Today, our June guest designer, Liz Qualman joins us on the blog...
It is a pleasure to be
invited to guest design at Crop Stop this month. I hope that I can
leave you with a few ideas and tips to incorporate into your own
projects with some of the supplies you can find at the awesome Crop Stop
store. I was definitely surprised at what they sent me and had to
think outside the box a little bit.
I
really enjoy creating these Life Documented Pages with many of the
Simple Stories collections. It just brings an element of efficiency to
scrapbooking that does not take away from the creativity. I'm not sure
that the pages take any less time than a one page layout, but I feel
like I can document an event more completely and more easily add
details, memorabilia and journaling.
Crop Stop sent me these really fun embossing folders from Couture
Creations, some Dylusions mist and Flower Soft products. It was a new adventure
for me since I am not one to buy embossing folders and I am scared of
anything that looks like glitter or has to dry. But now after trying
them out, I am hooked. All of the materials add some fun dimension and
texture to a paper craft project. Rather than build a project around
the products, I decided to incorporate them into what I love to do with
the Life Documented pages, so I added the products and techniques to
those.
It
was so fun to run the 3 x 4 Simple Stories I Heart Summer journal card
through the embossing folder. If you look at the close up, you can see
the beautiful vine pattern and how it gives the paper more dimension and
texture. I also added some of the white Flower Soft crystals to the
middle of the sun for some shimmer and texture. I have to tell you that
I very much dislike any form of glitter, but the Flower Soft products
do not stick to your skin and are easy to clean up. I did not have to
wear it around all day if you KWIM.
The
orange mist combined with the embossing folder also created a fun
effect.
Tip, be sure to add any relevant journaling before you emboss and then add mist and stickers after.
Tip, be sure to add any relevant journaling before you emboss and then add mist and stickers after.
I
look forward to sharing another project next week. Please let me know
if you have any questions. You can find me at my blog Liz Qualman Designs or at Simple Stories.
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1 comment:
Love how you used the embossing folder on your journaling tag!
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