Artsy Arabia Christmas Cards - With Karyn Schultz!

  Hi Scrapping Clearly Lovelies!

It's Karyn here and today I have a set of 3 Christmas cards that I created using the Art-By-Marlene Artsy Arabia collection available at Scrapping Clearly! 

 

 

 I started by creating card bases using heavy weight white cardstock (10.5cm x 14.8cm). I cut the Artsy Arabia SCRAPBM01 paper to size 10cm x 14.3cm as a mat for the card base. I also cut more white down to 9cm x 13.3 cm to use as a background for my cards.

   I added paint to the backgrounds using Art-By-Marlene Bold and Bright watercolor paints - to give a watercolour wash effect. 

 

  

 I selected a number of the lantern elements from from the Artsy Arabia Die-Cut book - I thought these looked like Christmas ornaments.

Here is the first of my completed cards - I love the fun and quirky vibe with the Artsy Arabia collection. 

 

 

 The other 2 cards are created in a similar manner - just add a stamped Christmas sentiment to finish.

 

 Thanks so much for stopping by!

 

Crafty Hugs xx

Karyn

Inspired by the December Mood Board - Christmas Cards with DT Katie Howard

Well we are in the thick of December now, how is everyone's shopping going? Me, well I have done some, but my holidays start half way through next week so I have a little time up my sleeve to finish things off!

Today I thought I would share some simple Christmas cards inspired by the December Mood Board and cards on Pinterest (who doesn't love wasting time here?!).

So here is the Mood Board:

I was inspired by the natural and neutral aspects in the pictures, the trees and the wreaths and also the darker greens and this is what I came up with:

I started with a cream base card and added a background using Maggie Holmes Gather paper in Kindred, which was perfect with it's leather look and stitching. I love that it looks like I stitched on the page! I used some more of the Gather collection in Magical, So Sweet and Beautiful to cut tall triangles to make some trees. This card is perfect for using up your scraps! I added some faux stitching through the trees using a black paint pen and topped them with stars from Heidi Swapp's glitter puffy sticker alpha set (I love when they have more than just alphas!) and a chipboard star from the Crate Paper Good Vibes collection. I finished with a Christmas stamp sentiment from an old stamp set I have and there you go one quick card.

This second card is inspired by the wreaths and in keeping with the darker greens and neutral colours. This is also a great card to use up left over scraps. I started by punching out some circles in 0.5 inch and 0.75 inch sizes from the following papers from the Maggie Holmes Chasing Dreams collection: Be Happy, Garden Club, Gold Glitter acetate and Lovely and also My Story from the Gather collection (this one is a gorgeous light wood patterned paper). Once I had an assortment of circles in patterns and sizes I drew a rough circle outline and then began layering and filling in the circle. Once I had the punched circles down, I added some sequins from the Pink Paislee Birthday Bash pack which included the gold stars as well, but pick whichever sequins suit your colour scheme! The I added a puffy sticker bow from the Chasing Dreams collection and stamped a Christmas message, and a second card is born!

So a quick and simple couple of cards for you to try out and use up some of your scraps. Thanks for stopping by today and catch you next time!

Katie x

Handmade Christmas Cards

Hi everyone! 

I have here some simple handmade cards from the Pink Fresh Studio 'Oh Joy' range. 

This range is perfect for these four cards, as the colours are fresh, with simple designs.

For this first card, I used the following papers: Winter Wonderland, Under The Tree, Advent Love.

To decorate the card, I used a red 'Tis The Season Bitty Bow, Cocoa Vanilla sequins, and Cocoa Vanilla Totally Rad Little Stars - all from the store.

 

With this shaker card I used Jingle Bells and Joyful Christmas papers from the Pink Fresh Studio collection. 

The buttons and snowflake were from my stash. For the sentiment, I used ephemera from the Fancy Pants 'Merry and Bright' collection. 

Here I used Joyful Christmas, Jingle Bells, Winter Wonderland - all from the 'Oh Joy' collection. 

From the store, I have used sequins from the Cocoa Vanilla 'Tis The Season Range. Across the top of the card, I have used Teresa Collins 'Tinsel and Company' decorative tape.

On this final card, I have used Jingle Bells, Advent Love, and I cut the stacked presents from 'Under The Tree' paper. 

To embellish this simple card, I have used Heidi Swapp - Marquee Love Collection - in black, Cocoa Vanilla 'Tis The Season sequins and ephemera from Fancy Pants 'Merry and Bright' collection.

I hope you enjoyed this post and that it might have inspired you! 

Thank you for stopping by, Amy

Rustic Christmas Tags

Hi everyone - Amy here today!

I'm sharing my take on this month's gorgeous Christmassy Moodboard. 

I just love the non-traditional rustic theme used in this Moodboard.

For both of these tags, I painted Dina Wakley Media Heavy Body Acrylic in 'Elephant' onto white cardstock. I used a wood paneled stamping block from my stash and stamped it with Stazon ink in 'Jet Black'. 

I hand cut the two tags and adhered them onto cardboard.

 

With this tag, I mixed some Dina Wakley modelling paste with gold acrylic paint and applied it using a star stencil. 

Once dried, I splattered the background with Colour Blast Colour Shimmer Spray in 'Bling'. I painted some scrap music paper (from the Op Shop) from my stash, with Dina Wakley Heavy Body Paint in 'Turquoise'. Next, I die-cut it, in the shape of a Christmas tree. 

For the second tag, I prepared the background similarly to the first one. However I deliberately did not use as much paint for the Christmas tree. 

 

For both of the tags, I used a variety of goodies from the store to embellish them: Cocoa Vanilla sequins, Kaisercraft paper flowers, and Fancy Pants Designs- Merry and Bright Collection - Christmas - Ephemera.

To add some more dimension and texture to the tags, I used some natural twine, medical gauze, thread and strips of cardboard from my stash. 

 

It was great fun making these tags. We here at Scrapping Clearly headquarters look forward to seeing your entries on this month's Moodboard! Remember it can be cards, tags, a journal page, or a traditional scrap page.

Here are some more close-ups. 

 

 

Thanks for popping by! Ciao, Amy

 

Scrapping Christmas with Non Christmas supplies - with Katie

Good Morning!

And welcome to my first post for Scrappingclearly!

I am so excited to be here and I am looking forward to

sharing my scrappy adventures with you.

So let's get started.

First I wanted to share my awesome DT package that arrived at my door.

All pretty in pink...

And inside this pretty pink box, was the Joy Parade collection by Fancy Pants. 

Isn't it just divine?! Full of lots of colour and lots of possibilities.

Now to create with this amazing collection.

Since we have just celebrated Christmas I decided to use this collection to create a Christmas themed page,

just to show how easy it can be to use papers not themed for Christmas to make a great Christmas page.

My photos are of my nephew and nieces from 2016 opening secret Santa gifts,

and I decided to use the fun papers in strips to create a tree

to bring in the Christmas theme,

and some mixed media in similar colours on the background for interest.

So here is the page:

The easiest way to get your hands on all the papers is to grab the Fancy Pants Joy Parade collection kit.

Given they are double-sided it means you have one of each pattern,

and trust me both sides are fabulous.

On the background, I first used some clear gesso to prime the cardstock base.

Then I used Heidi Swapp Color Shine in Citron, Teal, and pink, and the plastic bag technique,

to create my background (along with some splatters for good measure).

With the background done, the rest of the page came together quickly

using the Fancy Pants Joy Parade ephemera and labels and tags for embellishing and layering.

My photos were mounted on some of the patterned paper - Add a Little Sparkle and Life is a Party,

with a little black ink on the edges to make them stand out.

To make my tree look interesting, I used fringing scissors to give it some dimension

and then used lots of Fancy Pants Joy Parade Puffy Sticker dots like decorations on the tree.

I also outlined the tree using a black pen to help it stand out from the background.

The Fancy Pants Joy Parade Flair are awesome too,

this one is a great addition in the centre of my photo cluster.

Added to that are some more labels and tags, these are so great

for layering and embellishment cluster building.

Thank you for joining me on my first blog post,

and maybe this will inspire you to try a non-traditional approach

to scrapping your Christmas photos.

I look forward to seeing you soon.

Katie x

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year by Lauren Hender

Hello Everyone! 

Welcome back to the Scrapping Clearly blog. 

I have mixed feelings about this blog post. On one hand I am happy and the other I am sad.

The reason for this is that this is the last blog post will have as part of the Scrapping Clearly team. 

I recently made the VERY hard decision to step down from this team and another

to allow me to have some extra time for me in 2018.

I found this past year I took on too much which left me feeling stressed and exhausted.

So part of my 2018 year is all about slowing down and not saying yes to too many things

even if I really really want to. 

So today I want to share with you a Christmas layout using the beautiful Pink Fresh collection

‘Oh Joy’ with a little of the Teresa Collins range ‘Something Wonderful’. 

This layout is of part of my family on Christmas Day just before

we were about to dig into our yummy Christmas lunch. 

Have you made any New Year resolutions?

I have decided on a crafty one which is to put into an album every layout once it has been completed. The reason for this is that recently I spent half a day sorting through and putting into albums 2.5 years of layouts.

By the end of it I was just exhausted and made a vow to myself that it will never happen again. 

How do you store your completed layouts? 

So lets go shopping: 

Pink Fresh 'Oh Joy' Collection

Teresa Collins 'Something Wonderful' Collection

Dylusions Paint - Red

So I just want to take this moment to thank Kylie and the Scrapping Clearly team

for this incredible journey I have been on.

It has truly been one of the most inspiring and supportive teams. 

I encourage you all to continue to support Kylie so that we can see her business grow

and we, as Scrappers, can continue to have access to this superior store. 

Blessings for your 2018. 

Lauren xo

Christmas Planner - With Karyn Schultz!

Hi Scrapping Clearly Lovelies!!! 

Hope your Christmas was amazing and filled with family, love, and laughter.

It's Karyn here and today I have a Christmas planner to share with you

made using lots of fun products available in the Scrapping Clearly Store. 

I know Christmas is over now but this might inspire you for next year :) 

The base for this project was made from cardstock, some pages I designed in MS Word and printed,

and others are from the Fancy Pants Designs Joy Parade 6x6 paper pad.

I know this paper collection is not Christmas themed but it is so fun and bright

and suits the summery weather here in Australia!

I started by trimming the cardstock into 4 greeting card sized pieces (approx 15cm x 21cm).

Then I folded each in half and stapled together using a long armed stapler. 

Next I trimmed my Christmas printables to approx 8.7cm x 10.5cm

and the sheets of Fancy Pants Designs Joy Parade 6x6 paper pad to 9.5cm x 14cm. 

I attached a piece of the patterned paper, as well as a printable, to each page.

For the cover I attached a diecut and puffy stickers from the Fancy Pants Designs "Joy Parade" collection

and a wood veneer from the Cocoa Vanilla Studio "Tis The Season" collection. 

I have deliberately kept the embellishments to a minimum so that the booklet is not bulky

as I carry it around in my handbag in the lead-up to Christmas.

Here are some pictures of each of the pages in the booklet.

These first pages are for my Christmas card list.

You could design the printables to suit your own planning style.

Isnt this puffy sticker fun!!

I've used more puffy stickers on these "gift list" pages - I love the collection of dot, and word stickers. 

These pages are for my family gift list and a spot to attach my Christmas letter. 

I also keep a record of gifts received - mainly to help remind my children who gave them what,

and also ideas for future gifts :) 

These pages are just for adding some fun memories - using these brag cards . 

I made my own calendars for November/December, great to keep track of events!  

Lastly some pages for Christmas day notes, menu plans etc. 

I hope this has inspired you to make your fun planner -

they are also a great way to record and remember gifts you have purchased in previous years!!

Thanks so much for stopping by,

Crafty Hugs xx

Karyn