Sam Poole's Shabby Basics Collection | Creative Expressions

  Hello Friends and Crafters!

Sam Poole's Shabby Basics Collection at Creative Expressions was just released recently and I have a bunch of inspiration to share! I have two cards, a journal page and scrapbook layout and hope there's something you like in the mix. This collection is perfect for vintage-style projects and has a french twist. There are also some new gilding flakes which work perfectly with this style - I'm showcasing the Raspberry Kiss Gilding Flakes.

Scrapbook Layout

This scrapbook layout was solely inspired by the "French Corsets" script in the French Rose stamp set. I printed off a few vintage corset photos in black and white and matted them on black and red cardstock. I used a black Pigma Micron pen and drew a circle on my white layout using a circular box I have in my craft room. I added splatters of Distress inks in Aged Mahogany and Barn Door around the circle. 

I also cut another large circle and stamped out the sentiments from the Dates From The Past stamp set in Vintage Photo Oxide ink. I adhered this to the dried layout, along with the photos. I stamped the French Corset stamp around the edges of the layout. I added the flowers that I cut and inked up using the Petite Fleur Madelaine dies. I used Crushed Olive and Walnut Stain for the leaves and Aged Mahogany and Barn Door for the flowers.

The sentiment was heat embossed in gold using a stamp from the CE Sweetness Heart stamp set . I also randomly added buttons diecut from red cardstock using the Buttons die set. And finally, I added Golden Rod Stickles to the flower centers, to simulate thread on the button centers and as random dots in the background.

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Journal

This journal page was made by randomly swiping the pages with Distress Oxide ink in Aged Mahogany, Victorian Velvet and Barn Door. I simply took the ink pads to the paper. I randomly stamped the French Rose stamp in Versafine Onyx Black ink. I also added the sentiments from the Dates From The Past stamp set. Since this has a vintage look to it, you can double stamp and it will still look good - so don't worry about errors.

The right page, clearly displayed the French Rose stamp and felt the left side needed something. So I used my Black Pigma Micron Pen and my White Sakura Gelly Roll pen to draw a tall bust normally use for dressmaking. 

I used the Petite Fleur Madelaine die set to cut the flowers and leaves out of black, red, light pink and silver cardstocks. Then to give them a vintage look, I added some Cosmic Shimmer Acrylic glue to the edges of the petals and added some Raspberry Kiss Gilding Flakes. I did the same with the buttons I cut using the Buttons dies.

I assembled the flowers and added them on the pages along with the buttons, which I also used as flower centers. Finally, I added some Diamond Stickles to accent the stamped images and to make random dots in the background for interest.

Anniversary Card

This card was made by adding strips of double-sided adhesive around the edges of the aqua cardstock panel (4 1/4" x 5 1/2") and to make the design in the center, which I measured with a ruler. I then removed the release paper for each strip and added the Raspberry Kiss Gilding Flakes.

I used the Petite Fleur Madelaine dies to cut the flowers and added glue to the bottom petals of each flower. Once the glue ws tacky, I added more gilding flakes. The leaves were diecut from brown glitter cardstock. The sentiment was added using the Jamie Rodgers Wedding Dies from the Sentiments Collection. Finally, I added some Black Diamond Stickles.

Button Thank You Card

This card uses the Button Dies in a different way. I cut the button dies from pink and peach cardstocks in plain and glitter versions. I then attached them to a dark blue cardstock panel (4 1/4" x 5 1/2") and drew in stems with a White Sakura Gelly Roll pen.

The sentiment was die cut from white and silver cardstock using the CE Thanks A Million Mini Expressions die. And then I added some white dots in the background for interest. This one wasa really simple one to do.

I hope you've been inspired to make something similar yourself. All of the products have been linked below for your shopping pleasure! 

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