Simon Hurley Timeless Textures 3D Embossing

 

Hello lovely friends!  I am thrilled today to announce my new collaboration with Spellbinders Paper Arts.  I am so excited to share some new projects with you!  Make sure you follow my blog, because I have so much in store over the coming months!  

First, I upgraded my die cutting system to the New & Improved Platinum Machine with Universal Plate System - 8.5" Platform.  I've had my old machine for so long and really wanted a wider cutting base.  This machine works with EVERY brand and includes all of the plates required for any die cutting, embossing or foiling.  A couple of Christmases back I got an electronic cutting machine by another company and it quit working within the month.  Thankfully I received a refund.  I have been skeptical of trying again, but I am so glad I did!  I've really enjoyed my Platinum so far.  If you don't need the 8.5" cutting option, Spellbinders makes a smaller 6" Platinum Machine as well.  

Today's projects are centered around the new Simon Hurley Timeless Textures 3D embossing folders and dies.  

Recently my friend Carol and I had a playday to create our Flowers Magic Art Fest journals.  I used a combination of vintage linens to create my cover and bound a variety of vintage book pages and tea dyed papers within.  I've shared more detail on my IG Reel HERE.  I hope to share a quick tutorial on my YouTube page soon.  Please leave me a comment if you are interested.  HERE is a flip through of another of my vintage journals.  

We played with some tea stained paper, which was standard copy paper folded in half, then embossed with the Flowing Florals 3D Embossing Folder.  What gorgeous pages!  I used one to wrap around a signature.  I just love how Spellbinders new embossing folders are large enough to use in this way!

Next I was inspired to create an ephemera pocket to share some goodies with a journaling friend.

I embossed a kraft card panel with the Hummingbird Garden 3D Embossing Folder.  I loved the kraft!  I then dipped the panel in Chipped Sapphire and Rusty Hinge Distress Inks.  When that was dried, I used a Versamark ink pad to add some copper embossing powder lightly over the raised textures.  

I tested out the Glimmer Hot Foil System for the first time and foiled the Must Have Sentiments by Simon Hurley onto blue cardstock.  I didn't expect it to work, but I followed the instructions in the box and it worked on my first try.  

I cannot believe I procrastinated in foiling until now!  It was so easy and I am smitten over these copper foiled little sentiments!  I mounted my pocket over a book page onto coordinating blue cardstock onto a kraft square card.  I filled it to the brim with goodies from my stash and finished with an acetate butterfly, which I stapled onto a tag and covered the staple with one of my foiled expressions. 

For my final project I created a sweet little mixed media greeting card using the Rattan Cane 3D Embossing Folder embossed in the same blue card.  I layered with book pages and kraft core copper card I cut from the Essential Stylish Ovals dies.  These are such great dies!  They have sold out multiple times, so make sure to click "Notify Me" and Spellbinders will send you an email when they restock.  

I gave the card base a splash of Rusty Fresco Chalk Acrylic Paint by PaperArtsy and the book page a splash of Rusty Hinge and Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink, then layered with my foiled sentiment and the Hummingbird Garden 3D Embossing Folder & Coordinating Dies.  I really love the ability to use this set with or without the 3D background or cutout hummingbirds.  I hope these projects have inspired you and you'll checkout the Timeless Textures Collection by Simon Hurley on the Spellbinders website.  Hugs, Autumn

How to Use Painty Papers to Create a Junk Journal

 

Hi everyone!  This year I've made a goal of getting more into mixed media art and less into cardmaking.  MM has always been my passion, but not necessarily my priority, so I'm working to change that. The process will include lots of exploration and I'll share with you what I can.  I've signed up for the Cathy Nichols Joy of Painting course for 2024.  One of the bonus courses was on creating large free paintings on giant papers.  I've been doing free paintings for years, but the idea of painting onto large papers was super exciting to me so I had a play with a friend and we ended up creating a pile of free paintings or painty papers...

I just love seeing them all rolled up.  I shared a video on Instagram with more details @sewpaperpaint.    Below is the paper I used to create this new journal.  The paper we used was thick and white and similar to kraft paper/gift wrap/package wrap?

I used the back of a watercolor paper pad to cut my two chipboard covers to 8.75x5.75", which is just larger than a sheet of paper folded in half.  I wrapped the two pieces of chipboard with the art paper, AFTER taking good photos/scans to use for other things (see below).  I mitered the corners and covered the inside (end papers) with neon gel prints.  

I had a small scrap of the painty paper left and made some scallops to decorate the end papers.

I created a closure by making a paper button, inspired by Francisca Nunes and tied a piece of sari ribbon to the back cover to wrap around the button.  

To create the spine, I cut a piece of cardstock 8.5x4.5" and scored from 1" to 3.5" every 1/8".  This creates a nice flexible "round" spine for the book.  I then glued the unscored 1" sides to the inside front and back covers I had made.  On the outside I adhered some beautiful vintage fabric over the cardstock, adhering only to the covers, not the actual cardstock.  I then repeated with the inside using the same fabric.

I used my Crop-a-dile to adhere three gromets to the top and bottom in increments. These simply tie around the tea stained copy paper inserts I made and stapled together using a long reach stapler.  I mixed in some folded book pages and clear page protectors to use as pockets to create really unique inserts.  

It was so much fun making this journal and I hope to fill it with everything I learn from the year long Joy of Painting course!  

I mentioned making copies of my painty papers...  Well here is how I used some of those!  First, I'm creating color charts of my experiments so I can easily reference the colors when I need inspiration for a new project...  I simply die cut a square from a large sheet of thin chipboard and used the negative space as a view finder to look for happy moments within the paper to cut out and highlight as shown.  I added in the PaperArtsy Fresco Chalk Acrylic paint colors to coordinate by finger painting!  FUN!

I used some of my prints to create some envelopes for my journal.  The flowers come from a practice painting I made and color copied.  It was fun to dig out my old envelope making templates from the 90's!  

I also covered some tiny composition notebooks from the Dollar Tree, which you can buy in bulk HERE.  I gave the notebooks with a matching neon pencil to my artsy friends for Valentine's Day.  I hope you've enjoyed seeing these projects, as I've had such fun creating them!  xx, Autumn

Art by Marlene Bold and Bright Floral Journal Page

Hi friends!  I'm sharing one more page in my Art by Marlene Go Dutch spiral journal with you today.  This, and all of my other pages thus far, are made with gel prints.  I'm finding it a really fun way to use up my prints, though the gorgeous watercolor paper in this journal would be a great surface for direct work...  

For this page I focused on two stamp sets from the Bold and Bright collection, Floral Simplicity and Romantic Florals.  I embossed the various flowers in black onto my prints and fussy cut and layered them.  

I added some doodling and detail work with my Posca paint pens.  

I added my sentiment with an alphabet set from my stash and some handwriting.  It expresses my hopes to let my creativity be more free and less rigid/defined.  I've really enjoyed this journal to express some sincere feelings.  

Here's a recap of my spring/summer pages this year.  I hope they inspire you today!

 

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Art by Marlene So-Fish-Ticated Mixed Media Art Journal Pages

 

Hello friends!  I'm back with you today to share a couple of funky journal pages I made with my Art by Marlene stamps.  This first page was made with the fun blowfish stamp from the Sea Creatures stamp set from the So-Fish-Ticated line.  I just love this set!  I used the stamp to make a pair for this page and colored them differently to make a male and female.  

I used my Prism brush markers to coordinate with a gel printed background I made using the Vibrant Flowers stencil and PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylic Paints.  On the side I embossed in white the Bold and Bright Floral Simplicity stamp set stems.  Then I added black die cuts from the Floral Style Marlene's World die cut set.  

I finally got to play with my Essentials Rub-On Transfers for the sentiment.  I added some white highlights with my Posca paint pen.  

My next page features another gel print using the Vibrant Flowers stencil and the plus sign stencil.  I added some doodling and lots of messy stitches.  

The fantastic lobster image is from the Underwater World set, also from So-Fish-Ticated.  I love him so much!  

And finally, the shell is also from the lobster set.  I had so much fun coloring these images.  I hope you've enjoyed these funky pages.  I'll be sharing some others on the Topflight Stamps blog and you can see my Sally Seahorse page HERE.  She is my absolute favorite ABM stamp!  Thanks for your visit today, Autumn