Going for Gold with Websters Painted Passport

Hello everyone here is my final page from my Painted Passport (Websters Pages) DT Kit from A Trip Down Memory Lane.  I was quite messy for this one - messy paint, messy stitching!

I started off the page with some slightly watered down white gesso and just added lots of flicks.  I then cut some strips of paper from the Travellers paper - with the gold feathers, and a little bit I had left over from the World Map paper - which has black and white scallops on the back, then I used some Teresa Collins Glam Factor paper - this one is seeing stars and has some gold foiled stars on it I also used a few bits from her Something Wonderful collection too.  I also added in a strip of gold foiled wash tape and then I did some stitching.  I layered up and distressed the edges of my photo mounts and tucked in a little bit more washi tape, then created a cluster with a punched heart and some of the Painted Passport mini stickers.  I used a mixture of alphabets - Websters Pages and Pink Paislee for the title.

Yesterday I had a lovely morning at Ann Freeman's crop and managed 3 pages so I will be back with more!

So Sweet

I know I don't do pink that often....there is a girl in the photo and it is a sweet shop so I thought I could get away with pink.  The page started with some large stencilled circles, then pink mist, and then I added some stencilled circles with texture paste and left it to dry.  I then set to work layering up the papers which are from Websters Pages Painted Passport (from my ATDML kit) and stitched and the edges and layered them up.  I used a Crate Paper wood veneer and pink October Afternoon heart as well as some stickers from the Websters Pages collection.  I cut out the Stay Curious banner from one of the journal sheets and then added some gold foiled washi tape that Jill sent me - it is lovely!  I added a few splatters of some peacock green cosmic shimmer mist and had a go at painting my own title using watercolours - I have practised this a little more now, so will have another go at it!

My husband was the expert at filling these sweet containers up, he obviously had lots of practise during his childhood, so the kids were very pleased with their haul!

Of all the Places in the world....with Websters Pages

Here is one of the pages that I created with my kit from A Trip Down Memory Lane using Websters Pages Painted Passport.  I saved this map paper - I do like a map :) and decided to trim it slightly and distress the edges as well as do a couple of tears.  After that I added some sprinkles of mist and then accidentally spilt sequins across the page, but really like it do just stuck them down!!  I have also got back into a bit of stitching on my pages, I forgot how much I like the look of it.  So I layered and stitched and distressed the papers, and added a little pocket behind the photo.  Then I added some chipboard hearts from October Afternoon (I have nearly finished the whole sheet - they are a mix of stars and hearts in lots of colours and just a great embellishment for me!) then a few of the Websters stickers.  My title is quite long, this beach is one of the favourite places for my boys on holiday - they spend ages in the sea and on the sand, boarding and reading and building and chilling with their friends - hence the title.

Another Messy Video and a page

Hello, I have a new video full of mess and mixed media with a step through this page.  The papers are from Websters' Pages and their Painted Passport line which was in my kit from A Trip Down Memory Lane.

I use a mix of texture paste and stencils, lots of mists and mica, and then I show you how I made the shaker too.  I won't say too much as you can watch it all!  I hope you enjoy it, I still need to perfect my set up at home, but I can proudly say I edited this one all by myself without any help :D

Here is the video, enjoy.

The O2

At the ATDML retreat there was a photo challenge and some pictures to be inspired by....but I don't have that bit to show you, basically the thin paper at the top and wider bit down the bottom was the in the photo, so I went with that.  I used Websters Pages Beautiful Chic - which has quite a lot of turquoise and pink which went really well with my O2 pictures.  The large photo is a cropped 6 by 4 and the smaller ones are 2" square.  I layered up lots of bits and mounted my photo and title on woodgrain paper, there is a Kaisercraft Blue Bay door in there too, as well as some Hall Pass stickers and Prima wood veneers.

Explore

I love this tree trunk patterned paper from Websters Beautiful Chic collection, I started the page off with some spritz of gold mist, they give a really nice glimmer, then I used some green and brown ink with a sequin waste style stencil....then went onto layering up the papers which are again from the Beautiful Chic collection.  I had a really good delve through my stash and used a Crate Paper chipboard frame that I backed with a vellum doily from Websters, there is a Prima Bark heart, a Simple Stories banner and alphabet and some American Crafts wooden chevrons and Teresa Collins stickers...almost something from every manufacturer! 

The photo is from our holiday in France last year and a little cave in a gorge, that you just have to go and explore!  My album with pocket pages is nearly finished from that holiday - it is a mix of papers, but I try to keep the pockets with the same ranges.

First Day with Websters Hall Pass

I was sent lots of Websters to play with for this months kit from A Trip Down Memory Lane, I'll share a page that I made with Hall Pass that wasn't school related later on in the week.  I love the vellums in this kit, they are a really great extra layer, and I like the interest that that transparent layer adds.  

I started by elastic banding (new term) some letters from a wooden alphabet that I have (it came from Costco ages ago) and did some stamping on the background to add to the school feel.  I then layered up and distressed lots of papers, and vellum.  I also had a go at tearing washi or in this case tissue tape in half and just tucking it around the page.  I Added a couple of the more school related stickers and added layers of paper to the top and bottom of my page.

There's lots more Websters inspiration over in the gallery if you want to take a look here is the link.

Trying to get a photo

Here is another page I made at the ATDML retreat - the challenge was to use 5 different papers, include some tags, bling and stars.

I used lots of Websters Nest Egg papers - the eggs went really well with the Easter photos, and I love that zingy yellow paper.  I used lots of photos as none of them are perfect at all...it was just impossible to get all the kids to look at me when there was chocolate on the table :D.  I used my Martha Stewart doily lace edge punch (still a favourite) and then a little memory box banner die for the flgs, the eggs are all from the papers and I added a few stickers from the range too.

Growing Up

I'm back from the A Trip Down Memory Lane Retreat - which was just fantastic...I have 10 layouts done and another few on the way.  We were in a different room this time with acres of space and - it was beautiful - I will put some pictures together and show you all.

Whilst I was there I had a go at the CSI Major Case Challenge 160 - this is the first time I've joined it.  It has a lovely blue and grey colour palette, and there are other elements you can include like a map, frame, something transparent (so the map is vellum by Websters and the little My favourite tag is more Websters vellum).  Textured paper - though mine was adding texture paste (homemade with paint, pva and talc - so it smells fab too) using a tando cogs mask.  I die cut the view finder (it's Tim Holtz's) and inked it up, I also added distress stains - some silver and blue to the cogs - using my fingers - I am messy.  The alphabet is Basic Grey, the frame is from Crate paper - the papers are Websters Nest Egg and the journal card was in our pack from the retreat by WRMK.  I think that is it.

I have loads of pages and did loads of fabulous classes so my blog should be full to brimming for the next few weeks!

Love - more Sprinkled with Love

Here is the 2nd page I did for my class over at ATDML for March's virtual crop.  There is a template for the heart that you can paint around, and then the rest is quite straightforward - just lots of layering and embellishments.

The photo is from the lunch area in the Natural History Museum on one of our many trips to it (I love it!) and my kids love a selfie opportunity too.  We went to the Museum as they have recently opened up the new Earth Zone with the earthquake machine and loads of hands on experiments to have a go at to explain lots of the science behind our planet.

There is one more page that I made with the kit - if you haven't downloaded the instructions, then here is a link.

Sprinkled with Love and the Virtual Crop

Last weekend we had another Virtual Crop over at Created by ATDML - they are happening each month and there are a limited number of kits that are put on sale in the shop, if you can't get your hands on a kit you can still play along with your own papers.  There are 3 classes and a challenge on the weekend and chatter in our Facebook group.

Here is the first page from my class (here is a link to the instructions) it uses quite a few of the 3 by 4 pages, and then there is lots of fussy cutting and layering to create a grid style page.  I kept the photos black and white to make them stand out and they are all from our holiday in France last year, and a nice way to document the kids growing up.

I'll be back with another page from my class tomorrow.

Happiness Found

The last in my little run of Websters Page - and this time I went for a more mixed media style of page, I started with a studio calico chevron mask and some light blue cosmic shimmer mist, I then added some hints of other colours just carefully applying chalk inks to the page and then stamped over the top with an American Crafts stamp I picked up at Homesense (that's also where the wood veneers came from).  I used some vellum from the Strawberry field paper - it has blue wood panels on it, and I embossed it with a woodgrain folder - it's hard to see from the photo.  I layered up lots of different papers, added some muslin, die cut the word Happiness Found using a spellbinders label die, then a paper clip from Ikea, some hearts and stickers and black ink splodges.

The photo is from our holiday in the Alps and at the coffee shop at the bottom of the Aguille du Midi (an amazing trip with stunning views - but also quite petrifying if you aren't good with heights!) you have to get there early to get the tickets for your trip up in the cable car so you end up with a bit of time to relax.

'cos this is my dream

Some more Websters pages but this time Strawberry Fields - I bought lots of these bits with some birthday money.  I've seen lots of triangles lately and decided to have a go with the design - yes it is hard to cut a 12" triangle as it wouldn't fit in my guillotine!

I layered up the papers, added some of the vellum sheet and a little glassine bag pocket behind the photo.  I also used some Prima resist canvas and inked it in oranges and greens with distress ink, then wood veneers and buttons...lots of colour as this is a happy page.  

My youngest had the opportunity to be in a play at the end of the summer -Adler and Gibb by Tim Crouch - and this is a shot of the after show party for all the kids that joined in - so all the cast, children, chaperones, writers, technical people are in this photo and my little man in the middle with a big smile.  The title is from a conversation I overheard him having with his brother about why he enjoyed and wanted to do this.  It was a few late nights be he absolutely loved it and the cast and crew were great and told a thought provoking story in a clever way on stage.