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Lucky 7 Video Workshop Series – Week 3

Julie Mead — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 00:00:59 +0000

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This workshop is creative play at its best! Dig into your kids’ crayon box and grab the most unused crayon in there, a white crayon, for this art journal project. You will love the artistic play with this workshop! I have included the word art I used in the video as a FREE gift for you. Download link for it is under the last tab labeled Finished Photos & Free Download.

SUPPLY LIST

Supply List for Lucky 7 Video Workshop #3

Clear or white wax crayon
Spray bottles
Distress Crackle Paint by Ranger: Clear Rock Candy
Gesso
Lucky 7 Nifty Designer’s Kit (I used the Bingo frames from it)
Lucky 7 Add On by Digizines by Teri (I used the white numbered word art paper strip from this kit.)
Acrylic Paint
Tim Holtz Distress Ink or other ink pad
Spray bottle color washes such as Glimmer Mist by Tattered Angels, Perfect Pearls Mist by Ranger, Adrirondack Color Wash by Ranger
Assorted rub ons, stamps, brads, and other embellishments

PART 1

Part 1 – Prepping the background (Gesso, no gesso)

PART 2

Part 2 – Creating a Crayon Resist

PART 3

Part 3 – Drippy Paint and Distress Crackle Paint

PART 4

Part 4 – Adding Embellishments

FINISHED PHOTOS & FREE DOWNLOAD!

Photo close-ups of the finished art journal page.

(Click on the image to view at a larger size.)

Close up of the crackle finish with the black paint added to show the details of the cracks.

Close-up of the rub ons, stamps and word art paper strip by Digizines by Teri. Notice the wonderful brush stroke texture left by the brushed on gesso.

Feel free to use those brads! They still make great accents for pages.

Layers of gesso, paint, crackle medium and rub-ons just add to texture and interest of the background. Also notice the close-up of the pen tracing around the word art. No need to be perfect!

Bingo frame cards – Love these! Distressed a little with some red and brown ink pads.

Same techniques without the gesso.

FREE download. The Lucky 7 wordart used in the video. Click on the image to begin the download.

Lucky 7 Video Workshop Series – Week 2

Julie Mead — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 07:00:05 +0000

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INTROI had so much fun creating this page for my art journal. I know time is a challenge but I hope you will take a little time for yourself and watch the videos for Lucky 7 Workshop #2. The two techniques I teach in this workshop are among some of my favorites! I think it will be worth your time, especially if you love playing with mixed media or maybe you just want to try something new on your scrapbook pages.

The Prepare Photos Tab has the steps explaining the Photoshop techniques I did to prepare the photos for the journal page.

The videos have been divided into smaller chunks for your convenience. Each one is less than 10 minutes.

SUPPLY LIST

Supply List:

Iron-on Cool Peel Transfer Sheets by Epson
Printer, printer paper, printer photo paper
Gel medium such as Golden Gel Medium or Mod Podge
Download the free antique paper collage sheet (see below)
White tissue paper
Iron
Assorted rub-ons, acrylic paint, embellishments
Water, brushes
Lucky 7 Collaborative Kit
Also, download the free antique collage sheet for one of the fun techniques taught in the Lucky 7 Video Workshop #2. Click on the image below to begin the download.

PREPARE PHOTOS

How to prepare your photos for the Lucky 7 Video Workshop #2.

(Photoshop)

First you will need to copy the color photo layer by dragging the photo layer into the new layer icon on the layers palette. Change it to a black and white photo by choosing Image>Adjustments>Desaturate. Make sure your color palette is set to black and white. Do this by pressing Option D. Next choose Filter>Sketch>Halftone Pattern. Choose these settings (or try experimenting): Size 6, Contrast 44, Pattern Type Dot. Press OK. (Click on photos to see larger image.)

When printing the black and white photo be sure to choose “Mirror” option. Either hide or delete the black and white layer. Choose the Marquee and make a rectangle around the section(s) you want to print in color.

Print in color, do NOT choose the “Mirror” option when printing.

PART 1 - TISSUE PAPER

Part 1: How to make your own decorative tissue paper

PART 2 - TINTING

Part 2 – Tinting the Photo

PART 3 - FINISH

Part 3 – Finish the Project and Review

Finished Art Journal Page and Close Up Images

Lucky 7 Video Workshop Series – Week 1

Julie Mead — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:45:25 +0000

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WELCOME

I can’t believe I finally did it! I have been wanting to create a series of video workshops for our customers showing some fun ways to use the Lucky 7 collaborative kit in an art journal. I am very excited to get this project going so join me this month as I share some ways you can create pages for your own art journal/scrapbook.

Lucky 7 Art Journal Workshop Supply List
(this is only a partial list but this will get you started for the first workshop.)

1 journal book of your choice (Be sure to choose a heavy weight paper such as 98 lb. or higher. If you cannot find a heavy weight paper you can always glue pages together to add stability.)
Gel Medium such as Golden Gel Medium – Regular (or soft) Gel (Matte or Gloss)
or Mod Podge
Assorted brushes
Spray bottle
Printer paper and printer (I use a jet ink printer)
Premium Presentation Matte Paper (Epson makes a nice 8.5 x 11? paper and also 12×12? matte paper. I also like matte paper from Hawk Mountain Paper Company.
Traditional scrapbook embellishments

1 - DIGITAL STAMPS

I have divided up the sessions into smaller chunks – that way if you ever need to review a segment or want to watch something again it will be easy for you to locate it.

Part 1 – Using digital stamps for an image transfer

2 - STENCILS AND RUB-ONS

Part 2 – Stencils and rub ons

3 - EMBELLISHMENTS

Part 3 – Adding embellishments and finishing the project

Close-up photos of the finished page for workshop #1. Click on the image to view in a larger format.

Closeup of the painted brick:

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Hybrid Dream Mini Album

Angela Hinksman — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 06:06:17 +0000

Did you know hybrid scrapbooking doesn’t have to be complicated? You don’t need lots of fancy equipment. Just a few basic materials and techniques are all you need to make some fabulous projects!

Here I’ve designed a super-easy mini album with my new ‘Feelin’ Colorful’ kit (created exclusively for Scrapbook Dimensions). The album is made up of 5 ‘Quick pages’ and 5 patterned pages. Some of the pages have ‘digital’ holes so that you can slip your own photos in and personalize your album.

DOWNLOAD LINKS HERE.

To add my photos, I’ve used Photoshop Elements (Version 7).

I started by opening my quick pages in PSE.

I then opened my photo, made a copy of it (click the Select on the menu then Select All then Copy). I then went back to my Layout and pasted in my photo (click Edit on the menu then Paste).

My image was pasted above my Layout layer, so I simply dragged the image so that it was beneath my Layout.

Once I was happy with the position of my photo, I selected both layers (click Select then Select All Layers then click Layers and then Merge Layers). I am then left with one layer.

Happy with my Layout, I then saved my file as a jpeg (I’ve created a new folder to put my finished layouts in so as not to confuse them with my original files!).

I repeated this with all of my layouts and then printed them. I had my layouts printed at my local Kodak kiosk. I prefer to have my hybrid project printed this way. Kodak images are printed with a protective plastic coating which is great for projects like this that get handled a lot!

To construct my hybrid mini album, I used the following basic supplies:

My printed layouts
Backing patterned pages
Adhesive (I used a UHU stick and double sided sticky tape)
A craft knife
A ruler (I prefer to use a metal rulers for accuracy)
Thick card or naked chipboard (I have used photographer’s mount board. It is inexpensive, comes in big sizes and goes a long way!).

I started by gluing my Layouts to one side of my thick card (I used my craft knife and metal ruler for this).

Once dry, I glued these to my backing papers and once dry, trimmed where needed.

I then had five ‘Dream’ pages, covered back and front. I punched a hole in the top corner of each page and then tied with a ribbon. I finished my album off with some pretty flowers and gems.

So there you have it, a quick and easy mini album!

Matchbook Albums

Cindy Wyckoff — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 06:53:21 +0000

Make this adorable matchbook album!

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Terrific Travel Journal!

Barbara Anne Williams — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 08:56:54 +0000

From family vacations to nearby landmarks, across country or abroad, it’s the season to travel. This is a handy little journal with its pages and pockets acts as a catch-all for your notes, maps, tickets, postcards and other little collectables and ephemera. Lined pages give you space for any notes you want to take in the moment, while patterned pages save space to add photo or postcard illustrations for your notes afterward. Whether you plan to keep everything together in this pretty little book, or just use it while you travel to collect things for your future scrapbooking projects, you’ll love the combination of style and function!

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