Heather's Paper Playroom

  I had some fun experimenting with Guilding Wax for the Journal Together October monthly prompt last year. I used  the Journal Romance Special kit from Elizabeth Craft Designs for this project. I started by cutting the nesting rectangles from the Coffee Dyed  papers   & some brown cardstock. I rubbed some guilding wax around the edges with my fingers. I cut the lock and key out of bazzil cardstock so I could use the textured side to see how the guilding wax would look on it. I rubbed the guilding wax over the entire front of the die cuts.  I love how it turned out! It gives such a neat texture. I also rubbed some guilding wax onto a piece of white cardstock to create a matching paper! I cut out two of the pocket pieces and used the matching die to create the openings.  Again, I used my guilding wax on the edges and around the openings.  I used the guilding wax paper behind the openings in the pockets.   I decided to also cut out a flower and ...

 Hi everyone! Today I’m sharing an alternate way to create a fold out element in my art journal. I recently shared similar but different instructions to make this on the ECD blog. This time, I started by partially cutting out my paper using the pocket die from set 2211 Shielded Window. The key was to make sure that my die cutting plate was not over the end of the die as you can see in the photo below. This resulted in a partially cut out piece. I trimmed off the loose pieces with my scissors.  My next step was to line up the die with half of the previous cut and tape it down with washi.  Make sure to line up those little notches.  Place this back in your die cutting machine ensuring that the previously cut end is not under your plate, as shown below.  This will create a 3 section piece and I cut two of these.  Trim off the flaps on the top and bottom leaving the notches in place.  Attach the two pieces together using the side tab and decorate as desire...

 Hi everyone, I’m finally back to share a FANTASTIC new Art journal special kit with you. When I received this kit I knew it would be perfect for all my Journal Together monthly prompts.   I started by cutting out all of the pages using the Coffee Dyed papers. To do this you will want to fold your paper in half and then carefully align the die with the score line along the edge of the fold. *TIP* place your die on a slight angle as you run it through your machine. It helps those edges to cut better.  Once all of your pages are cut out then you will need to cut out the hinge pieces. I inked the edges of all my pages and hinges before assembling. Add strong double sided tape to the hinges and attach one to each page.  Peel back one edge of your tape and carefully line up one page on top of the next. I was careful to make sure that all my pages were facing the same direction. This is not a requirement but for this project I wanted it that way. Once your pages are lined ...

 I’m back again with another page in my Day Trip journal.  For this 8th page, I cut out the film strips using the 2159 Remember die set.  I added some black cardstock behind the edges of the film strips and then my photos.  I used a fancy circle die from the 2163 Journal Sleeves Fillers 1 set and inked it with some grey ink to tone down the brightness.  I added some cheese cloth behind the photos and a simple dies cut word for the title.  You can see a quick process video below.  Thanks for stopping by and have yourself a  FANTASTIC  day!

    I’m here to share  another page in my Race Day Art Journal with you. For this page I stamped images from set CS363 Passport Stamps all over my base pages in second generation. If you don’t know, that means that after I fully inked my stamp, I stamped off on a scrap of paper and then stamped on my page. This gives you a lighter coloured image.  I cut my photos and mats using the 2163 Journal Sleeves Fillers 1 set. The journal spot comes from CS361 Around the World.  I tucked the small film strip from set 2159 Remember under both photos. I created the title using a stencil from Journal Stencils 4 and a stamp from CS365 Journal Phrases.  You can follow along with my very short process video below.  Thank you for stopping by and have yourself a WONDERFUL day!

  I have  another page in my Race Day Art Journal to share with you.  This time I added some bright green to mix with the browns   I used some opaque texture paste mixed with some acrylic colour and applied it through a stencil for a fun background texture.  I cut out my photos and mats using the Page Filler dies. Those dies are so fun for creating shaped photos! I added splattered gloss spray in the same colour as my cardstock die cuts. I also stamped some sentiments and die cut them out.  You can see all the details in the short process video below.  I used the following Elizabeth Craft Designs products which can be found in your local craft store or in the ECD website.  2163 Journal Sleeves Fillers 1 2159 Remember Journal Stencils 4 CS365 Travel Phrases Coffee Dyed Paper Thanks for stopping by and have yourself a wonderful day.  

  Hi again. Today I’m sharing my ATC’s for the Elizabeth Craft Designs July ATC prompt. The prompt this month is “circles”. I started out by cutting the cards from the Abandoned Papers collection using the stitched ATC die from the original ATC Specials Kit.  My next step was to run them through a couple of embossing folders I had in my stash. Each one has a different circle pattern.  Next, I used my brayer to apply some die ink to the embossed circles.  Once the embossed circles were coloured I used the same ink to edge distress each card.  I used the same ATC Specials kit to cut out bases for my cards using brown cardstock that coordinates nicely with my patterned paper.  I ink distressed the edges of the bases with my light brown ink and stamped the back with the coordinating stamp from the ATC Specials kit.  I attached the cards to the bases.  I pulled out the hot air balloon stamp from set CS361 Around the World. First I mounted it to my bloc...