Thursday 31 March 2022

'Somewhere over the Rainbow' TN Thursday - by Emma Zappone

 Hi there everyone.
Who would have thought I would enjoy creating the Travellers Notebook pages so much! 
Now I love the quick little art moments.
This one didn't quite go to plan, but I'm still loving the final feel.



I started with a Scrap FX tissue paper for my background. Applied it down to my pages with a gel Medium. Then I began to scrap some colour over sections of the pages with a mix of Dylusions and Art By Marlene paints. I did this very simply with a palette knife.



I added a little stencil work using an ABM So-fish-ticated stencil with light modeling paste.
You can see all the process in my video.
 

 
This weeks TN prompt is handwriting and it made me nervous. I was not sure how to add this element, so I decided to add some script along my scribbly border. It's messy but it added to the grungy vibe of the pages.



I hope this has inspired you to try this weeks prompt. We love seeing everyone's versions.

 Check out my video here....



Have a great creative week.
Stay crafty, stay safe.
Em xx











Tuesday 29 March 2022

Get away by Tracey B

 Hi everyone,

I'm sorry I've been MIA for a couple of weeks but I've been without Internet (Thanks Telstra).   

I thought I didn't spend a lot of time online until it wasn't an option - then I really missed it!

This next layout is about how to rescue a page when something doesn't go exactly to plan.


I started with a page of Pink Paislee Citrus Bliss patterned paper, a TCW stencil, some impasto and some very cheap washi tape.


As you can tell my stencil was just a little dirty.   I did know this but thought it was permanent - not so - I finished up with a yellow tinge in my impasto.   OK I thought, I can live with that.

Then my washi tape tore the paper when I was lifting it.

 

OK - can't live with that but rather than throw it away, I used more washi to solved the problem and created a frame.   Plenty of lovely washi in the shop.


I didn't take progress photos but I sprinkled on some Lindy's Magical Shaker (Afternoon Denim Delight) and gave it a spritz with water.

I then scraped through some Light and Fluffy through a rose stencil.   Because the Magicals was still a little wet, the Light and Fluffy was tinged blue - I'm OK with that.

I used a Kaisercraft Floral Circle Frame and die cut some scrap papers and used a Posca pen to colour a Heidi Swapp wood veneer word for my title.




I layered by photo with some Heidi Swapp Pineapple Crush patterned paper (Sun Chaser) and a Heidi Swapp jumbo tag.

here's the finished layout.
 



Other products I used include

Distress Ink (Pumis stone)

Grid stamp

Kaisercraft die cut elements

Chipboard buttons

Twine

Heidi Swapp Art Walk stickers

Heidi Swapp Favorite Things Puffy stickers 

Heart paper clip

Rub ons


Happy Crafting
cheers
Tracey





 

Thursday 24 March 2022

Entomology Tag by Emma Zappone

Hello everyone.
Today I share a video and a tag created using a mix of products you can find in Kylie's shop.
It focus's on Stamperia product, resin and texture.



This tag is approx 5"x7" and created on packing board. Nice & Sturdy.
It is then primed with some white gesso to get it ready for all the paint to come.
I then chose a couple of earthy colours for my background from Art By Marlene in Tuscan & Tobacco.
And then a little watercolour concentrate from Prima.



You can see how I added the colours in the video. Then I added some texture with some modeling paste. I grabbed a sheet of the Stamperia collectables paper and tore what I needed and then blended it into the tag background with more paint and some rubons. 



Once the background was complete, I chose what I needed to decorate the front. I knew I wanted to use butterflies especially since I had this beautiful resin butterfly from Kylie. So I made this my centre focus. I painted it in a couple of Stamperia colour gels, Gold Dew & Star Blue.



I fussy cut some of the butterflies from the same collectables paper pad and then to make it look like one of those butterfly display boxes you see at the museum, stamped with Tim Holtz Field Notes to add the Fig.1 ect next to each butterfly.



I flicked with remaining ink and a few matching Prima watercolour concentrates.

I hope you enjoy the process video which shows how it all comes together.



Stay safe and Happy Crafting.
Em xx
 


Saturday 19 March 2022

eat the cake created by Tracey Thorne

 Welcome to another creative weekend. I loved pulling out all of my older ephemera last weekend and had a stash buster blue day - so this weekend I am sharing my stash buster pink day. 

I have a few pre- painted pages with smears of paint on them so I have chosen one of those to create with for this layout. The paint was added quite thickly and was left to dry naturally which left some fantastic texture. I have added a Donna Downey Number stencil to this by using some Liquitex Modelling paste.


After quite a bit of paper shuffling I was unhappy with it so the page received a good coat of Liquitex Gesso - it is my 'go to' when things are not working. After applying the gesso roughly to the page I have then used a Distress Crayon in pink and rubbed it over the raised numbers. I used a black pen to draw a square in the middle of the page and smudged that with my fingers. I have also added some plasterers mesh to the page at the bottom left. 

 


A Kaisercraft stamp was used to add various stamping on the page at this time. I have used Ranger Archival Ink to do this.


Now it is time for ephemera. Whenever I think of using pink in my scrapbooking I instantly go to my Heidi Swapp stash as I usually find everything that will accommodate my whims there. On this page I have use a range of stickers and labels - HS Journallers stickers 306, HS Scrapbookers stickers 305, We R Memorykeepers - Typecast Labels. The photos were mounted on some older printed papers - MM garden party and Jenni Bowlin vintage black bookprint. Heidi Swapp photo corner in pink were also added to the photo.

 


I have used the Stamperia mould to create a couple of pieces for this page. The fleur di lis was created by using part of the book plate and the key. Both have had the distress crayon rubbed over them to add the candy pink colour to them.

 


The title was created using American Crafts stickers - Piper. I have then drawn roughly around them with black pen to help acentuate.


I hope you have enjoyed my post this week and have started using up your stash of ephemera - new & old as it all blends beautifully.


Have a fabulously creative weekend



Thursday 17 March 2022

Energy Flows by Emma Zappone

 Hello SC fanatics!
Em with you today, and because it's Thursday I did a TN for my share.
This weeks prompt is Bubblewrap. I managed to dig around my room and find some.
A little video is available to watch this come together too.
Here are my Notebook pages....


Bubblewrap lended itself to play with more Art By Marlene. I used up some of the left over Bright & Bold paper I had used on my project last week and I couldn't wait to play with some of the rub-ons



I used a mix of paints by ABM and Dylusions to match the torn papers. 
And as I added the paint I smooshed the bubblewrap into it and then stamped the excess paint around the page. I added more stamping effects with the Bubblewrap using a couple of Distress Oxide Inks, which tied in great with paints.



On the pages a few ABM paper elements were added and so were some stickers.



For the quote page I added this amazing rub-on and a couple of little sticker words.

I hope you enjoy the little video and get some creative time soon.



Stay safe and stay crafty.

Em xx




 




Wednesday 16 March 2022

Yes! by Amanda Hartmann

Hi SC fans!

Playing with pretty patterned papers today! Yes!

Scrapping clearly has you covered for a HUGE range of patterned papers.... Here is what I used on my page:

Vicki Boutin: Color Study - 12″X12″ – Inspired  and Vicki Boutin: Color Study -12″X12″ – Spheres from this AMAZING range: VB: Color Study

Bella Blvd – Illustrated Faith – Bright and Brave – 12 x 12 – Count the Ways with so many more bright papers: Bright & Brave

Then I finished with all the things..... Check out the photos for more details...



I love the Inspired paper - the black background is such a perfect piece of paper to start a page! 

For this page I had another old chipboard circle I dug out of my stash. I gesso'd it white and then painted it with Dina Wakley Media – Gloss Sprays – Fuchsia. This circle created the centre of my layout.

I tore a circle of  Count the Ways paper and layered this behind the circle.

Layered and added in the clusters:
Dina Wakley Media Chipboard Shapes – Sprigs (for the white chipboard stems/leaves)
* muslin, enamel dots, BLAH button, flowers and bow from my stash

And like all good pages - we need to finish with some splatters! I used: Dina Wakley Media – Gloss Sprays – White




A fun, bright, blah blah blah layout - kinda perfect for a photo of me!

Thanks for looking,
Amanda








Saturday 12 March 2022

Today created by Tracey Thorne

Welcome to another creative weekend. I have had a bit of a shuffle with paper ephemera this weekend and wanted to use up a lot of things that I have stored away for many years.With this months moodboard I have chosen to take the blue as inspiration this week. I hope this gives you a little inspiration to clear out some of the bits and pieces that are left behind in ephemera packs.

To start the page I did a little scribbling with some Distress crayons. Using Dina Wakley Acrylic paint in Sky & an AALL and Create stencil I made a Gelli Print  over the scribble, this can be seen lightly under the print so that there is a hint of the pink. 

 


After the page was dry I started to assemble all of the ephemera until I was happy with placement. I then started to stick it all down using quarter inch double sided tape. A black cotton border was stitched on the edge of the gelli printed image.


I glued in a little black cotton under a couple of places and did a little stamping using some older Kaisercraft stamps and Ranger black ink. The title was double coated with Glossy Accents after being glued in place. I have cut up a small sheet of Dina Wakley tissue paper words and used them at the top and bottom of the page. 

 

 


Thanks for popping in and checking out the process.