Copic in the Craftroom

At Get It Scrapped, Debbie Hodge has created an AMAZING class series called Scrapbook Coach that goes through different foundation styles for scrapbooking and how to use each of them in different layouts.  The classes include video and written materials and like everything else Debbie does are exceptionally well put together and contain loads of valuable information and inspiration.

The Creative Team at Get It Scrapped has explored one page layouts using many of the foundations covered in Scrapbook Coach but this month we tackled creating two page layouts using two of the foundations, criss cross and bracket.  I chose to work with a bracket foundation for my two page layout and came up with this:

Omaha Zoo by Michelle Houghton | Supplies: card stock; Kraft and American Crafts, twine and chipboard banner; American Crafts, sticker letters; Heidi Swapp, labels; K and Company, markers; Sharpie Paint Pen and Faber Castell Big Pit Pens, colorant; Faber Castell Papercrafter Crayons

The fun part for me of course was creating the brackets out of my papercrafter crayons and big brush pens from Faber-Castell.  I used a small crafting iron to melt the crayon and get it onto my page first.  You can see how I did that HERE, then I added the detail by doodling and coloring with my big brush pens.  These pens stay wet for a little bit so you can do a little smearing and blending with them which I did in the leaves.

Make sure to check out the rest of the gorgeous work at Get It Scrapped HERE.

Happy Wednesday!

I had the pleasure of doing a craft I have not done in MANY years for a recent Get It Scrapped article.  Just a couple days ago an article all about using Lino cut looks was published at Get It Scrapped and I decided of course to cut my own stamp!  I had done several true linoleum cut stamps through my years as an art student and really enjoyed the process and the end results so I jumped right on it.

I created a stamp using a newer product by Speedball that has a softer material to cut into instead of the linoleum that I used to have to heat and be extremely careful not to cut myself while carving.  This newer material cut easily and smoothly and resulted in the same wonderful linoleum cut look.  Here is the layout I created with my new link-cut stamp:

View by Michelle Houghton | Supplies: cardstock and “view” stickers; American Crafts, doily and tissue; SEI, wood butterfly; Studio Calico, large sequins; Jenni Bowlin, small letters; Pioneer, brads, heart clip and ticket; unknown, linocut; kit by Speedball, colorant; Faber Castell Gelatos

In June I am going to do an entire “how to” that will post at Get It Scrapped so you can find out exactly how I made my ocean sunset.  In the meantime check out the amazing inspiration for link-cut looks at Get It ScrappedHERE!

Happy Friday and Weekend!