The reason why by Tracey Thorne

 Good morning to all our crafty peeps and thank you for dropping by to take a look at my share for this months moodboard. I am not a lover of purple and found it extremely hard to create with no real purple acrylics or inks in the house. Luckily there were some small amounts left over from my daughters paints that I could use to get this over the line.

This is the vibrant and rich colours of this months moodboard below. 

I was having a clean up and I have a lot of unused fonts that have become shabby. I am not a person to throw things out so it had come time to use these up to clear the way for some new ones. The pack of Thickers I have used was called Gift Box. I have stuck these down with some glue as they are a little old and not adhering at all. I have slowly created a longish shape down the page and only moving out to the edges enough to border my photo. 

I gave the chipboard a light sand before lightly coating them with Dylusions Slate Grey acrylic paint. I have also added a lighter grey over the top to give a little depth. I have used some plasterers tape to add the hash texture - using a purple from my daughters paints. I have added further texture by using a Kaisercraft stamp and some Archival Ink in black.

  

I have found some older chipboard flowers and added a sealer before adding Dina Wakley Fuschia acrylic paint. I achieved the texture on the board by painting through the mesh and then painted out the middles to add back solid colour. I did this to the four flowers before adding them to the page.

The photo has been backed using Prima Mulberry paper. If you haven't used this it is fabulous and has a lovely thick texture - it is a little easier to work with because of its strength.

 The title was created using a sticker and then I've added the journalling from a Tim Holtz snarky  statement sticker.

 

I finished the page off with a black border using my Fudeball pen.

Thanks for popping by to have a look at the process and have fun with this months moodboard.

tracey

Dream On - With Karyn Schultz!

 Hi Scrapping Clearly Lovelies!

It's Karyn here and today I have an Art Journal page that I created using lots of fun products available at Scrapping Clearly! 

 

This page is created on a cotton rag watercolour page in my 8x10 Dina Wakley Media Journal. I added some colour to the page using a painting with plastic technique and Prima watercolour confections - Pastel Dreams (Pinks).

 

I added some stencilling using an Art By Marlene World stencil and Kitsch Flamingo Distress Ink.

 

Then I added more stencilling using Bo Bunny silver glitter paste.

 

 

In keeping with the pink theme and the Kitsch Flamingo ink I found a flamingo image on Pinterest and printed it out on photo paper. I added Heidi Swapp Pineapple Crush ephemera, Heidi Swapp pink Dipped Tags, a 13 Arts transparency, and Tim Holtz Idea-ology small talk stickers. 

 

 

Some close-up images.

 

 

 Thanks so much for stopping by!

 

Crafty Hugs xx

Karyn

Remember by Tracey B

 hi everyone, 

a new month so a new moodboard!

I started with my fave Art Anthology paints (50 Shades, Ash and Rose) through some stencils and then some Lindy's starburst gregarious grey.

(Now that I'm relooking at these photos I realise I could have added more of the purple colour but oh well) 

i then diecut a variety of leaves (including Jane Davenport's sea flower cause it's leaf like) 

A little muslin and a Small Talk sticker and I was finished.

tfl

have a great month

cheers

Tracey

 

August Moodboard

We would love to see you enter this Months Moodboard - load your entry to the corresponding Moodboard Album in the Share & Inspire Group. Get creative layouts, Art journals pages, Beyond the Page items, cards anything goes......

Using up the Collage Fodder with Lisa Oxley

Howdy Bloggers, Lisa here with a Sunday Scrapping Clearly blog update.

I love creating in a smaller size that the standard journals,

 there is something liberating when creating on different substrates and sized elements.

This is a great way of creating fun quick pages and getting rid of ephemera and collage elements,

 tags or artist trading cards made previously.

I'm sure, I am not the only one who has too much stuff laying on the table, in bags, containers............ that really needs to go somewhere.

All those gel prints, the atcs, the collected fodder, the pieces/pages/bits put away for something spesh.

Bust them out, Its time.

I started with a large cardstock tag and combined a few random pages which

included pages from Dina Wakley's Collage Collectives.

I kept the pages to 4 to 5 sheets, depending on the weight of the paper,

 scored the centre line and stapled at 2 points along the spine.

I've included collected elements like this beautiful section from this years NAIDOC 2021 poster.

The 2021 National NAIDOC Poster, 'Care for Country' was designed by Gubbi Gubbi artist Maggie-Jean Douglas.

I've had this quirky fabric skeleton patch forever..... finally a place for it to live.

The right hand page is from Dina Wakleys' Collage Collective, with a Tim Holtz time piece added, the page left is mine.

We are forever collecting different images, some are just made to sit together.

My Daily Mantra.

Items I regularly used include

Matt medium

Gesso

Acrylic Paint

Posca

Fudeball

Stabilo

 There is a real freedom to play and enjoy smaller spaces when working in a mini art journal.

I hope you are inspired to put together something different.

Thanks for dropping by the Scrapping Clearly blog today,

Ill be back very soon with another SC blog update.

Lisa xx

Christmas in July with Belinda Spencer

 Hello Scrapping Clearly fans!!

It's Belinda here today to share my Christmas in July Cybercrop projects. For my projects I chose to bind together some Heidi Swapp Memory Files and create a junk journal. I used the Believe Christmas collection by Heidi from when I attended a workshop here in Adelaide as well as some papers from the Dreamy 6"x6" Paper Pad.

Sadly, as we were in lockdown in Adelaide at the time of the cybercrop, I didn't get as many projects completed as I had hoped. I had to compete for computer time and with everyone home it seemed like I was forever making meals!! Anyway, I will continue to work on it and hopefully have it finished by Christmas in December!!

Challenge One

For this page I used a smaller memory file from the Heidi Swapp Christmas range. There are newer Christmas collections that are equally as gorgeous now. Check out the Oh What Fun and Winter Wonderland collections in the shop. I used Chartreuse Colour Shine on the background as well as a stencil and stamps by Darkroom Door.

I layered some of the patterned papers together and added embellishments from the range as well as a Kaisercraft gold paper doily, a Charms Creations embellishment as well as buttons. I finished with a title created from Dusty Attic chipboard.

Challenge Two

For Challenge Two, I wanted to document how we usually end up at the beach on Christmas Day. Well we used to before Covid. Now we stay home.

I created this page pretty much the same way as the first one. The same Colour Shine and patterned paper range. I tore the papers to represent the waves breaking on the beach. I also added a fabulous 6"x6" Heidi Swapp die cut paper. I tore the die cut paper into strips so I could use it on multiple pages. 

Again I used Charm's Creations embellishments, Darkroom Door stamps and a stencil and Dusty Attic chipboard as well as a Colour Magic star die cut from the Believe collection.

Challenge Three

For Challenge Three I used the softer, pastel colours from the colour wheel. The background paper is from the Heidi Swapp Art Walk Paper Pad. I added some Patina Colour Shine on the background and used some gesso with a Darkroom Door stencil.

Next I chopped up some papers from the Dreamy 6"x6" Paper Pad and layered them together. I added some of the torn starry 6"x6" Die Cut Paper too.

I finished it off with a few strategically placed embellishments.

Well that is all I managed to complete. I am looking forward to working through the remaining challenges and will share those next Friday.

I hope you enjoyed the cybercrop and a big thank you to everyone who shared their beautiful creations.

Cheers

Belinda

Christmas in July Challenges - With Karyn Schultz!

 Hi Scrapping Clearly Lovelies!

Did you join in on last weekends Christmas in July Cybercrop? Today I have the four scrapbook pages that I created using lots of fun products available at Scrapping Clearly! 

The first page was for Challenge 1: Traditional Christmas Colours.  

 

I've used a monochromatic red colour scheme on a heavy white cardstock background. I created a watercolour background with Prima watercolour confections, then added stencilling with Nuvo Glimmer paste - Red. My photo is matted on papers from the 13@rts Unforgettable collection.

 

This next page was for Challenge 4: Choose your own Christmas colours.

 

I've used a monochromatic green colour scheme on a heavy white cardstock background. I created a watercolour background with Prima watercolour confections, then added stencilling with Nuvo Glimmer paste - Red. My photo is matted on papers from the Heidi Swapp Old School collection.I've also used Heidi Swapp puffy stickers and words.

 

This next page was for Challenge 4: Christmas colours on a non-Christmas layout

 

On a heavy white cardstock background I've used a palate knife to paint Dylusions shimmer paints in Postbox red, fresh lime, and pure sunshine. Then I added stencilling with white texture paste. My photo is matted on papers from the 13@rts Unforgettable collection.

 

This last page was for Challenge 5: Inspiration Tree

 

On a heavy white cardstock background I've stamped a variety of circle stamps using Tim Holtz Distress Ink ink pads in fossilised amber, kitsch flamingo and broken china. I then added splatters of each of these colours. I added stencilling using Bo Bunny glitter paste. To embellish I used Heidi Swapp words and clear alphas.  

Thanks so much for stopping by!

 

Crafty Hugs xx

Karyn