Stamperia Moulds Allow You to Create Perfect Embellishments

Greetings! It’s Chris again and I am excited to show you how Stamperia Moulds Allow You to Create Perfect Embellishments for your projects. I was so excited to see that Fotobella now has Stamperia Mould available. The Stamperia Hearts and Wings Mould has been a favorite of mine for a while. Just look at all the possible embellishments you can make!

This Mould also creates perfect embellishments to compliment to the Stamperia Clockwise Papers.

Gather Your Supplies

To recreate this Card you will need:

• Hearts and Wings Mould by Stamperia
• Stamperia Extra Soft Clay
• Stamperia Clockwise Papers
• Other Supplies - Card Stock, staples, Metallic ink, corrugated paper, Art Alchemy Wax paste

Create your Perfect Embellishment

This part takes a little planning ahead as the moulds take about 24 hours to dry. So I usually make a bunch of embellishments and set them aside for future projects! Creating is easy, just lay out your Stamperia Hearts and Wings Mould. Press your Stamperia Extra Soft Clay into the mould. Let “dry” for about 30 minutes or so (not sure if this is necessary but I always use the time to create more embellishments). Then flip the mould over and lay the embellishments out to dry for 24 hours.

After your embellishment is dry, you can ink, paint, wax your embellishment as desired. For this project I chose a metallic wax. FYI, I do not recommend using water based mists on the dry embellishments as in my experience they became a little crumbly after being misted!

Below, you can see all the details in these embellishments!

Creating your Card

Start, by cutting the background from your Stamperia Clockwise Papers and mat onto card stock and attach to your card base. Next, attach a scrap of inked corrugated paper to your card with staples. Cut tag from your Stamperia Clockwise Papers and add to your card.

Next, from front cover sheet cut of the paper pad the detail cut the Time is the Time tag and add to your card. Finish you card by adding your Perfect Embellishment!

I hope you are inspired to create with all your Fotobella Supplies.

Simple Stories Vintage Ancestry Journal

Hello my crafty friends, Diane here to share with your my newest design team project. I am so excited to share with you this lovely family vintage journal created with the beautiful Simple Stories Vintage Ancestry Collection.

This collection was made to document your family photos and history, but instead of a mini album I decided to change it up a bit and do a journal. I think it’s perfect to document your thoughts about what family means to you maybe some special times that your family has influenced you or inspired you and then add a few photos to the tag inserts and photo mounts. I hope that you will enjoy this creation and it will inspire you to make a journal of your very own.

Vintage Ancestry Journal

Vintage Ancestry Spine of Journal

As you can see by the outside of the journal, these papers by Simple Stories are absolutely amazing. I love the colors, the images, and the sweet sayings about family and heritage.

Vintage Ancestry Back of Journal

Below are photos of the three different removable signatures. One is lined for writing, one is watercolor paper and the last signature has graph paper.

Inside front cover and front of first signature

Inside Journal and front of second signature

Pages Inside of journal and front of third signature

I just adore the colors of this collection. It was a joy working with the patterns and images and all the bits and pieces. I think that it would be very compatible with colored photos or black and white photos for documenting all those special memories.

Last page of last signature and Back inside cover

Inside cover of first signature

I love what this 3 x 4 card says about family. Simple Stories really knocked it out of the park with this collection. So many parts of it is so very inspiring.

Front inside cover of third signature

Back inside cover of third signature

There is lots more to see. Click on the video below to see all the decorated pages in this lovely Family inspired journal.

Simple Stories Vintage Ancestry Journal Video Share:

Simple Stories Vintage Ancestry project share video

Fotobella Store Information:

Be sure to visit the FotoBella store for this gorgeous paper collection along with other beautiful paper collections by Graphic 45, Bo Bunny, Echo Park, Prima Marketing, Stamperia and many more. There are so many wonderful products to choose from, I’m sure you will find one to make that special someone something spectacular.

Come Visit FotoBella.com Today!

The items I used in this design team project are as follows:

Simple Stories Vintage Ancestry 12 x 12 collection kit

SS Vintage Ancestry 12 x 12 Basics kit

Simple Stories Vintage Ancestry 6x8 pad

SS Vintage Ancestry bits and pieces

Vintage Ancestry 6x12 chipboard

SS Vintage Ancestry decorative brads

Vintage Ancestry stamps

Thank you for joining me.

I hope you were inspired to create something beautiful today.

Blessings and Hugs,

Diane

Create a Quick and Easy Happy New Year Tag

Chris here, and today I am excited to share this Quick and Easy Happy New Year Tag I created featuring Stamperia Clockwise papers. The tag is so quick and easy to create, and perfect to top a bottle of Champagne or any last minute holiday gift! And who doesn’t need quick and easy at this time of the year?? And just saying... I think a few of us are going to be more than happy to celebrate the New Year and say goodbye to 2020!

The Supplies

Start by grabbing the following supplies from FotoBella to recreate this tag:

• Stamperia Clockwise paper pad
• Stamperia Pendulum Clock with Wings Thick Stencil
• Buttons and More Galore- Desert Sky
• Stamperia Carved Wooden Mechanism and Watches
• Other Supplies - Jute, Distress Inks, Stamp Punch, Happy New Year Stamp, Kraft paper, lace, tag

Create your tag

Start by covering your tag with your choice of adhesive. Punch “ postage stamp” sized paper pieces from Stamperia Clockwise paper pad. Next, adhere your paper pieces to your tag. Next, trim those pieces to fit the tag.

Using the Stamperia Pendulum Clock with Wings Thick Stencil, place the stencil over the tag and apply distress ink to you tag. I just love how much dimension stenciling adds to any project! Then, Mat your tag onto kraft Card stock and add lace.

Stamp Happy new Year onto a scrap of card stock. Next, banner cut the stamped scrap and add to the tag. Add distress ink to a clock from the Stamperia Carved Wooden Mechanism and Watches.

Now, tie a jute bow to clock and adhere to your tag over your stamped sentiment. Finally, add some Buttons and More Galore- Desert Sky gems to the bottom of your tag to finish.

I hope you are inspired to get creative with your Fotobella supplies!

Graphic 45 “Christmas Time” Pop-up Gift Cards

Hello Friends, Diane here today. I have a quick little card to share with you. I was lucky enough to use the beautiful Graphic 45 Christmas Time Collection designer papers from FotoBella.

This collection is full of wonderful Santa images with a really cool steampunk twist. You will see gears throughout the collection along with some vintage images, and fully loaded with fun ornaments and dancing reindeer. This collection has deep rich and dark colors giving it a vibrant and warm appearance.

Christmas Tree pop up gift card

Christmas Tree pop up gift card

Delivering Joy pop up gift card

Delivering Joy pop up gift card

I so enjoyed using this paper collection by Graphic 45. Every pattern goes very well with the next, which makes it so easy to create a variety of projects with! You really can’t go wrong when putting a project together. Be sure to watch my card share video below to see the gift card pop up element.

Be sure to visit the FotoBella store for this gorgeous paper collection along with other beautiful paper collections by Graphic 45, Bo Bunny, Echo Park, Prima Marketing, Stamperia and many more. There are so many wonderful products to choose from, I’m sure you will find one to make that special someone something spectacular.

Come Visit FotoBella.com Today!

The items I used in this design team project are as follows:

Graphic 45 Christmas Time 8x8 Pad

G45 Christmas Time Die Cut Assortment

Thank you for joining me.

​I hope you were inspired to make something beautiful today.
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Blessings and Hugs,
Diane

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Layout

Happy Holiday’s Crafty friends! This month I am back with this layout that I created using 49 and Market Vintage Artistry Shore collection.

“Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”

The Layout Beginning

The first step I did was, I brushed on some homemade clear gesso. If you would like to give this recipe a try, here is the tutorial to it. Using my heat gun to give it a quick dry. I adhered it to a 12x12 sheet of chipboard using some double sided tape.

I stenciled onto the layout using a snowflake stencil from The Crafters Workshop using some Finnabair Textured powder mixed with white gesso as well as Lindy’s Stamp gang Magicals in Bayou Boogie Gold.

Next step

Next, I used my heat gun to dry where I have stenciled. The step I did next, was to pick out the ephemera pieces that I would be using on my layout from the Vintage Artistry Shore ephemera pack. I then, adhered and layered some of the pieces I picked out. Then, added my photo mat which was also a piece of ephemera, I adhered it onto scrap card board. Next, I added the photo of my 2 year old grand daughter which was taken last Christmas by my Christmas tree.

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Last steps

Using a chipboard piece from Scrapaholics, I used Brutus Monroe Embossing Ink and WOW Embossing Powder Iridium on this “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” piece. I adhered it onto the layout. Also, I had this reindeer tag in my stash so I cut off the ribbon and added a pearl from Frank Garcia Memory Hardware Pearls . I added some flowers from Prima Marketing, adding some of those same pearls on them as well. Another item I added to the flowers was Fabulous Fibers (Frosted Halo) from Brutus Monroe. The last item I added to this layout was some Clear Seed Beads randomly on the flowers.

49 and Market Vintage Artistry Shore Collection

49 and Market Vintage Artistry Shore Ephemera Pack

I hope you all are inspired with what I came up with using this collection. So even if you have papers that aren’t Christmas themed, you can definitely transform them to whatever them you want! This was a great challenge for me! Till next time!

Happy Crafting,

Jeanne

49 and Market Vintage Artistry Shore Collection

49 and Market Vintage Artistry Shore Collection Ephemera Pack

Creating a Mixed Media Canvas is Easy with Stamperia from Fotobella

Greetings, Chris here, and I am back to show your how Creating a Mixed Media Canvas is Easy with Stamperia from Fotobella! Now, I admit that that I discovered Stamperia about a year or so ago and love to collect and play with their products! So I was super excited to see that Fotobella was now carrying their products. Also, I truly have to admit that Mixed Media sometimes scares the dickens out of me! I love the thought of just sitting and creating but am often under-whelmed with my finished project. But Stamperia made it so easy!

The Supplies

To recreate this project you will need the following Fotobella supplies

• Stamperia Clockwise paper pad
• Stamperia Pendulum Clock with Wings Thick Stencil
• Stamperia Gold Cream Paste
• Stamperia Carved Shapes for Bordure
• Buttons and More Galore- Desert Sky

Other Supplies needed

• Pallet knife, 8x8 canvas, window die cut, jute, distress ink , honeycomb die, butterfly punch

Creating Your Mixed Media Canvas

Start by covering your canvas with papers from the Stamperia Clockwise paper pad. Ink the edges of your canvas with Distress Inks. Next, lay Stamperia Pendulum Clock with Wings Thick Stencil over canvas. Apply Stamperia Gold Cream Paste onto stencil with pallet knife.

Gently remove stencil and wash. You can see how much impact and dimension the stenciled image added to my mixed media canvas!

Die cut honey comb shapes from Stamperia Clockwise paper pad and add to canvas to add additional dimension. Now, wrap jute around a die cut window (which was inked with distress inks) and add to left side of canvas.

Cut Tag from Stamperia Clockwise paper pad and add to canvas.

mixed media canvas details

Paint Stamperia Carved Shapes for Bordure using gold ink and then distress with distress inks, and add to top of tag.

Finishing Touches

Sometimes its the little finishing touches touches that really “make” the projects. For this project I added 3 little finishes to add extra pizazz to the canvas.

Punch a butterfly from Stamperia Clockwise paper pad and add to window.

Next, add Buttons and More Galore- Desert Sky to tag.

Finally, punch holes along bottom right side of canvas and string jute through the holes.

I hope you are inspired to try your hand at a Mixed Media Project!

Creating a Masculine Birthday Card with Stamperia Clockwise Papers

Chris here, and today I am excited to be Creating a Masculine Birthday Card with Stamperia Clockwise Papers from Fotobella. Now, I don't know about you but I always seem to be short on Masculine Birthday cards! So I decided to get a jump start on my collection for the upcoming year!

The Supplies

Start by grabbing the following supplies to recreate this masculine Birthday Card:

• Stamperia Clockwise paper pad
• Stamperia Pendulum Clock with Wings Thick Stencil
• Buttons and More Galore- Desert Sky
• Stamperia Carved Wooden Mechanism and Watches

Other supplies needed include - Kraft card base, jute, paper tag, staples, Wish Ticket, Card Stock, Distress Inks, Butterfly Punch, metallic ink

Creating your Masculine Birthday Card

To recreate this Masculine Birthday Card, start by cutting a paper block from Stamperia Clockwise paper pad. Next, lay the Stamperia Pendulum Clock with Wings Thick Stencil over cut tag. Apply distress inks through stencil. I love the dimension that stenciling adds to any project. And, the dark distress inking with this stencil is perfect for any Birthday Card.

Stenciling provides added depth to card

Next, Ink the edges and Layer the stenciled block onto card stock and staple to your card base. Ink a paper tag with distress ink and edges with metallic ink, and add the inked tag over stenciled block.

Cut and ink the edges a second patterned paper block over the inked tag. Now, ink the wooden Clock from the Stamperia Carved Wooden Mechanism and Watches and then add to your card base and finish with a jute bow. Tuck a Wish ticket under your clock.

Masculine Birthday Card

Finally, finish your Masculine Card by adding 3 gems from Buttons and More Galore- Desert Sky and a punched butterfly. You can see how the Buttons and More Galore- Desert Sky add extra dimension to this card.

I hope you are inspired to get creative with your favorite Fotobella Supplies!