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Tick Tock stamp set ideas

The Tick Tock stamp set is another set of stamps I've been wanting to do for a while now...clocks are so versatile and can be used for lots of different projects! The three round clocks in this set are sized to fit circle punches so it's easy to use them and later them like this card here:

From Rachel: I've used a combination of Archival Olive and Sepia inkpads for all of the stamping on this card. Each clock was stamped and punched out, except for the fob watch which I cut out by hand. Then sponged some ink around the edges and layered them as shown. I used a size 4 buff tag for the quote and just tore off the bottom. The number stamp was used at the bottom of the card.

Here's a fantastic project from Michelle:

Darkroom Door Rubber Stamps "Tick Tock"

Darkroom Door Background Stamps (Scratches, French Script, Postcards)

Darkroom Door "London Collection" (Montage, Photochips, Filmstrip, Wordstrip)

VersaMagic Cloud White Ink

Paintchips (Bunnings)

 

From Michelle: I was inspired by a recent trip to Bunnings when I noticed that Taubmans had released some two-up paint chips making them very versatile for a variety of projects.

 

To make this Mini Book I used an A4 sheet of black card and followed these instructions

http://library.thinkquest.org/J001156/makingbooks/minibook/index.htm

 

I decorated the booklet backgrounds with white ink, Background Stamps and also the Tick Tock stamps. For some pages I just dabbed the ink pad directly onto the background to create blocks of white colour.

 

I stamped and heat set the paintchips with the Tick Tock collection to create collage backgrounds. I randomly stamped the edge of an inked acrylic block on the edges of the paintchips.

 

I then decorated the paintchips using a variety of the London paper products and once finished stuck them into the booklet.

 

Then I finished the cover with some embellishments and twine to keep the booklet closed.

Fabulous project!! I hope you've enjoyed these ideas using the Tick Tock stamp set!

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Sail Away stamp set ideas

We have a couple of projects using the Sail Away stamp set to share with you today! This is a stamp set that I've been wanting to design for a while now, as my Grandfather is crazy about boats and I spent many days with him on his sailing boat as a kid. I remember sitting on the deck with the wind in my hair, looking out at the horizon, enjoying the sunshine! Magical times and I can understand why sailors feel so alive out on the ocean!

So for this set I wanted to include a sailing boat, a bigger ship and various elements that can be used to build up collages and backgrounds for your projects. The large compass is sized to fit a 2" circle punch so it's easy to punch out and layer if needed! Plus a couple of quotes which I think sum up the feeling of setting sail so eloquently.

Onto some projects...

From Rachel: The large compass was stamped onto the card with Archival Coffee inkpad, then sponged around the edges of the card with the same ink. The large ship was stamped with Archival Jet Black ink onto a light blue cardstock, along with the little 'Set Sail' word. Mounted it onto a darker blue cardstock and added brads in all four corners. Wrapped some plaited twine around the left side and tied at the front. Adhered entire panel to the card with foam adhesive.

Here's a fabulous wall hanging from Godelieve... how great would this look in a beach house!

From Godelieve: I used Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels Ten to cut a piece of watercolor paper. Distress Stains #Pumice Stone and Broken China are used to do the water. I stamped with Ranger Archival ink #Coffee, I punched holes and used white twine and a bead to finish off the wall hanging.

Hope you enjoy these ideas!

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Dear Santa Collection project ideas!

We'd like to share some projects using the Dear Santa collection - this has been a really popular collection, especially with Christmas just around the corner! I altered the vintage images using a Polaroid Transfer technique to make them unique for Darkroom Door. Together they form a beautiful collection of Santa images and stamps for us to use on our Christmas projects this year!

Let's take a look at some artwork:

From Rachel: I stamped the Santa from Dear Santa Vol 1 set using Archival Olive ink, mounted onto brown and red cardstock. Added some antique brads to the corners. Merry Christmas was stamped in Archival Vermillion ink and adhered to red cardstock. I used some mesh underneath, just adhered with double sided tape under the stamped parts so you can't see the adhesive. Then adhered the stamped pieces using foam dots.

Here's some projects with Dear Santa Vol 2 stamp set:

 

From Teresa: I have used some papers from a My Mind's Eye 6x6 pad, some Stampin' Up ribbon, and some shiny red berries for this card. The Santa image is stamped with Black Cherry StazOn ink, and given an aged look with some Frayed Burlap Distress Ink. I was careful not to sponge ink over Santa's face, leaving it as a bit of a highlight.

From Teresa: I love using kraft cardstock. Here I've stamped the Santa image and 25 Dec from the new Dear Santa set using Midnight Blue StazOn ink. I have placed this image over some corrugated cardboard, and attached various trims and a brad from My Mind's Eye. The patterned paper is Graphic45. The Santa image is perfect for achieving a vintage look.

From Rachel: I wanted to create a really simple card that could be produced in large quantities for those of us who have lots of cards to send out but don't have a lot of time to dedicate to intricate cards. Simply stamped the sentiment in the centre of the cardstock in Archival Vermillion ink, then stamped around the edges with the pine branch. I've stamped a couple of times without re-inking to give that shadow effect which softens it a little. Adhered the stamped panel onto red cardstock, then onto the green card using foam adhesive to give it a little lift!

Teresa has done a similar idea with a few more elements... I love the bells and charms!

From Teresa: The fonts used for the words in this set are wonderfully vintage, and make a great centrepiece for a card. Here I've used Olive StazOn ink to repeatedly stamp the branch for the background. I have used some Nestabilities to die cut shapes, and sponged Frayed Burlap Distress Ink to age the pieces.  I added a gold bow and a bell to finish the card.  A design like this would be great for mass production of this year's Christmas cards. Here's some alternative sentiments:

Aren't they stunning! The hardest part this year is choosing which card to make!!

Here's some ideas using some of the Montage images:

From Teresa: I used some of the gorgeous Olive Precious Metal Colour to paint the chipboard tag and some gauze. The binding agents in the paint adhere the gauze to the chipboard without the need for glue. I applied the paint with a sponge.  Although there is some gold shimmer in the paint, I highlighted the texture with some Inka Gold.

From Sarah: I cut out three of the large images from the Montage and distressed the edges with a paper distresser. Adhered them to the card and added a wordstrip.

From Michelle: I stamped the Christmas Word Block Stamp on red patterned paper using Ranger Archival 'Library Green' Ink and Sparkle Embossing Powder then used a variety of borders from a Kaisercraft paper pad. I mounted the main image from the Montage with foam tape for dimension. I then finished by placing the Wordstrips on a paper tab and attaching with foam tape.

Here's an ATC from Michelle too:

Hope these projects have given you some great ideas for your Christmas projects!

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London Collection project ideas!

We'd like to share some projects with you using the new London Collection! The Creative Team have been busy and have come up with some fabulous ideas using the rubber stamps and all of the paper products. Let's take a look:

From Teresa: This image from London Vol 1 stamp set has been stamped with Midnight Blue StazOn onto kraft cardstock. I mounted this piece onto a navy mat and machine stitched around it to create a border. A Tim Holtz Philosophy Tag hangs from some jute twine.

From Teresa: I stamped the double decker bus in black, masked it, then stamped the large Piccadilly Circus image in grey over the top of it. I added a teeny tiny pop of colour to the flag on the bus with my Marvy Le Plume markers.

From Rachel: Westminster Abbey was stamped in Archival Sepia ink onto kraft cardstock and adhered to a red ATC back. I stitched around the edges with no thread, just to get the dots. The postage mark was stamped in Vermillion Archival ink and attached with foam tape. A Tim Holtz ornate corner finishes it off!

From Rachel: Stamped onto glossy cardstock with Archival Jet Black inkpad. The image was coloured with Marvy Le Plume pens: 15 Olive Green, 46 Crimson Lake, 26 Silver Grey, 24 Beige. I used a Blender Pen to dilute the darker colours. 

From Teresa: I stamped a bunch of iconic images from the London Vol 1 stamp set in red, blue and black for this card, cut them out, distressed the edges and sponged all over with Tea Dye Distress Ink. I sprayed a few droplets of walnut ink over the top for an even more aged look, and raised some of the images with foam dots.

From Teresa: I just can't bleieve the detail in these stamps!! :)

And now for some projects using the paper products: Photochips, Montage, Filmstrips and Wordstrips!

From Teresa: Three gorgeous filmstrip images and some words from the wordstrip on a background made with a Tim Holtz embossing folder (Bricked) sponged with some Frayed Burlap Distress Ink. There's some hand-dyed calico right at the back too.

From Rachel: I stamped a couple of the smaller stamps from London Vol 2 stamp set, then adhered 4 smaller Montage images into a grid. Then drew lines in between to finish it off!

From Rachel: I found this chipboard fram (Deluxe Cuts) in my stash and it was perfect for the larger Montage images! Adhered it all to a card, added a Wordstrip on top to finish it off.

From Teresa: I stamped the bridge with some Stone Gray StazOn ink and then coloured the bridge images from the Montage sheet with Distress Inks.  The word from the Wordstrip forms a bridge between the coloured images - love a punny card!

From Teresa: I have used the very imposing Buckingham Palace image from the Photochips pack for this monochromatic card. There are a couple of shapes cut with Nestabilities under the words. I reckon this would make a great dinner invitation - "Come dressed for dinner with the Queen. No riff raff!" LOL.

So as you can see, some great ideas on how to use the London Collection! We have even more project ideas to share with you, but will save them for another day! Hope you like these - we'd love to hear your comments!!!

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Sunday Links #23

Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Sunday Links! There's lots to share today, hopefully these will inspire you to have a creative day!!

Snazzy Stamping and Scrapbooking in the UK have been showcasing the Chorus Stamp set on their blog. Their design team have made some amazing projects! Click on the following links to see each one:

Card by Paula Whittaker

Stampbord ATC's by Lesley

Book box by Lesley

Canvas by Gillian

Beautiful butterfly card by Destination Art using Inka Gold and Venetian Wordstrips! Sooo beautiful - you must check this out! They've also made a matching ATC from the leftover scraps.

Fashionable card by Destination Art - using Inka Gold and the Fashionable stamp set! And here's a masculine version too...

Seashells ATC by Sue Smith - so fun!

Love Letters ATC by Sue Smith - using the Love Letters Montage and Correspondence stamps - love this!!

Paris layout from the Scrapping.no forum in Norway - such a PERFECT way to use Filmstrips! Every scrapbooker must check this out! Love it!!

Art de Fleur ATC by Ellie - gorgeous!

Ok, that is surely enough to keep you busy all day admiring these beautiful projects! WOW - you guys are all so talented!! Thanks to each of you for having a play with our products and sharing your work. We love seeing what is created!

Please keep emailing your links in to us at: info @ darkroomdoor.com

Hope you all have a wonderful Sunday!

Michelle's ATC Frenzy winner!

Michelle has drawn some winners from the ATC Frenzy post! Please check out her blog to see if you are a winner!

Thanks to everyone for taking the time to comment and big thanks to Michelle for sharing her fabulous ATC's!

Guest Artist: Gina Rodgers Part 3

Today we have two layouts to wrap up Gina's Guest Artist appearance... and what two fab layouts they are!! First up, check out this cheeky one:

How fun is this!

Darkroom Door products used:
    Alphastrips: red
    Filmstrips: blank
    'Meadow' and 'Robot Dots' papers
    Artist Stamps (ink splodges)

Gina has a fantastic way of combining all sorts of elements together to create her artwork - it looks fabulous!

Here's another layout:

Darkroom Door products used:
    'San Marco' paper from the Venetian Collection
    Wordstrips: Prague Vol 1
    Alphastrips: Black
    Montage: Art de Fleur
    Mail Art stamps (clip)

We'd like to say a HUGE thank you to Gina for sharing her artwork with us this week! It's been so fun having you here on the blog!

Please take a look at Gina's own blog to see what else she's been up to and other proejcts she has been creating! And don't forget to leave a comment here for Gina too :) We all love reading those!

Guest Artist: Gina Rodgers Part 2

Hi everyone... we have more great projects to share with you today by Gina Rodgers! Check these out:

Darkroom Door products used:
    'Legato' paper from Music collection
    'Robot Journal' (stars), 'Robot Stripes' (strips) and 'Robots' papers
    Barcode from paper strip
    Alphastrips: brown
    Filmstrips: blank
    Alphabet Medley stamps
    Mail Art stamps

Love how Gina has used the @ in the word Art (from the Alphabet Medley stamp set)

Gina has also created a set of ATC's...

Darkroom Door products used:
Art De Fleur Montage images
Mail Art stamps
Wildflower Vol 1 stamps
Prague Vol 2 Wordstrip

These ATC's are so fabulous!! Look at all the texture :) Just makes you want to run your hands over it to feel it. 

Please leave some love here for Gina - and don't forget to drop by tomorrow as we have a few more of Gina's projects to share with you!

Guest Artist: Gina Rodgers

Name: Gina Rodgers
 
Zodiac Sign: Gemini
 
Lives: Tasmania, Australia
 
Known For: my home-made focaccia and pumpkin soup :)

Blog: http://gingerbread.typepad.com
 
Loves to: go beachcombing
 
Loves to create: cards, layouts and art journals
 
Favourite Darkroom Door product: it's so hard to narrow it down, LOVE EVERYTHING!
 
Let’s say you’re invited to come into our darkroom for a day. What would you bring with you? some gesso, oil pastels, basic tools and lots of photos...everything else will be right there!!

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We are so excited to have Gina as a Guest Artist here at Darkroom Door! We love her style of scrapbooking and love what she's created using our products. Here's the first couple of layouts:

Darkroom Door products used:
    Alphastrips: brown
    Filmstrips: Wilderness Vol 1
    Wordstrips: Wilderness
    Photochips: Wilderness (the packaging!)
    Wildflower stamps (dragonfly)

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Here's Gina's next layout:

Darkroom Door products used:
    Calendar Stamps
    Filmstrips: Seaside Vol 2
    Wordstrips: Prague Vol 2

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We love how Gina has combined all different elements together such as stamps, Wordstrips, Filmstrips, Alphastrips etc - the layouts look amazing!

We have more layouts to share with you tomorrow, so please make sure you stop by to take a look. :)

Michelle's ATC Frenzy!

Michelle Loffler has been busy creating a bunch of ATC's using Darkroom Door Background Stamps and various other Darkroom Door products along with Ranger Distress Inks! Check out the assortment she has created:

Michelle would like to give two of these away... if you'd like to add two of these ATC's to your collection, please leave a comment here on this post or over on Michelle's blog here and state which two you would love to receive. Michelle will be picking a winner on Friday 23rd September. Giveaway is open worldwide!

Good luck choosing only two... here's some close ups to get a better look at all the details:

Here's a complete list of Background Stamps used:

1st Row Left to Right:
Dots
Harlequin
Postcards
Floral
Flourish
 
2nd Row L to R
French Script & Splatter
Splatter
French Script
Postcards
Weathered Stripes
 
3rd Row L to R
Word Block Journey
Postcards
Word Block Christmas
French Script
Frangipani
 
4th Row L to R
Frngipani
Mesh
Damask

All Background Stamps can be seen in full here.

All other products used can be found here.