Jeannie's Crafty Creations

Saturday, January 20, 2024

"My Valentine" Acrylic Tags

Hi Crafty Friends! Jeanne here back with my second project of the month and also this short but fun tutorial on how I created these Valentines Days tags.

I was debating for a little bit whether or not it was too early for Valentine projects but every time I tried thinking of how I wanted to create using the Acrylic Tag Album (Product Code: CSATAGS) I came back to the idea of Valentine themed. So here they are!!

I began with selecting which two acrylic tags I would be using from the packet. I also decided I would also use the Lace Doily Border Stencil Product Code: CSSMBRLACEDOILY to begin my tags!

I had this texture paste I wanted to try, it is Seth Apter IZINK Texture Paste, this along with Finnabair Mica Powders. I mixed in the lighter pink mica powder with the texture paste and applied it onto the stencil on both acrylic tags. I let them air dry while I decided what paper collection I would use.

I received a variety of lace papers, there was a couple of border lace papers with hearts on them I decided to use. I used a little of Tim Holtz Worn Lipstick Distress Ink around the edges of these papers and adhered them onto the bottom of the tags. Next I picked out the paper collection I would use which is "With Love" collection from Prima Marketing (Frank Garcia) I only cut about 1/4 in square of a couple of the papers and then tore them using my fingers for a distressed look and adhered them to areas on the acrylic tag.

Next I began playing around with some beautiful Prima Marketing flowers, some from this same collection.

Once I put the flowers where I wanted them, I first adhered some pieces of white cheese cloth and the flowers using Fabri Tac. This holds the flowers in place much faster than a white liquid glue (at least this what works with me on acrylic). I began embellishing using the Wooden Stickers, Puff Stickers and Ephemera from the With Love collection. I used some Pink Fresh Metallic Gold Dots adhering them throughout the tags. Also added soft pink, white and mint colored pearls, which actually look like teal colored in my photos.

Note: I did also use foam tape and foam tape on some of the flowers as well as the wooden stickers, for added dimension. Lastly using the Finnabair Vintage Roses Mica Powder (white), I mixed it with water and using a splatter brush, I made some splatters on the tags. I love how it looks once dry.

Well Crafty Friends, I hope this tutorial is inspirational and easy to create as it was for me. I really love creating shabby chic projects. If I have never mentioned it, it is my ultimate favorite style of crafting!

I would love to see what you create using the Tag Album or just the tags alone. Either way they are fun to create!! I will be back in a week or so with my final project for January!

Until then have fun creating!

Hugs,

Supplies I used:

Tag Album from Clear Scraps

Lace Doily Stencil from Clear Scraps

"With Love" paper collection by Prima Marketing

Seth Apter IZINK Texture Paste

Finnabair Mica Powders (Vintage Roses)

Lace Papers (Lace Borders)

Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Worn Lipstick) and Dauber

Prima Marketing Flowers

Fabri Tac Adhesive

Pink Fresh Metallic Gold Dots

Soft Pink, White, Mint Pearls

ScrapPerfect Embellie Gellie

Fiskars Paper Trimmer

Scissors

Friday, January 5, 2024

"'Friends"

Happy New Year Crafty Friends! Jeanne here back with an awesome outlook on life and I hope you all are doing great and I wish you a prosperous New Year!

Today I would like to share with you my first project of the year for Clear Scraps! I have created this "Friends" Wooden Desktop Frame Product Code: CSWDTFRIENDS . This features my grand daughters and their cousin, they are friends just as much as being cousins. I ended up giving it to my daughter during my visit.

I began by painting the frame using Folk Art Ballet Pink Acrylic Paint around the entirety. I used a sponge brush to paint this. Next I picked out papers from Frank Garcia called "Just like Magic" collection.

I then printed my photo and adhered it to the base area then the frame. I added flowers from Prima Marketing, which I love! Finished it off with buttons, I thought they looked super cute, then added a few pearls.

I hope that you like what I have created as my first project of the year for Clear Scraps. I am excited to share with you the ideas I have for this year. Again, I hope I have sprinkled some inspiration. I will be back with another project so stay tuned!

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Monday, December 18, 2023

"Believe" Christmas Envelope Mini Album

Happy Holiday's Crafty Friends!! Jeanne here back with my third and final project of the year for Clear Scraps Design Team! I decided I would create this Chipboard Envelope Album (Product Code: CBAENVELOPE) so I can add my Christmas photos that I will be taking while I'm here in Denver visiting my daughter and her family! I came a little early to spend time before Christmas and I'm having a wonderful time! So I'm excited to print all of my photos and choose my favorite for this album! I will definitely be sharing this sometime soon!

For this project I created a short tutorial and so I began by choosing what paper collection that I would be using and I decided on 49 and Market's Vintage Artistry Peace and Joy collection.

I first took the album and I painted along the edges using a sponge brush with some Folk Art Vintage White Acrylic Paint. Next I cut all of the papers for the pages and using my 1/4 inch corner rounder from We R Memory Keepers. I then inked around slightly around my papers using Memento Dew Drop "Bamboo Leaves" and my dauber from Scrapbook.com and adhered my pages using Art Glitter Glue. I always like to use a brayer on my pages once I have adhered them down so the glue spreads evenly around the whole page.

I did use a couple of papers from another Christmas paper from Simple Story " Country Christmas" collection.

On the first page which is the "envelope' opening I traced it onto the paper I chose for it and adhered it.

Once I had finished papering my pages, I started embellishing the pages. The paper collection from 49 and Market comes with some laser cut images so I took some of the ones with the tabs and scored them at 1/2 in on my Martha Stewart Scoreboard to make it into a photo mat as you will see on my finished photo.

Next I added a variety of matching ephemera for example I used some pieces from Tim Holtz Idea-olgy pack. On some of them I added some foam dots to them for added dimension.

Another product comes from 49 and Market is their rub-ons in which I use throughout my album.

Now onto the opening of the "envelope", I took one of the laser cut images from the 12x12 sheet which has some beautiful trees and I wanted this to be on my cover. Then I traced and cut with my Fiskars Fingertip Craft Knife the top part which would be adhered onto the cover. Next I took the bottom part and added some foam tape to it and adhered it to the first page.

I then took the "Believe" chipboard word title from Clear Scraps (Product Code: CSCWEBELIEVE)

and embossed it using some Embossing Ink from Brutus Monroe and some Lindys Stampgang Embossing Powder (Silver Moon Mistletoe) and adhered it onto the the front.

Lastly I made some hole reinforcers for the pages before adding the metal ring binders. I made some holes using my We R Memory Keepers Hole Punch and my 1 inch hole punch to create these. Next I added the binder rings and a variety of seam binding, string and ribbon.

I do hope that you have enjoyed my project and blog post that I have shared with you today. This is a pretty simple tutorial and I hope you will share with me your finished project. So go grab your Envelope Chipboard Album! I hope all of you have a wonderful Christmas and Happy New Year!! Stay Safe!

Happy Holidays,