Shake Your Tail Feathers

Hello, hello! Samantha here and today I'm going to show you how to make a shaker card. Shaker cards are my favorite cards to make.
I know that they can seem really intimidating at first but I assure you that once you get the hang of it you'll be an old pro in no time.

Let's get started!
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You will need the following:

• Blue A2 sized card base
• Heavyweight vellum
• White card panel cut to 5 3/8" x 4 1/8" (card panel 1)
• White card panel cut to 5 1/8" x 3 7/8" (card panel 2)
• Sticky embossing ink
• Gold embossing powder
• Coloring medium of your choice 
• Sequins, beads, or gems of your choice
• Acetate or plastic packaging cut to 5 1/4" x 4"
• 1/4" wide foam tape (I prefer to use tape that is 1/4" in thickness as well)
• Double sided adhesive tape
• The feathers and bird stamps from the Flower & Bird Sketches Art Rubber Stamp Sheet Set 

Using sticky embossing ink, stamp the large and medium feathers all across card panel 1 and use the medium feather to stamp numerous times on heavy weight vellum. Cover both in gold embossing powder and heat set.

Fussy cut the feathers from the vellum and set aside.

Stamp the bird onto card panel 2. Color with the medium of your choice. I used markers and colored my bird to look a little like an American Gold Finch. Adhere card panel 2 to your card base.

Turn card panel 1 over. Measure and mark  on all four sides at .5". Cut along the lines. Alternatively you can use a die but sometimes I like doing it this way.

This gives us the frame for the front of the shaker card. Place double sided adhesive along the inner sides of the back of the frame and place double sided adhesive along the edges of the acetate or plastic packaging.

Remove the backing from the adhesive and place the acetate onto the back of the frame.

Take your foam tape and run it all along the outside of card panel 2.

Before removing the backing from your foam tape fill the well with some of your vellum feathers and any other shaker filling you'd like. I went with sequins and clear acrylic gems. Attach the frame to the foam tape and glue a few of the feathers to the outside of the frame.

That's all! Not so hard, is it? I cannot wait to see what you are inspired to create with your Blank Page Muse stamps! Be sure to tag us on social media so that we can ooh and ahh over your work.

Until next time,

Samantha

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Time Flies.....

Hello Again Fans!

Are you loving this months theme "Things with Wings"?

Soooooo many Blank Page Muse Stamps to create with for this theme - my tag art today uses three different stamps from the fab range at the Store!
 

You know I love to decorate tags so I hope you enjoy my mixed media double tag creation today!

Supplies List:

Blank Page Muse Stamp: Feathered Pair of Wings

Blank Page Muse Stamp: Birds on Wires Silhouette Border designed by Terri Sproul

Blank Page Muse Stamp: Time Flies it's Up to You to Navigate

Blank Page Muse Stamp: Feather Art designed by Pam Bray

Gelli Plate Printed Double Tags note: you can cut your own tags to size from your gelli prints if you don't have any!!

Embossing Ink Stamp Pad, Black Fine Embossing Powder and Embossing Powder in Complimentary Colour

Black Archival Ink Pad

White Tissue Paper

Kraft Paper

Collage "Characters" used here by Art Tea Life

Various embellishments: string, muslin cloth, cork style border strip etc.

Tools: heat gun, scissors, glue

 

 

Instructions:

Use pre printed tags or cut your own from gelli plate printed card. I always have some extra things on hand to grab and create with!

Use the Feather Art stamp with embossing ink and embossing powder to randomly add some more dimension to the printed background and add a little "sparkle"!

Use the Black Archival Ink to stamp the Birds on Wires onto white tissue paper. Tear out the stamped image.

Use Gel Medium to adhere the tissue paper stamps onto the tag background. Tearing the image allows it to "blend" into the background better than a straight cut edged piece of tissue. Be careful when adhering the tissue down as it can tear easily once wet. Allow to dry.

Whilst your tag background is drying stamp the wings and sentiment onto Kraft Paper using the clear embossing ink pad. Use fine black embossing powder and heat. Fussy cut the wings and tear the sentiment.

Gather your collage elements, stamped images and embellishments. Glue the embossed and fussy cut wings to your collage character. Soooo cute!!!!!

Arrange all of your elements onto the tag background and adhere everything with glue. To finish tie some string to the top of each of the double tag.
 



I always like to stamp extra images so I can make more than one tag at a time. I created another double tag with my extras:
 

Happy Stamping and have a great week!!!

Sharon :)

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Pockets full of inspiration

Hi Everyone,
Jess here today.  I am a huge reader.  I love everything about books.  Remember when you used to have to sign out your books at the library by writing your name on the card in the pocket?  Today I have a project for you using library pockets.

Blank Page Muse Products:

 Small Crackle

Correspondence 

Feathers

Sequin Waste

Pointing Hand

Small Butterfly

Hot Air Balloon

Other Supplies:

Library Pockets

Paper Dolls

Photobooth Photos

Distress Inks

Distress Oxide Ink

Archival Inks

Adhesive

Chipboard Sentiments

Bronze Paint

Vintage Sheet Music

Heavy weight thread

Milk Cap

Die Cuts

Mini flashcard

fabric tape

Frosted Crystal Embossing powder

Cardstock

Paper Distresser

Start by using a piece of silver cardstock. Coat the cardstock using Distress Ink and Oxide Ink.  Once the ink is dry use archival ink to stamp the  Small Crackle stamp.  Using a paper distresser rough up all the edges and cover the front of your library pocket.  

Stamp a piece of vintage sheet music with the postal stamp from the Correspondence  set.  Slide the paper into the pocket and glue it in place.  Add your 3d embossed border to the top of the pocket.  Stitch a small "x" onto your photo and glue it onto the crackled background.  Glue on the milk cap and chipboard sentiment. 

Stamp out the small Butterfly using archival ink.  Add bronze paint to the edges and cut the butterfly in half.  Add the wings to a paper doll and slide her into the pocket. 

This will complete your front cover. 

 Line a second pocket up to the backside of your first pocket.  Using a piece of fabric tape attach the pockets together.  Line the backside of your first pocket with a vintage airmail envelope.  Use postage stamps from the Correspondence  set in various spots.

Using archival ink stamp a Hot Air Balloon.  Color the balloon using various shades of blue distress ink.  Fussy cut your balloon and use the bronze paint to cover your raw edges.

Adhere the balloon to the page.  Add a paper doll, chipboard sentiment, and die cut globe.  Using the smallest  of the Feathers stamp them all around your page.  

   Use patterned scrapbook paper to cover the pocket on your next page.  Add the Pointing Hand and Feathers to the top of the pocket.   

Use the   Small Crackle stamp to add age to a tiny flashcard.  Use bronze paint around the edges. 

Add paper doll with die cut suitcase into the pocket.

Here are the middle pages. 

For the back of the second page(your back cover), stamp on a plain piece of cardstock. Use the script stamp from the Correspondence  set, the  Small Crackle stamp, Sequin Waste, and the  Feathers.  I used various shades of archival inks in browns and reds to create my background.  Glue the paper to your pocket.  Rip a piece of patterned scrapbook paper and add it to the edge.  Stamp out a couple Feathers using archival ink and fussy cut them,  Add the tiniest hint of blue using distress inks to the feathers and edge in bronze paint.  Cut a small slit in your photo and slide the feathers in to make them appear to be wings.  Glue remaining pieces to complete your book.     

I hope you enjoyed this project as much as I enjoyed creating it.

Jess 

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Dressed in Feathers.....

Hi Everyone!

Today's post uses a couple of single stamps available in the Sin City Stamps Store!!
Hope you like getting messy while you create because we are doing some painting and heat embossing for these arty tags!

Supplies:

• Sin City Stamp: Dressy Lady with Feathers Art
• Sin City Stamp: Dare to be Different Word Phrase
• Packaging Tags
• Acrylic Paints
• Sponge
• Old Book Pages
• Printed Tissue Papers
• Matte Medium
• Heat Gun
• Embossing Powders & Embossing Ink Pad
• Embellishments ie. feathers, fibers, 3d stickers, braid, flowers, ephemera etc.
• General supplies ie. scissors, spatula, glue, hole punch

Instructions:
Let's start on the tags first.
Tear your old book pages into pieces/strips. Then using the matt medium,  adhere the book pages randomly over the tags. (I've kept the tags all attached in the row of 4 to start with to make it easier to cover and paint).
Add some strips of patterned tissue paper as well. (I had some really cool "shoe" themed black and white tissue paper which came in a box wrapped around a new pair of shoes - what a bonus!!!)
Allow the matt medium to dry completely.

Next step is to add some paint. You can use any colors you like.
For these tags, shades of purple and white acrylic paints have been used.
Using a sponge, or even a makeup sponge works really well, apply the paint randomly to cover all the "blank" spots on the tags as well as the book page strips and tissue paper.

Once the paint is dry, trim any excess overhang of papers and cut the set of 4 tags in half ie. 2 tags each and these will be our "base" tags for our stamped images.
To break up the paint co lour you can add some printed tissue paper over the top of the paint . This adds  an extra layer of texture and interest.
Set aside to dry once again!

Now to work on our stamped images.
Stamp the Dressy Lady and Word Phrase onto paper or card or even as shown here on old book pages.
To match the tag background, try using your embossing pad and sprinkle with colored embossing powder. I've embossed one image/phrase with purple to match the tags and one image/phrase with a co-coordinating green color for a different look!
Heat emboss, but be careful not to burn your fingers!
Cut out the Dressy Lady and cut around the phrase.
You can also use words from old book pages.
 I love the look of the stamped images on the book pages because the paper has that "old" look and is not as stark as using white paper - use cream paper as an alternative to keep the tags looking really vintage style!

Lastly we need to add our stamped images and embellishments to the tags!
Glue everything in place and thread the fibers into the holes at the top of the tags.

Hope you have enjoyed my post today and feel inspired to stamp and create!!

Sharon

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ATC Masterboard Madness!

Hi Sin City Stamp Fans!!!

Can you believe it's already March? - Wow this year is going fast!
Today I am sharing 2 pocket letters made using ATC backgrounds cut from "Masterboards" created with Sin City Stamps!
 I've combined collage images with the stamped backgrounds - ideas to make your stamps even more versatile!

Supplies List:

• Sin City Stamp Set Dandelion Wishes with Butterflies
• Sin City Stamp Set Flower and Bird Sketches
• Collage images (I have used sheets by Lisa's Altered Art)
• White cardboard (A4 Size or whatever is your countries standard size!!!)
• Plain colored card
• Paint in co-coordinating colors
• Brayer
• Stencils & white paint & sponge
• Archival ink pads & optional embossing ink & powder
• Sewing Machine - Optional
• Washi tape
• String & fibres
• Embellishments of your choice ie. pearls, feathers, trim, scraps of cloth, burlap, die cuts, stickers, charms etc.
• General supplies like glue, scissors, hole punch, tape etc.
• ATC sheet protectors- also known for baseball cards.

Instructions:

1. Grab your supplies to make your "Masterboard" - paints, roller, stencils, sponge and your base card. You really don't need anything fancy for your base card as the paint and stamping will give it the "look"!!!
Who needs to buy patterned paper when you can make your own!!!

2. Start by placing "dots" of co-coordinating paint on your background card. I used 4 colors for each sheet. As you can see I am working on 2 at once - might as well make a big mess at once LOL!!! Color choices are entirely up to the individual - everyone always has a favorite color combo (I always love pink & purple).

3. The next process is simple,  just grab your roller and roll the paint around. Be careful though you don't want to blend the colors and end up with a big mess of awful color!! Don't worry if you have some areas of paint that are thick and others thin - it all adds to the texture and individuality of the masterboard. Allow the paint to dry completely before continuing with the next step!

4. To break up the color, grab your favorite stencils and some white paint and a small sponge and randomly sponge lightly through the stencil over your paint. This is great if you used dark colors - you need some lightness to show the stamping.

5. Once all the paint is dry we can move onto stamping the masterboards. Stamps from the "Dandelion Wishes with Butterflies" Set have been used on the pink/purple sheet and the feather stamps from the "Flower and Bird Sketches" Set have been used on the brown/green sheet. Archival inks work well for this process as they won't rub off the paint. You can also stamp with embossing ink and embossing powder for added texture. I used gold embossing powder on the brown/green sheet for some sparkle. You can stamp as much or as little as you like over the masterboards. I wanted to make sure I had stamped images on each of my ATC's, once the boards were cut up for the pocket letters.

6. The next step is to start putting together the ATC to be used in the pockets of the sleeve to make the completed pocket letter. As you know ATC's are 3.5 x 2.5inches so you will need to cut 9 plain colored card ATC's. Then cut your masterboard so that you have 9 "overlays" for your ATC's - so cut slightly smaller so you have a solid border of color once you adhere the patterned card to the plain card.

7. This next step is entirely optional as it is quite time consuming - I love to use my sewing machine so I have attached the 2 layers with a zig zag stitch! Sewing gives a really great effect and adds yet more texture to the card but alternatively you can just adhere the 2 layers together with glue or tape. If you sew,  it's nice to tidy all you threads and secure them at the back so they don't come undone!



8. Time to get your collage sheets, scissors and glasses if you need them for fussy cutting like me!! Lay out your base ATC's as though they were in the pocket letter sleeves and start to arrange your collage cut outs and extra embellishments. Once you are happy with the layout you can start to glue everything down. I made sure I left lots of background showing so the effect of the stamps could be seen on each ATC - we are promoting Sin City Stamps LOL!!!!

9. Last step is to add a bit of colour and interest to the actual pocket letter sleeve. Use some co-coordinating washi tape to "edge" each side of the spine and then use your punch to put the holes back onto the spine. It also looks great when you attach string or fibers to the holes in the spine for added color. You can also add charms, beads and bling for even more interest!!

I really hope you enjoyed this process - I love to make Pocket Letters - they can be very time consuming but well worth the effort and making your own base ATC's is much more rewarding than using purchased patterned paper!!

Have a great week of crafting!

And remember to visit our new Facebook Fans Group - lots of fun and games and sharing of fabulous Sin City Creations!!!

Sharon