Voyage Journal - Stampers Anonymous

 

The last of my Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Summer Travel Curation projects. Because it was a travel theme, I wanted to make something that could be a travel journal or a place to do a quick documentation of some summer trips or experiences. So I used several of the stamp sets from this curation and added one too.

 

For the cover I used two Mini Etcetera Tags and covered them with Distress Cracked Leather Cardstock that I colored with Brushed Corduroy Distress Stain. Once it was colored and dry I attached it to the front and back of each tag and reinforcer and sanded the edges. 

Before I attached any labels, I went over the cracked leather covers with Distress Collage Medium to seal them and to make them seem like real leather. 

The next thing was to stamp the images from Travel Labels CMS108. I stamped these with Distress Archival Ink onto Distress Mixed Media Heavystock. Then I cut them out by hand and attached them to the front of the front tag and the back of the back tag.

On the Palace label I stamped it and then I did color it with Distress Inks. 

For some of the labels I had to mask off areas so I could stamp them in different colors. 

The front cover title label is a piece of Distress Mixed Media Heavystock that I stamped the map from Air Travel CMS102 very lightly in Antique Linen. I had also colored the paper with Antique Linen Distress Spray Stain. Then I stamped a label from Label Frames CMS264 in Distress Ground Espresso. I then cut apart the sentiment Artist Journal from Classics #1 SCF001 and stamped both the Journal Voyage onto the label.

Once I had attached the travel labels and the title label with DistressCollage medium, I also went over each label with a layer of Collage Medium to seal them.

Then to finish off the front cover, I added two Idea-ology Machine Heads which are retired, but I have some in my stash and you might too.

On the inside front cover I stamped the ticket from Air travel and attached it to make a pocket to hold other stamped pieces that I can use in the travel journal as I finish the pages of each trip. 

These are some of the elements I stamped from this curation to tuck into the front cover pocket. I used the following stamps : Paris COM015, Paris Film COM035, I see Paris CMS009, and Mini Muse CMS063

To make all of the journal pages, I cut several piees of Distress Mixed Media Heavystock in half and then used the tags to cut to size. I made reinforcers by using circle punches. I edged each tag front and back with Antique Linen Distress Ink before I started stamping. For this sample, I only stamped on the front of each tag thinking I would use the backs for photos, journaling and adding some of the stamped ephemera from the front and back cover pockets.

This first page uses images from Air Travel and a sentiment from Just Thoughts.

The second page uses and image from I see Paris.

The third page features a Travel Blueprint image and the sentiment is from Creative Muse. 

The images on this page are from Creative Must an the sentiment is from Just Thoughts.

This page would be great for a trip to NY. The image and sentiment are both from Americana Silhouettes.

I added this stamp set because I had to have images for either a trip to Africa or perhaps some place like Disney's Animal Kingdom. The images are from Life Adventure CMS077, Purely Random CMS088, and the sentiment is from Just Thoughts.

The inside back cover pocket is made from the same airline ticket stamp. 

The stamped ephemera I tucked inside are from Creative Muse, Mini Muse, I See Paris, Car COM013, and Optimist COM023.

Here is a final look at the back cover, 

I hope you found the details to be helpful. This really went together much more quickly than I thought, and would make such a great way to document your summer trips or travel throughout the year. 

Thank you so much for reading through this far! Now let’s go shine brightly, and have a creative day! 😃

Tami  

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Rose Masterpiece Card

I'm really enjoying making with the Mixed Media Sets from Stampers Anonymous and Tim Holtz. I hadn't owned one before making for the curations this year so it's been fun to try out something new. These sets have a stencil that is half one stencil in the Tim Holtz line and half of another. Someone commented to me the other day and called it a Frankenstencil which made me laugh but it is a great description. Then the stamps are often resided versions of the signature red rubber stamps normally part of the Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous line as Stampers has been making red rubber stamps over 100 years in Cleveland , Ohio as a multi generational family business. 

Today's card features one of my favorite Sets, Lady Rose THMM19. To finish this card, I added a few bits of Idea-ology and some twine. This card is very simple. I first stenciled the background using both parts of the stencil. The crosshatch side in Tattered Rose and the Burlap side is Frayed Burlap.

Then I stamped the beautiful rose and the sentiments in Distress Archival Ground Espresso. Archival ink isn't water reactive, so I dried it and then could color it in with Distress Inks in Victorian Velvet, Tattered Rose, and Bundled Sage.

I did stamp some of the speckles from the stamp set onto the background in Ground Espresso Archival as well as some of the gothic text in Frayed Burlap Distress Ink. The text is very light but you can see it in person.

I finished off by stamping a few of the cancellation stamps in Victorian Velvet in a few places on the back ground, and coloring two mats with Bundled Sage and Victorian Velvet over a Ground Espresso base.

 It all came together as a very quick and simple, but lovely encouragement card to send to a loved one.

Now let’s go shine brightly, and have a creative day! 😃

Tami  

I am an affiliate with Simon Says Stamp, Ranger Ink, and Scrapbook.com. The links below send you to one of those stores. If you wish to purchase something and use one of my links below, I get a small percentage of your order at no additional cost to you. This helps me to defray the costs of this blog, the time, the ideas and tutorials I post here. Your help is greatly appreciated! Thank you!

Happy Birthday - Tim Holtz Collection Summer Curation

 This fun little Happy Birthday card  made for the Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Summer Travel Curation 2025. 

I used two of the Mixed Media sets from this curation. For the circular purple piece and the sentiment around the edge I used Noteworthy 2 - THMM162. To make the purple piece, I lightly colored a piece of Mixed Media Heavystock with Dusty Concord Distress Ink, and then I smooshed my inkpad on the circular part of the stencil, sprayed it with water and pressed it onto the inked paper using a paper towel. Then lifted it off the paper and let dry. I speckled it with drops of Peacock Feathers.

I made the teal grid paper the same way, but with part of the stencil from Snarky Cat THMM109 Mixed Media Set. I then stamped the cat, bow tie, sentiment and two balloons from that set, colored them and attached them to the center of the card.

Let's take a minute to talk about the background. I sprayed a piece of Mixed Media Heavystock with Distress Spray stain in Disty Concord, Crushed Olive, and Peacock Feathers. Then Let them dry. 

Instead of finisheing this card with a bit of sewing, I stamped the Best Day Ever sentiment all around the outside edge. It was fun to do! It's not perfectly spaced, but that really doesn't matter. It works fine being a little wonky.

This card came together much better than I had planned. These little Mixed Media sets have been so much fun to work with. Some of them need to be used in conjuction with other sets, as seen here, like Noteworthy 2 and Correspondence. But how great is it to have some sets with lots of sentiments to pull from as well?

Many thanks again for stopping by to check out this card. I hope it inspires some ideas for your own making session.

Now let’s go have a creative day! 😃

Tami  

I am an affiliate with Simon Says Stamp, Ranger Ink, and Scrapbook.com. The links below send you to one of those stores. If you wish to purchase something and use one of my links below, I get a small percentage of your order at no additional cost to you. This helps me to defray the costs of this blog, the time, the ideas and tutorials I post here. Your help is greatly appreciated! Thank you!