DIY - Washi Tape In case you missed it on OTR

Last month I kicked the tires on making your own enamel dots.

I loved doing that and decided that maybe I'd

test drive making your own washi tape.

Again - there are a bunch of tutorials out there and I thought I'd narrow it down.

You'll need parchment paper and I used a 1 inch roll of masking tape.

I did  pick out some paints and stamps and then decided to change things up a bit.

 Lay out strips on your parchment paper - which allows you to remove

the finished product without losing the sticky.

 I used a craft smart mustard yellow enamel paint and slapped it on the tape end-to-end.

 The next I wanted to try a Ranger dauber - green - but all it says on the label is earthtones.

 I also tried an ink pad - that has chalk in it.

  It does take the chalk ink a bit longer to dry.

 And depending how much color you want you have to dab a few extra times.

 Since there was a lot going on I decided that StazOn ink would be best.

 I'm not the greatest stamper in the world - but I really liked the outcome on each.

 I liked the swirly texture from the dauber and used another chalk ink-Studio G 

to stamp the adorable "prima looking" flower stamp from Studio G.

 So far so good.

 Went back to StazOn because I wasn't sure of chalk ink on chalk in.

And the stamp is from Creative Cafe. A total blast from the past.

 And wa-la used the heat gun to get them dry and left them under the lamp for good measure.

As you can see the "washi" tape lifts right up.

 I used pincher clothes pins to wrap the "washi" around.

You are good to go as long as the front and back don't meet. 

So wrap the first little bit around one of the pins.

 From there you can wrap around both pins and it won't hurt the "washi"

doing that. It pulls off rather nicely and rips off easy.

There you have it - 3 varieties of "washi" of which I used one for a page.

Guess?

 The green worked out so perfect on this page.

Blending in nicely with the watercolors and embellishments.

 Used it in 3 places and love how it turned out.

 Can't see much of the flower but it works.

The finished product.

I'm not concerned about the tape per se, as I kept it from the photo.

Also I really don't get overly concerned anymore about items not acid and lingen free.

I found a scrapbook my mom made back in high school with

all the things they tell you NOT to use - and after 60 years it was practically

pristine. It was kept in a cedar lined chest for some time but,

I have been a rebel for about 12 years and never had issues with using

shall we say, non sanctioned scrapbook supplies.

Paper Studio, Kaiser Craft and Bo bunny papers.

#scrapbooking

Check out my tutorial at Off the Rails Scrapbooking!

What do pony beads and ovens have in common....

Check out my tutorial on homemade enamel dots.

Check out my sort of tutorial on OTR

This tutorial is about vellum, diecuts and microbeads- oh my.

Its happening at Off the Rails Scrapbooking.

Handmade tag

And what to do with your handmade tag

once you make one.

Check out my tutorial at off the rails scrapbooking.
Which is on deck (time zones arrghhh).....
for tomorrow. 

Layers and Layers and Layers oh my...

Thanks!!!
Anyhoo have a great weekend......

And in a totally unrelated way ......

Check out my tutorial at Off the Rails Scrapbooking!!! Its actually up now on OTR...

What does a lousy photo and a sketch or two

WITH some flags/banners

have in common???

Head on over to Off the Rails Scrapbooking and

read all about it!!!

JUST SAYIN...

It appears I need a visual aid for time zones.
My bad. :|

3 weeks - (a tutorial sortof)

That was inspired by Wilna - over at 2 peas who does videos for In the mood.

She uses a mood board. I didn't do that.

What I did do was watch this video.

And she poured out some gesso and rolled it around on the paper 

with a rolling stamp.

It didn't look like this.

 However, once I started putting some papers and layers

it wasn't looking so bad. And I managed to smear

enough around to where you could even see it

once the papers were on.

 So again, set this up with no photos in mind.

 Do you remember Pages by Design? It came out

a number of years ago and has every single size

template in every shape you can think of.

And you design a page using the templates.

 I kinda like it for getting an idea of something different 

to do or try without actually comitting to the shape

until I want to.

It's also good to use the photo sizes for getting an idea of what size

will fit where and how many - in case you get carried away.

 Some of the templates are missing- hence the pieces of paper

and they do work nicely too. So if you don't have templates

cut paper shapes and note the size on them.

And there you have it! 

I'm a bit concerned about the "trapped" space on

the tag - it could just be me so let me know your thoughts.

But overall I'm seriously pleased with the page.

It was an easy one to put together and picked up some

of the journaling from my blog post here.

I cannot tell you how many blog posts ended up as a scrapbook

page and it made the entire process so easy- 

especially the journaling since it was already done.

Here's a challenge: scrap a blog post and try using templates in

putting your page together!