Studio AE Blog Hop | April
Welcome to the first-ever Technique Tuesday Studio AE Blog Hop!
Today, the Studio AE team is joining with me to show some projects we made with April’s Studio AE stamp set. Check out my project and then check out the links below which will take you to the other blogs. Leave a comment on each one for a chance to win the You Always Know by Ali Edwards stamp set from Technique Tuesday (more info below).
The new stamp set for April is called, “It’s in the Details by Ali Edwards.”
The set consists of 13 clear stamps. The set works great for scrapbook pages as well as cards.
The set ships to Studio AE members between the 10th and the 15th. Non-Studio AE members can also purchase the set for a limited time through the Technique Tuesday Web site. Some retailers are also now offering the Studio AE stamp sets for purchase. Check with your favorite retailer for more details about that.
Here’s the layout I worked up using one of the stamps in this set:
And a couple close-ups:
To create the stamped square I used a few different inks from Close To My Heart and stamped onto a piece of cream cardstock. To extract the square I used the Marvy Extra Giga Square Punch (I used that for the other two squares as well).
I drew a little line in black pen to create a frame. I like doing that.
I drew a couple circles around the "girl" embellishment too.
I did the journaling last on this page. I almost called it good without the main portion of journaling. And then I thought to myself, "why make it in the first place if I'm not going to write out the reason I felt like it was worth making?" So that's exactly how I started my journaling:
JOURNALING | Why is this special? What do I want to say here and why do I want to keep this memory? I love to see where we are right now - Anna and her new Dora shoes that she loves and me in my new heels that I love. Someday, not too far from now, she'll be in heels too...or want to be. She already wants her toes painted. Soon sweet baby, soon. For me it's about me and her and how happy I am that she is in my life.
SUPPLIES
Cardstock | Bazzill Swiss Dot
Letter "a" Chipboard Sticker | American Crafts Mediterranean Blue Marquise Pearl Chipboard Thicker Stickers
Pattern Paper | Sassafrass Nerdy Bird, Hambly High Tea Overlay
Kraft Tag | Maya Road Kraft Shipping Tags
"Girl" Circle Embellishment | Crate Paper Emma's Shoppe Sew Brads
Green Flower | Crate Paper Portrait Collection Chipboard
"Treasures" Tab | October Afternoon Thrift Shop Word Stickers
Punch | Marvy Extra Giga Square Punch
Pens | American Crafts Precision Pen, Gold Metallic Pitt Artist Pen
Ink | Close To My Heart
Stamps | Studio AE April
NEXT UP + BLOG HOP GIVEAWAY
Next up on the Blog Hop is Nichol (you can check out all the rest of the designers listed below as well - lots of great ideas for using this stamp set):
Leave a comment on one or all of the blogs by Midnight PST on April 12th. We’ll pick two people from comments received on all six of the blogs to receive the You Always Know by Ali Edwards stamp set from Technique Tuesday. The more comments you leave (one per blog please), the better chance you have to win.
The winners will be announced on the Technique Tuesday Facebook page on April 13th so be sure to check it out.
Thanks for stopping by our blogs today and for taking part in the hop!
Want to see more of my stamps? Check them out at Two Peas.
i love blog hops! this is so great!
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Great layout- love it! And love this stamp set. Thanks!
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I love the AE blog hop and your page is the perfect staring point...off the check out the others!
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Oh my goodness, my heart strings have been tugged on... Absolutely beautiful & precious Ali. My baby girls turn 17 in a few months and this seems like yesterday for us.
Love the blog hop and I hope you do it again. :)
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I love all your stamps!! such great inspiration
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Just finished visiting all the blogs in the hop and the techniques used are amazing...Ali, you picked a great design team! No 2 ideas were alike and I love that! Thanks for inspiring me on this dreary Sunday!!!
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Great layout
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Lovely layout and gorgeous stamps
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What a beautiful page. I love how you captured this special moment in time and I love how you created that patterned paper square!
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Ali! You never fail to inspire me. I just LOVE your stamps! I use them on most everything that I do!
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As always, love your pages and your stamp sets.
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I LOVE YOUR STAMPS! It was neat to see on this hop how many different scrap styles ALL work beautifully with your stamps! Keep em coming!
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I love this page. I love the fact that you created a story about Anna's Dora shoes! My 2 year old LOVES Dora too and is generally obsessed with shoes so I felt a real affinity for your original post about this. Love that you turned it into a layout. How wonderful to document this memory for her!
Can't wait to see what your team had is store ... hop ... hop!
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Thank you for sharing! I love seeing the different styles with the same great product. Thank you for breaking down your process too!
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I can't wait til I can join Ali's stamp club - just another month or two when some of my financial obligations are paid off, and I am IN! Love this April set!
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I love how you cut a part of your word stamp out & the circles around the brad! Such simple things that I wouldn't have thought of that add so much! Thanks for some more great ideas!! :)
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It's fun to see the photo on the blog and then see this layout and your words! It reminds me that we really do need to document the little things in our life! Thanks for the sharing that story and providing us such great stamps to document our lives!!
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Love how you captured this, what's better than a girl's love of shoes :)
Thanks for the chance to win, love this layout!
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Love the new stamp set and example layout!
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Love that you took photo's of the feet. Whole different idea
love the blog hop idea too
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Inspiring as always....love the blog hop!
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Love this page! Can't wait until my stamp set arrives. Love the way you created your own patterned paper with the document stamp!
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It's all in the details! what a great idea. Love it!
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I love how you tell the stories of your everday. All those little bits and pieces. I am definetly trying to capture our family's stories more thanks to you Ali.
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I would love to win!!! Thanks for the chance :o
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