Guest designing for Sweet Stamp Shop

Hey everyone, I was so excited to be able to help Sweet Stamp Shop out with their release this month.  Today I'm being featured over at the Sweet Stamp Shop blog with a few more projects I created with this month's release.

I've got three projects to share with you today.

First a layout using the Calendar stamp set.



These photos are from several years ago when I took Ellie home to attend a friend's wedding.  We snapped these shots just before we left.  Ellie wasn't being cooperative with the photos, so I suggested that she and my mom clap, which worked a little better.

I used the Calendar stamp set to create my own patterned paper for this layout.  It's a pretty busy pattern, so I added a layer of vellum on the right hand side where the pictures were going to soften it a bit.  I love that I was able to highlight the month that I was scrapping with that wood veneer arrow (I added some black ink to it).  Some Studio Calico kraft heart stickers and SRM border stitch stickers finished the layout off.



My next two projects are cards that I created using Chalkboard Sign.

This first one also includes stamps from the Perfect Match set.



It doesn't come across that clearly in the photo, but added some pink/red highlights by using a Faber-Castell big brush pen.  After the initial stamping, I went over the selected portions with the pen, then stamped over top to give it that subtle color.



The frame for my chalkboard is a multi-step rather long process, but I think the results are worth it.

1) Cut the frame first (this one is 1/4" thick).
2) Use an embossing stylus and scoreboard to add the mitred corners on the backside of the frame.
3) On the right side of the frame, on a regular surface, use the stylus to score lines along the sides of the frame, lots of lines. 
4) Sand down the frame to reveal the lines/texture.
5) Add color back to the frame using a sponge/sponge dauber.

And finally another another CAS card.



For this card I created a small chalkboard sign that I could 'hang' on the card. The frame was created the same way as on the previous card, but I changed up the chalkboard technique a little bit.  After the initial stamping, Iused a Faber-Castell Stamper's Big White Pen to add some accents to the stamped imaged,  Then I stamped over top of that and added the smudging.  This is a good alternative to embossing if you want a bolder/whiter look but don't want to fiddle with embossing.

Thanks so much to Nicole for inviting me to design for Sweet Stamp Shop this month.  It was so much fun and I had a GREAT time!

Supplies Used

Layout
Paper/Cardstock:  CTMH - Black and Colonial White Cardstock; Recollections - Vellum
Stamps:  Sweet Stamp Shop - Calendar
Ink:  CTMH - Desert Sand and Black; Distress Inks:  Antique Linen and Vintage Photo
Other:  SRM - Border Stickers; Freckled Fawn - Wood Veneer Arrows; Studio Calico - Kraft Heart stickers; Pigma - Black Micron Pen; Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher; Tombow - Mono Adhesive; Doodlebug - Tiny Alpha Stickers; American Crafts - American Crafts - Black Amy Tangerine Sketchbook Journal Foam Thickers

Card 1
Paper/Cardstock:  CTMH - White Daisy, Black, and Cocoa Cardstock
Stamps:  Sweet Stamp Shop - Chalkboard Sign and Perfect Match
Ink:  CTMH - White Daisy and Chocolate
Other:  Faber-Castell - Red Stamper's Big Brush Pen; Embossing Stylus; Tombow - Mono Adhesive

Card 2
Paper/Cardstock:  CTMH - White Daisy, Black, and Cocoa Cardstock; MME - On the Bright Side One 6x6 pad
Stamps:  Sweet Stamp Shop - Chalkboard Sign
Ink:  CTMH - White Daisy and Chocolate
Other:  CTMH - Antiqued Copper brad, Dimensional Foam Tape; The Twinery - Maraschino Twine; Faber-Castell - Stamper's Big White Pen;Tombow Mono Adhesive