Day two of my Hambly Guest Design gig. I've got some scrapbook layouts and a blank journal for you.
Lots of layers of paper, vellum, and transparencies make up the background. (Thanks go to my brother for taking these photos.)
I used a combination of regular straight stitches and this fun "star" decorative stitch.
I painted the border on the journaling spot and the title is hand cut.
Lots more hand cut letters.
Both these little letters and the big "colorful" are hand cut.
I reverse painted part of the flower transparency. I love the way it turned out!
I was at a crop and my friend Louise was playing with some fabric circles. She had an idea for putting them together with the raw edges facing up. I was intrigued by that idea and ran with it.
Each of these circle-ish shapes is made from four scalloped circles. The edges are simply folded where they touch. And each butterfly is popped up on two layers of foam adhesive. It creates a lot of nice dimension.
I used pink to draw the eye into the center of the layout. The title is hand cut.
I think this may be my favorite layout.
Printed vellum makes for such a great ruffle. I put it right over the bottom of the photo.
These are gold printed transparencies reverse painted with black paint and popped up on foam adhesive.
I inked the edge of the journaling space with Distress Ink. The splats are acrylic paint. And the title was airbrushed with the Copic airbrushing system.
And here's the journal made from washi tape and tons of Hambly scraps:
The cover is made from one of those "clearly heavy" overlays that Hambly has. Man, those things are awesome! Wish I had a million of them to play with!
You can see that I sewed the pages into the book in three signatures. And now here are a few samples of what the inside looks like:
Transparencies, paper, vellum…and all of it stuck together with washi tape! I can't wait to put some photos inside this bad boy! I'm thinking of keeping it super simple and putting a single 4×6 print with a border on each page. And then I'd write my journaling on the border. Totally simple and easy.
I'll have part three of the Hambly madness tomorrow!
Thanks for stopping by!
WOW stunning work. I wouldn’t know which one to choose. Love all the paint and that type of binding is my favourite
WOW stunning work. I wouldn’t know which one to choose. Love all the paint and that type of binding is my favourite
WOW stunning work. I wouldn’t know which one to choose. Love all the paint and that type of binding is my favourite
WOW stunning work. I wouldn’t know which one to choose. Love all the paint and that type of binding is my favourite
Awesome love it all .. hope you saw my response for where to get that tape not sure how much they have left. Cannot wait to see what you do with it.
Awesome love it all .. hope you saw my response for where to get that tape not sure how much they have left. Cannot wait to see what you do with it.
Awesome love it all .. hope you saw my response for where to get that tape not sure how much they have left. Cannot wait to see what you do with it.
Awesome love it all .. hope you saw my response for where to get that tape not sure how much they have left. Cannot wait to see what you do with it.
Love them all, especially the art journal and the one with the painted flowers. You certainly make the world more colorful!!
Love them all, especially the art journal and the one with the painted flowers. You certainly make the world more colorful!!
Love them all, especially the art journal and the one with the painted flowers. You certainly make the world more colorful!!
Love them all, especially the art journal and the one with the painted flowers. You certainly make the world more colorful!!
What a visual feast Julie! They are all so different but all scream YOU! Nobody does paint and handcut titles like you! You truly are my inspiration! 🙂
What a visual feast Julie! They are all so different but all scream YOU! Nobody does paint and handcut titles like you! You truly are my inspiration! 🙂
What a visual feast Julie! They are all so different but all scream YOU! Nobody does paint and handcut titles like you! You truly are my inspiration! 🙂
What a visual feast Julie! They are all so different but all scream YOU! Nobody does paint and handcut titles like you! You truly are my inspiration! 🙂
Love the sewn ruffles and the dimension on TOGETHER.
COLORFUL is g-o-r-e-g-o-u-s!!! I love how you only colored half of the transparency and your hand-cut titles are totally awesome. Do you use a pencil first or just cut? I’m guessing that your cut them freehand.
Love the sewn ruffles and the dimension on TOGETHER.
COLORFUL is g-o-r-e-g-o-u-s!!! I love how you only colored half of the transparency and your hand-cut titles are totally awesome. Do you use a pencil first or just cut? I’m guessing that your cut them freehand.
Love the sewn ruffles and the dimension on TOGETHER.
COLORFUL is g-o-r-e-g-o-u-s!!! I love how you only colored half of the transparency and your hand-cut titles are totally awesome. Do you use a pencil first or just cut? I’m guessing that your cut them freehand.
Love the sewn ruffles and the dimension on TOGETHER.
COLORFUL is g-o-r-e-g-o-u-s!!! I love how you only colored half of the transparency and your hand-cut titles are totally awesome. Do you use a pencil first or just cut? I’m guessing that your cut them freehand.
I adore that journal and printed vellum border! Pure genius!
HUGS!
I adore that journal and printed vellum border! Pure genius!
HUGS!
I adore that journal and printed vellum border! Pure genius!
HUGS!
I adore that journal and printed vellum border! Pure genius!
HUGS!
Can’t read the journaling — is that your niece Julie? She’s beautiful, isn’t she? Probably even more so in person!
Love all of this Hambly goodness! You’ve inspired me to handcut letters/titles, though I haven’t tried much in cursive. But it’s fun, almost therapeutic, I find! Thanks for sharing your awesome creativity!
Can’t read the journaling — is that your niece Julie? She’s beautiful, isn’t she? Probably even more so in person!
Love all of this Hambly goodness! You’ve inspired me to handcut letters/titles, though I haven’t tried much in cursive. But it’s fun, almost therapeutic, I find! Thanks for sharing your awesome creativity!
Can’t read the journaling — is that your niece Julie? She’s beautiful, isn’t she? Probably even more so in person!
Love all of this Hambly goodness! You’ve inspired me to handcut letters/titles, though I haven’t tried much in cursive. But it’s fun, almost therapeutic, I find! Thanks for sharing your awesome creativity!
Can’t read the journaling — is that your niece Julie? She’s beautiful, isn’t she? Probably even more so in person!
Love all of this Hambly goodness! You’ve inspired me to handcut letters/titles, though I haven’t tried much in cursive. But it’s fun, almost therapeutic, I find! Thanks for sharing your awesome creativity!
Sue – For the large cursive word I used a pencil. For the block letters, I just did it freehand!
Sue – For the large cursive word I used a pencil. For the block letters, I just did it freehand!
Sue – For the large cursive word I used a pencil. For the block letters, I just did it freehand!
Sue – For the large cursive word I used a pencil. For the block letters, I just did it freehand!
You do such FANTASTIC work!!! I love it all! 🙂
You do such FANTASTIC work!!! I love it all! 🙂
You do such FANTASTIC work!!! I love it all! 🙂
You do such FANTASTIC work!!! I love it all! 🙂
Okay- I’m completely overwhelmed by all the great ideas here. Those butterflies?! *swoon* And the painting?! This is all so fabulous! Thank you so much for the inspiration…
Okay- I’m completely overwhelmed by all the great ideas here. Those butterflies?! *swoon* And the painting?! This is all so fabulous! Thank you so much for the inspiration…
Okay- I’m completely overwhelmed by all the great ideas here. Those butterflies?! *swoon* And the painting?! This is all so fabulous! Thank you so much for the inspiration…
Okay- I’m completely overwhelmed by all the great ideas here. Those butterflies?! *swoon* And the painting?! This is all so fabulous! Thank you so much for the inspiration…
I can’t believe you actually cut into all these papers for the journal book, yes,it looks amazing paired w/washi tape, but eeks, all these lovely Hamblypapers…what if you “needed” just the right Hambly for some project? I admire your bravity to use up the stuff! 😀
I can’t believe you actually cut into all these papers for the journal book, yes,it looks amazing paired w/washi tape, but eeks, all these lovely Hamblypapers…what if you “needed” just the right Hambly for some project? I admire your bravity to use up the stuff! 😀
I can’t believe you actually cut into all these papers for the journal book, yes,it looks amazing paired w/washi tape, but eeks, all these lovely Hamblypapers…what if you “needed” just the right Hambly for some project? I admire your bravity to use up the stuff! 😀
I can’t believe you actually cut into all these papers for the journal book, yes,it looks amazing paired w/washi tape, but eeks, all these lovely Hamblypapers…what if you “needed” just the right Hambly for some project? I admire your bravity to use up the stuff! 😀
My goodness – so much beautiful creativity! Everything is awesome–I really like the technique used with the scallop cuts in Sethie and Colorful is just a blast!
Hugs, RobinJ
My goodness – so much beautiful creativity! Everything is awesome–I really like the technique used with the scallop cuts in Sethie and Colorful is just a blast!
Hugs, RobinJ
My goodness – so much beautiful creativity! Everything is awesome–I really like the technique used with the scallop cuts in Sethie and Colorful is just a blast!
Hugs, RobinJ
My goodness – so much beautiful creativity! Everything is awesome–I really like the technique used with the scallop cuts in Sethie and Colorful is just a blast!
Hugs, RobinJ
WOW! Amazing techniques, especially reverse painting on that transparency!
WOW! Amazing techniques, especially reverse painting on that transparency!
WOW! Amazing techniques, especially reverse painting on that transparency!
WOW! Amazing techniques, especially reverse painting on that transparency!
Really love the book you made! Love the idea of taping together scraps to make full-sized pages. I will definitely be trying that out :o)
Really love the book you made! Love the idea of taping together scraps to make full-sized pages. I will definitely be trying that out :o)
Really love the book you made! Love the idea of taping together scraps to make full-sized pages. I will definitely be trying that out :o)
Really love the book you made! Love the idea of taping together scraps to make full-sized pages. I will definitely be trying that out :o)
The layouts are wonderful and that book looks like a lot of fun!
The layouts are wonderful and that book looks like a lot of fun!
The layouts are wonderful and that book looks like a lot of fun!
The layouts are wonderful and that book looks like a lot of fun!
so loving your handcut titles, julie – these pages are beautiful!
so loving your handcut titles, julie – these pages are beautiful!
so loving your handcut titles, julie – these pages are beautiful!
so loving your handcut titles, julie – these pages are beautiful!
amazing!!! i like the “colorful layout” so so so awesome!!!
amazing!!! i like the “colorful layout” so so so awesome!!!
amazing!!! i like the “colorful layout” so so so awesome!!!
amazing!!! i like the “colorful layout” so so so awesome!!!