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Tuesday, September 14, 2021

Darkroom Door DT - Who, What, Where, When & Mark The Date

Today I am sharing my project featuring the BRAND NEW Small Stamps; Who What Where When and Mark The Date. These stamps are so perfect for travellers notebook journaling, project life, party invitations and more. I decided to create a project life spread to show how they can be incorporated into the pages.

I started by creating the base cards for each pocket. This was my first time playing with the Dina Wakley Gloss Sprays and I love them. I spritzed the spray onto the Polka Dots Small Stencil and 'stamped' it onto the card. I added some stamping with the Numbers Medley Stamp Set too. I LOVE this stamp set for adding awesome detail to backgrounds.

To prevent the backgrounds from overpowering my photos, I cut to size some tracing paper/vellum and laid that over some of the background cards. I used the NEW Journal Blocks Medium Stencil to add text lines to these.

Here are the full pages:

I used a whole heap of different stamps from various Darkroom Door Stamp Sets to create embellishments for my pages. You can see the full list of products at the bottom of this post.

I stamped the Mark The Date Stamp onto smooth white cardstock using Ranger Jet Black Archival Ink. I cut it out, inked around the edges with Cobalt Archival Ink and layered it on the card. I used a highlighter to show the month and the dates relevant to the phoyos contained in the Project Life spread. I stamped the the Mark The Date stamp again using a green ink, cut out the numbers for the year and added those to the card.

I used the same process to decorate a card with the Who, What, Where, When Stamp.

Here's a few close-ups of some of the other cards:

Products used:

DDSM016 Mark The Date Small Stamp

DDSM015 Who What Where When Small Stamp

DDMS012 Journal Blocks Medium Stencil

DDSS011 Polka Dots Small Stencil

DDPC101 Viva La Flora Postcards

DDRS217 You Are Everything Rubber Stamp Set

DDRS212 Number Medley Rubber Stamp Set

DDRS211 Lots of Labels Rubber Stamp Set

DDRS205 Buzzing Bees Rubber Stamp Set

DDRS191 Diary Dates Rubber Stamp Set

DDRS190 Garden Birds Rubber Stamp Set

DDRS179 Fine Leaves Rubber Stamp Set

DDRS156 Stars Rubber Stamp Set

DDRS114 Everyday Life Rubber Stamp Set

DDRS082 Tags Rubber Stamp Set

RANGER Archival Ink:

- Cobalt

- Jet Black

- Tree Branch

TIM HOLTZ Distress Ink Brushed Corduroy

WENDY VECCHI Make Art Ink:

- Fern Green

- Prickly Pear

DINA WAKLEY MEDIA Gloss Spray:

- Marine

- Sand

Thanks for stopping by my blog today. Make sure you head over to the Darkroom Door website HERE to check out all of the new releases.

Cheers

Belinda

Monday, September 6, 2021

Darkroom Door DT - Curly Cupcakes

Hello Darkroom Door fans!!

Today I have a super cute trio of cards to share with you created for Darkroom Door and featuring the gorgeous NEW Curly Cupcakes Rubber Stamp Set designed by the super talented Godelieve Tijskens.

How stinking cute is this stamp set?!!! I love all of the little mix and match pieces that this set includes so you can create so many different versions of cupcakes.

For my set of cards, I created backgrounds using Distress Oxides in different colour stories. I pressed the Oxides onto my craft sheet, spritzed with water and swiped the background cardstock through the colour. I dried the cardstock and repeated until I was happy with the effect.

I also used an extra piece of cardstock to repeat this same process. I stamped the cupcake onto the extra cardstock using Jet Black Archival Ink and then fussy cut it with a very fine border. Next I stamped the cupcake again onto some cheaper, thinner paper. This time I just fussy cut the patty pan without a border and stuck it onto the coloured cupcake.

Next I stamped all of the cupcake accessories. I stamped the sparklers and the 'enjoy' sentiment with embossing ink and heat set with gold embossing powder.

The rest of the cupcake toppers and sentiments I stamped with the Jet Black ink on smooth white cardstock. I fussy cut each piece and added them to the tops of the cupcakes adding toothpicks to the back of some.

I added the cupcakes to the backgrounds using 3D foam to make them pop.

DDRS221 Curly Cupcakes Rubber Stamp Set

RANGER Archival Ink Jet Black

RANGER Embossing Powder Gold Tinsel

TIM HOLTZ Distress Embossing Ink

TIM HOLTZ Distress Oxide:

Thanks for stopping by my blog today. I hope you love this cute stamp set too. It is so perfect for sweet birthday cards, project life, recipe cards and more.

Cheers

Belinda

Darkroom Door DT - Twisted Tree

Hello!

Today I am sharing some projects I created for Darkroom Door featuring the awesome BRAND NEW Twisted Tree Rubber Stamp Set.

Here's a peek at the stamp set. How cool is that?!! I love that stunning tree and all of the little birds and bats. I love how the birds work perfectly with the tree to sit in the branches.

For my first project I created a couple of pages in the new 6x6 kraft journal from Dina Wakley Media.

'Dark & Twisted' Art Journal Pages

I used a Dina Wakley acrylic paint in the background. I spread it lightly over the pages using a latex make-up wedge. Next I spritzed a DWM Gloss Spray over the Mesh Small Stencil to make the background darker and more spooky. I also spritzed the stencil directly with the same spray and then stamped it onto the pages.

I applied the Twisted Tree stamp to the pages first with Cobalt Archival Ink for a more distant looking tree and then with Jet Black Archival Ink for the foreground trees. I repeated this using the Bare Tree Eclectic Stamp too.

I added the Abstract 04 Abstract Stamp with the Jet Black ink at the bottom to create the ground for the trees to be standing on and then added some little weeds from the Home Sweet Home Rubber Stamp Set.

I added the Splatter Stamp around the edges of the pages using the same two Archival Inks. Then I added some birds in the trees as well as bats flying all around the tops of the trees. I added a little washi tape moon in the 'sky' and added some water soluble black pencil around the edges. I blended the pensil with a water brush to tie it in to the page. Finally I added stamped sentiments from the Twisted Tree Stamp Set.

DDRS224 Twisted Tree Rubber Stamp Set

DDRS041 Home Sweet Home Rubber Stamp Set

DDAB004 Abstract 04 Abstract Stamp

DDES035 Bare Tree Eclectic Stamp

DDTS009 Splatter Texture Stamp

DDSS001 Mesh Small Stencil

RANGER Archival Ink:

- Cobalt

- Jet Black

DINA WAKLEY MEDIA:

- Mineral Acrylic Paint

- Medieval Gloss Spray

'Wicked' Card

For this card, I wanted to create a ghostly looking tree. I stamped the tree from the set onto smooth white cardstock using Distress Embossing Ink and heat set with fine white embossing powder. I did the same for the bats. Once the embossed areas had cooled down, I then coloured the background.

I pressed some Distress Inks onto my heat resistant craft sheet, spritzed with water and then swiped the card through the ink. I dried the card front with a heat gun and then pressed it back into the ink on the craft sheet. I repeated until I was happy with the effect. I used a soft wet paintbrush to pick up some of the inks from the craft sheet and flick them over the surface too. Once the card was dry again, I used a wet wipe to clean the embossed areas. I added some stamped weeds around the bottom of the tree and added the Splatter Texture Stamp around the edges. I used a black water soluble pencil again to add a dark border around the edge of the card front and used the paintbrush to activate and blend the pencil. Finally I added the sentiment and a washi tape moon in the sky.

DDRS224 Twisted Tree Rubber Stamp Set

DDRS041 Home Sweet Home Rubber Stamp Set

DDTS009 Splatter Texture Stamp

TIM HOLTZ Distress Ink:

TIM HOLTZ Distress Embossing Ink

RANGER Archival Ink Jet Black

RANGER Embossing Powder Fine White Detail

Here's another card I created incorporating one of the postcards from the Enchanted Doors Postcards set.

'Get Lost' Card

DDRS224 Twisted Tree Rubber Stamp Set

DDPC103 Enchanted Doors Postcards

DDSS001 Mesh Small Stencil

TIM HOLTZ Distress Ink Black Soot

RANGER Archival Ink Jet Black

DINA WAKLEY MEDIA Gloss Spray:

- Medieval

- Mineral

- White

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today. I hope you love the Twisted Tree Rubber Stamp Set as much as I do. It is so perfect for those Halloween projects and that is fast approaching!

Cheers

Belinda

Sunday, September 5, 2021

Bee Arty DT - Happy

Hello Bee Arty fans!

It's Belinda with you today to share my latest layout for Bee Arty inspired by the spectacular September Mood Board Challenge.

Here's a reminder of the mood board for this month:

The colours are so perfect for the new fluro range!

To start my layout I chose a patterned paper from the funky new Electric Dreams Mini Collection as my base. I then spritzed water on the page in the focal area before sprinkling on some Duke Shimmer Dust. I used a soft paint brush to manipulate the colour on the layout and also flick some of the colour over the page.

Once the layout was dry, I added some stencilling using the Ecliptic A6 Stencil with the Fluro Pink Colour Paste. Next, I added a scoop of the Fluro Pink Colour Mica Powder to a paint palette and mixed with a little water. I used a soft paintbrush to pick up the colour and flick it over the page. The pink really contrasted with the blue to give a vibrant effect.