Scrappy Scrappy: ink

Hello! :)

Today I am posting on the Unity Stamp blog, sharing my art journal with lots of inks, stamps, stencils and more.

At times, my mind would go blank on what to create and I find that art journals help in just testing out techniques or just going wild and just have FUN!

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I first sprayed the background with lots of Dylusions ink sprays then used some TCW stencils on it.

Then I went into happy stamping mode with Unity's SMAK kit "Happy little moments" 07/15 using some Prima chalk edgers ink.

I just love the designs and sentiments from this set!

To find out more on this SMAK kits, click HERE.

Have a wonderful weekend ahead and scrappy on! :)

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It's Hip Hop time with the Unity Stamp DT chicks!

Recently, I have started a NEW Video series on my Youtube channel and these are QUICK TIP VIDEOS (under 1 minute) showing you what you can do with your Unity Stamps!

Here's a video I made specially for you today :)

You can click the video below or watch it on Youtube HERE.

Feel free to share with me what tips & techniques you'd like to see next!

If you missed my FIRST VIDEO in this series, click HERE to watch it. :)

Here's a close up of the card I made using the multi coloring stamping technique from my video.

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This beautiful butterfly is from the SMAK 05/15 kit "I am a work in progress".

Recently, I'm also into the whole distressed and yet colorful projects. Today's next card is all about that.

When I saw these wings in the Unity Stamp May 2015 Kit of the month "Spread your wings", I LOVE it! Well, seeing that my name is partially angelic -- angel wings has always been something special for me.

I distressed the background with a few inks and Dylusion ink sprays.

Then I stamped the wings with some archival (coz distress ink does react with water/liquid) -- then I spread some Golden glass bead gel onto the wings for that texture. When you first apply it, it's going to be white. Don't worry --- when it dries, it's clear! :)

Don't you just LOVE that sentiment and wings?

Don't forget to leave some love on the Unity & Design Team member's blogs (including mine) for a chance to win some awesome Unity stamps!

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Happy Saturday!

I made a card for the Unity Stamp blog using the "Trust your soul" 11/14 SMAK kit . I love the images from this set and it's perfect to make not only layouts, but also cards.

Here's a card I made where I used several different types of distress mediums.

I stamped the big heart using Picked Raspberry Distress Paint dabber and for the splatters some Mustard Seed Distress Ink. For the butterfly, I colored the stamp in using some Distress markers - which I then spritzed with some water and stamp onto some cardstock for that watercolor look. I also used some guava pink gelato for the background.

Have an awesome weekend!

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Today I am sharing a tutorial over at Scrap-n-Crop on how to make this tag. I've used a stencil, distress paints/ink and of course some yummy Unity stamps. :)

Here's a close up.

Have a creative weekend ahead!

Challenges:

Unity Stamp FWF

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Today I have a NEON card for you :) It's another awesome challenge at Sister Act Card challenge and anything goes!

But before I share with you my card - I'd like to share with you some GOOD news! I posted this on my ScrappyScrappy Facebook page & some of you already know this - I recently won the reader's challenge at Papercraft Inspirations! They got my card (and photo) published in their Issue 117 - October 2013. Here's a peek at my FIRST "publication"! :)

Ok, now onto my card.

I am using Unity Stamp's June 2013 SMAK Kit - "Epic Moments". The stamps are just awesome!

The "neon" colors you see is actually the new Distress Ink colors {Picked Raspberry + Peacock Feathers}. I wish you can see it in real because the colors are just amazing! I've also used Wild Honey Distress Ink and Butter Bar Hero Arts Shadow Ink.

You can get your Tim Holtz distress inks from Simon Says Stamp store here!

I am using Unity {be inspired} Sept/Oct card sketch for this card

This week we are sponsored by the awesome Stamp and Create

Come join us and link your card now HERE!

Hope you have an awesome weekend ahead.

Challenges:

Unity Stamp FWF

Unity Stamp {be inspired} Sept/Oct

Challenges 4 Everybody

Chocolate Coffee Cards

Kaboodle Doodles Challenge "Anything but a square"

Inky Chicks "Pretty in Pink"

Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember

Art Impressions Blog

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I've been busy preparing for Christmas - presents, cookies, tree and scrappy-ing ! Here's some of the things I did :)

[Warning: This is a very long post filled with scrappy scrappy!]

I just got my free set of "snowflake kisses" from Unity and it's the best snowflakes stamps ever! So I took out my Hero Arts inks and started stamping away.

Here's a present wrapped with my homemade wrapping paper! :)

Talking about presents, if you want to make some last minute gifts, this tutorial by Lowri McNabb (Papervinenz) is awesome! I even made two - just by using two 12x12 sheets of paper!

While I was at it, I decided to decorate our home with some scrappy goodness :) First up, I decorated a plain old white box into this!

Doesn't it make you want to drink a cup (of happy)? :) Next up, some Christmas ornaments. I stamped some gingy girl & boy using the "Better not pout" itty bitty stamp.

Then I strung them up with twine to make these!

Then I made these!! :) The best way to mix Christmas collections from various scrappy brands. Here's the link to the tear drop ornament tutorial by PaperHaus. Go to page 34-35.

Last but not least, I made gingerbread men today! Totally inspired by the stamp I used earlier. :)

Wishing all of you a Merry and Blessed Christmas! May this season of joy bring happiness to you as we also remember our dear Lord Jesus who was born on this special day.

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So I had some gifts to give out and with all the gorgeous Unity stamps I have, I decided to make some thank you tags of my own. I have some pretty kraft tags and knew which stamps I would love to use.

Here they are!

I inked the "Dream big" stamp for the gorgeous butterflies with some Hero Arts shadow ink (Cup O Joe). Even cut some of them up to pop them up with some foam adhesive to give it some dimension. Then I used the "thank you" itty bitty for the sentiment with Hero Arts shadow ink (Wet cement).

Isn't those butterflies pretty?

Well, to get some Unity goodness, they are having a sale over the weekend. Here's the scoop!

Click here to buy some!

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Yups. It's World Card Making Day today and I've made one! :)

I have plenty of butterfly stamps and never actually made a card full of them, so what better timing than on WCMD day? :)

I inked up the butterfly background stamp from Unity Stamp {..with her own wings} with multiple colors of Hero Arts new mid tone shadow inks. It turned out really pretty, didn't it?

Supplies: Unity Stamp - {..with her own wings}, A Love beyond measure, Beautiful You // Ink - Hero Arts - Bubblegum, soft pink, butterbar, soft pool, wet cement / Momento - tuxedo black // Paper - Prima Rosarian

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My friend's son is turning 1 next weekend, so I decided to make a simple card to go along with the present we bought him. I stamped some images, colored them with distress inks then fussy cut them. The card is also inked up with distress inks to give it a softer look. Like it? :)

Supplies used: Unity Stamp (Mix up of cuteness/Precious little one/Oh happy day) / Distress Ink (Broken China/Milled Lavender)

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I am in the midst of creating a mini album and part of the embellishments I have decided to include are these lovely butterflies. I've stamped each and everyone of them using the Dream Big stamp by Unity Stamp. Then I inked them with Jenni Bowlin's Malted milk & Distress Ink Frayed Burlap. Turned out really pretty, don't you think?

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Ok, so I've gone a bit "obsessed" and gotten this over the last few months. I know I'm not going to stop here. haha.

So thus, my collection so far of inks and paint.

Love the distress inks as it's wet and great for blending, stamping and even coloring.

The Jenni Bowlin inks give a very crisp detailing for your stamping. Another ink I have, which I did not feature, is the Memento ink in Tuxedo Black. Also superb for stamping.

The paint dabbers, I got both the Ranger and Jenni Bowlin ones. Very nice and smooth, except for the shell pink (on far left). I had problems with the paint as it had thicken and the dabber didn't seem to work all that well. Guess I got a bad egg from the basket. Am looking forward to try more ideas using the dabbers.

Tip: I tried to do the dabber resist on my cardstock and it kinda failed. Guess it was too wet and my cardstock was too thin, it kinda "tore" apart when I tried to wipe off the ink from the paint. I probably need a heat gun for this method.

Link for dabber resist by Tim Holtz. Click here for inspiration and also how to prime your dabbers! Enjoy!

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My dog of 10 years recently left us and to remember her, and all the good times she had given us .. I made a mini album just for her.

I wanted to make a fun little album because she's such a happy dog. So I chose happy colorful papers.I made a trifold mini album using only 2 pieces of cardstock and even handcut the chipboard letters on the cover. In case you're wondering why it's black, that's coz she had black fur :) So here it is!

After you open up the front cover, you get this.

And open it further, you get the trifold!

Bambi, my dog. She will always be remembered in our hearts. <3.

Supplies used: Paper (MME Bella Bella & Simply Delightful/Fancy Pants Designs), Distress Ink (Purmice Stone), Stamps (Unity)

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Valentine is just around the corner. Every year we spend lots of money on basic greeting cards, that you probably just scribble a few words down and that's it. Why not make a mini album - filled with photos and memories instead?

So, that's exactly what I just did. Here's my fully embellished mini album (size: 6"x6") made out of corrugated board. The intermediate pages are 3"x6". Punch two holes and bind it with ring binders. Tie it with ribbons to soften the whole look :)

I really like how this mini turned out. It's shabby chic, romantic and yet fun at the same time.

I also made some handmade flowers using cardstock and distress inks. Tedious as I did not have the flower punch, so I had to hand cut each and every layer. But the results was good. I liked it! :)

Happy Valentine's!

Supplies used: Paper (MME Bella Bella & Be Loved/Fancy Pants Designs), Distress Ink (Fired Brick/Spun Sugar/Purmice Stone/Vintage Photo), Stamps (Unity), Die Cuts/Stickers (7 Gypsies/K&Company),

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This is again, totally inspired by Laura Denison. I was trying to get a different kind of mini album ... and this is a rather simple, but tedious mini to do. Lots of measuring and cutting. But the final effect is rather cool, I must say :)

Using only 2 pieces of cardstock/patterned paper, the "base" is created. The covers are cut out of chipboard and tags made out of cardstock.

Check my mini out, keeping it quite simple this time ;)

Supplies used: Paper (MME Simply Delightful), Memento (Tuxedo Black), Stamps (Unity), decorative tape

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This is my first mini album! :)

I've only recently started scrapbooking and I'm already addicted to it! It all started with buying a scrapbook kit from a discount site. And for all I know, soon I was buying so much stuff, watching countless YouTube videos and reading lots of craft magazines. It is a fun new hobby for me - being able to explore new things and preserve those oh-so-precious memories in a little book.

So, being my first and feeling very inspired by Laura Denison, I did an envelope mini. I was caught by surprise when I managed to produce a decent looking mini album - being a noob in this.

Using 6 envelopes (can be new/old), trim each ends to create the pockets. Cut out chipboard to be covers. Then add flaps, patterned paper, tags & embelishments... and it's done!

Here's a peek into my Birthday Mini Album.

And here are some of the tags I made with some stamping and distress inks

Overall I kept it pretty simple and after adding the photos and journalling, I added more embellishments.

Many more to come! :)

Supplies used: Paper (MME Simply Delightful), Memento (Tuxedo Black), Distress Ink (Fired Brick/Spun Sugar/Shabby Shutters/Broken China/Purmice Stone/Vintage Photo/Mustard Seed), Stamps (Unity/Sakura), Buttons/Flowers/Ribbons (MM/etc), Die Cuts (K&Co), Washi tape

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