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The theme for this week’s portal is…

Travel

The portal is updated every Friday with unique creations from the Blue Bazaar Design Team focusing on a specific theme each week. To view the portal simply enter Blue Bazaar via the main page at www.bluebazaar.com.au.

This week’s project is by Cherie Theodosiou:

 

Crate paper

Basic Grey paper - Stella Ruby

cherryArte chipboard

fontwerks rub-ons

Nick Bantock ink

A great newsletter for me is one filled with Design Team work and this newsletter has exactly that!

 

All of our Bind it All pre-orders have been sent out this week. We received an early surprise this week with the smaller wires arriving. These smaller sizes 3/8 and 5/8 are now available for purchase on the website.

Free postage available to every 5th order placed after the newsletter is online until 11pm Sunday 1st July.

1. BB News.

2. Finding the right  words, with Leanne Ryan

3. NEW in the store.

4. Newsletter Freebie.

5. Products coming soon.

6. Portal Sneak Peek.

PATTERN POWER

 

Journaling in patterns can not only give your layouts added interest, but also a comforting sense of consistency and predictability.

In theory

 

Setting up a journaling pattern can be as simple as documenting an exchange between two subjects where the quoted material oscillates back and forth, or using rhythmic sentences of similar lengths or styles. However, the most effective patterns are those established through repetition, where key words recur at strategic points throughout your journaling.

Supplies:

Cardstock – Bazzill Linens: White, Splash; Bazzill Rawsilk: Plum, Missy; PWL: Erie

Black gel pen, DYMO embossing tape

Ribbon, Ric rac, Embroidery thread, Brads

Autumn Leaves—  Designing with Details. Designing with Style. Designing with 2008 Calendar

KI Memories— new idea book.

Fancy Pants—restock 12x12 stamps.

Lil Davis—restocks and new acrylic stamps.

Books—That’s Life: Finding Scrapbook Inspiration in the Everyday

We Dare You: Challenges about Real Life (shipping August)

New Creative Artist. In transit

Scraptastic: Ashley Calder (Dec 07)

Type Cast: Creative Page Design Using Words Type and Letters

Find Your Groove: A Guide to Discovering your Scrapbook Style

Out of Bounds: Scrapbooking Without Boundaries

Scrapbook Designers Workbook: Unlocking the Secrets to Great Page Design.

cherryArte— Princess, Poolside and Morocco collections (due 1st week of July)

Sassafras Lass—acrylic stamps. (due early July)

Technique Tuesday—acrylic stamps CHA Summer ordered. (due mid to late July)

Making Memories—restock mini stapler and Funky Vintage collection.

Bind it All—  NEW smaller wire sizes in 3/8 and 5/8.

Heidi Swapp—  XL Ghost Shapes Heart and Flowers.

BasicGrey— Infuse collection

Paint Dabbers

A technique article

 

by Jacoba Kooy

 

Paint Dabbers by Adirondack are little bottles of acrylic paint equipped with a sponge top. The dabbers can be used to apply paint to surfaces without the need for a paint brush or water. As a consequence, painting with the dabbers is both fuss and mess free. The paint is of excellent quality and can be used on many surfaces including canvas, metal, wood, glass, plastic and paper.

 

Paint Dabbers are versatile tools and to demonstrate some of the ways in which they can be used, I prepared a technique sampler. A set of nine black cards were used for the sampler and each card features a different paint technique.

 

The techniques used are outlined below, beginning with the top left-hand card and going across each row of the sampler, one card at a time.

 

1. Highlight Dry Embossing: The cardstock was dry embossed and then swiped with gold paint to highlight the raised image.

2. Color Fabric Embellishments: White fabric flowers were painted with either Citrus or Cranberry paint.

3. Color Transparencies: A clock transparency was painted with gold paint to allow the clock detail to be seen on the black cardstock background (the paint was applied to the back of the transparency).

4. Stencil Images: Citrus paint was applied to the card through a stencil, resulting in a neat painted motif.

5. Highlight Engraved Motifs: Engraved metal word tiles were painted with Citrus or Cranberry paint. A tissue was used to remove the paint from the surface of the tile leaving only the paint in the engraved words.

6. Stamp Images: Citrus paint was dabbed onto a rubber stamp and the image transferred to the cardstock.

7. Color Chipboard Embellishments: A chipboard embellishment was painted with Gold paint to add a splash of color.

8. Create a Contrasting Surface: Cranberry paint was applied to the black cardstock to provide a contrasting surface for stamping, journaling or as in this case, the addition of a rub-on image.

9. Create a Background: The sponges on the paint dabbers are circular and can be used to create interesting backgrounds by directly dabbing the cardstock. In this case, gold paint was used.

 

I hope that I have shown you some fun ways in which to use Adirondack paint dabbers. I would like to challenge you to have a go at creating some fabulous painted effects with these wonderful tools.

 

The intellectual and creative copyright of this article is held by the author, Jacoba Kooy and Blue Bazaar.  No parts of this article may be reproduced in any form without the express written permission of both the author and Blue Bazaar.            

In practice

 

My layout ‘The sort of mother’ is essentially a list that uses a key phrase to give a fairly random collection of ideas a sense of cohesion and structure.

 

‘I’m the sort of mother who always packs spare tissues, water and Panadol. Just in case. I’m the sort of mother who gets nervous in parent-teacher interviews. I’m the sort of mother who yells: ‘Good try sweetie’ from the sidelines in soccer. I’m the sort of mother who insists her children wear a jacket at the slightest hint of a chill. I’m the sort of mother who takes lots of photos. I’m the sort of mother who fills her children’s lunchboxes with muesli bars and fruit sticks and vegemite sandwiches. I’m the sort of mother who applies sunscreen even when it’s overcast. I’m the sort of mother who makes homemade play dough. I’m the sort of mother who listens as her children read their own bedtime stories. I’m the sort of mother who buys her children clothes from Target. I’m the sort of mother who is never late for school pick-up. Never. I’m the sort of mother who is constantly adapting, changing, growing with her children. That’s the sort of mother that I am.’

 

It concludes with a statement that both serves as a focal point and also sums up the preceding text – ‘I’m the sort of mother who is constantly adapting, changing, growing with her children’. The pattern is then reinforced with a summary line - ‘That’s the sort of mother that I am’ - to establish a sense of closure.

 

Tips:

 

Use other elements to support the patterns in your journaling. For example, on ‘The sort of mother’ I’ve repeated the accent shape, key colours and line spacing.

 

By its very nature, repetition can generate unique title opportunities. In this layout I’ve pulled particular words from different sentences to form the title, which resonates with the journaling itself.

 

Leaving a photo off your layout can help ensure your words take centre stage.

In case you did not know, we like to have an informal gathering on the message board on the last weekend of each month that we call FOR ARTS SAKE.  This is an opportunity to join in and let us know what projects, layouts, cards, journals, altered items or whatever it is you want to play with just for FUN!

 

This weekend is the last weekend of June so this weekend is For Arts Sake.

 

Just visit the message board over the weekend from Friday onwards and check out the thread to see what everyone has planned to create this weekend. Also let us know if you have any creative plans in store too!

 

To the right you can see this creative little idea from design team member Leanne Ryan.

 

It's a raw chipboard mini book filled with inchies representing certain aspects of Leanne’s family - what they wear, what they eat and what they do.

 

Leanne sourced the inch squares from things around the house like clothing tags, food packaging and sports newsletters.

 

And what are “inchies” you ask?  They are little one inch embellished squares that can be used for trading like Artist Trading Cards or used as decorations for larger projects or just for having fun creating.

FOR ARTS SAKE