Quick and Easy mini albums

Bon matin les filles, pour les infos, je vous invite au blog de :Scrap & Cie Qc
Hi Ladies, On the Scrap & Cie blog today, I talked about doing an easy mini-album with the help of the Simple Stories collections. Here is a quick preview of some of my pages, but if you want to see more, click on the link above. The pictures says it all.

Défi A Février-Scrap et Cie Qc

Bonjour les filles, pour ce défi A chez Scrap et Cie, nous vous proposons le défi suivant:   Utilisation d'un minimum de 5 étampes (tampons) différentes sur votre création.

Formats acceptés : page 12x12 ou 8x11, création mixed media   Voici ma page pour ce défi:

  Une petite page souvenir de notre visite a Disney en 2011...

Art Jounal Fun - Scrap et Cie Qc

Un nouveau Joujou... des crayons encre de Derwent. Pour la chronique en français, je vous invite d'aller faire un tour sur le site de Scrap et Cie Qc   A new toy, my Ink crayons by Derwent. The inktense crayons are really fun to play with, I Love the intenstity of the colors.   The Inktense pencils come in a variety of kit sizes or you can buy them individually. There are 72 colors in total.  

  To start, I gessoed my page, then with my crayon, I drew a patern. You make the lines fairly thick to ensure you have enough ink on your page. They feel like regular crayons, but once diluted they become ink and not watercolor.  

  Once your drawing is done, you take a wet paint brush and start pulling the ink from outside toward the Inside. You get a nice color wash effect. Once dry, the colour is permanent and can be worked over with other media.  I did find that on a gesso finish, if i added more water, it reactivated the ink. I would recommend avoiding adding extra water if you want to keep the product at the finish you desire. Also, note that the colors can be mixed or blended together like watercolors.  

I found that it was hard to doodle with my white Uni-ball Signo pen on this page. This was a surprise since the page is supposed to be dried ink, so I was not expecting this to not work well. My black Martha Stewart Calligraphy pen pigment ink worked perfectly, so I decided to doodle with that pen and also add my journaling.

 

Once my doodling was completed, I wanted to add dimension and shine. I used my pearl pens to add dimention dots and Distress Glitter with glossy accents to add some shiny outlines to my turquoise lines. I finished by added some white to my lettering with my Uni-Ball Signo pen. On the black Ink, my white pen worked perfectly.

I added some touches of white gesso at the end and I was really pleased to see that it did not reactivate the ink even though gesso is waterbased. This confirms that you can add-on any new medium to this background.  Here is the finished result:

 

 

As with all water-soluble pencils, you can put a wet brush onto an Inktense pencil  to pick up some ink and then brush this onto paper. It works very well when you want to add highlights to a project or if you want to color a stamped image.
 

Coup de Coeurs Scrap et Cie Qc 2013

    Une petite chronique pour vous ce matin sur le blog de Scrap et Cie. Veuilles suivre le lien ici-bas:   Mes coup de cœurs  

 

Sketch inspirants Scrap & Cie Qc

    Ce n'est pas sorcier, il n'y a rien de mieux qu'un croquis pour briser le symptôme de la page blanche. Ce matin je vous propose plein de sites qui offrent de magnifiques croquis. Un petit tour via le lien ici-bas:   There is nothing better than a sketch to break out of a creative slump. On Scrap & Cie I am proposing different site that can help you with creating fabulous pages, just follow the link below:   Inspiration Croquis / Sketchs  

 

Recycling- Le recyclage - Scrap et Cie

    Bon matin, je vous propose de faire un peu de recyclage sur vos pages de Scrapbooking ce matin sur le site de Scrap & Cie Qc. Allez faire un tour pour plus d'information sur le site via le lien ici-bas:   Hi fellow bloggers, this morning I am suggesting that you recycle your old Christmas cards and use them on your Christmas layouts.  Have a look on the Scrap & Cie blog, the link is included below:   Recyclage / Recycling  

 

 



Mini Scraproom- Scrap & Cie Qc

    Thinking you don't have enough space for a craftroom? Well I've found a few craftrooms that are totally devine even tiny one, have a look via the link below of how a few crafty ladies have created a wonderful crafts space.   Small Craftrooms-Petite Salles   Vous êtes en manque d'inspiration pour vous créer un petit coin de Scrap, je vous invite de visiter ma chronique via le lien ici-haut.