Abstract Impressions Stampin' Up! Artisan Blog Hop

Greetings and welcome to the June Artisan Design Team Blog Hop.  This month we are showcasing the brilliant new Garden Impressions Suite.  I decided to make a handmade album with products from the suite to remember an evening full of laughs, memories, and a whole lot of love celebrating the retirement of my mentor.

Using the backing chipboard from a pack of glimmer paper I cut pieces to create my 6" x 9" album.  Each of the smaller pieces of chipboard are covered with the Garden Impressions DSP; the left page(s) measure 6" x 6" and the right side page(s) measure 3" x 6".  What you can't see is the larger 6" x 9" back piece which is covered with Melon Mambo and Calypso Coral Cardstocks.

Here is a look when you first open the mini album.

All of the DSP pages and hand cut stamped images have been toned down with Whisper White Craft Ink and a direct to paper technique.  While the ink was still wet I heat embossed with a mixture of Clear Embossing Powder and Dazzling Diamonds Glitter.  I embossed many of the Springtime Impressions die cuts as well.  I did it to give a bit more durability to the pieces since they overhang in many places through the album.

The Share What You Love Embellishment Kit and the Artisan Pearls worked in fabulously with the papers and stamps from the Garden Impressions Suite.  The next photo is the backside of the first right page.  I kept the right side pages free of photos and kept them for simple journaling and a place to just be creative with the products in the Suite.

This So Saffron layout is my favorite of the accent/decorative pages.  I used the floral die cut from the Springtime Impressions Thinlits to sponge a background first before adding all my embellishments.  I aligned the butterfly with another butterfly on the back side so that I could stitch through both and make it visually pretty.  (The opposite side of this page is the blue page, shown above, with the 5/5/18 detail.)

This last spread makes me smile.  It's so special to see this group all together again after more than 20 years.  I hand stamped each of our names using the smaller font in the Make a Difference stamp set.  At first I thought it was going to take a long time, but I was done in about 15 minutes.

It has be my pleasure to have you view my handmade memory album of an evening that was so sweet for me, my college class mates, and my amazing mentor.

You are now off to take a huge hop over the pond to visit Emma Goddard in the UK.  She always has such clever projects to share.

Artisan Design Team

Cathy Caines | Charlet Mallett | Connie Collins | Elizabeth Price
Emma Goddard | Jenni Pauli | Jennifer Frost | Jessica Winter
Kayla MacAulay | Kim McGillis | Lauren Alarid | Linda van Wely-Zwolle
Rhoda McPherson | Sarah Lancaster | Susan Wong | Sylwia Schreck

Product List

Abstract Impressions Photopolymer Stamp Set [147513] $26.00	Springtime Impressions Thinlits Dies [146326] $29.00	Make A Difference Photopolymer Stamp Set [146676] $27.00	Tabs For Everything Photopolymer Stamp Set [143907] $17.00	Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies [145372] $30.00
Garden Impressions 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock Pack [146325] $8.50	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $9.00	Vellum 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [101856] $8.00	Garden Impressions 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [146289] $11.00	Whisper White Craft Stampin' Pad [101731] $8.00
Mango Melody Classic Stampin' Pad [147093] $7.50	Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad [147088] $7.50	Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad [126948] $6.50	Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad [126983] $6.50	Big Shot Embossing Mats [146327] $15.00
Circle Tab Punch [143754] $18.00	Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder [109130] $5.00	Dazzling Diamonds Stampin' Glitter [133751] $5.00	Heat Tool [129053] $30.00	Metallic Ribbon Combo Pack [146329] $9.00
Whisper White 5/8" (1.6 Cm) Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon [146912] $7.50	Share What You Love Embellishment Kit [146928] $11.00	Share What You Love Artisan Pearls [146927] $6.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.00	Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [144108] $4.00