being with my Grandpa again. I love and miss them both SO much!!

I started with some Kaisercraft papers and misted a doily stencil on the top left

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I fussy cut some of the flowers, wetting them and letting them air dry to give them a little dimension. I stamped the diamond grid under the flowers and the frame along the top right of the photo. I did the twist for the month of stamping around my photo. I stamped a border with brown ink and then filled in the dots with a light pink marker.

The large flower was also stamped, and for the center I used a vintage button that once belonged to my Great Grandma, which was my Grandma's mom. I love how well it goes with her outfit! I finished it off with a few more flowers and my title, part of which is a rub-on (LOVE). Thanks for looking!

A Proper Vintage Gentleman

Hello and happy Tuesday! I just finished this page I made for my Dad, of his Dad with his 1937 Studebaker. I'll be giving it to him this Sunday for Father's Day.

 This is also my entry for the Graphic 45 challenge at Scrapbook.com. I used one of their older lines, "A proper gentleman collection", which I've been hoarding ever since it came out. It felt good to finally use some of it!I started by masking the edges with black soot distress ink and my mini gears template from The Crafter's Workshop. I used some sandpaper at an angle to distress the black Core'dination's cardstock.

I did a lot of fussy cutting on this page, including the key, which was stamped and embossed first.

I love this chipboard vintage car, which I got as a RAK from Funtoolas! Thanks Cindy! I inked it first and then used distress embossing powder on it. I  used a clear transparency, which I inked with butterscotch alcohol ink, to make the windows. I made the red flower using my Tattered and Torn Flower Tutorial.

The wood tag was also a RAK that I got a long time ago from (puppet). Thanks Krista! I used antique linen reinker to distress it, along with a touch of black soot Distress Ink. And I can't forget Anna for giving me some awesome stamps, one of which I used for the photo corner. I embossed it using aged mahogany Distress Embossing Powder. So thank you Anna!!

And thank YOU for stopping by!