I had the pleasure of being asked to create samples for a new product by Roben-Marie Smith. Roben-Marie is a wildly talented Mixed-Media Artist who has taken some of her art work and incorporated it into little “pops” or cards. As an artist and a scrapbooker, I always love when a product can crossover and be used for both. When my package arrived, I instantly knew I was going to have a hard time settling on what to do with these little babies! The possibilities are endless . . .
Art Pops come in sets (pictures at the end of this post) that are the perfect size for Project Life type journaling. The quality is outstanding, the colors are vibrant, and they have a lovely matte finish so they are easy to write and paint on. After much playing around, I decide to settle on a project where I could use all of the cards together and create a little book. {Of course, one of the packs are named after me – so I’m a little partial!}
My inspiration came from the cards . . . when I look at them, they just make me happy. So that’s where I started:
I added the word “happy” to this 4 X 6 card and used it for the cover. I decided to add some soft gel medium to add texture and layers, which the card took very well. As a mixed-media artist, I love how art work “feels” as well as how it looks. Roben-Marie’s cards are so beautiful and can easily be incorporated into your own art work. You can see how the gel medium added a beautiful, bumpy finish to the smooth card. It’s as if it came printed that way:
I created the cover using a Tim Holtz distressed book cover and the pages are made from a variety of Roben-Marie’s different cards and some scraps and tags I had on hand. Here are some examples of how versatile these Art Pops are:
You can sew on them and attach a smaller (3×4) card to the bottom of a 4×6 card and make a pocket:
I also love how some of the sets are left blank in the middle for journaling, and, as shown below, I cut out the center of one card to make a frame for my photo:
The colors are spectacular in these Art Pops and both sets work well together. Because there are so many colors in her artwork, you can use any scraps of paper for matting or place your pictures directly on Roben-Marie’s cards. They add just the right amount of “pop” to make your pictures stand out. The quality and weight of Art Pops is perfect for art journals and scrapbooking.
On the page below, I simply slit across the to of the journaling window and adhered the card to another card in the back to create a slot to slide a tag in. I love the effect!
I never ran out of ideas, alternating the different cards and turning them in different directions. They hold up well to stitching and the weight of adding ribbons and trim.
I’m really happy with my chunky, textured little book!
Roben-Marie created a video flip-through of my finished book below:
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