Craft Stamper – August 2019

Much Ado

About Puffin

Create an adorable beach scene using an Eileen

Hull Journal die and cute Tracey Hey stamps!

By Tracey Hey

I

t’s always fun to try and think of different ways to use our crafty stash, so for this

creation I decided to use the very popular Eileen Hull wrapped journal die, but in a

slightly different way!

With a beach theme in my head, I began by selecting an appropriate colour palette of

three colours, then continued using these colours for each of the elements, ensuring

everything tied together beautifully. Using a brayer to apply the three paint colours

in one go provides a seamless blend and creates a fantastic backdrop to layer onto,

however the colours need to be selected carefully to ensure they don’t create a muddy

mess where they overlap! I chose beachy colours with one of the colours being

metallic, just to add a little something extra.

Using the journal as a display box makes it perfect to give as a gift, why not make

the cover like a birthday card, then fill the box with sweets or cosmetics? There are

so many ways to adapt this design to make it suitable for any recipient and for any

occasion.

Go Shopping!

Tracey Hey stamps available from http://www.alpacapals.com

Materials

Stamps Tracey used...

• Tracey Hey: Winging It; Beautiful
Chaos; Epic Stuff

Other materials...

• Sizzix Eileen Hull Wrapped Journal
Bigz Die

• Tim Holtz Idea-ology Vignette Box

• Mountboard

• Pebeo Acrylic Paint: White; Light
Taupe

• Prima Art Alchemy Acrylic Paint: Opal
Magic Blue-Gold

• VersaMark ink

• WOW! Embossing Powder: White;
Primary Goose

• Crafters Workshop stencil:
Distressed details

• White & clear texture paste

• Sand, bandage & small piece of bark

• Powertex small 3D balls

• VersaFine Onyx Black

• Clear embossing powder

• Ranger Distress Markers

• Posca pen

• Gummiapan Hand Drawn Border Die

• Frayed ribbon and elastic

Meet the Designer,

Tracey Hey

“I live with my husband, two fantastic

children, a selection of pets and

around 300 Alpacas on our own little

patch of Dorset. I love all kinds of

crafting and would spend all day every

day designing and creating if I could.”

Find Tracey online:

http://www.facebook.com/thealpacapals

http://www.instagram.com/traceydhey

http://www.twitter.com/traceyhey

Project: Wrapped Display Box