Monday, September 12, 2016

At The Movies



Hello friends!! I hope you had a good weekend! We had almost summer weather here and spent much time outdoors. I have also tried to sort out some computer problems that I have been having. It is Monday and a new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge is up, namely At the Movies. Since STAMPtember® started last Monday, we have our product/designer showcase this week instead, and the team is showcasing products by Spellbinders. You don't have to use Spellbinders products to join in, but it is always fun if you do. 

STAMPtember® continues the whole month, be sure not to miss anything. 

Layers of ink - At The Movies Layout by Anna-Karin with dies by Tammy Tutterow.
When I was thinking of the theme, I thought it would be a fun idea to do a layout about all the movies that Anton has seen at the movies. We love to go to the movies and when he was about 3.5 years old we started to take him to children's movies. I have kept the tickets, but I haven't managed to find them yet, they ended up somewhere during the move. I used an older photo of him and wrote quite a lot of journaling. Going to the movies with Anton is so much fun and he really loves it. 

For this layout, I used two die sets by Tammy Tutterow: Waterfall One and Frayed Posies dies, as well as her Dear Ruby background stamp. I took some step photos. My favourite part might be the box of pop corn, you'll see how it was made below.

Layers of ink - At The Movies Layout by Anna-Karin with dies by Tammy Tutterow.
I worked on a 12 x 12 sheet of watercoloured paper that I gessoed. Pumice Stone and Hickory Smoke Distress Paint was applied with a palette knife, and before they dried completely, I rubbed off some of the paint through Tim Holtz Tiles stencil.

Layers of ink - At The Movies Layout by Anna-Karin with dies by Tammy Tutterow.
The background was stamped with Tammy's Dear Ruby stamp. I really like this script stamp and also used it on my Wilderness layout.

Layers of ink - At The Movies Layout by Anna-Karin with dies by Tammy Tutterow.
Next, I coloured some Texture Paste with Candied Apple and Silver paint and smeared through the Industrial, Numbered and Stars stencils. 

Layers of ink - At The Movies Layout by Anna-Karin with dies by Tammy Tutterow.
I stamped Dear Ruby repeatedly on Tim Holtz Tissue Wrap. 

Layers of ink - At The Movies Layout by Anna-Karin with dies by Tammy Tutterow.
The Frayed Posies flowers were die cut from the tissue paper.

Layers of ink - At The Movies Layout by Anna-Karin with dies by Tammy Tutterow.
Glue or staple the flowers together and crumble them up a bit. I added a Prima Druzy Stones to the centers.

Layers of ink - At The Movies Layout by Anna-Karin with dies by Tammy Tutterow.
I often journal a lot on my pages and I love to find fun and easy ways to add more journaling, or photos, and often both. Tammy's Waterfall One is such a fun die set. There is also a Waterfall Two, with different edges, which you could easily combine with this one. I die cut three of the scalloped pages and three of the bracket ones. You can fit six pages into a letter-sized sheet of manila cardstock.

Layers of ink - At The Movies Layout by Anna-Karin with dies by Tammy Tutterow.
Stamp the pages with background stamps and Shadow Grey Archival ink, which gives a great light grey. Apart from Dear Ruby, I also used Tim Holtz Lattice & Flourish and ZigZag & Diamonds stamps.

Layers of ink - At The Movies Layout by Anna-Karin with dies by Tammy Tutterow.
 Fold along the score lines and ink with Pumice Stone and Hickory Smoke.

Layers of ink - At The Movies Layout by Anna-Karin with dies by Tammy Tutterow.
The waterfall book is built from the bottom page and up, so start with the last page and apply adhesive to the top flap. Fold the following page along the second flap, which is where you will line them up.

Layers of ink - At The Movies Layout by Anna-Karin with dies by Tammy Tutterow.
Adhere to the bottom page as shown, lining the top score line of the bottom page up with the second score line on the top page.

Layers of ink - At The Movies Layout by Anna-Karin with dies by Tammy Tutterow.
Continue adding page the same way, until your booklet looks like this. You can add more pages than I did. Fold the top flap over to give the it a nice finish.

Layers of ink - At The Movies Layout by Anna-Karin with dies by Tammy Tutterow.
Anton loves popcorn at the movies and I wanted to include that. Then I looked at the Waterfall One dies and got the idea of using the scalloped edge one to create a popcorn box. It was die cut from Mixed Media paper and I stamped a Tim Holtz popcorn image on top. 

Layers of ink - At The Movies Layout by Anna-Karin with dies by Tammy Tutterow.
Cut off a piece from each side and then score. Fold along the score lines, also using the lines created by the die. 

Layers of ink - At The Movies Layout by Anna-Karin with dies by Tammy Tutterow.
Glue only the folded flaps to the page, and you have a dimensional popcorn box that you can put things into.

Layers of ink - At The Movies Layout by Anna-Karin with dies by Tammy Tutterow.
I thought of making some fake popcorn, but instead I tucked three small stamped tickets into the box, as well as two straws. The straws were made from Tim Holtz Correspondence paper, rolled into a straw.

Layers of ink - At The Movies Layout by Anna-Karin with dies by Tammy Tutterow.
The script tissue flowers are really pretty, and would look great on a card too. Or put a stem on them a place them in a jar (check out this Wire and Felt Flowers project for inspiration).

Layers of ink - At The Movies Layout by Anna-Karin with dies by Tammy Tutterow.
I also splattered some black paint on the background and added a little extra silver paint to the stars. When everything was dry, black paint was dry brushed around the edges and here and there.

Layers of ink - At The Movies Layout by Anna-Karin with dies by Tammy Tutterow.
I like the big red stencil elements, and picked red because of the Spider-Man outfit.

Layers of ink - At The Movies Layout by Anna-Karin with dies by Tammy Tutterow.
Another two stamped tickets were glued to the cover, with the addition of a Chit Chat sticker. I embellished the Waterfall book with tissue tape, Deco Tape and some rub-ons.

Layers of ink - At The Movies Layout by Anna-Karin with dies by Tammy Tutterow.
I journaled on both sides of the pages inside the booklet and wrote down memories from our movie visits. The booklet lies flat on the page and doesn't add much bulk at all, which I really liked. It would also be a fun element on the front of a card, you could hide sentiments and special greetings inside.

At the side of the booklet there is a film strip stamped on Clearly for Art Modeling Film. Carefully heat the film and shape it as you'd like. It keeps its shape perfectly. I also stamped a movie program on acetate, which was placed under the photo, to add another layer to the layout.

Layers of ink - At The Movies Layout by Anna-Karin with dies by Tammy Tutterow.
The title was die cut from black Kraft-Core cardstock, using the Typo Lowercase die.

I hope you will join us in our At the Movies challenge. As every week, you have a chance to win a $50 gift voucher from Simon Says Stamp. You have until Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in.


If you want to, follow Simon Says Stamp on Instagram, they post great stuff daily. 


new-instagram-icon22

Do you use Instagram ? If so please add #sssmchallenge so we can see your entries there too.







Thank you so much for visiting my blog today!

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

Supplies:




18 comments:

  1. This is one amazing layout! So many wonderful details to take in! Chrisx

    ReplyDelete
  2. Oh! This LO has stolen my heart! I love the greys combined with strong red so much! Love the grey stars and white soft flowers. The waterfall is just fabulous! LOVELY! Hugs, Marzena

    ReplyDelete
  3. This is one amazing layout, and the photo of Anton is wonderful! What a sweet child!! Love the masculine grungy feel you created, and the layers of goodness, along with the embellies like the popcorn box - I do love my popcorn!! I can tell you will be enjoying more movies together! hugs, maura

    ReplyDelete
  4. So great how you let the LO pop up by using the red!

    ReplyDelete
  5. I love, love, love it!! thank you so much for featuring my collection! <3

    ReplyDelete
  6. I think that you are a Queen of layout! Your project is outstanding! The booklet strikes my heart!Now these dies from Tammy are in my wishlist! Barbara

    ReplyDelete
  7. This is a great layout, Anna- Karin. I love the idea of a waterfall book for journaling!

    ReplyDelete
  8. What a cutie your son is!!! Love all of the elements you thought of for a perfect movie theme! :)


    *mwah*
    Steph
    Simon Says Stamp!

    ReplyDelete
  9. Thanks for showing your wonderful ideas. It must take a a long time to make these.

    ReplyDelete
  10. This is so cool, Anna-Karin! I love your layout and your son is adorable! Fabulous!

    Cathie ♥

    ReplyDelete
  11. beautiful layout Anna-Karin with so much detail...love the pop of red and that adorable cheeky face..hugs kath xxx

    ReplyDelete
  12. Amazing layout, Anna-Karin! Love how you've used that die, you made it so versatile! Love the colors too, the red really stands out! Gorgeous! Hugs, Sandra

    ReplyDelete
  13. This is such a cute layout, Anna- Karin. The background and those embellishments you created are amazing! Love the super adorable photo, too. :)

    ReplyDelete
  14. Gorgeous layout Anna-Karin, such a cute photo of your son and the details are absolutely fabulous 😍❤️

    Luv
    Lols X X X

    ReplyDelete
  15. I always love to see your pages Anna-Karin and adore all the wonderful photos that you use of your family life and this layout is just amazing ~ so much detail and I love the embellishments that you've used! Stunning work, as always... :)

    ReplyDelete
  16. What a gorgeous page! I love your work! Thanks for the step-by-step!

    ReplyDelete
  17. Oh my goodness! That popcorn box is nothing short of brilliant! And as always, you are the Queen of texturing!

    ReplyDelete

Thank you so much for leaving a comment! Happy Crafting!