My Here + Now by Belinda Spencer

 Hello Scrapping Clearly fans!!

It's Belinda here today to share one of the layouts I created for the Australia Day Cyber Crop. I created this one for Challenge Four; My Backyard and used some fabulous products from the Scrapping Clearly store.

'My Here + Now'

I used a photo of my backyard which is actually the front yard of our home. We use the back door as our front door though so our house is kind of back to front. That is what you get with a quirky old farmhouse built in the 1800's. We even have an outdoor dunny that you can see in the photo. It gets so cold in the hills in winter so I would not have wanted to go out at night to use that dunny especially with the amount of redback and white tail spiders as well as brown snakes and red belly black snakes we get! Thank goodness for indoor toilets!!

I started my layout by cropping a sheet of the Paper Arts Bubbles 3 patterned paper. I love this paper. It really doesn't need too much mixed media on it as it is quite lovely just as it is. But of course I did add some! I had some Prima Finnabair Art Extravagance Icing Paste in Vintage Gold to play with for the first time. I have to say how impressed I am with this product!! I used it with a Vicki Boutin stencil and applied with a palette knife. It gave a really crisp edge and was quite quick to dry. I am going to be using this a lot and think I will have to invest in other colours.

Next I spritzed the page with some water and dropped in some Prima Art Philosophy Concentrated Watercolour in Marigold. I used a paintbrush (and my finger!) to push the watercolour around a little. Aqua and yellow are such a beautiful combination and the yellow co-ordinated so well with the yellow leaves in my photo.

I added some Peacock Concentrated Watercolour too for a more intense aqua/teal colour.

And because I LOVE stamping I added some stamped leaves to the background for added interest. I am totally in love with the little Inkadinkadoo Cling Stamps. This one is called Branches and has the sweetest little stamps. I used Jet Black Archival Ink which is my weapon of choice when it comes to stamping. It is waterproof and gives a lovely crisp image.

Next, I added some layered patterned papers and my photo.

I stamped some flowers and leaves onto book paper using stamps by Vicki Boutin and the Jet Black ink. I coloured the flowers with the same watercolours as used on the background and left to dry. I added double sided tape to the back of the book paper before fussy cutting each piece. This essentially creates a sticker and reinforces the paper to make it easier to fussy cut. Then all you have to do is peel off the backing and stick the fussy cut piece onto your layout.

Finally, I added some embellishments sprinkled over the page and my title.

Products used:

Marshmallow heavy weight cardstock

PAPER ARTS Bubbles 3 patterned paper

STUDIO CALICO Seven Paper:

- Goldie 001

- Goldie 009

- Goldie 012

VICKI BOUTIN Storyteller Stencils Wild Soul

VICKI BOUTIN Stamp and Die Set

AMERICAN CRAFTS Thickers:

- Right Here

- Tell Your Story

INKADINKADOO Cling Stamps Branches

PRIMA Finnabair Art Extravagance Icing Paste - Vintage Gold

PRIMA Art Philosophy Concentrated Watercolour:

- Marigold

- Peacock

RANGER Archival Ink Jet Black

DUSTY ATTIC Chipboard Flies

Thanks for stopping by the blog today. I hope you are feeling inspired to have a play with your Scrapping Clearly goodies too!

Cheers

Belinda

Laugh...with Belinda Spencer

 Hello Scrapping Clearly fans!

It's Belinda here today to share my latest layout featuring some awesome product from the Scrapping Clearly store.

'Laugh'

For this layout, I started by adding some interest to my heavy weight white cardstock background with a Vicki Boutin stencil and some heavy white gesso. Once dry. I spritzed with water and then dropped some colour into the water using the fabulous Prima Art Philosophy Concentrated Watercolour in the Truth colour. I picked up the layout and tilted it this way and that to play with the colour and let it move around the background.

For the next step, I added another layer to the background this time with some stamping. I used a couple of lids from around my desk that were the right size. I put a little of the Truth watercolour onto my craft sheet and then used the lids to stamp circles on my page.

I dried that off with a heat gun and then added some stamping using a Tim Holtz stamp with Jet Black Archival Ink.

I added some messy cotton thread, my patterned paper layers, photo, embellishments and title. For the title, I used a Heidi Swapp wood veneer word and painted it with three coats of heavy white gesso. I also added some white Posca Pen on top of that for an extra crisp white finish.

Here's what I used:

Heavy Weight Cardstock Marshmallow

PAPER ARTS Artistry 2 patterned paper

STUDIO CALICO Seven Paper:

- Goldie 001

- Goldie 009

VICKI BOUTIN Storyteller:

- Wild Soul Stencils

VICKI BOUTIN Wildflower Thickers

VICKI BOUTIN Clear Stamps

TIM HOLTZ Stampers Anonymous School Desk

HEIDI SWAPP Wood Veneer

PRIMA Art Philosophy Concentrated Watercolour Truth

RANGER Archival Ink Jet Black

CARPE DIEM Roller Stamp

gesso

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today. I hope you are feeling inspired to grab your Scrapping Clearly stash and have a play too.

Cheers

Belinda

"Happy" using the April moodboard, by Amanda Hartmann

Hi everyone!

Welcome to April! And with a new month, we have a new challenge! For April, there is a mood board - you can see the entries and DT samples loaded into our Scrapping Clearly Facebook group. Head there to load your entries too!

Today my page is dedicated to my beautiful oldest daughter, and it is all about the amazing Paper Arts Whimsical paper!

There is a big collection of Paper Arts papers - each with divine mixed media backgrounds, and often with funky and quirky designs, like the girls on this paper!

Here is the mood board this month!

To create my page, I started with the Paper Arts Whimsical paper and I painted some white gesso to the middle of the background where I wanted to journal.

Next, I added some colour - I watered down some Dina Wakley acrylic paints, and added them in splodges and heat set to dry. I used these paint colours: Lapis and a little Turquoise.

I trimmed the edge of the paper, and mounted onto some black cardstock.

 Here are some close ups... you can see how I used stickers, journaling and doodling to finish the page!

Such a wonderful paper and perfect to send a message to my girl!

Thanks for looking, 

Amanda

Full list of Products used:

Paper Arts Whimsical paper

White Gesso

Dina Wakley Paint: Lapis

Dina Wakley Paint: Turquoise

Tim Holtz - Small talk - Sticker book

Heidi Swapp - Black epoxy words - Fabulous

It's all Perspective - with Emma.

Happy Tuesday everyone!

Today I decided to create away from the mood board and go a little boyish.

I found this awesome image on Pinterest of this cute little guy who just happens to be a doll.

I love how much character he has.

How cute is he hey?!

So to start off, on this page I went a little different and went with using up some of my Tim Holtz Rubons. These are the Numbers ones.

Then I chose a couple of colours from the Distress Oxide reinkers that matched my papers, starting with Candied apple, I smooshed this over the background. dried it off and then went in with Broken China.

I loved that the ink just sat in and around the rub ons and made them really pop from the base sheet.

Behind my image I cut some tags out of a sheet from the Paper Arts collection, this one is called Psychedelic 1.

Making sure the tags  had pops of red in them to compliment the skateboard the little doll is holding.

In amongst those tags I free cut a sheet of Heidi Swapp die cut paper to add contrast and layers.

The chosen embellishments start with Some items from the Pink Fresh 'Escape the Ordinary' fabric die cuts.

Cocoa Vanilla flair and Some Pink Fresh block wood stickers.

The quotes are Tim Holtz Small talk stickers that always suit the mood.

Finally a flick of white ink and this page was done.

Love the feel of this finished page.

I hope you enjoy it too.

I hope you all have a great week and will catch you all again real soon.

Till then, Em xx.

Shine - With Karyn Schultz!

Hi Scrapping Clearly Lovelies,

It's Karyn here,

Last month Scrapping Clearly held a fabulous cybercrop.The challenge I gave was to create a project that features "a photo of you and a touch of gold".

Here is my inspiration page - made using a variety of fun products from the Scrapping Clearly Store.

I've started with a sheet of Paper Arts Beauty1 paper.

Now this paper could easily be left as it is (isn't it gorgeous) but I've decided to further add to it with distress oxides using the painting with plastic technique.  

    

Next I added some stamping, then stencilling using the KaiserCraft dots and dashes stencil and Inkagold gold paste . 

    

Here are some close-ups of my finished page. I've matted my photo on a gold doilie, some tissue paper and muslin. I've inked some Heidi Swapp Color Magic paper goods. Then I've added some flowers and Heidi Swapp button embellishments as well as Heidi Swapp memory planner puffy stickers.  

Lastly I added splatters of gold Watercolor confections.  

 

The glitter "shine" veneer is a Heidi Swapp wood word. I love the pops of gold on this page - what do you think??  

How cool is the Distress oxide detail!  

Thanks so much for stopping by 

Crafty Hugs xx

Karyn

Beauty of a good heart with Emma Zappone

Hi SC friends, 

Today I’m sharing a more ‘pretty’ layout with you all. 

How gorgeous is that base sheet!! 

So this paper is part of the paper arts range, Paper Beauty 1. 

Under my layers I then played with some oxide ink in abandoned coral and Dylusions acrylic paint in rose quartz. 

I flicked only a little oxide ink in salty ocean around to bring out the blue in my image. 

Then I built my layers, firstly using some Tim Holtz tissue paper  hich I scrunched, and I layered a couple of the Heidi Swapp colour magic notes which I coloured with the same paints and inks I used on my base. 

You can see how in my video 😊 

I tucked in some dyed pieces of fabric to add a textured feel and it also complimented the colours in the image. The WRMK frame I embossed by using a stamp and then emboss powder  I loved that this gave another texture but only subtle. 

In a few places I also added a few Tim Holtz rubons amongst my stamping. 

Then I placed a few embellishments, one being this Tim Holtz quote bands this also became my title. 

Finally I added just a small handful of enamel shapes in soft pink. 

So there is my ‘pretty’ layout. 

I hope you enjoy my video and the awesome music my gorgeous boy made for it. 

I’ll catch you all again soon. 

Em xx