The Story of the Gumboots

Good Morning Arty Peeps!

Hope your weekend is full of fun with a little creativity thrown in, mine is shaping up just that way.

Today I'm sharing my sketch challenge layout, about hanging out with those who feed my soul with art and fun times.

Still using up my Colour Blast pastes, I made the background on heavy weight cardstock with a cool new Kinder Kreations mandala stencil, making sure to treat the paste with Dorland's Wax when dry, to stop the stickiness.

After the Dorland's I swiped some Ceramcoat black paint over my page top and bottom. When wiping it off the Colour Blast paste it was taking the paste with it, so I left it looking kinda grungy. I added a bit of zing to my background with some flicks of Lemon Zest Dylusions spray (the best yellow!).

For my layers I used this gorgeous stamp set with black ink on white card, adding some extra colour with Stazon ink and my Lemon Zest. The two word strips are from this pretty and versatile paper from Kaisercraft.

I journalled straight on the gesso with a white pen and added some white splats with Dylusions ink spray, I love how opaque this stuff is!

I used a title from this pack of foamThickers, and embellished with vellum hearts and buttons.

My page is based on this sketch

which is one of the August challenges on our Facebook page.

Come and play along for the chance to win spending money at the shop, you've gotta be in it to win it!

Thanks for coming by,

'til next time,

Have you got your Distress Oxides yet?

Hello, hello Arty Peeps!

Welcome again to the Scrapping Clearly blog.

Hope your weekend was fab.

I'm here today, in denial that it's Monday, to share something bright and colourful to start your week.

Yes, I've been playing with Distress Oxides again, yay!!

Check out this gorgeous background on heavy weight white cardstock.

My title is a funky foam word from this pack.

Here you can see wood veneer pieces (some coloured black), 2 cardstock stickers, and a stick-on brad, used to embellish my page. You can also see the super cute polaroid paper that I cut up and put under my journalling.

I also used some enamel dots, tiny staples, and a camera paper-clip (love these!!).

Here's my finished page.

I hope you are having as much fun as I am playing with the Oxide inkpads.

Wishing you a happy and creative week.

'Til next time

Family Fun Today with Amy Prior

Hi there Scrapping Clearly fans! Amy Prior back with you all again today, this time sharing a quick scrapbook page that I have created using the gorgeous Simple Stories Life in Color Collection along with some other favourite products available from the Scrapping Clearly store!

To create the background for this layout, I have added some Colour Blast - Colour Paste - Sunshine through a stencil over a piece of Simple Stories - Life in Color Collection - Various Patterned Papers. Just add the paste randomly and avoid the middle section where the photo layers will go so you don't waste product necessarily.

When the paste has dried completely, sprinkle some Colour Blast - Shimmer Spray - Fire Engine randomly around the edges before sticking on some ripped pieces of Simple Stories - Life in Color Collection - Various Patterned Papers, and finish off with some Teresa Collins - Something Wonderful Collection - Washi Tape.

Spray some Colour Blast - Colour Spray - Love over a Heidi Swapp - Color Magic - Banners and set aside to dry. Wipe off any excess with a baby wipe when it is dry to show the resist better. 

Layer some Simple Stories - Life in Color Collection - Various Patterned Papers in various sized rectangles around the phtograph. I have distressed around my papers to tie in with the ripped paper on the background. 

Add the dried Heidi Swapp - Color Magic - Banners to the layers of paper and then add the title using American Crafts - Amy Tangerine - Better Together - You & Me Black Thickers and some letters from Simple Stories - Life in Color Collection - Expressions Cardstock Stickers. I have outlined the American Crafts - Amy Tangerine - Better Together - You & Me Black Thickers with white to help it pop as my photograph is quite dark in a lot of areas. 

Finish off the layout by embellishing with various products from the Simple Stories - Life in Color Collection - Adhesive Bradz, Simple Stories - Life in Color Collection - Enamel Dots, Simple Stories - Life in Color Collection - Expressions Cardstock Stickers, Simple Stories - Life in Color Collection - Fundamentals Cardstock Stickers, and Simple Stories - Life in Color Collection - Clear Stickers packs. I have outlined a lot of items with a black pen roughly to help them pop.

The complete product list for this layout includes...

Simple Stories - Life in Color Collection - Various Patterned Papers

Simple Stories - Life in Color Collection - Adhesive Bradz

Simple Stories - Life in Color Collection - Enamel Dots

Simple Stories - Life in Color Collection - Expressions Cardstock Stickers

Simple Stories - Life in Color Collection - Fundamentals Cardstock Stickers

Simple Stories - Life in Color Collection - Clear Stickers

Heidi Swapp - Color Magic - Banners

Colour Blast - Colour Spray - Love

Colour Blast - Shimmer Spray - Fire Engine

Colour Blast - Colour Paste - Sunshine

American Crafts - Amy Tangerine - Better Together - You & Me Black Thickers
Teresa Collins - Something Wonderful Collection - Washi Tape

Well that is it from me today, thanks so much for stopping by and until next time, happy scrapping!

Amy Prior

Sweet Smiles...

Phew... Christmas is over and I'm well and truly over ham, dips and pannacotta... I hope your day was filled with family and love and you got some well deserved down time.... this week between Boxing day and New Years is always like a black hole to me... you never really know what day it is, and you don't really get anything done... I'm fortunate to have some time off and have used it to get into my studio and play with my art supplies... 

By now you are probably in Christmas overdose with layouts, December Daily, cards and more cards... so I'm breaking up with the festive season already and giving you a sweet girly page to inspire you. 

Ive used the Simple Stories 'So Fancy" and Amy Tangerine 'Stitched' patterned papers with the My Minds Eye 'On trend 2' chipboard elements to create this layout. 

I've inked around the edges with some Stazon Ink in Jet Black and my Mini Ink Blending Tool to give it a moody, grungy feel and to tie in with the black and white photo. Im a self confessed wonky photo taker, but the irregular angles of the photo help to draw your eye to each embellishment cluster. 

I've added in some Dear Lizzy accents and phrase stickers, as well as some splatters of gold in Heidi Swapp Colour Shine and some gold Nuvo Crystal Drops. Add to it a machine stitched boarder and you have one grungy, girly layout... 

I hope you have a safe New Year and I'm looking forward to joining the ladies at Scrapping Clearly for another fabulous year designing and sharing my art with you..

Peace and Love... 

Skai

My Daily December

Hello everyone and Merry Christmas!! 

With just 3 days to go, here are some more of my December daily pages. I will warn you there are a lot of photos!!

 This would have to be my favourite Christmas project I have worked on and I look forward to doing one next year. However it will be more formal and more organised to make it easier to complete.

There isn't any journaling shown for privacy purposes but there are plenty of hidden tags, envelopes and project life cards to write on later.

Please feel free to comment below and ask questions on any of these pages as I will be happy to chat about my experience or any of the products.

 The white bow was hand stitched using the Amy Tangerine stitching kit.

 I added the program from our pageant with a custom sized plastic sleeve using the fuse tool.

 I liked using all different size photos for variety and the large full page one has a big impact.

 Here is a small fold out for photos using Washi tape to join the project life size cards together.

Showing a close up of the Washi tape joining the fold out cards.

 The hidden tag behind the photo has a handmade tassel attached.

  Burlap tag for added texture.

 Close up of the acetate page with the beautiful chipboard heart from Your Creative Wings. I attached it with Jac paper and covered the centre with fine white glitter. Looks super cute and I am so happy with the result.

A great way to add photos is to create a collage. I used Pic Monkey and it was so easy. 

 Another custom made sleeve using the Fuse tool, one side with a diecut and shaker pocket. The other side a photo.

 Project life cards backed together are a great quick insert and good for journaling on.

 Heidi Swapp Lovely word die cuts easily through thin cork.

Several different white and gold Washi tapes were used throughout. 
I love this Christmas snowflake die I borrowed from a friend using the gold glitter paper. 
I used the Candy Cane Lane range by Teresa Collins and her Studio Gold project life cards.
Thank you so much for taking the time to look and get to the bottom of my post today. That was very photo heavy! 
We would love to hear how your December daily album is going. 
Till next week,stay safe and enjoy your Christmas holidays with family and friends. 

 Michelle xx