Studio AE from Technique Tuesday | January Blog Hop

Welcome to the January 2012 Studio AE Blog Hop!

This month's stamp is called Bring On The Love.

A nice love-themed set that can be used for Valentine's projects or any time you want to express your love for someone in your memory keeping projects. Love is one of my favorite universal themes - always lots of stories to share about expressing love (totally not just for Valentine's Day).

Here's a look at the 8.5x11 layout:

Now, let me be the first to say that I wanted to experiment a bit with this layout.

The truth is that I don't completely love it. I think it's mainly because I stuck that hand-stitched heart right in the middle of the page and it's totally bugging me. That said, I'm just going to put it in my album and move on. The process of playing was good.

If I was going to do it again or change it I'd probably keep the bottom portion (up to the scallop ribbon) and then have the rest be just the photo and the couple small hearts. Practice and learn!

Here's a look at the process:

I've had the Pink Paislee Mistables Collection Scallop Ribbons sitting in my stash for awhile and was ready to make something happen with it.

Using both Bring On The Love and Hero Arts Clings Thank You stamps, paired with Ranger Archival Ink, I stamped right onto the Pink Paislee Scallop Ribbons. I stamped "love you so much" twice and used a bit of red line adhesive to initially attach it to the page. I stamped the text stamp a couple times along the larger piece of ribbon and then layered it up underneath the first strip.

In the photo above you can see that I layered a strip of Pinkish-Grey Stripe Tape on top of the bottom edge of the photo. Aligned with the right edge I added a piece of scalloped felt from My Mind's Eye Everyday Fun Borders set. I stitched a zig-zag line along the edge between the stamped scallop ribbon and the photo.

The heart (yea, that one in the center of the layout) was hand-stitched using embroidery floss. Loved doing that but don't love the placement (and little stitches are easier for controling your shape - I didn't draw it on there first I just eye-balled it).

The other two little hearts include a Jenni Bowlin Hearts Plain Mini Chipboard Piece that I embossed with white Zing powder and a small heart cut from the 6x6 Fancy Pants Love Story paper pad and added a bit of Glossy Accents on top.

Along the bottom for the journaling section I stamped the "lots of love for you" design using silver ink from Colorbox Basics Cat's Eye Classic Pigment Ink Queue. I tried a couple other inks with this stamp and it seemed that the chalk ink turned out the best. I drew the jouranling lines with a Sakura Pen Touch pen in silver and wrote my journaling using a Precision Pen from American Crafts.

Along the very bottom of the page I added another piece of the scalloped felt and a strip of that great heart paper from the 6x6 Fancy Pants Love Story paper pad. I used the Fiskars Scallop Border Punch to created the scallops along the pattern paper.

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As a thank you for all the comments received during the hop on all the blogs, as well as those left on the Technique Tuesday blog, we will give away two stamp sets.

One person will win Our Hearts by Ali Edwards stamp set and one other person will win our The Cupcakery stamp set. You don’t need to leave a comment on all the blogs to be eligible to win. All comments must be made by midnight  PST on Jan. 13th. Tune into the Technique Tuesday blog on Jan. 14th to see if you are one of the lucky winners.

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266 thoughts

  1. Mary E says…
    01/10/2012

    great layout and inspiration! love your AE stamp sets! thanks for a chance to win! smiles, m-

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  2. laura g. says…
    01/10/2012

    very nice! anna won't care if the heart is in the middle of the page...she will love it because it's pink and her Mama made this for her!

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  3. kathyg3 says…
    01/10/2012

    Always amazing creativity, thank you for sharing.

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  4. Anna Vollmer says…
    01/10/2012

    Love those!

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  5. Peg says…
    01/10/2012

    Love the scallop and text elements throughout. You really do such a nice job with those sorts of repetitions. The picture is great and I like the heart but mostly I like your attitude to get it in the album and move on. That's a great practice and one I try to do too. Actually doing it right now with something on my OLW project. :)

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  6. Rosanne says…
    01/10/2012

    Love the layout and new stamp set.

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  7. Viv Halliwell says…
    01/10/2012

    Great layout and well done for moving on from the stitched heart !
    I have a real thing for hearts.

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  8. Connie says…
    01/10/2012

    It's a great layout. I love the colors. Love the stamp set.

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  9. Debbi G. says…
    01/10/2012

    thanks for the chance :)

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  10. Susan R says…
    01/10/2012

    Love it! Can't wait to get it!

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  11. Keli jones says…
    01/10/2012

    Love the heart!

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  12. Dori says…
    01/10/2012

    Actually, I love the stitched heart. My eyes were drawn to it the instant I saw the whole layout and it seemed to shout THIS LAYOUT IS ALL ABOUT A LOVE SO BIG IT SPANS THREE GENERATIONS!!! :)

    I also love the way you included yourself in the photo.

    Yep... as far as I'm concerned, this layout is absolutely perfect!

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  13. Dee Cummins says…
    01/10/2012

    Love the stamp set and the layout -especially the mix of scallop sizes and shades.

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  14. georgeinci says…
    01/10/2012

    I *heart* the heart - totally beautiful x

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  15. nerdgrl says…
    01/10/2012

    I love that you're in the photo taking a photo. The stamp set is too cool.

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  16. Pidgen says…
    01/10/2012

    ha ha, i too was wondering, "what's with the faucet love?" :) but i'm glad to know that you put a layout up, that you don't love.

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  17. Deb J says…
    01/10/2012

    I like the stamps. I can see using them a lot. The layout is great. I think it is nice that you show us and keep the ones you aren't super happy with. It helps us to not be so afraid to do the same.

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  18. tracee m says…
    01/10/2012

    I LOVE this! I love that you are in the photo too. Thanks for the chance to win!

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  19. Kathy R says…
    01/10/2012

    Love your layout and all the hearts and scallop borders. Great stamp set too.

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  20. Johanna says…
    01/10/2012

    I really like the stamped ribbon - great idea to step it up a bit! That said, I have started experimenting with the cool big stamps I won here the other day (my first stamps bigger than 1", really!) and have yet to try any other surface than the inside of the cereal package I started with. Thanks for the inspiration (even though you're not completely happy with it - even better you shared, if you ask me).

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  21. Queen Mary says…
    01/10/2012

    Ali, I'm so glad you keep layouts you are not thrilled with! Definitely still practicing and learning here! I thought the story would say something about the faucet in the heart! I think love is important too and that's clear in this 3 generational photo so it's all good!

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  22. Lexi says…
    01/10/2012

    Great layout and lovin the heart!

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  23. KSW says…
    01/10/2012

    To me, this imagine you made - you three girls together, helping your little one get ready - well this is priceless. What a classic image to treasure. (I think I might love your mom, too.)

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  24. Suz says…
    01/10/2012

    Thanks for chance to win! Awesome lo! :)

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  25. Ange says…
    01/10/2012

    Very cool photo!

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