Free Printable Promises Digi Stamp for Rainbow Inspirational Cards

 

Hi friends!  Today I have a fun project to share with you.  I've been gifted some beautiful inspiration card stacks over the past couple of years and have noticed that them for sale in stores a lot too.  I came across a neat 4x6" wooden recipe storage box at the thrift store and snatched it up.  I finally decided to get busy creating some inspirational art to fill my box.  

For these cards I used some favorite Jofy stamps by PaperArtsy and hand lettered sentiments.  I've uploaded these Promises Sentiment to share with you.  You can download and print your own HERE.  (Note: it will look all black because there is no background, which will allow you to overlay the text onto an image if you so choose.  But on white paper it will show as black text.  :) )

You may remember my first two cards I created for Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps HERE.  Scripture stamps make it so much easier of course, but this time I wanted to do some hand lettering and really enjoyed the personal touch.  I used ProCreate on my iPad.

I made some layered bright gel prints for the bases and added stamping from JOFY92, including the scallops as "clouds."  The rainbow is from JOFY110 and I colored it with brush markers and water.  The tiny text is from Eclectica Mini 88 by Scrapcosy.  Now the fun part will be to trade these with friends and fill up my box!  I look forward to sharing more soon.  

For more inspo on these fab rainbow stamps see my last post HERE. xx, Autumn

Vintage Style Junk Journal Diary Video

 

Hi friends!  I'm happy to share a new junk journal with you today, one that I worked on since last November and finally finished for my dear friend Barbara.  This journal was made with an old Reader's Digest cover and an added cloth spine.  It features four signatures of handmade and vintage paper and a few sheets of double sided scrapbook paper. 

I added lots of free printables, many of which you can find on my Pinterest printable board HERE.  I added vintage ephemera and some crocheted lace along the edge.  I'm sharing a flip through on my YouTube channel HERE.  I'm celebrating hitting the 500 subscribers mark this week and I hope you will subscribe to see more videos in the future.

My fabric spine turned out way too thick and I talk about how I worked with that in the video.  I hope it gives you some ideas.

I used as much "junk" as possible, including this linens label and an old notebook page from my mom's mixed tape notebook from the 80's.  Ha! 

This page has a waxed paper bread package sewn on to make a pocket.  Fun!

And here I've stamped onto a huge teabag.

My friend loves to visit the Biltmore Estate in North Carolina, so I added some fancy castle flaps for her to tuck some memory tickets and ephemera beneath. 

 

 

The page above has a cool mini bag from my friend Teresa when I went to Texas and the page below has a handmade envelope from my other friend Theresa.  Love that cheetah print!

 

There are tons more pages and you can see them all in the video.  I hope this has inspired you to persevere in making your own journal, no matter how large the spine!  Ha ha.  Hugs, Autumn

Free Christmas Collage Printables for December Daily

 

Hi friends! I'm excited to share some new collages with you today.  After much thought, I decided against doing a December Daily journal this year.  I want to free up my time to do more fun things like watch the good Christmas movies and make cookies with  my kiddos.  I LOVE DD and think it is a great project and hope you will find inspiration from my journal last year posted HERE.  I'd love to see links for yours in the comments and maybe by next year I will have my ducks in a row again.  For now, I've spent a small amount of free time working on these collage style cards.  I'm excited to share the links to these free printables with you to help you get your projects together too. 

Y'all know I'm from South Carolina, so this magnolia card really gives me the southern feels.  :)  I paired it with a gorgeous fussy cut deer.  Find the deer image HERE.  Find the vintage magnolia image HERE.  I used my photo storage software (Google Photos) to edit the image and intensify the colors/contrast.  Here is my version.  Right click to open in a new window to save.

 

I used lots of scrap Tim Holtz papers from years gone by for the backgrounds.  I enjoyed using this deer illustration, which I cut as a tag.  I also fussy cut THIS vintage holly postcard from The Old Design Shop.  This blog is a great resource, but it takes time to hunt through.  I recommend pinning each page's graphic to a Pinterest board so you can find it easier later.  HERE's my printable Pinterest board.

I love a good reindeer image for Christmas!  This one was a free Graphics Fairy download with lots of other great deer images on the post HERE.  I love to pair non-Christmas vintage postcard images, labels and postage with my more Christmassy images to make my collection work harder for me.  It takes time to collect images and to prepare your files and cut the printouts, but I love how I can customize my finished work with them!

Finally, my favorite card from this batch features a stunning red bird, the Pompadour Chatterer.  You can find him HERE.  And below is my edited version.  And the gorgeous Rowan berry image is another The Old Design Shop freebie found HERE.  I use recycled cardboard boxes to build up layers in my collages for sturdy finished work.  This year I went to prescored card blanks because I found making 5x7 cards was a big waste of cardstock.  I got two sets with matching envelopes on Amazon HERE.  I hope these gorgeous images will set your ideas a spinning and wish you a very merry Christmas crafting season.  Hugs, Autumn

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Tim Holtz Farmhouse Aqua Pumpkins & Free Printable Fall Sentiments

 

Hi everyone!  I'm in full on fall cardmaking mode and I'm back to share a farmhouse inspired fall card made with the new Tim Holtz Pumpkin Patch Colorize dies and a fun freebie: a printable fall sentiment sheet.  Now, I'm not into Halloween, but I bought these dies because the base shape is such a great pumpkin image and I knew I could add my own dimensional touches.  

Sizzix - Tim Holtz - Thinlits Dies - Pumpkin Patch Colorize
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I coated each chipboard die cut pumpkin with a thick layer of crackle paste and used my awl to scribe ridges into the wet paste.  I let it crackle, then painted over it with Broken China Distress Paint, using a baby wipe to remove color in the middle to create highlights.  Then I sprayed them with Evergreen Bough Distress Oxide Spray, again blotting the centers.  Then I went over the ridges with watery Ground Espresso Stain Distress Ink, wiping away excess color, but letting it soak into the ridges.  I stained the stalks with more Ground Espresso.  I'm trying to work through my 5" stack of fall backgrounds I've made over the years, so I pulled one made with the Lumber 3D embossing folder.  It had layers of crackle paste and Distress Inks.  

 

I always have a hard time coming up with appropriate sentiments for my fall cards from the Tim Holtz products I have.  I almost always turn to old faithful, the Shadow Script #2 set, or more specifically the "thanks" die.  And then I've repeatedly wanted coordinating phrases to build on the thanks sentiment, and more specifically them to be brown to coordinate with my fall designs.  So I finally created a printable sheet of my own and am happy to share it with you.  These are similar to the Small Talk sentiment stickers.  I've added two sizes in black, brown and white so you can find one that fits just right into your designs and cutout lines to help guide you.  You can download the PDF HERE.  I layered the die cut thanks over a the Funky Wreath die and added a sentiment snippet from the free printable. I've shared loads of other freebies over the years so click HERE to see them all.

To finish the design, I dyed a variety of cuts from the Funky Foliage dies with Distress Inks in Weathered Wood, Ground Espresso, Antique Linen, Frayed Burlap and Tea Stain.  I layered them along the base of the pumpkins.  This was such a fun card to assemble and I hope it makes you smile today! 

If you're looking for more autumn Tim Holtz cardmaking inspiration, make sure to check out THIS post, where I shared another aqua pumpkin card.

  

And a more recent post featuring several cards with the Leaf Fragments dies, which you can find HERE.   

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How to Make a Junk Journal from Digital Paper Prints

 

Hi everyone!  I'm excited to share a new type of tutorial with you today on using printed papers to make a junk journal.  I know many of us have seen beautiful printable JJ kits on the market, but don't know exactly how to transform the prints into a completed journal.  I hope this tutorial will help give you that confidence!  Please Pin this post and share to help support me making future videos. 

The joy of making your own journal in your own style with all of your favorite elements is immense, and if I may say it is quite addictive.  In this video you will see how easy it is to transform printed copy paper pages into a beautiful, vintage style book, which you can use as a journal, a photo album or simply admire as an art book. A few added pieces of authentic ephemera, such as feathers, wine labels, postage and vintage cards really elevate the printed book. 

I've used various free printables from my library of resources on my Pinterest board HERE, along with a couple of purchased items from Etsy.  The owls are mostly from PrintablesByMartiJo and can be purchased HERE.  They were my big splurge for a whopping $1.99.  My other main purchase was the handmade paper, which was $19.99 on Amazon, and I only used four sheets out of 50, leaving plenty for other books. 

 

I've included a photo of every page at the end of the video, but here are a few favorites.

And here is the video with all of the details on assembly, staining and a flip through of each spread.  I hope you enjoy it!  Hugs, Autumn

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Free Printable Vintage Americana Ephemera Image Downloads

 

Hi friends!  A very happy Fourth of July weekend to you all.  First let me say, that like all Blogger users, I am having to transition my email subscribers to a new service.  Please be on the lookout for posts from me now coming from Follow.It.  I'm sad that blogging seems to be pushed out, but truly hope that you will subscribe and continue to visit.  To subscribe, make sure to click to view my full site (not the mobile version).  This option is at the bottom of the page on a mobile view.  The look in my right hand toolbar for the widget to enter your email address.  If you previously followed, you will automatically be transferred to the new service. 

I'm super excited today because I've recently scored a batch of amazing vintage ephemera and have turned it into two free printable collage sheets for your artsy pleasure.  There are lots of tickets, milk caps and labels that I hope you will enjoy.  Both files are PDFs that you can download from my Google drive following the links below.  I use my printable images to fill my bullet journal, which I use for a written diary.  The page above was made by altering a PaperArtsy postcard that comes with every order.  I added stamping, used postage stamps, washi and printable ephemera.  The page below is more of the same, with some stamped Darkroom Door faux washi tape.  I shared a video tutorial on my Instagram page @LetterPaperPen. 

And here's an update with a spread I created with these collage images.

If you like this style of collage, I do hope you'll follow along with my journal journey through my dedicated IG page.  Click the image to follow.  I hope you'll enjoy the freebies and take time to subscribe.  Happy weekend!  Autumn

 

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Free Vintage Alphabet Printables and December Daily Part 3

 

(I completely forgot to publish this post somehow, but here goes...)  

Hello friends!  I'm back with Part Three of my December Daily.  In case you missed it, HERE is a link to Part One and HERE is a link to Part Two.  I have to say, this was a very daunting project for me.  Just like you, December is very busy for me!  I've started DD in the past and never kept up with it, but this year I really wanted to savor the time with my family and seek out opportunities to make memories.  And I actually journaled until January 1! To celebrate, I have another free printable download for you, this set of Vintage Alphabets you can download as a photo HERE or as a PDF file HERE. 

 

 

I used tons of printables from my saved Pinterest board HERE.  Some of them I printed onto sheets of printable adhesive washi paper.  It's my new favorite thing!  The trick (for Americans) is to set your paper size to A4 on both your document to print AND the printer.

And of course, I used lots more printed vellum.  I printed loads of the ephemera from the Antiquity Add On Kit by Junk With Steph on Etsy.

For this page I was in a hurry and used stickers from the Antiquarian Sticker Book.  This book is so very cool for collage lovers!

I love adding window pages.  I strengthen them with a washi tape surround.

 

I love the hidden pockets and flaps to reveal more personal things, like holiday photos.  Here of my girl on her 21st birthday brunch.  <3

My New Year's Eve spread was probably my favorite, using a free printable Audubon plate from the (John James) Audubon Society's website.

And this one with journaling about my craft days with my mom over break. 

My finished cover!  I didn't let myself use my new wax seal kit until my December Daily was complete and my reward was to add a seal to the cover. 

Even though I print my images onto thin copy paper, there is some girth to my traveler's journal insert, so I found this gorgeous vintage velvet ribbon to add as a closure to my cover.  I hope you've enjoyed these pages and are inspired to do some journaling of your own.  Hugs, Autumn