I was burning the midnight oil last night, as it had been a busy, life-packed kinda day. Yesterday's promt was all about Maps. My dad is a retired Navigator and we always called 'maps'..... 'charts'. Looking back I remember superb quality paper, detailed maps with extra circles and arrows on them. I think I used to use the back of old charts to draw on :) Seriously cool, huge maps. Shimelle had given us a stack of websites to gather inspiration from. Pretty, artsy mappish stuff and I was inspired. I have an old Ordinance Survey map with a linen/paper backing that is heavy duty map loveliness and I have previously chopped it up so have no qualms there....that's why I bought it :)
So, here's my pile of map-inspired embellies, all lined up ready for future use...
Part of the prompt was about circle punching and layering. I used some American Crafts stickers, some buttons and pretty twine and inked everything around the edges. I don't love all the embellies but decided to show you guys all the ones I'd made. My fave, the word 'TRAVEL' below was inspired by one of Shimmelle's websites (sorry forgot which one).
I made these letters for T-R-A-V-E-L from some old, Heidi Swapp, chipboard alphas in the font of 'lemonde stand'. They are self advesive too. I glued the letters face down onto some interesting bits of the Ordinance survey map (used Glossy Accents) and cut them out. I added a coating of Glossy Accents to give them a finished, shiny look.
A couple of my other finished faves include the double button, twine tied...
Martha Stewart punched teeny butterflies, inked to age them a bit...
And another really simple embellie with a Martha's butterfly on a green grid AC pp...
I am a maker of embellies anyway. Sometimes the urge hits not to scrapbook but to sit and play with stash and produce a pile of embellies to use another day. Then when another day comes and I am reaching for the perfect little something to pop on a page... got something. If you like circle word art that fits into a standard punch size I made a free download ages ago as an IACW post. Help yourself to the other free downloads in the left sidebar cloud thingy.
Right then. Totally loved making these and am looking forward to seeing what other folks got up to. Grin.
These are fantastic and I love the alphas, must have a go at that.
Posted by: Fay | July 21, 2011 at 11:17 AM
Love your creations! It's given me such inspiration!
Posted by: Dawn F. | July 21, 2011 at 11:21 AM
These look great! I have just arrived home and am about to get started on mine. A little stumped as I don't have any maps. Have printed some from google and will just have to use them :-)
Hope you are enjoying the class.
Chipper
Posted by: Hotfudgesundaewithacherryontop.blogspot.com | July 21, 2011 at 12:37 PM
These are brillant embellishments. I have just downloaded your circular word art - thanks a mil.
Posted by: Trish | July 21, 2011 at 12:56 PM
I love your 'travel'! Nice idea to glossy them..
Posted by: nita | July 21, 2011 at 06:33 PM
Oh, these are so lovely! I read the instructions but it wasn't until I saw yours that I appreciated how effective these are. I love your TRAVEL word.
I have lots of chipboard and wood letters so I may have to copy this idea. Hope you don't mind!
I'm itching to start making mine now. Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: sandie | July 21, 2011 at 11:24 PM
I love your embellishments! They are perfection!!
Posted by: Rachel Hawkins | July 22, 2011 at 02:12 AM
Wow, these are truly beautiful embellishments
Posted by: Bernice | July 22, 2011 at 08:58 AM
I love your map embelishments they are just fab!!!!
Posted by: Wendy | July 22, 2011 at 09:19 AM
Loving your embellishments and the Explore posts. thanks for the comment on my log - hope to 'catch up' soon.
Posted by: Julie Jeavons | July 25, 2011 at 06:57 AM
That's a fantastic collection of map embellishments you have there. I'll have to do some more now - you've put me to shame.
Posted by: Julie Jeavons | July 27, 2011 at 01:37 AM
These are cool embelli's! Especially the ones with butterflies in it! Very cool! Would definitely amplify a scrapbook's design! Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Scrapbooking Ideas | August 23, 2011 at 07:59 AM