Explore, by Amanda Hartmann

Hi everyone!

I have some travel photos to scrap right now - so it seems like a good time to channel Aida Domisiewicz. I channeled her grungy style, and scraplifted one of her designs. Perfect for our Scraplift challenge at the Virtual Cybercrop.

So many layers and messy paint bits!

Here is the full page and some close ups....

I raided my stash of papers for this page - starting with a neutral colour, dark brown and some orange.

For the background, I collaged some old book paper with Matte medium. I then swiped White Gesso on the page.

First layers of painting colour were done with: watered down Dina Wakley Acrylic Paint in Sedona and then Dylusions Ink Spray in Ground Coffee applied with a wet brush.

Then I stacked the photo with papers - all collected from my stash - and including book paper, pianola roll (from my buddy Tracey Thorne). I also painted and fussy cut some travel themed pieces to tuck in. I stuck the photo stack down.

Then I added more colour and details around the photo stack.

I added mica flakes seed beads and sequins - sticking these to the page with Glossy Accents. I also sprinkled Colour Blast Embossing Powder in Sienna (copper) and heat set this in the bead clusters for extra texture.

I finished with lots of splatters - of Leather and Sienna (copper) shimmer sprays.

Butterfly, gold thread and words used to finish the page too!

Thanks for looking today! A beautiful grungy page!

Amanda

Products used: 

White Gesso

Matte medium

Dina Wakley Acrylic Paint in Sedona

Dylusions Ink Spray in Ground Coffee

Mica flakes - I used clear, but these Granite ones in stock would also work.

Colour Blast Shimmer Spray in  Leather and Sienna

June Moodboard Inspired - With Emma

Hi SC friends,
Emma here with you all on this last Friday of the month. And today I'm sharing a layout that was again inspired by the monthly moodboard.

Those soft pinks, grey's and hits of purple really are stunning and can be interpreted any way.
This is how I felt it this time.....

I used some awesome products for this page.

 Firstly I Stamped a large Floral flower which is part of the Art by Marlene stamps, this one is named Floral Escape, onto a piece of white card stock. Then I started to add my colour. 

Using Art Alchemy in Romance pink and Distress Oxide in Victorian Velvet, I "water coloured" over the image and once dry cut it in half.

My background work also consists of the above mentioned colours plus a Lindy's Starburst spray in silver, just to add a few grey notes to the background.

Once these were dry i added a Stone effect paste through a stunning 6x6 TCW stencil, choosing the Distressed Lace pattern.

My stamping is one of the awesome Stamps from Studio Light this one being from the grunge collection.

So very very cool!

The tags are a combination of what i had in my stash and mixed with some i made myself with a sheet from Fancy Pants designs 6x6 paper pad Golden Days.

All these layered up behind my photo.

Beautiful 2Crafty chipboard tucked in my layers painted with that gorgeous Metalique Art Alchemy paint. I also chose to paint the glass dome with this paint to create an embellishment unique to this page.

Final touch is the Small Talk stickers by Tim Holtz. 

That's pretty much it for this page. 

I have been loving the creations that have come through so far.

Next month another stunning board for us all to play with will be revealed.

And I look forward to sharing more of it with you soon.

Happy creating friends and will see you all soon.

Em xx

The Story of the Gumboots

Good Morning Arty Peeps!

Hope your weekend is full of fun with a little creativity thrown in, mine is shaping up just that way.

Today I'm sharing my sketch challenge layout, about hanging out with those who feed my soul with art and fun times.

Still using up my Colour Blast pastes, I made the background on heavy weight cardstock with a cool new Kinder Kreations mandala stencil, making sure to treat the paste with Dorland's Wax when dry, to stop the stickiness.

After the Dorland's I swiped some Ceramcoat black paint over my page top and bottom. When wiping it off the Colour Blast paste it was taking the paste with it, so I left it looking kinda grungy. I added a bit of zing to my background with some flicks of Lemon Zest Dylusions spray (the best yellow!).

For my layers I used this gorgeous stamp set with black ink on white card, adding some extra colour with Stazon ink and my Lemon Zest. The two word strips are from this pretty and versatile paper from Kaisercraft.

I journalled straight on the gesso with a white pen and added some white splats with Dylusions ink spray, I love how opaque this stuff is!

I used a title from this pack of foamThickers, and embellished with vellum hearts and buttons.

My page is based on this sketch

which is one of the August challenges on our Facebook page.

Come and play along for the chance to win spending money at the shop, you've gotta be in it to win it!

Thanks for coming by,

'til next time,

Peg's Mood Board

Good Morning Arty Peeps!

Welcome to the Scrapping Clearly blog.

Today I'm sharing my take on the April mood board, there is lots of inspiration to be had from the themes to the patterns, and colours. Check it out at the bottom of this post. I went with the colours, choosing apricot/brown, green, and black & white with touches of light blue. Why don't you come play along here? 

 I started with a background made from layering Tim Holtz Distress Oxide ink (you simply MUST play with these, they are so fab!) with Distress reinkers then added some grunge in the form of Dylusions ink spray with a stencil, all on heavy weight card. I also used a Hambly transparency to add a graphic feel and make the inkiness more subtle.

For my little paper and die-cut clusters I finished what I had left of some Cocoa Vanilla 'Made of Awesome' paper and ephemera. It always feels so good to finish a pack of something, don't you think?

Inspired by these gorgeous new stamps I've been using, I did my journalling in hashtags. How fun is that?!

Here's the finished page.

 My title is made from foil Thickers I coloured with an alcohol marker. I outlined them with a white pen. I also used a few brads from this pack.

Here is the mood board, so many options, right?!

If you are more of a sketch scrapper we have one of those too, check it out here. As always there is a generous prize for the winner.

Thanks so much for coming by.
Yours in scrappiness.

Sweet Memories - Peg's sketch layout

Good Morning Arty Peeps.

Peg here today to share my take on the December sketch challenge.

I hope all your holiday planning is going smoothly and you're still managing a little creative time to join our

mood board challenge and our sketch challenge.

Here's my page

And here's the sketch, clicking on it will take you to our FB folder where you can add your own.

Now for some details...

For the background I used regular linen textured cardstock with a mix of Lemongrass and Mustard seed Glimmer Mists. I masked off my left side strip and applied Black Color Shine through this fabulous checker plate stencil.

 I used this patterned paper for thin strips to frame my checker plate, and also for the banner pieces in the sketch. Once those were stuck down I added some red splats by mixing Dylusions with plenty of water on my mat then pressing my page onto it.

These Thickers made up my title. My journalling is typed on vellum and attached using the awesome Tim Holtz tiny stapler (one of my favourite tools!!). I colour my staples black with an alcohol marker.

 I added black Kindyglitz to the wood veneer to make the word pop. Then finished off the embellishing with a couple of flairs and some enamel bits befor going around the edge of the page with Distress Stain.

Thanks for coming by today.

I look forward to seeing your creations.