Made by Wendy Bellino: 2011

Monday, October 31, 2011

“Homemade” Digi Cards!

I made my own digi embellishment with Club Scrap’s woodmounted stamp image from the March 2010 Sonoma kit. I stamped the image with watercolor pencils and CS’s India ink. I scanned the image and saved it as a jpg. I used the cookie cutter tool in PSE to “cut” my digi embellishment. I also scanned my handwritten signature and made my own signature graphic to “sign” my digi cards. I like this combo...

Faux Metallic Marvels Technique a.k.a Dressed Up Doodles

I loved this 2009 Club Scrap stamping technique and wanted to copy the technique for digital embellishments. I found the coolest tutorial on Scrapper’s Guide, which is a fantastic resource for detailed instructions for digital scrapping by the way! I use Photoshop Elements for digital scrapping/picture editing and the instructions on Scrapper’s Guide are written for PSE and Photoshop....

Shhhh……Mr. Benny is 70!!!

My father-in-law turned 70 on Memorial Day. I met him for the first time just short of his 50th birthday and he doesn’t look a day older to me! He is the nicest man I know. I am very lucky to have him as my father-in-law and grandfather to my boys. He always gets a kick out of my handmade cards, so of course I had to make one for his birthday! He always says funny little sayings like, “shiny as a...

I used the Cricut Wild Card cartridge to make this cute graduation card, using Club Scrap cardstock of course! My Gypsy came in handy to fine tune the dimensions, instead of FTP. I cut the envelope to match too. I forget to use this cartridge! ...

Club Scrap Die Cutter’s Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Club Scrap Die Cutters Blog Hop! Get ready to see some awesome projects using a variety of die cutting machines and fabulous Club Scrap paper. http://wbellino.blogspot.com/You Are HERE!!! http://craftchaos.blogspot.com/ (Go HERE next to see what Hetty has created!) http://www.pagesofpictures.com/ http://chrissiecreations.blogspot.com/ http://scraphappysistersink.blogspot.com/...

Viva Las Vegas!

My sisters and my oldest and dearest friend surprised me with a trip to Las Vegas for my 40th birthday. My sister travels often for business and has been to Vegas numerous times, so she tailor-made our itinerary. It was an AWESOME trip! More pages to follow,I am putting a digital book together for each of them…...

Die Cutter’s Blog Hop!

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Thank you notes….

Ooof! I hated sending thank you notes after graduation. I would take one look at that little white card and get overwhelmed. I have to fill up the whole thing??? I had a good laugh a few years ago when my cousin sent me a thank you note for her graduation gift…” Thanks for the cash. I’ll try not to spend it on something that will make my parents worry.” I think I still have that note...

Mother’s Day 1969

I posted the small picture of my Mom and I as my profile picture on Facebook as a Mother’s Day tribute. I encouraged her to tell the story of it on my FB page as a comment on the picture. I have heard the story many times, but I always like when Mom tells it. My Dad saw the picture and tried to find the original newspaper article that went with it, (Mom has it tucked away somewhere!) Since he couldn’t...

Beau’s Baptism Card

My niece was baptized today! She wore the christening gown that my 86 year old Memaw handmade for me 42 years ago. I have a house full of boys. Maybe one day I’ll have granddaughters who will wear it. It was definately made with love. Sweet girl…she smiled the whole time. Of course the gift I am in the process of making for her isn’t ready (I am famous for this!), so I made...

Digital Scrapping….begin at the beginning

“Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.” ---Alice in Wonderland I appreciated digital scrapping and have attempted some simple layouts, but my PSE software is Greek to me. I watched a few tutorials and learned enough to make a few pages, but I am the person who likes to read the instructions from front to back. When I start in the middle I feel scattered and disorganized. I found the beginning when I found the video tutorials on the Scrapper's...

I "ink" I love you Club Scrap!

Welcome to the "spread the love" blog hop! We are spreading the love of Club Scrap! The challenge was to post a project, tutorial, or layout focused around Club Scrap products. The materials I am going to be using are from the Love Inkcorporated Special Release Valentine Collection from Club Scrap.

A few years ago, I was tooling around looking for new art techniques to try and found an elementary school art teacher's lesson plans. She had posted pictures of before and after and the results were dramatic! I had to try it...I sketched out this picture of parrots and followed her instructions and voila!

Since I wanted to use this technique for the challenge, Club Scrap carries Faber-Castell watercolor gelatos (kinda like watercolor crayons, but smoother and comes in a really cool lipstick like container!). That is what I'll be using instead of tempera paint from the lesson plans link above.

Materials List:
3*4" piece of CS (Club Scrap) cardstock from the Memoirs kit
Watercolor gelatos
UM (Unmounted Stamps) Love Inkcorporated stamps
CS sandstone ink (very light)
Speedball waterproof India ink
Foam brush
Krylon gold leafing pen
4.25*11" piece of black cardstock scored in half horizontally to make a 4.25*5.5" card
3.25*4.25 " piece of red cardstock to matte
4*5.25" piece of red cardstock for the card liner
Tim Holtz grunge board die cuts
Tim Holtz Distress ink in Vintage Photo
Tim Holtz Crackle paint in tarnished brass
Adirondack paint dauber in gold

I stamped the UM heart with the keyhole onto the white cardstock.

Color in with the gelatos, but leave space between the colors.

This is what it should like. See all the white space?

Using a waterbrush or paintbrush with water, blend the gelatos...leave the white space!

Dry with a heat tool, or let it air dry before this step. Get a foam brush and the India ink...

Brush the entire piece, yes completely cover, with India ink!

Let this dry for about 30 minutes. Rinse under cool water and gently rub with your fingers to remove the ink. Don't "scrub" it, be gentle. It's like magic, your picture appears with detail!

It is going to be sopping wet, so don't let it lie flat. Shake off the excess and let it dry on an incline or dry it with a heat tool.

I cut out the heart with a craft knife and painted my die cut grunge pieces.

I distressed the edges of the cardstock with a Tonic distressing tool from CS. I inked the edges with the distress ink and layered all my pieces. I popped the heart up with black Scrapbook Adhesives foam squares from CS. I glitzed it up and rubbed the edges of the cardstock with the leafing pen. I stamped "True Love" UM greeting with the gold dauber...