Home Sweet Home

I'm thrilled to share that I am part of the Basically Bare Design Team.  The Basically Bare Shop contains a variety of mini-albums, albums, chipboard embellishments and tags.  They all have various types surfaces such as acetate, corrugated cardboard, chipboard, canvas and more.

I am sharing my first mini-album today on the Basically Bare Blog today featuring the Rowdy Roadster Album.

The cover is a lovely acetate which I envisioned in the shape of a house.

The second page is the half circle of corrugated cardboard which I covered in some pretty paper and created a heart focal point with The Artistic Outpost in the center.

Then there is a fun white envelope which I used Darkroom Door stamps to add my images and the Memory Box stencil to add some texture.

Then back to a square cardboard page which I used some beautiful papers  and more images from Darkroom Door and a sentiment from Artistic Outpost.

The next page is cool clear tab.  I was playing with my paints and stamping a sentiment which is a little blurry in this photo but in real life it looks really pretty.

Finally the last page is a big cardboard tag.  I added more paper and layered some of the Darkroom Door photos along with a few other embellishments.

The closed album looks like this: 

Products: Basically Bare - Rowdy Roadster, Happy Little Houses, Darkroom Door - Home Sweet Home, Artistic Outpost - The Outpost, DarkRoom Door - Montage - Love Letters, Prima Flowers, Idea-Ology - Remnant Rub-ons,  Paint- White, Pink, Memory Box Stencil, Wendy Vecchi - White Embossing Paste, Idea-Ology - Chit Chat, Verses Rubber Stamps, Darkroom Door - Henry and Harriet,  Darkroom Door - Eclectic Key

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz

Home

Much of my extended family lives in Wisconsin.   As a child we would go to visit my grandparents and we would be driving through miles and miles of farmland.  I loved and still love to see the old farmhouses, silos and the occasional windmill. 

The new Darkroom Door Windmill stamp brings back all those memories. I couldn't wait to ink it up and create a few projects.

I have been seeing some beautiful paintings  on pinterest all created using Alcohol Inks.  I thought I would try that to create my background for the Windmill.

Steps for the background:

1. Drip 3 drops of black alcohol ink on felt applicator.  Add 2 drops of alcohol blending solution. 
2. Smear the black ink along the bottom half of the glossy cardstock. 
3. Drip 3 drips of rust alcohol ink on felt applicator. Add 2 drops of alcohol blending solution. 
4. Dab over black colored surface of glossy cardstock. 
5. Drip 3 drops of yellow alcohol ink on felt applicator.  Add 2 drops of alcohol blending solution. 
6. Smear yellow over top half of cardstock. Re-apply alcohol ink as needed to cover top half of glossy cardstock. 
7. Drip 3 drops of orange alcohol ink on felt applicator. Add 2 drops of alcohol blending solution. 
8. Dab orange ink across yellow surface. Re-apply alcohol ink as needed. 
9. Repeat process mixing in caramel, yellow and orange until the background is as desired. 
10. Drip 3 drops of black alcohol ink on felt applicator. Add a few drops of alcohol blending solution. 
11. Dab over bottom half and along the line between the orange and black. 
12. Stamp weeds/flowers using Black StazOn along top of black. 
13. Stamp the Corrugated Iron over the background using  StazOn - Timber Brown. 
14. Stamp the word Home using StazOn on acetate. Attach with clip on the side. 
15. Stamp the sentiment along the left side using StazOn. 

For my card I used the same background but added a house in the front.

I added a house colored with a hint of golden brown to my scene on the card. I also stamped the windmill on acetate using StazOn.  I cut out the top and pop dotted to attach. I then added a brad to cover the pop dot.

Products: Darkroom Door - Home Sweet Home, Country Windmill,  Corrugated Iron,
Ranger Alcohol Inks - Caramel, Rust, Black, Yellow, Orange,  Raffia, Watercolor Pencil, Waterbrush, Alcohol blending solution, StazOn - Black, Timber Brown, Ranger Distress Ink Walnut Stain, Brads

Thanks for stopping by!


Suzz