Buckle Up Buttercup

Welcome to another fantastic weekend of creativity. I hope you are enjoying creating with the August moodboard. A couple of weekends ago I created a layout using a car like the one in moodboard and have found another photo similar to create with. I take a lot of similar photos at different angles when the kids were little - they each have a different story. In this one my little boy was so proud that he got to drive the car at Dreamworld. If we could only keep them this young and cute.

For this layout I chose some 12x12 Vicki Boutin paper from the Let'sWander range - Beach Vibe & Chasing Stars. I used the Chasing stars paper as the base and used a strip of the Beach Vibe as a layer.

I have added a little of the Ranger Distress Ink - speckled egg to the background. I did this by adding it to plastic & spraying a little water before tipping it and dabbing it on the cardstock in a few places.

After the ink had dried I then stamped in a few places the Stampers Anonymous stamp - Grunged  . I used Liquitex Modelling paste with a Dina Wakley stencil - Wheels. Once all of this was dry I marked out with a pencil where my photo and layering cardstock would go and then took them away and used my sewing machine to add some black borders.

As I added all the layers I found some grey loose cardstock on my desk to add under the photo also. I built up the photo using foam tape. I have then stamped a few small dots using Ranger Ink and a Viva Las Vegas stamp. The title was created in the Silhouette and coloured using an Artline black marker and raised on the layout using foam tape. I have used some yellow stickers and stars from the Heidi Swapp Stationary set and used a good amount of the Studio Calico timber embellishments that came in the pack. To add to the boy theme I added some chipboard cogs coloured with Staz On - midnight. I finished off the layout by adding a flair & some older rub-ons I had in my stash and Vicki Boutin heart stickers - because they are super cute. 

        

I hope you are having fun creating with this months Moodboard and I am enjoying the entries trickle in and fill up the Share & Inspire Facebook page album. We are a creative bunch.

Until next time - stay safe, create & have fun

tracey xx

Totally Awesome

Welcome back to the blog and the new April moodboard… isn’t she a stunner….

I found that the Avery Elle Celery & Ken Oliver ColourBurst Turquoise watercolours work so well together. The richness of colour from that turquoise is amazing and the celery was used as an undertone. I dropped a few drops of the celery colour first and spritzed it with water then dropped my white cardstock on top. I dried this with my heat tool before I added a little of the Turquoise powder to my mat and spritzed it and followed the same process. I chose the Floral Eclipse TCW stencil for this layout to help give more depth.

 

Liquitexmodelling paste was used with a spatula to push through the stencil.

 I placed it in three zones on my page .

I used a large range of different embellishments for this layout. On this page I loved the Heidi Swapp frames and the Cocoa Vanilla BoysRule stickers. I also used a few acetate pieces from the Heidi Swapp Minc ephemera pack. To complement all this goodness, I had some fabulous Pink Freshtiny words to create the title. I teamed the Cocoa Vanilla sticker ‘totally’ and the Heidi Swapp timber word ‘awesome’ to help create another title and set the mood for the page. 

I have also added a teal diecut from my stash.

For some extra touches I added some Heidi Swapp ric rac  and a Ken Oliver light bulb embellishment on top of some black cotton. Also a Ken Oliver key was added on top of the Pink Fresh word ‘Captured’ which comes from the Live More range.

Finally I added a stitched border around the layout to help tie it all together.

I hope you have a great weekend full of creative fun .

Don't forget to have a crack at the new Moodboard for April and load your project into the April folder in the Facebook Share & Inspire group. 

tracey

xx