Laugh...with Belinda Spencer

 Hello Scrapping Clearly fans!

It's Belinda here today to share my latest layout featuring some awesome product from the Scrapping Clearly store.

'Laugh'

For this layout, I started by adding some interest to my heavy weight white cardstock background with a Vicki Boutin stencil and some heavy white gesso. Once dry. I spritzed with water and then dropped some colour into the water using the fabulous Prima Art Philosophy Concentrated Watercolour in the Truth colour. I picked up the layout and tilted it this way and that to play with the colour and let it move around the background.

For the next step, I added another layer to the background this time with some stamping. I used a couple of lids from around my desk that were the right size. I put a little of the Truth watercolour onto my craft sheet and then used the lids to stamp circles on my page.

I dried that off with a heat gun and then added some stamping using a Tim Holtz stamp with Jet Black Archival Ink.

I added some messy cotton thread, my patterned paper layers, photo, embellishments and title. For the title, I used a Heidi Swapp wood veneer word and painted it with three coats of heavy white gesso. I also added some white Posca Pen on top of that for an extra crisp white finish.

Here's what I used:

Heavy Weight Cardstock Marshmallow

PAPER ARTS Artistry 2 patterned paper

STUDIO CALICO Seven Paper:

- Goldie 001

- Goldie 009

VICKI BOUTIN Storyteller:

- Wild Soul Stencils

VICKI BOUTIN Wildflower Thickers

VICKI BOUTIN Clear Stamps

TIM HOLTZ Stampers Anonymous School Desk

HEIDI SWAPP Wood Veneer

PRIMA Art Philosophy Concentrated Watercolour Truth

RANGER Archival Ink Jet Black

CARPE DIEM Roller Stamp

gesso

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today. I hope you are feeling inspired to grab your Scrapping Clearly stash and have a play too.

Cheers

Belinda

Fun...with Belinda Spencer

 Happy new year Scrapping Clearly fans!!

It's Belinda here today to share my very first project for the new year. I have created a 'fun' layout inspired by the January Mood Board using lots of awesome product from the Scrapping Clearly store.

'FUN'

Here's a peek at the mood board:

Aren't those reds just gorgeous?!!

I started my layout by adding some stencilling to my Marshmallow background using one of the Vicki Boutin Storyteller Radiate stencils with Tim Holtz Distress Inks in Aged Mahogany and Barn Door. I blended the inks through the stencil using an ink blending tool and then flicked some water over the page using my fingertips. Once dry. I flicked over some Heidi Swapp Color Shine in Primrose.

Next I used an extra piece of marshmallow card stock and coloured it with Distress Inks. I swiped Distress Inks in, Aged Mahogany, Barn Door and Victorian Velvet over my heat resistant craft sheet, spritzed with water and then dragged the card stock piece through the inks. I dried it with a heat gun and then repeated until I was happy with the look. I flicked water over this piece too, let it sit for a moment and then blotted away the water using paper towel. Once it was dry again, I stamped two butterflies on it using the Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Specimens stamp set and Ranger Jet Black Archival Ink.

I fussy cut the stamped butterflies, some stars from the Vicki Boutin Let's Wander Chasing Stars patterned paper and cropped some matching papers to layer and sit my photo on. I used patterned papers from the Vicki Boutin Storyteller range including Plot, Mosaic and Assemblage. The papers look a little purple in my photos but are actually more red in real life. Blame the photographer!!

Next I added some scratchy lines around the stars using a black Uni Posca Pen and some stamping using the Carpe Diem Make It Happen Roller Stamp and the Jet Black ink. I added my photo and a couple of chipboard stickers from the American Crafts Thickers Tell Your Story and Wildflower sets. I painted a ScrapFX chipboard piece with white gesso and when dry added a fussy cut quote from the Vicki Boutin Storyteller Plot patterned paper. 

I used a Heidi Swapp Wood Veneer word for the title. It was covered in hot pink glitter but anyone that knows me knows I hate glitter so I carefully sanded it off. In the sanding process I got a little too vigorous (angry about the glitter! LOL) and broke the word. If you try this for yourself, I highly recommend sanding very carefully and lightly so as not to break your wood veneer. I then painted the word with some of the Primrose Color Shine and let dry before adding to my layout.

Thank you for stopping by the blog on this brand new day in a brand new year. Let's hope this year is better than last year!!

Cheers

Belinda

'Eat, sleep, be rad, ..repeat'

Hi everyone! It's Amy here, with another share for April. I have here a simple and flat page for those scrappers out there that love creating with flat pages - this will be the project for you.

I have captured this photo of a very tired Samuel with our little puppy "Luigi" on his back.

For this page, I have used various patterned papers from the store. With patterned papers, I like to mix my ranges up from time to time. I have used: Simple Stories 'Carpe Diem' range; and Cocoa Vanilla Studio 'Boys Rule'. 

Apart from applying the patterned papers on to the cardstock, I trimmed down the strips of words to produce the title - this is from the Cocoa Vanilla Studio 'Boys Rule' 'Boy Stuff' sheet. I hand-punched a star and circle with this double-sided paper. 

Behind the photo, if you look closely here, you will see that I have used Simple Stories and Cocoa Vanilla Studio. The black tag is from my stash and then I added the perfectly cheeky Charms Creations Emojii.

Finally, I stamped my page with bubble wrap using Stazon Ink in 'Jet Black' randomly over the page and then splattered the page with ColourBlast Colour Spray in 'Roadbase'. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Ciao, Amy

Card Crazy with Leonie

Hey all our Scrapping Clearly readers, Leonie with you today.

A little while ago I created some pages with a lovely range by Simple Stories called Carpe Diem.

You can see some of the pages HERE and HERE.

I loved creating with the bright colours in this collection and I especially liked the Chipboard frames.

They come in a pack of 24 different sized and patterned frames and even after making four pages I still had a heap of frames left over. 

Which brings us to my post today, where I've gone a little card crazy and created five cards

using the chipboard frames and stickers and some left over patterned paper. 

December through February is a birthday heavy few months in our family

so this little stash of cards is going to come in very handy.

I also used some to the Chipboard stickers from the same collection.
Is it just me or do you get a great felling of satisfaction when you use up a whole sheet of embellishments like the frames and chipboard stickers in this case? 

Five easy cards using up these two products and a few items from my stash. Happy Days.

Thanks for stopping by today, before you go

remember our December Challenges with Scrapping Clearly Shop vouchers up for grabs.

All the details in our Facebook Group HERE for the sketch and HERE for the mood board.

And our super duper Christmas Challenge, details below.
Trust me, you do not want to miss an opportunity to win this little baby.

Cheers

Leonie Neal-Dawson.

Sweet Treat with Leonie Neal-Dawson

Hi Leonie Neal-Dawson with you today sharing a sweet treat of a page!

I've been using the delightful Carpe Diem Collection from Simple Stories. 

This collection has some really lovely patterns and I especially like the florals which I've used on my page today.

I've fussy cut around some clouds one one of the patterned papers and highlighted them with a doodled border. 

Two of the polaroid frames in this collection have been used over my photo's along with some of the printed chipboard embleishments.

The gold tissue paper I'm sure you're familiar with having purchased from the Scrapping Clearly store.

 

For the background today I've used some Broken China and Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide Reinkers and the never fail plastic packaging stamping technique. 

I know you've probably seen it before but it's still one of my favourites! 

Here's a little picture collage of how I like to do this technique. 

I love how the Oxide inks comes up on the Kraft Carkstock.

Thanks for stopping by today I hope you enjoyed my post.

Happy Crafting. 

Leonie

Carpe Diem with Leonie Neal-Dawson

Hello to our Scrapping Clearly readers, Leonie Neal-Dawson here with you today.  

 I have a sweet page to share with you today using the Simple Stories Carpe Diem collection.

This is a page celebrating the 20th anniversary of the day I met my life partner.   

I got some fussy cutting in with these bright colourful blooms and behind the flowers I did a little background work using Distress Oxide ink in Worn Lipstick.   

With all the floral patterns going on on my page I found I didn't need too much in the way of embellishments. So I merely add a few patterned paper Chipboard hearts and sequins.  More patterned paper chipboard - frames this time - were used to embellish my strip of photos along the bottom border of my page. 

Remember we have 2 challenges taking place for September, each with a $30 shop voucher as a prize.

See the challenges and upload your entries in the Facebook folders below.

Sketch   Moodboard

Today I want to finish my post by sending my heartfelt Sympathies to Kylie 

and her extended family on the tragic loss of her Brother. 

Take Care 

Leonie Neal-Dawson

xx

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