May | 2016 | Papercrafting with Kelly Janes

Welcome to another Blog Hops with Heart blog hop! If you started from the beginning you should have come from Amie Kiger’s blog, but if you’ve started here that’s perfect also! Our blog hop is a circle so just click the link at the bottom of my post to take you to the next blogger and you’ll eventually make your way around the entire hop!! This month we are featuring papercrafting projects that have a pocket!

I started by creating my pocket! I cut a solid pineapple, from the Prickly Pineapple Cut File from The Cut Shoppe, on CTMH White Daisy Cardstock & then a second pineapple using patterned paper from the CTMH Calypso Paper Packet. I applied a layer of clear gesso to the white cardstock pineapple. After the gesso was dry, I mixed Whipped Spackle Texture Paste, pink acrylic paint & white acrylic paint. I then used a Dina Wakley Stencil to create a pink textured mixed media background on the white cardstock pineapple.

I then layered those 2 pieces of paper together along with a layer of clear packaging (I used the packaging from a 12×12 chipboard embellishment sheet) to create a shaker pocket! I tossed in random sequins from my stash into the shaker pocket and used white machine stitching to seal the shaker closed.

Once that was assembled I moved onto the rest of the layout. I’m scrapbooking another photo from our 2012 cruise. I used a yellow pattern paper from Pink Paislee Citrus Bliss Collection as my background paper. I used multiple embellishments from the Citrus Bliss Collection and the Calypso Collection. I used White Daisy cardstock to back my photo and also some blue tissue paper. My title is from are DIY Thickers from American Crafts that are intended to be inked or sprayed but I like the look of the white so I left them plain. I used a retired CTMH tiny alphabet stamp (Sans Small Caps) & CTMH Glacier Ink for the subtitle. I also added a torn strip of washi, which was something I first saw from Missy Whidden, and is a fun way to add texture to a layout! Once everything was adhered I did add a couple paper strips to the top & bottom of the layout. Those papers were mainly zip strips, left over washi, & scraps from the layout. I also added white machine stitching to those clusters to add a little more texture. I finished the layout off by adding a splatter of Heidi Swapp Black Color Shine & black sequins from the Calypso Collection.

Here’s a process video to show how all of this came together!!

Now it’s time to head to Becca Whitham’s blog. I saw a sneak peek of her project and it is perfection!! Head there now to check it out!!

Thanks for stopping by!
-Kelly

It’s time again for another Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge!

I started by flipping the card sketch vertical. Then I used Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangular Dies on a scrap piece of a coral colored cardstock. I then used an Americana Pixelated Stencil and CTMH White Daisy Pigment Ink to create a subtle background. Then I grabbed a scrap piece of black cardstock and used clear sticky ink + clear embossing powder to make the cardstock shiny. Once that was heat set I die cut a couple ink splatters using a Tim Holtz Die. I knew I wanted those to be my outer scallops from the sketch.

After the splatters were cut, I began to struggle. What can I use for the center scallop?! I looked through my Cricut cartridges, my cut files, my stamp sets, my chipboard accents and I couldn’t find anything I wanted to use. I finally ended up deciding on a Heidi Swapp stamp & stencil combo. I used white acrylic paint to create the heart and then used my journaling pen to draw sketchy lines around the heart. This helped to cover any imperfect areas where the paint seeped under the stencil. Once that was dry I used StazOn Ink and the coordinating Heidi Swapp stamp for the sentiment. This was the first time I used this stamp set so I just used a black marker to fill in any imperfectly stamped areas. I then used Liquid Glass and traced over the sentiment to create the shiny, textured look similar to the heat embossed splatters. For final touches I added an odd number of Silver Sequins.

This sketch is great and there are so many fun options! I hope I see yours! Head over to Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge to enter your papercrafting project!

Thanks for stopping by!
-Kelly