Stamps Ahead

 I am leaving a jet plane-----no I am leaving on a South Pacific cruise.  It is a scrapbook cruise with Unmistakeable Creations . One of the fun things to make are ATC's to swap and here are mine  We swap ATC's with each person (it is optional to participate) however I like to give one even if a person is not participating.   We do make them at little bigger than regular ATC's so that they fit into a pocket style page.  For mine I have used the following: a neutral kraft coloured cardstock. Edged with Distress Ink. torn corrugated card (mine came from a cut down delivery box). Edged with Distress Ink. tape I made with Distress inks and stocks (you will find this on the right-hand side of each ATC) tea dyed cheesecloth (was white but I dyed in a cup with hot water and about 5 tea bags, left for a while, removed and washed, then dried. 8 images from Darkroom Door and 3 images that have been in my stash for ages - sorry can't remember name, maybe Precious Mome...

This week I am departing on my scrapbooking cruise with Unmistakable Creations . We had been provided with a small mini canvas and easel to create a name tag.  We could use any technique and here is what I created. It will sit on our table in our conference room onboard. I wanted to try a something I had not done before, so off I went to internet to do some research and found Ranger Distress Glaze resist technique.  I must say I loved the result and I added a small cluster to top right so that I could incorporate my name and to cover up and area that I was not all that happy with. I used the following products: I sprayed the canvas with Dylusions Ink Sprays - Calypso Tea, Peony Blush, Vanilla Custard several times onto the canvas until I was happy with the result, drying in between and dabbing with a paper towel if too much water. Allow to dry. Note: I did not gesso the canvas beforehand. Next, I used Ranger Distress Glaze through a stencil in places on the canvas. I must conf...

I have found myself returning to clean and simple scrapbook layouts recently.  Here is a layout I created for my sister using some last remaining Kaisercraft Wandering Ivy collection items. She is off on holidays later in the year and she can add her own photos later. Blue is her favourite colour. Thank you for looking, Margaret  

I was fortunate that I had several overseas travel destinations in 2024.  I have lots of travel papers and embellishments in my stash - time to use up some of them.  I decided to make an accordion journal. It was so much fun to do.  I made the tie, earlier in the year, just right for this journal. Following are photos of the album. Front cover. Approximate size of album is 9.5cm square (3 3/4") A pocket holding tickets and pieces for adding journalling. This flip out will be for me to list the places I visited this year - South Pacific Cruise, another South Pacific Cruise that did not make it to South Pacific due to weather but did go to Airlie Beach and Cairns. I also visited friends in Missouri and Florida in USA.  Finally, I met up with my sister in London UK (she was also travelling) and together we had a car journey around UK, Scotland and Wales.  I put several photos my travel in this journal. This tag was a photo a sign in Florida when I was overwhelmed w...