DT Project #2 by Claire - featuring JillyBean Soup

Hello Everyone

Claire here - back again today to share a Valentine's Day card I created using the JillyBean Soup Heart Healthy Red Bean Soup collection:

 I created the kraft tag by stamping the sentiment using Perfect Medium and embossing with the Wow Bright White embossing powder from the kit.  I then stamped the line of birds and the little hearts from the same stamp set using Versafine Satin Red ink - also from the kit.  I inked around the edges of the tag using Vintage Photo Distress ink.   To complete the tag I added the lace to the top and layered with a golden button (which was previously cream - I coloured it with Treasure Gold wax) and tied with some twine.

I then cut a piece of red card to fit a DL kraft card blank.  I cut a piece of the arrow designer paper to size, distressed the edges with the Tim Holtz distressing tool then inked around the paper again using Vintage Photo Distress Ink.

 To finish off I added the tag to the card using foam tape.

I have one more project to share with you using this Jilly Bean Soup collection - see you again soon!

Claire xx

DT Project #1 by Claire - featuring JillyBean Soup

Hi Everyone!

Claire here this week to share my DT makes using the JillyBean Soup: Heart Healthy Red Bean Soup Collection.

For my first project I chose to alter the papier mache hanging heart that came with the kit - I wanted a very vintage, muted kind of look:

I chose to alter my heart using Paperartsy Fresco Finish Acrylic paints - firstly I gave it a good base coat of Irish Cream Fresco.  Next I wanted to add some texture so I used a stencil by SplodgeAway and spread Grunge Paste through sections of it.  I also spread the Grunge Paste around the sides of the heart and texturised it using my palette knife.

Once the Grunge Paste was dry I went over the whole heart again with Irish Cream Fresco, I then started blending in Mocha Mousse, Toffee, Cinnamon and French Roast - adding some of the paint and then blending it back using a damp baby wipe.

Next I stamped the sentiment from the stamp set using Potting Soil Archival ink onto tissue paper and dried with my heat tool.  I added the stamped tissue paper to the heart using Claudine Hellmuth's matte multi medium.  I blended the edges of the tissue into the heart by adding a little bit more paint.

For the back of the heart I stamped onto tissue paper again - this time I stamped the heart balloon, masked and then stamped the word 'love' again using the Potting Soil Archival ink. 

To finish off my heart I swirled Treasure Gold gilding wax in Renaissance over the Grunge Paste on the front of the heart and smudged it around the sides with my finger.  

So there it is - my first project this week using this lovely kit!

I'll be back again later in the week with some more traditionally Valentine's Day coloured projects!

See you soon,
Claire xx

DT Project #2 by Minxy, Featuring:

JillyBean Soup: Heart Healthy Red Bean Soup Collection

Hay Snazzy Gang

So i'm guessing you're all back today to find out "what's in the tin"

It is of course a little mini book

I started by cutting 4 circles of mountboard and covering each piece back and front with the various Jellybean Soup Papers. I dyed some lace with distress stain for the closure, and stuck this 2 the front and back page before the papers. {i made a shallow channel in the mountboard so the lace would not be raised under the paper.}

I then cut out 6 of the elements from the bite size bits sheet, and added 1 to each page.

I used all the clear stamps from the kit to accent each page, along with some of the stickers and some shapes cut from the backing papers.

I used the largest of the stamps to finish the last page.

I punched 3 holes into each page and bound with twine.

So... Thats me done for another rotation, I hope you have enjoyed my little book in a tin project, Don't forget there is still plenty of inspiration to come from my fellow teamies, starting with Claire on Monday.

I'll see you again in Feb

Till next time, Stay Inky

DT Project #1 by Minxy, featuring:

JillyBean Soup: Heart Healthy Red Bean Soup Collection

Hay Snazzy Gang.

I have 2 projects to share this week for you, The first of which was rescued from my local charity shop.

I came across this cool round tin and just knew I wanted to give it a makeover.

To start I cut 2 circles, 1 for the top and one the bottom from the red bell pepper sheet, Luckily the tin was just under the 6x6 size.

Next I diecut a couple of paper roses from the back of the bite size bits sheet, which was normal paper as opposed to the kraft card the rest of the papers were made from and therefore harder to mold into a rose shape. I inked round the edges with vintage photo distress ink, and added a couple of the heart pins from the kit and a couple of little love notes which I stamped using the clear stamp set {also from the kit} onto plain kraft card using the satin red versafine ink.

The bite size bits sheet is made up of 12  3x4 segments, I used one of these segments to stamp and cut out the word love as the focus to my box lid.

I stamped a few of the balloons from the clear stamp set in the red versafine ink onto the red sherry sheet, I found it gave a sort of resist effect which I liked. I cut them out and the used the tail stamp to finish off the balloons. I also cut a couple of the little birds from the scraps of the base paper to 3D a couple of them up.

And voila.. 1 complete made over tin. Simples but effective.

I will be back on thursday with my 2nd offering, A little hint.. it fits inside the tin!

Till then, Stay Inky

Jillybean Soup Project #2 - (Very) Quick Cards

The Jillybean Heart Healthy Red Bean Soup collection includes a set of clear stamps which have some good clean, bold, modern images so, being a tad overloaded with workshops this week, I set myself a challenge to make six clean and simple cards in an hour.

The kit included WOW's Bright White embossing powder which is great on Kraft card and I also used their Red Apple and clear powders with Tsukineko's Versafine in Satin Red (from the kit) and Onyx Black plus their Vesamark clear pad. Then I simply mixed and matched the various stamps, powders and inks to create these.....

The 365 days of the year stamp could have been masked to create the multiple coloured effect, but I am a bit too lazy for that so I simply cut the stamp itself up to make the task quicker - as long as you don't trim the cut pieces then it is easy to reassemble the whole thing on your acrylic block and maintain the original spacing when you stamp full image.

The whole process took 75 minutes rather than the planned 60 but I ended up with six simple, and I think, quite stylish cards with no masking or any fiddly techniques.

Thanks for stopping by, I will be back tomorrow with a simple Valentines layout.

Take care
Val xx