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Alphabet Stamps Creative Ways to Use Them
There is an often overlooked valuable tool stashed away in your craft room. It’s alphabet stamps! These may not be the most exciting thing you see when pouring over a newly released catalog but they are a versatile must have that never goes out of style.
One of my favorite things to do is mix and match fonts for a new look. In my title pictures above, “You Make Me Smile”, I’ve combined the Teeny Tiny Type with Brushed Letters to create this fun look. I love that I can customize them by switching up the ink colors to coordinate with my project.
I want to talk about the hearts because let’s face it, they are adorable! First of all, yes my friends, you can use hearts to embellish boy pages! Go ahead and do it. By layering hearts cut from different pattern papers and cardstock, you can whip up a fun embellishment cluster. The stitching detail from the Stitched Heart Thin Cuts (dies) adds a lot of visual interest, while the white acrylic hearts add texture, depth and dimension. Layer them up and vary the sizes and voila, your done! It’s a great way to use up those scraps of paper too!
For my card project below, I wanted to further show the versatility of alphabet stamps. I’ve again used the Brushed Letters to spell out the word HELLO. By first stamping a background with the Strokes of an Artist stamp, I’ve created a quick and fun card. I used second generation stamping to lighten the background then stamped my letters right on top. Craft foam adds some dimension by popping my card front and again, the stitching detail really adds a beautiful finishing touch.
Below is a closer look the stamp sets featured in today’s projects
Thanks for stopping by! You can purchase any of these products listed below from my online store. I do appreciate your support!
Supplies:
- Brushed Letters Stamp set
- Teeny Tiny Type stamp set
- Stokes of an Artist
- Stitched Heart Thin Cuts
- Stitched Rectangle Frames Thin Cuts
- Tabs & Tags Thin Cuts
- White Acrylic Hearts
- Cardstock colors: White Daisy, Nectarine, Charcoal, Sapphire, Pebble
- Ink Colors: Nectarine, Charcoal, Sapphire, Black, (for card) Raspberry, Canary, Julep, Lagoon, Bluebird
- Sapphire Shimmer Brush
- Liquid Glass
- White Cards & Envelopes Value Pack
- Versamat
- All Purpose Mat
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Celebrate Today
What have you been celebrating lately? Today’s scrapbook layout captures a memory of my birthday from a few years back. We usually head to the coast every March and this trip did not disappoint. After exploring Cambria, my family and I toured Hearst Castle. It was amazing! I could envision what ones life might be like at the grand estate. In a sense it was sad. The castle, once teeming with life and imagination, held a sense of emptiness despite the thousands of visitors pouring through.
Being that it was March, the camellias were in full bloom. My husband and I posed for this picture with the beautiful canopy of flowers forming a perfect backdrop. I knew the Celebrate Today paper collection would be just right for this photo the moment I saw it!
These bold flowers are from the Celebrate Today sticker sheet. I added touches of vellum from the coordinating vellum die-cuts to add contrast with the darker leaves. If you watch the video you will see my crazy pile of stitched die-cuts frames I have left over from other projects. I’m bound and determined to use these up because they look great when ever I incorporate one. You can see how the stitched detail and frame add another layer to compliment and highlight my photo.
I love to pop up my embellishments with dimensional foam tape. It really adds something special to the layout and helps define your layers.
My title came together quickly. The large birthday sentiment is from the sticker sheet. I stamped the word “happy” onto a scrap of Mint cardstock with Versamark ink. After embossing with white super fine embossing powder I doodled a line around the edges to give it some presence. Be sure to watch the process video below for even more tips!
Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting my friends!
Supplies:
- Celebrate Today Paper Pack and Sticker Sheet
- Celebrate Today Vellum Die-Cuts
- Chocolate Alphabet (Retired) Check out the Word Art Font
- Stitched Rectangle Frame
- Embossing tools: Anti-Static pouch, Heat Tool, White Superfine Embossing Powder, Versamark Ink,
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“A Friend Like You” featuring the November SOTM
Hello crafty friends! Today’s layout was a dive into your scrappy stash and see what I can create kind of day. I blended 4 different collections including Every Little Thing, Craft On, I ❤️ Us, and Complete Creativity. I love being able to mix the old with the new and use up scraps and create something beautiful! This layout literally began with a pile of chevron strips leftover from another project. Since they were already cut in the Glacier cardstock, I found this photo to match my color scheme. Normally I start with the picture for my inspiration but this was a fun challenge to work backward.
The majority of my embellishments were created from the November stamp of the month pictured below. You can get this stamp set for only $5 with your purchase of $50. Just remember the “Family Time” stamp set will be available for November only. To create my embellishments I stamped the flowers in black pigment ink and then embossed them with clear embossing powder. This gives them a shiny finish. I used Thistle ink for the purple flowers and then stamped a second layer to the image in black. Silver glitter gems add a finishing touch when placed at the center of the flowers.
This stamp set is perfect for family layouts as well as Thanksgiving, Fall or even greeting cards. I can see the “hugs to you” on a fun handcrafted card for sure!
To round out my flower cluster I added stamped hand-trimmed floral sprigs. To add a bit of interest and texture, I tucked a few vellum embellishments from the Every Little Thing collection. The frame I cut with the stitched rectangle dies from Glacier cardstock. I like using the frames along with solid rectangle shapes to mat my photos. The frame allows the pattern paper to peek through while providing a home to showcase the pretty stamped flowers.
To watch this layout come together you can check out the Youtube video below.
Thank you so much for stopping by! Leave me a comment to say hello and as always, happy crafting!
Supply List:
- Complete Creativity (Chevron Strips)
- Family Time November SOTM
- Cardstock Colors: White Daisy, Glacier, Black
- Inks: Black pigment ink, Thistle
- Embossing tools: Clear embossing Powder, Heat Gun, Versamark ink
- Silver Glitter Gems
- Liquid Glass and Fine Tip Applicator
- Stitched Rectangle Dies
- Stitched Heart Dies
- Retired product from my crafty stash: paper packs – Craft On, I Heart Us, Every Little Thing Vellum Compliments
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Autumn 🍂 Days
Hello there and thanks for visiting my blog. This is my 4th or maybe 5th layout featuring the gorgeous Hawthorn collection. I truly can’t get enough of this paper pack! The fall colors, pretty leaves and wooden embellishments speak my language! I knew this collection would be perfect to tell the story behind this memory of my youngest son and this orphaned fawn. I had a lot to say so I tucked my journaling behind the plaid patterned and created a pull tab so people would know it is there.
To give this layout a touch of distressed texture, I applied Ranger Texture Paste around the edge of my base layer of card stock. I love all the unique looks you can achieve with this product and it is so easy to use. You can tint it with inks but the white color showed perfectly against my dark background.
Most all my embellishments were included in the Hawthorn Workshop. I did add the additional wooden shapes because I had to have that little buck. Sometimes its nice to have everything in one tidy bundle. You can easily grab it and work on it anywhere. Even during your lunch break at the office! It comes together quickly and takes the guess work out of the equation so anyone can create beautiful pages for their albums.
The “Cherish This” sentiment was perfect for this memory of my son and this orphaned Fawn. He has such a heart for all God’s creatures and stepped right up to help tend to this little guy the short time he was in our care. To watch this layout come together you can check out the video below.
Thanks for stopping by and spending time with me. Leave me a comment to say hello and I will see you next time. Happy crafting!
Supply List:
Paper: Hawthorn Scrapbooking Workshop, Sapphire Cardstock
Additional Supplies:
Hawthorn Wooden Shapes, Teeny Tiny Type stamp set, Ranger Texture Paste, Palette Knives, All Purpose mat, Tombow Liquid Adhesive,
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“Autumn Air” October Stamp of the Month
Hello my crafty friends! It is fall time and yes, just like that, summer turned into fall 🍂!!! Welcome to the Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! We will be featuring October’s SOTM, Autumn Air. If you have come here from Ramona’s Blog, you are on the right path! The blog hop is a great big circle, so you can start here and work your way all around. If you get lost along the way, you’ll find the complete list of participating consultants on Melinda’s Blog.
This month we have approximately 29 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their art work using this month’s SOTM and other great CTMH products on their blogs. This is simple to do – just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one! Here we go!
I created this fun layout featuring several CTMH products available in the current catalog. My title, “I Love Fall Most of All” is one of several title options from this fall inspired stamp set. I began this page with the “distressed chalkboard” paper from the mix in paper pack. There is so much fun detail in this background paper I didn’t want to cover it up! I kept my layout simple matting my photos on White Daisy card stock and then bordering one with a Hawthorn picture my life card to add a pop of saffron. To make my title stand out, I embossed the sentiment with white embossing powder. I gave it presence by adding a frame which I cut using our stitched rectangle thin cuts.
The fun banner I created with my Cricut. I cut several triangles from scraps leftover from both the Hawthorn and Mix-In paper packs. The larger triangles measure 1.25″ and the smaller at .75″ I love the look of both the plaid and text patterned papers! The sunflower is from the new Sunflower Sympathy stamp set and the white leaves I punched out of the Hawthorn workshop kit. This layout came together very quickly. The black, white and Saffron color palette makes me happy!
For my second project I again used the SOTM to emboss my title. You will notice that although the word Fall is the same, the rest of my title is different. I love that you can switch the stamp set up to change the look. You could also use Autumn 🍂 in place of Fall.
This layout was created with leftover scraps from the Hawthorn workshop. I did add a sheet of Sapphire card stock as my base and sanded around the edges to reveal the white core. Also from my stash, I added the kraft colored card stock behind my photo. I gave it a torn edge to add texture and interest.
The leaf 🍁 cluster I layered together with leftovers from the Hawthorn Kit. I love how there are so many different types of leaves! The outlined leaves contrast beautifully with the solid, text and stamped images. So pretty!!! Lastly I added a few amber colored rhinestones from my stash. To see this layout come together, and for a tip on adhering your embellishments all at once, check out the YouTube process video below.
Thank you for stopping by! Be sure to keep hopping around this blog hop to see more artwork. Click here to visit Lauren’s blog next!
Supply List: Autumn Air SOTM, Mix In paper pack, Hawthorn Workshop, White Daisy card stock, Sapphire Card stock, Saffron card stock, Kraft Card stock, Hawthorn Picture My Life cards, Sunflower Sympathy stamp set, Stitched Rectangle Thin Cuts, Gold Embellishing Thread, VersaMark ink pad, White Embossing Powder, Anti Static Pouch, Amber Rhinestones
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“Beautiful Family” featuring the Every Little Thing Collection
Hello and welcome to Crafty Concepts with Erin. I am excited to share this new paper collection with you. I will admit, initially I passed this over in the new catalog hardly sparing a second glance. Then I thought about these pictures from my In Law’s 50th wedding anniversary and knew the color scheme and botanical feel would be perfect. I am very thankful I purchased this kit. The colors and papers are BEAUTIFUL! Sometimes its like clothes shopping, we don’t really care for an outfit until we try it on, then we are in love and can’t wait to wear it. In fact I ordered a second paper pack to extend my workshop kit. I appreciate that CTMH offers several different purchasing options for their collections.
Just look at these butterflies! The three layers add so much texture and dimension. I used my mint shimmer pen to add a touch of sparkle to the centers of the white and the clear shimmer to dress up the purple butterflies. The foliage was quickly popped from the coordinating die-cut sheet. For those of you that don’t care for fussy cutting, this is the solution! Very quick and easy.
Originally this was designed to be a single page layout. With so many pictures to scrapbook I new I needed to extend it to two pages. I added a sheet of White Daisy card stock to create the base of the right side. Two sheets of Sapphire blue card stock were also added from my stash to mat the photos. I saved a few butterflies and greenery springs originally intended for the left layout to carry over the embellishments and spread them a little further. You can’t even tell they are missing! The original layout is still full and beautifully embellished. For the title I switched things up a bit. It is designed to read “You Are So Beautiful”. That didn’t jive with my plan so I added the word family, which I cut on my Cricut using the Artbooking collection, from a scrap of black card stock.
The days festivities were held in my garden. I love how the pretty papers and colors capture the essence of the yard. The new color of the year, “Julep” is such a lovely shade of green, it compliments the grassy background in the photos perfectly.
Here is a close up of those beautiful butterflies! I used my Mono liquid adhesive to adhere only the center of their body. You can bend the wings up a bit to give them that wow factor. If you squish a tiny bit of foam tape in the crevice it will help to hold their wings up even after they are in the page protector. Below I framed this picture of the guest of honor using a scrap of the stripped purplish-blue card stock. I added the flower and heart from the coordinating sticker sheet and finished it off with an acrylic butterfly and some sparkles.
Below is a look at the patterned papers and coordinating sticker embellishment sheet for this collection.
Check out the youtube video to watch this layout come together and see how I incorporate several photos using Flip Flaps.
Here is the workshop kit. You will receive the Every Little Thing paper pack, sticker sheet, 6 exclusive die-cut sheets, a set of exclusive white acrylic shapes, clear sparkles and 3 memory protectors!!! To purchase this kit for yourself click here.
Supply List:
Every Little Thing scrapbooking workshop, White Daisy card stock, Sapphire card stock, Artbooking Cricut cartridge, Tombow Mono liquid adhesive, Sapphire Exclusive Ink, sponge daubers, Adhesive Foam Tape
Thanks for stopping by! I hope you are feeling inspired by this beautiful collection. Leave me a comment to say hello. Happy crafting my friends!
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Back To School featuring The Hawthorn Collection
Yes, it is that time of year again! I can hardly believe another summer has come and gone. The boys are gearing up for going back to school conflicted with mixed emotions. Happy to see their friends again but sad to see the carefree days of summer slip away. Above is a layout I created to showcase my oldest son’s first day of high school. This is actually last year’s picture of him as a freshman!!! Where does the time go?
I really like the mixture of embellishments featured in this kit. The wooden shapes contrast perfectly with the kraft colored chipboard elements. The trio of stars above, although different, add visual interest and work in harmony. The torn cardboard strip is actually a sticker. It looks so dimensional you almost have to touch it to see that it is not.
When I saw this Hawthorn Collection from Close To My Heart, I new it would be perfect for scrapbooking this picture. I even loved this pre-designed layout although I made several alterations to accommodate my larger single photo. I did add a sheet of Sapphire card stock from my stash to mat my photo and pull out the blues from the pic. The fall color pallet lends itself well to a more masculine layout especially when coupled with the wooden elements and geometric shapes. Below are the pre-designed layouts you can follow to create these pages for yourself. As you can see I altered the layout by using one large 4×6 photo rather than the two smaller pictures shown on the layout by CTMH in the top right corner below. I also changed up the journaling by printing it from my computer and cutting it into strips. This Hawthorn workshop includes everything to make all these fabulous layouts!
I am really excited to scrapbook some fall photos with this collection as well! I know I have pictures of the boys raking chestnut leaves into massive piles before diving into them. We have so many fall traditions I might need two paper packs!!! If you’d like to grab the Hawthorn kit for yourself you can shop here. Be sure to check out all the elements that compliment this workshop. There are Picture My Life cards and a fabulous stamp with coordinating thin cuts. Check out the YouTube process video below to see all the products and this layout come together.
Thank you for stopping by to visit my blog. I hope you are feeling inspired by this beautiful Hawthorn collection. Happy crafting my friends!!!
