Agnus | Pocket Pages - Pink Paislee's Oh My Heart

Hi again, I'm back with another project life spread using the fun 'Oh My Heart' collection by Pink Paislee. 

I have gone with a softer colour palette compared to my previous week's mixed media pockets, but they still flow nicely and there are definitely elements that carry over across both lots of pages. 

Inspired by the cute scalloped design from one of the papers in the range, I cut out several scallops and stitched them onto a gradient background. I used my date stamp with one of the gorgeous rose gold foiled cardstock designs and added a few of the lovely charms to create my date card. 

I added a few more of pieces from the foiled cut-apart sheet to create some quick and easy filler cards.

I decided to print all of my landscape photos on a smaller scale this week to allow me to add more colour with the bright patterned paper designs. I repeated the stitching elements by framing a few of the my pics - adding some random metallic paint splatters to tie in with the foiled elements throughout the pockets. 

 I had a bit of a play with the new Color Philosophy Ink Pads from Prima, and loved that I was able to create some soft watercolour effects by simply adding water. To do this, I simply applied the ink onto my stamp block them used a wet brush to pick up the colour then used it in the same way I would use watercolour paint to create a few custom backgrounds. Once dry I used the same ink colours to stamp images and phrases onto my backgrounds. 

Using one of my 'inked' cards for my son's first day back at school.

I often repeat the same elements across both pages to keep things looking balanced - in this case using more scallops and stitched frames.  

Here are those scallops again - this time as a guide for my journal strips for this card. I have also used one of the planner stamps to help tell my story over the foiled cut-apart. 

 I found a good use for my other 'inked' card, although I do realise now that I made it slightly a bit too short ;)

Repeating those scallops again with another stitched frame, and because simple and quick ways to dress up your pockets are always a plus - why not let the products do the work for you with more beautiful foiled details.

Products from the Sassy store... Pink Paislee Oh My Heart - Rose Gold Foiled Cardstock Pink Paislee Oh My Heart Cardstock - No.1 Pink Paislee Oh My Heart Cardstock - No.21 Pink Paislee Oh My Heart Cardstock - No.4 Pink Paislee Oh My Heart Cardstock - No.10 Pink Paislee Oh My Heart Metal & Resin Charms  Heidi Swapp Memory Planner Clear Stamps - Day Heidi Swapp Memory Planner Date Stamp Prima Marketing Color Philosophy Dye Ink Pad - Mermaid Hair Prima Marketing Color Philosophy Dye Ink Pad - Sea Breeze Prima Marketing Color Philosophy Dye Ink Pad - Midnight Blue  Ranger Archival Ink Pad - Jet Black Amy Tangerine Finders Keepers Map Stamp Heidi Swapp Metallic Paint Set - Gold/Rose Gold
               

Agnus | Mixed Media Pocket Pages with Dylusions Paints

Hi again :) Agnus here with another share from my project life album!

I am playing with the fun 'Oh My Heart' collection from Pink Paislee, adding some bright pops of colour with Dylusions paints and a few rose gold highlights.

I gave this card a few metallic highlights with some rose gold paint, and used my favourite inkpad to stamp a simple sentiment onto the photo. The small size of the planner stamps is perfect for using with pocket pages. 

I also used Dylusions paint to stamp some cute plus sign images onto a few of my pics. These paints are very fluid and dry quickly which makes them perfect for stamping, and I have found that applying a little bit of paint onto non-stick craft sheet or non-stick mat then using a blending sponge to apply a thin layer of paint onto the stamp gives the best results.  I mixed 'Polished Jade' with a little bit of 'White Linen' to get this gorgeous colour.

Reaching for more planner supplies with my roller date stamp - I also added printed journal strips and simple die-cut hearts to one of the fun sayings from one of the patterned papers. I always look for papers with cut-apart sayings as they are an easy and inexpensive way to add detail to your pages. 

I watered down the metallic paint to add a few random paint drops by simply tapping my brush in a horizontal position over the card, and I like the way the little drops help to highlight the rose gold colour of the foiled card. 

We spent some time at the coast for the second part of the week, and I have repeated the same patterns and colours across the page. 

I used more metallic stitching to bring out the foiled detail from the cut-apart pieces.

I also die-cut a few hearts from my patterned paper to help ground the journal strip. 

I often mix papers from other collection in my albums, and while I loved pattern of the gorgeous Chasing Dreams paper from the store, the colours and tones were a little dull when paired the vibrant 'Oh My Heart' collection so I decided to alter the paper and loved how it turned out.

Using the printed pattern as a guide, I added a little bit of Dylusions paints over the design to create some vibrant custom backgrounds. I used a flat brush to apply the paint - dabbing off the majority of the colour onto a paper towel, then used light strokes to apply a very thin layer of paint. The paint dries very fast and because the layers were so thin, there were no problems with the paper buckling. I applied some rose gold metallic paint in the same way and watered down some the paint to create some subtle paint droplets using the same technique mentioned for the filler card from the first side of the page.  

Products from the Sassy store... Crate Paper Chasing Dreams - Keepsake Paper Pink Paislee Oh My Heart - Rose Gold Foiled Cardstock Pink Paislee Oh My Heart Cardstock - No.1 Pink Paislee Oh My Heart Cardstock - No.21 Pink Paislee Oh My Heart Cardstock - No.4 Pink Paislee Oh My Heart Cardstock - No.10 Heidi Swapp Memory Planner Clear Stamps - Day Heidi Swapp Memory Planner Date Stamp Ranger Archival Ink Pad - Jet Black Amy Tangerine Finders Keepers Map Stamp Heidi Swapp Metallic Paint Set - Gold/Rose Gold Dylusions Paints - Polished Jade, Bubblegum Pink, Lemon Zest,  Vibrant Turqouise, White Linen, After Midnight