Mini Tag Journal Using At Ground Level Stamp Set from Susan K. Weckesser

 Hello Folks!

I am thrilled to show you this fast and easy tag book I made this month.

I am still enjoying my new studio space.  It is a great place to create.  Many of my supplies and tools are right at my fingertips which makes creating easy and fun.

I started by stamping some shipping tags with 

Colorbox® Color Pop Premium Dye Ink by Susan K. Weckesser in Fresh.  For the first one I stamped directly on the tag.  For subsequent ones I stamped my acrylic block and then pressed my tag onto it.  I used a baby wipe to smear the color all over the tag before it dried (and to clean up my block).  Then I wadded up my tag and smoothed it out.

 Next, I used stamps from the At Ground Level set to stamp each tag. I added word stamps from the An Artful Ornament stamp set for one of the pages as well.

Then I just had fun by adding some extras with the Doodle Stencil, trims, and some more of the 

Colorbox® Color Pop Premium Dye Inks by Susan K. Weckesser. I used a tassel from my trims box and a piece of ribbon I removed from some flowers to loosely tie the tags together.

This would be such a fun project to do with your kids one afternoon.

I love shipping tags.  I buy them by the huge boxful from office supply stores.

I often tea dye them though I actually use coffee. I also dye them using dye and a ziploc bag.  I do them in large batches so they are ready to go when inspiration hits.

For this project I used:

Lace scraps

yarn scraps

 pieces of ribbons

Colorbox® Color Pop Premium Dye Inks by Susan K. Weckesser

At Ground Level Stamp Set

An Artful Ormanment Stamp Set

glue/adhesive

Scissors

Brooke Bock, member of the 2016 Susan K. Weckesser Design team.

Grandma's Needlepoint Bookmark Tags

Hello friends. Larissa here with some cute bookmark tags I made using

Grandma's Needlepoint Stamp Set. 

I used some precut tags I had in my stash and stamped each of the images and sentiments on the different tags with Colorbox Color Pop Archival Dye Ink by Susan K Weckesser. 

I colored in each image using Prismacolor Pencils blending the color with OMS.

I kept the tags flat and didn't add a bunch of bulk since I would be using them as bookmarks. I left them clean and simple. I really love this stamp set. Reminds me of cards I use to get from my grandparents when I was growing up.

I hope you enjoyed my post today. Have a wonderful crafty day friends.
 

Hope Art Journal Page With Color Pop Mini Inks

Hi all

I am back with another project for  the Susan K Weckesser team. 

I used the In Circle Me Set

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I created the background  by stamping the In Circle Me background stamp into the corner of the page and i then stamped the angel onto the page. Using the Sky Color Pop mini ink to paint the background and painted around the Angel. I colored the Angel in with Sparkle and Chocolate Color pop mini inks.

I used the Painted Sentiments Stamp Set to add the title and colored in the circles with Fresh and Ice color pop mini inks.

Thank you for visiting

HOME - decorative wood mirror

Hi!  This is Joyce Shaulis with my August project theme, Exploring Our Backyard.  I chose to create something with mountains as that is where I grew up, and now we live in the foothills, but get to view our beautiful Rocky Mountains every day.  Today, I will show you how to create this decorative wood mirror using the Susan K. Weckesser products.

 

 

With the blue scrapbook paper, use Mystery and Sky Color Pop Mini inks to stamp "Celebration of Simple" triangles.  Stamp three in Sky and two in Mystery.

 

 

 

With a small brush, paint snow caps with Titanium White paint.  Brush Primary Blue along right side of mountains.  Cut out the mountain shapes. 

 

 



 

Insert a scrap of cardstock onto the mirror to keep it paint free.  Mix Primary Blue and Titanium White to make a light blue color.  Paint frame front with the light blue mix, leaving the last fourth of the frame natural.  Now paint the bottom fourth with Sour Apple.  Paint sky area with Shrimp.  Dry brush Canary on top.  Dry brush light blue over the Shrimp and Canary.  Lightly dry brush the remaining blue area with Shrimp.

 

 

 

Stamp on white cardstock with Mystery, using LeMason house and houses from the Tumbleweed House set with two clouds.  Cut out the sun from Live In Color Tags sheet.  Color stamped images with markers and colors of choice.  Cut out images. 

 

 

 

Use the Primary Blue and a cosmetic sponge to add a scalloped border with the Doodle Stencil. 

Use Canary and dotted line with stencil to border the mirror.   Stencil or hand paint a fence in Titanium White,  Use the flowers from the Doodle Stencil with Shrimp and Canary in front of fence.  Paint stems and leaves with Sour Apple. 

 

 

 

Paint a thin border with Primary Blue around mirror.  With Titanium White and cosmetic sponge, use sequin waste to lightly stencil over the light blue area.  With an old paintbrush and Decou-Page, glue on all cut out images.  Refer to photo for placement.  Add painted butterflies with a small brush.  Stamp HOME down left side of mirror with Mystery and a letter stamp set. 

 

 

 

Paint all four sides with Shrimp.  Add stripes in Canary and Sour Apple.  Add detail lines with Primary Blue. 

 

 

 



 

 

Darken the suns rays with coral marker and add dots to sun.  With charcoal pencil, outline the houses, mountains, sun, clouds, and fence.  Smudge these areas with a Q-tip.  Also, outline the frame edges with the charcoal pencil and smudge.  Completely coat frame front and sides with Decou-page.  When dry, spray with Americana Acrylic Matte Sealer.  Remove cardstock from mirror front. 

 

 

 

I hope you enjoyed this project and would to see your version of "Exploring Our Backyard" using Susan K. Weckessers wonderful inks, stamps, and stencils.  

 

 

Susan K. Weckesser products:

     Mini POP inks in Mystery and Sky  https://clearsnap.com/

     Tumbleweed Houses,  LeMason house stamp, Celebration of Simple https://www.unitystampco.com/

     Doodle Stencil tcw stencils https://susanweckesser.com/shop/page/2/

     Live in Color Tags, scrapbook paper

 

Other Products:

     Americana multi-surface satin paints in Canary, Shrimp, Americana acrylics in Titanium White, Sour Apple, Primary Blue.  Americana acrylic spray matte finish, Decou-Page matte  https://decoart.com/

     Zig Memory System Pens  https://kuretakezig.us

     Linen Blue scrapbook paper  http://paperstudio.com

     white cardstock

     wood framed mirror (10" x 10")

     charcoal pencil

     brushes

     sequin waste

     fence stencil

     cosmetic sponge

    

Joyce Shaulis     Susan K. Weckesser Design Team Member



From Inside The Art Journal of Lynne Mizera

Hello Wonderful World and welcome to All Things Susan Weckesser!  Lynne here today with my August project for the Susan Weckesser creative team where this month we are challenging you to "Explore Your World With New Eyes" and to use your Art Journal to share your findings - this is what I created:

My project today is something a bit different from what I usually make because I am sharing with you a page from my personal Art Journal. 

Now Art Journals are many things to many people, but for me my Art Journal is the place I go to create without barriers, and where I remove all my "should's" and "have to's" and I just make stuff from my heart.  It is private, it is personal and I don't usually share...

but not only am I sharing these finished pages with you today here on the My Sweet Earth blog, but over on My Own Blog I am also sharing the physical and mental artistic process that I go through as I create from this very personal place.

I hope you enjoyed this little peek into my personal Art Journal today and I hope it inspires you to go out and "See Your World With New Eyes" and then to come back and create without boundaries something in your own art journal.

Scrapbook Lynne Mizera

for the Susan Weckesser Creative Team

Susan Weckesser Products used on this project:

Bouquet Card Stock

At Ground Level Unity Stamps

Autumn Grunge Unity Stamps

 

A Bunny & My Backyard

Our theme for August is "Exploring our backyard - Art Journal Fun". I have had a Large Dylusions Creative Journal for almost a year and have not started the first page. I was waiting for the perfect idea to hit me or an ink/paint,stamp to catch my eye - but it hadn't happened yet. And I will admit that I was bit afraid that I would start a page and ruin it !! Anyone else feel the same way when you get a new journal ?  SO this theme was the push that I needed to create a page. I quickly thought of Susan's Bunny Hugs stamp set because we have had 2 cute rabbits living in the yard the past few months. The are no longer even afraid of me; just move over when I pull out of the driveway or walk up the sidewalk onto the front porch.

Bunny Hugs Stamp set

 I turned the journal on its side to use a "landscape" orientation for my page. I placed colorful strips of Recollections Watercolor Washi tape across the page starting at the top. I used all 8 designs and it reached about halfway down the page. The bottom half of the page was created using Recollections Pink Shimmer and Green Shimmer Spray Inks and a top coat of Tattered Angels Pearl Glimmer Mist.

I made a sleeve out of an 8 1/2 by 11 inch piece of cardstock by placing it horizontally and scoring it across at 2 1/4 and 6 3/4 inches.  You then fold the bottom up first, then the top down. I decorated the top flap on the outside with a floral stamp from Journal Doodles with a Heart. All images were stamped using Colorbox Color Pop Archival Dye Ink in Mystery. I cut a square of Color Burst paper and mounted the fussy-cut bunny from Bunny Hugs stamp set   on the square behind a doily and a few strips of glitter washi. The bunny was colored with Tim Holtz Distress markers and Stabilo Fineliners. You can adhere the top flap to the bottom flap and slide a note,pictures etc into the sleeve. Instead, I left it open and mounted the bunny square only to the top part of the flap so you can open the flap and look inside.

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I consider  the entire area that I love in to be my "backyard". Some call it Hampton Roads, others call it Tidewater. I cut out pictures of my "backyard" and adhered them inside the sleeve. They are pics of my actual yard, my new yard flag, the King Neptune statue at the Oceanfront in Virginia Beach, and a picture from The Sunset Grill in Norfolk and Brian ( my guy ) playing his guitar there on their deck. I also used a tag from the Live in Color paper from Susan's collection. It reflects what I do in my "backyard".. LIVE, LOVE & CREATE ...

Completed Journal Page

I hope you like my first attempt at an Art Journal page. I meet up with a great group of art journalers from time to time and can't wait to show this to them and get started on a few other pages !! Explore your own backyards and let them inspire you to get creative ....

Stamp sets used :

Bunny Hugs

Journal Doodles with a Heart

Debra Davison

Susan K Weckesser Creative Team

Backyard Bird {Art Journal}

I adore the flowers in Susan Weckesser's paper.  I knew that I wanted to create a backyard flower garden art journal page with them.  I have wonderful flowers and plants in my yard so this will always remind me of them.

Hope you enjoy this video!

Kim Rippere

Susan K. Weckesser Design Team Member