Hello and welcome to Precocious Paper! My name is Tessa and I am glad you are here. If you're a regular, or here by chance, I hope you'll join us from the beginning for this hop. If you've just arrived from the very talented Tiffany's blog, you're in the right place :).
I've been designing for DCWV for almost two years and I have to say, the textured papers that DCWV has come out with are some of my absolute favorites to work with! Add Faber-Castell to the mix and oh my goodness, great messy fun is to be had! My mother-in-law's birthday was coming up, so I decided to make her a mixed media mini album:
What you see here is the Navy and Coral Stack by DCWV. From my own stash I added tissue paper, mother of pearl buttons, white washi tape and thread. Now for the texture and Faber-Castell....
I made my pages from 6x6 pieces of the textured DCWV papers, as well as the Navy and Coral Stack. This spread features a piece from the neutral corrugate paper stack. I used Faber-Castell's whipped spackle and a DCWV stencil to create the pattern in the corner. I scraped it thin in most places to show off the texture of the corrugate. I love that look!
This next spread features a piece from the Woven Stack.
Faber-Castell gelatos and this paper are a match made in heaven! I loved how the woven texture grabbed the gelato, then how the watery color trickled down and pooled in the little squares - kind of like syrup on waffles!
The next page spread features DCWV's Cork Stack. I love how the cork texture peek-a-boos through the spackle.
I enjoyed spreading it onto the page in kind of an uneven way - the little peaks and valleys add even more texture.
This spread features the Woven Stack again. I loved the effect of the gelato so much that I just had to use this technique twice!
This page features DCWV's Burlap Stack. I think the burlap was my favorite material to add the whipped spackle to!
The bristly texture is really visible through the spackle when applied thinly.
If you're interested in seeing more views and close-ups of this album, you can see more in my flickr gallery here.
I hope you enjoyed my mini album and that you'll enjoy the rest of the hop, too! Be sure to leave comments at every stop you make and follow DCWV and Faber-Castell at all your usual social media haunts. $75.00 in product from these fabulous companies is up for grabs. Finish the hop by Friday and the winner will be announced Monday. Now onto Karen's blog! Good luck and happy hopping! Tessa
What a fantastic album. I love all the texture. I love the whipped spackle over the burlap the most - totally yummy texture.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous Album!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful textures and colors. Thanks for the tutorial.
ReplyDeletei love how used the medium on the texture card stock, you are so good
ReplyDeleteDarling album.
ReplyDeleteGreat mini album! So much texture - love it :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a great gift. I really need to get some spackle.
ReplyDeleteSo Awesome! I love all the little sentences and I love how "you" this is even though there are lots of mixed media techniques in here! Love it!
ReplyDeleteReally nice textures,
ReplyDeleteOMGoodness! This is FABulous! I love all of the details!!! You rock! TFS!
ReplyDeleteLuv the textures
ReplyDeleteOh the stencilled whipped spackle on the texture paper is AMAZING! I have to try that! What a beautiful present I am sure your mother-in-law will be delighted!
ReplyDeleteSo many details!! love it.
ReplyDeletebeautiful mini album, tessa! your MIL will love it so much. what a great way to show off all those texture papers (and the coral and navy stack of course!)
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What a thoughtful & lovely gift for your mother-in-law!
ReplyDeleteThe texture is simply fabulous. So wonderful.
ReplyDeleteLoved the sparkle on the cork!
ReplyDeleteYour mother-in-law will love this...very creative and a wonderful keepsake.
ReplyDeleteFabulous project! So fun.
ReplyDeleteLoving the spackle over burlap, looks awesome!
ReplyDeleteVery interesting album!! I like the idea of using so many different texture papers on it and I might just make one myself! Thanks for inspiring me this Monday morning. I needed it!
ReplyDeleteSo many fun textures! Great project.
ReplyDeleteCute album
ReplyDeleteI so love the textures.
ReplyDeleteLove the burlap with the spackle. Your mother-in-law will be blown away when she sees this beautiful album. Excellent job.
ReplyDeleteI love your mini. It looks awesome. Thanks for sharing, Johanne Lacombe
ReplyDeleteYour mini album is such a lovely work of art! I love the texture of the whipped spackle on the burlap too.
ReplyDeleteLove your work...
ReplyDeleteI love making minibooks and albums and this gives me loads of ideas. thanks
ReplyDeleteThis is a wonderful album, one that I'm sure will be cherished.
ReplyDeleteI love all the texture. Thanks for the chance to win... ;0)
ReplyDeleteA.DOR.AB.LE. I love this Tessa! You are so great at making these mini albums! How lucky your family must feel! I love that you used the Coral and Navy stack with it as well. Every page is stunning!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great album. I love all your details. Especially the texture you added. Beautiful job.
ReplyDeleteLove all the ideas.
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This is adorable!! Very nice!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Tessa!!!
ReplyDeleteI love that you used the Whipped Spackle corrugate paper!! And what a wonderful gift.
ReplyDeleteSuch a precious gift for your mother-in-law, beautiful!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteWonderful project. I love all of the texture. TFS
ReplyDeleteBeautiful album!! Love it!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous mini! I'm loving the look of the whipped spackle on all those textured pages!
ReplyDeleteThe album is wonderful!
ReplyDeleteYou surely showed off how effective all those new papers are. Well done.
ReplyDeleteThis is so beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI love the navy and coral stack. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteVery pretty mini album. Love the colors you used. TFS!
ReplyDeleteLove your mini album! TFS
ReplyDeleteYour mother-in-law is one lucky lady. Gorgeous project. Love the texture!
ReplyDeleteGreat project.
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love that you used the stencils with different materials, cool!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely gift album--love the texture.
ReplyDeleteGreat album! I really like the stenciling.
ReplyDeleteA wonderful and beautiful album and so such a great gift. Loved the mixed media touches in the album which made it so unique.
ReplyDeleteI love. Your pages. They are so nice.
ReplyDeleteYour Mother-In-Law is going to LOVE her magnificent mini Tessa!!!
ReplyDeleteLOVE the colours and LOVE the textures, LOVE how you have used the mixed media products to enhance the textures of DCWV too - you could say that I LOVE IT ALL!!!
THANK YOU for sharing your techniques and inspiration :)
what a great mini page, I love all the detail and mixed media!!! great creation!
ReplyDeleteYou just gave me all kinds of ideas using texture on burlap. Love the colors you used. Thank you
ReplyDeleteI can truly see the fun and love that went into this album, I'm sure your MIL will adore it :) Hugs!
ReplyDeleteWhat a darling mini album!! Love all the texture you added! DCWV and Faber-Castell have some great products to work with!
ReplyDeleteFabulous mixed media album - I love all the different textures and techniques.
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Wonderful project. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI really like all your creative pages, but the spackle on the burlap is awesome. I so doing that today. love the DCWV textures stacks and got all of the as soon as they hit Michaels.
ReplyDeleteI absolutely loved this little book and all the yummy textures! Wonderful inspiration! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteA lovely project! Thanks for showing how the spackle looks on so many different textures!
ReplyDeleteI have all these papers and some of the Faber-Castell products you've chosen for this project and was just looking for some good inspiration to use them. I love your mini, it is very cool and sweet.
ReplyDeleteCute mini album
ReplyDeleteWow your album is awesome! I like how you used the paste and a stencil. Really cool texture. And, I love that Navy and Coral together! SaWheet! Thanks so much for sharing with us!
ReplyDeleteLove your album!! What a sweet gift! All those textures are awesome!
ReplyDeleteAdore this album, the words show so much love, the texture makes me want to rub my fingers over it all, and each page is unique.
ReplyDeleteSweet mini album. Great ideas for texture.
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Pretty mini album! I love the variety of textures and colors, thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI love the Gelatos - I so want to try those - thanks for the inspiration!
ReplyDeleteThis is so beautiful! I love all that fantastic texture!
ReplyDeleteLoving the blog hop and everyone's creativity!
ReplyDeleteAwesome use of the all the product! I struggle with mini-albums and yours is just precious!
ReplyDeletevery cool
ReplyDeleteYour mini-album is gorgeous. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteSweet mini. thanks 4 sharing.
ReplyDeleteLove your book. So many techniques and textures. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteSuch beautiful details in your little mini album! l love my DCWV papers, too!
ReplyDeleteI love how touchy feely it looks!
ReplyDeleteWow this is really amazing work and I love it! Great job, thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI thought I loved the cork and spackle until I saw the burlap and spackle. I love how you combined everything. What a wonderful gift to receive!
ReplyDeleteHow fun to play with all those textures and materials which ended in a super successful project. Thank you for so many ideas.
ReplyDeleteGreat album idea! Love all of these different papers and materials! Neat to see them with the faber-castell products applied. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteKatie B.
I have some burlap paper that I can't wait to try your technique on! I love to see you gals playing with all kinds of arty elements. Just gives us all the umpa to get in there and see our projects as personal and not to worry about being perfect. Thanks so much for sharing your craft with us. The cards are just awesome!
ReplyDeleteThis mini album is simply beautiful! I have no doubt your mother-in-law will adore it! The way you've used the DCWV stacks and incorporated the Spackle is fantastic!! I can't wait to try this out. I also really like the way you have randomly splattered the blue on the alternate pages, it's a nice touch considering this album features your young sons :) My favorite page is the last one. Thank you for sharing this!
ReplyDeleteYour pages are gorgeous! I love the way you added color to the spackle on the cork page. Also love the spakle on the burlap paper too. They're all great.
ReplyDeleteThis is an amazing album!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! I bet she loved it!
ReplyDeleteAmazing album! Love all the textures :) TFS!
ReplyDeleteI love your project.
ReplyDeleteJohanne S.
Amazing album! I love all the different texture papers, they really create interest!
ReplyDeleteLove this! I'm a mini album gal.
ReplyDeleteWhat a darling and interesting album. Love the album with all the textures.
ReplyDeleteFabulous!!!!!
ReplyDeleteOMGosh! Your MIL should love this beautiful and personal card. :)
ReplyDeleteso much fun - I love to be creative - thanks for sharing your designs/techniques
ReplyDeleteLove the details and textures
ReplyDeleteLovely book! TFS
ReplyDeleteBeautiful mini! And I love all the textures. The new stacks from DCWV and Faber-Castell goodies go so well together.
ReplyDeleteSuch a beautiful and creative mini album! I hope I can find that blue and orange stack. Just love how the texture papers, the stenciling, and the gelatos work so well together. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful colors!
ReplyDeleteLove the textures, thanks for the inspiration.
ReplyDeleteLove the textures, thanks for the inspiration.
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