Good for the soul by Tracey B

Hi everyone and happy crafting Tuesday.

Here's another layout inspired by the moth's earthy moodboard

Products I've used include

Cadence Metal Relief paste (Silver)

Distress ink - Rusty Hinge

49 & Market assorted ticket Essentials

13 @rts rusty powder

49 & Market rubons

TFL

cheers

Trace

SEPTEMBER inspiration

 Welcome to our SEPTEMBER 2026 Inspiration!

September is here! Please join in our challenges! We love to see you create!

SEPTEMBER CHALLENGES

Our SEPTEMBER Moodboard: Earthbound

This visual mood board - be inspired by these colours, vibes and techniques. "A grounding palette"

ALL Papercraft projects are welcomed: Scrapbooking, to art journalling, to tags and cards. We wanna see it all! :)

Colours: Use shades of terracotta. clay, eucalyptus, granite

Vibe: Grounded, organic, Australian bush

Technique: Botanical prints, natural textures

SEPTEMBER - Book of Me

Our "Book of me" continues with this month's prompts. Use it to document memories, record reflections, and express yourself creatively. This month we focus on Change & Transition: release, renewal

Weekly Inspo Prompts : Mini-works of art

Every Monday, we will release a unique inspo prompt. Create your very own....Mini works of art
You create ATC or Index size cards created for your enjoyment, not to be swapped or traded. By the end of 2026, you will have your own collection of 52 cards that incorporated the weekly colour, quote, theme or technique.

Check out this {link}, to see the current list of weekly inspo prompts.

SUBMISSION PROCESS

Participants must upload their completed projects into the SEPTEMBER Albums in the Scrapping Clearly Share and Inspire Facebook Group.

Please load your entries to the albums by the end of the month. Please note: Please edit your photo caption in Facebook to give us information about your project and inspiration.

Prize boxes and gift vouchers will be up for grabs at different times during the year, but mostly we hope you are here for inspiration not the prizes!

And for all your Mixed Media and Paper Craft needs, make sure you head to our website at: https://scrappingclearly.com.au/

Thank you,

Amanda

On behalf of the Scrapping Clearly team

The great Indoors by Tracey B

 Hi everyone and happy crafting Tuesday

Another month (where is this year going?) and another colour palette.

Here's a layout inspired by the great outdoors - just wish the wildlife would stay out there!

 Products I've used include

Gum leaf stencil with Distress ink (Bundled Sage & Pumice Stone)

Stone Effects paste (Limestone) and stencil

13 @rts rusty powder

Lunar Paste - Refined copper and brick stencil

Tim Holtz film strip

Heidi Swapp Oh What Fun chipboard

Heidi Swapp bow

Heidi Swapp Jumbo tag

TFL

cheers

Trace

Never be afraid to laugh at yourself by Tracey B

 Hi everyone and happy crafting Tuesday

I love taking photos of graffiti on my travels.   This was from Bendigo, Victoria

 Products I've used include

Lucky Findings Paper Trove (The Independent)

Dina Wakley paint (Legit, Radical & Peacock)

Neon Lunar Paste (Yellow Jacket) with dot stencil

TCW Stencil Butter (Crimson) with stencil

Vicki Boutin Print shop embellishment

TFL

cheers

Trace

Once you become real by Tracey B

Hi everyone and happy crafting Tuesday

I was gifted a handmade journal by the lovely Jilly and I use it to experiment with different colour combos or techniques.  here I went nuts with neon

 

Products I've used include

Dina Wakley paint (Legit, Gnarly & Stocked) that I applied with a brayer. (This mostly gets covered up but I don't mind as it adds to the layers

Light & Fluffy through a circle stencil

Dylusions Ink spray (Calypso Teal, Peony Blush & Lemon Zest

Dina Wakley black paint to make the neon pop.

Lucky Findings Imagery Neon Alice

Lucky Findings Artist Trading Collective - Hippity Hoppity

Acetate frame

Scrap FX acetate butterfly

White posca pen

TFL

cheers

Trace

Splatter, Shine, Repeat: My thoughts on the Lunar Paste and some Dina Wakley products - PJ

 

Lunar Paste, Dina Wakley Media & More: A Mixed-Media Supply Review

I recently finished a mixed-media journal spread inspired by Alice in Wonderland — featuring the Mad Hatter, a neon-inspired Alice, 

and a bold sunburst background full of colour and texture. Along the way, I put several of my favourite supplies to the test. Here's my honest take on how they performed, in case you're considering adding them to your own creative stash.

Simon Hurley Lunar Paste

This was definitely the star of the project. Lunar Paste has the thick, buttery consistency you'd expect from a texture paste, but the neon range takes it to another level. Once dry, it has a soft, slightly iridescent glow that catches the light beautifully and photographs exceptionally well.

I worked with five colours: Mood Ring (a vibrant magenta-purple), Prom Queen (hot pink), Yellowjacket (golden yellow), Charming (a cool violet), and Mugshot (burnt orange).

A few observations from using it:

Coverage: A little goes a long way. I applied it with a palette knife in thick, textured swipes for the sunburst rays, and it held its shape beautifully without sagging or flattening. 

Blendability: The colours are highly pigmented and vibrant on their own, but they also blend nicely at the edges while wet, making it easy to create smooth gradients and transitions.

Dry Time: Because it was applied quite heavily, it needed a reasonable amount of drying time before I could continue layering. If you're impatient and start too soon, you may drag colour into areas where you don't want it.

Value for Money: The jars are a little pricier than standard acrylic paints, but the combination of texture, colour intensity, and visual impact makes them well worth it. I see them as a feature product rather than something I'd use to cover an entire background. 

Dina Wakley Media Acrylic Paints

For the supporting colour palette, I reached for Malachite, Lime, and Radical. These colours worked perfectly for the foliage stencil details framing the page.

The paints have a lovely matte finish, flow smoothly from the bottle, and layer beautifully over dried Lunar Paste. While they don't provide the heavy texture of the paste, they're ideal for stencilling, splattering, and adding finer details throughout a project. 

Dina Wakley Media Gloss Sprays

This is where the page really came together. I used Peacock, Sunshine, Tangerine, Stoked, and Lime to lightly mist over the finished collage, helping to unify all the colours while adding a subtle glossy sheen.

A few practical notes:

The sprays produce a fine, even mist. Because they're tinted gloss mediums rather than traditional spray inks, they add a soft wash of colour over the surface. It's worth testing them on a scrap piece first if you want to preserve your original colours exactly.

They make a fantastic finishing layer, adding shine without flattening the texture and dimension underneath. 

The Base: Repurposed Cardboard

Not technically a purchased supply, but definitely worth mentioning. This entire journal page was built on layered cardboard cut with ordinary household scissors.

Cardboard is surprisingly sturdy once it's allowed to dry between layers of wet media. It handled texture paste, acrylic paint, and multiple spray applications without any issues. Best of all, it's budget-friendly and readily available.

If you're experimenting with a new paste, paint, or spray product for the first time, I'd highly recommend testing it on cardboard scraps before committing to your favourite journal or canvas.

Final Thoughts

If I had to recommend just one product from this project, it would be the Neon Lunar Paste. It's responsible for the majority of the visual impact and offers a look that's difficult to replicate with other products in my collection.

The Dina Wakley Media Acrylic Paints and Gloss Sprays continue to be reliable favourites that perform beautifully every time I use them, and this project simply reinforced why they remain staples on my craft table.

Have you tried Lunar Paste or the Dina Wakley Gloss Sprays? I'd love to hear which colours you've used and the techniques you've experimented with.

if I could turn back time by Tracey B

 Good morning everyone and happy crafting Tuesday

I don't know about you, but it's a challenge for me to put more than 1 photo on a layout.  

 Here I managed 4 (gasp!)

I started with what I call a 'waste not' page which had some left-over Lunar Paste (midnight snack) scrapped through a stencil.   I used a circle stencil and some Neo II crayons scribbled on and activated with a wet paint brush.

Other products I've used include

49 & Market filmstrip (lagoon), Serenity rub-ons and assorted tickets,

Splatters of 13@rts Ayeeda mist (Pastel green) and Distress spray stain (Twisted Citron)

TFL

cheers

Trace