On the Farm ~ My Lil Chicks

Today I'm bringing you a scrapbook page. I'm admitting right up front that these ADORABLE children are not my own. I'm still recuperating from my hard drive crash of 2012 where I lost almost all of my photos, so when I saw a few of these sweet pictures on my friend's FB album I asked if I could use them. They would be perfect with the new On the Farm Perfectly Clear set from Stampendous and now you'll see why.

I used different bottles around my workspace to "mask" off the circles one at a time sprinkling Aged Scarlet and Aged Black Embossing Enamels. Before heat setting the enamels I sprinkled some of the new Red Mica Fragments around so they enamel would act like an adhesive to the fragments when heated. Once it was cool I used my Prismacolor pen and drew some free-hand circle circles inside each embossed circle.

That was a fun technique! Oh and I also forgot that the top photo slides out of the manilla folder! I thought that was clever of me to add a secret place for journaling.

Thanks Em, for letting me scrap your cutie-patootie kids!

Details:
Stamps: On the Farm (Stampendous)
Paper: Cornmeal (Dotted Swiss, Bazzill Basics), manila folder, cream, red and blue scraps
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento by Tsukineko), black illustration markers (Prismacolor)
Accessories: Twill ribbon (May Arts), mini stapler (Ranger), edge punch (Martha Stewart), shaper scissors (Fiskars), font dies (Cuttlebug, Sissix)

Clearly We can Create with Stampendous, ClearScraps and Tsukineko

Today is a fantastic blog hop day collaboration with ClearScraps and Tsukineko! I'm sure you have already been inspired throughout this week but I'm so glad that we are all together today. I love a good hop, don't you?

Grab your breakfast, snack or other meal (I always think second breakfast when the words "other meal" are said, LOL) and snatch up a pen and paper to take some notes on what you'll be doing next with your new

Stampendous, ClearScraps and Tsukineko goodies.

Remember, you have a chance to win some of the goodies you've seen all week and

 all the details can be found on our sponsor blogs (Stampendous Blog and ClearScraps Blog).

Now let's get to my Sassy Album.

Garden Background and filigree from Jumbo Peony

I started out with a bunch of inspiration from our talented Stampendous designers who are always on the ball with their projects. Thank you talented best designer friends! My original idea was for a scrapbook with a few adorable photos of my kids, but then my scrapbook turned a sort of Smash Book. I decided though that I have spaces for the photographs and they can be added at any time.

It has been a great week of creating with products from

Stampendous • ClearScraps • Tsukineko

This Mixable Sassy Album consists of three acrylic sheets separated by two chipboards. They are the coolest shapes and I really wanted to show off the peek-a-boo effect. So here goes.

A three pocket page for photos and journaling. 

A few leaf journal inserts glitzed with
Vintage Lilac Tinsel Embossing Powder

Create a see through thought or quote.
Even add a photo...

because the Jumbo Dogwood was stamped on the clear page!

Basic pages... but eveyone needs a place to just write.

And the back cover! Thanks for taking the page by page tour of my project today. I had so much fun! Come back in a few days and I'll tell you the techniques I used on all of my pages. Of course, one day and one page at a time.

Stampendous Impressions

Clear Scraps

Jennifer Dove Bonner

Taylor Usry

Cyndi Bundy

Kristine Reynolds

Steph Lee (Arty Carty)

Pam Hornschu

Janelle Stollfus -- you are here!

Suzanne Czosek

April Derrick

Wendy Jordan

Lynn Mercurio

Wendy Price

Melinda Gleissner

Jennifer Ingle

Susie Moore

Krissy Fossmeyer

Tenia Nelson

Lea Kimmel

Details:
ClearScraps: Mixable Sassy Album
Stamps: Garden Background, Jumbo Dogwood, Jumbo Peony (all Stampendous)
Paper: Pattern Paper (unknown), Solid cardstock (Stampin' Up), Black journal paper, loose-leaf ruled paper, corrugated board
Ink: Opaque Cotton White, Opaque Blush Pink, Jet Black, Cactus Green, Forest Green, Dove Gray (all Tsukineko)
Accessories: Vintage Lilac Tinsel Embossing Powder, Fun Flock, Glitter (all Stampendous), lace ribbons, O-ring binder rings, fabric rolled flower pendant, jumbo paper clip, envelope, Bloom dies (Spellbinders)