studio Julia K: stamping

It's here! The new year! Time to get organized after the holidays, honesty I had totalt forgotten what day today is, good i checked because I have school tomorrow...

I like to do my insert per month and I have found that I like to have a month on a spread, then a week on a spread and the rest of the book for som memory-keeping or scrapbooking. This year I will do more scrapbooking in my monthly inserts instead of 12x12. Let's see how the goes but for now, that is the plan.

I started with the colors, inspired by a super cute sticker sheet from Ninja Washi on Etzy.

The stamps I used in this insert are:
Amy Tan Roller Better Togeher
Papier Projekt Elchendorff
Paper Projekt Rilke stamp set

-Last I sheared a post about my reading-insert, where I document what books I've read and what I thought of them.

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I love to read, and I do it quite allot. Do i remember all the books I've read. No way. So why not have a proper book-book? Here I used a insert and two stamp sets that are just perfect!

For the letters I used the Papier Projekt "Rilke" stampset

and the book stamps are from Pink Fresh Studio "Bibliophile"

Now I may remember more of the books I'll read, or at least know where to look for them...

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What better way to cheer up a dark and cold Monday than a package of happy mail?!

I placed this order at Scrapbook.com last Thursday and got it yesterday! What?! That is what I call super shipping!

I finally got the stamp and die tab set from Clearly Kelly!!
Than some how I also ended up with 2 ink pads and 2 stickles...
Umbrella Ruby Red
Umbrella White
Stickles Silver
Stickles Black Diamond

I just couldn't wait to play with this set and in-between reading I die-cuted and stamped these tabes.

I used just white cardstock and my new "Ruby Red" ink and I really love how it turned out!! The ink is really pretty and the dies are perfect! The only this is that the stamps are a bit trick to line up...

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These are two of the first stamps I bought when starting scrapbooking. Feeling a bit nostalgic, remembering the the excitement of starting a new hobby I had to do something with these two! The super cute cat-stamp is call "cat o' lantern" by Penny Black 2001 and the "halloween" is from Kortmakaren.

To color these oldies I ventured out and tried something new, alcohol markers! I had picked up a few called "Le Plume" and I really liked how it came out! I soon realized that the more colors you have the better look you'll get but with the few I had, I'm really happy!

The card itself is really simple, that colored image is punched with a 2" circle, layered on vellum, some die-cuted copper leafs and a embossed sentiment on a dark-blue metallic card base.

I'm so happy with how these cards came out and I had a really great time making them! I did a batch of 5 and using this dark blue metallic card base made such an impact. Now I'll have to remember to post them!

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I was so inspired by this months mood board by Jot I just had to make a layout, or two. I love the bright white, with bold black and a hint of green. I started making one page and then just kept going, using many ont the things I already had taking out.

The result, two bright pages with black accent and green details.

On both pages I used the nickel wood grained paper and the Brentano stamps for titles. For the circle element I used black and white enamel dots and the stripes are from my favorit washi.

I love that the Jot mood boards are so fun and different from the "normal" scrapbook style. They always find such interesting and cool color combinations. This board I will most definitely use again!

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I'm using my stamps more and more sens I got the Alt E New "Vintage Roses" set. I love playing with these stamps, both on layout and on cards. A few days ago I made some cards using this stamp set and some clear embossing, I love how it turned out!

After stamping 3 flowers with 2 layers in pink dye inks and took the first stamp of each and stamped over in "versa mark" and I stamped in the same ink with the leaf stamp. Sprinkle clear embossing powder and heat set. The embossing protected the stamped flowers and the white leafs when I painted over with watercolors.

Gold Heidi Shine, washi and some stitching, those are my favorits!

The alpha stamp is called "Brentano" from Papier Projekt and they are the best!

The Maggie Holmes "Bloom" collection is perfect for all the flowers coming up now in April but it's just as nice for documenting a birthday with it's fun and happy colors!

I had four photos I wanted to use but after some thought (during a long time) I decided to only use these three that are the same size. Matting them on the frames makes them stand out but in a gentle and fun way. The colors are picked from the the photo and the accent color is black, to make is pop.

This cat is seriously everywhere!!!

Products:

stamps for background: Hello

paper: Bloom 6x6 paper pad

title: Amy Tangering "Grace" & BoBunny "Tuxedo"

ink: "Gold" Heidi Shine

embellishments: Maggie Holmes Dies "Flowers" ,

"Gold" enamel dots & Studio Calico Wood Hearts

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Sometimes a product comes along that you just love, like the stamp set in the new Maggie Holmes "Bloom" line. The bows are so cute and perfect for a backgrund paper like this layout or for a card.