Take a Deep Breath- a Scrapbook Layout with Em.

Happy Weekend ScrappingClearly Peeps.

Hope you have been keeping cool if you're in Aussie land, and if you are in a land with snow and cool air
I hope your marshmallows are toastie.

Today I'm playing with an image that I got off Pinterest.

I have 2 boys who don't like having photos taken as often any more (I sneak some though),
which makes me source images from other places, Pinterest being one of them.

I find this also allows a different type of creativity on my pages.

This cute little fox looks so calm and at peace, it made me think of spring and a time of wonder.

I don't get to use flowers much so a pic like this allows me to be a little floral.

I started by choosing a couple of 6x6 pages from the Heidi Swapp September Skies pad.

And I also fussy cut out a section of flowers from one of the sheets, that I tucked up under the top left corner.

For the page base I started with good 'ole Gesso and Texture paste,
and then started playing with a couple of

Colour Blast Shimmer pots in Envy and Punch.

Then a layer of Distress Oxide in Fossilized Amber.

Instead of using black to stamp, this time I used the Distress Oxides.

I used a couple of Kaiser stamps and also the flowers from the Prima Cling stamp.

I coated the Dusty Attic Chipboard arrows in Peacock Feathers Oxide ink.

Then finished off my layout with Liquitex Artist Ink Titanium white.

I have also made a video for this page.
I hope you enjoy it, I had fun creating it.

My eldest Son Jude has been creating music for my layouts which I love
as he gets a buzz out of this form of music creativity.

So even though I may not always have a photo of my boys they are always supporting me in some form of my art.

I'll catch you all again real soon.

Have a great weekend.

Sunday Market layout by Tania

Hi everyone, Happy Monday!!! I have my take on the August sketch for you today!!! Using the gorgeous 'OPEN BOOK' PAPERS, from Maggie Holmes and Crate Paper. Here's the August sketch as a little reminder!

Here's my layout:

I started with the 'SWEET STORY' paper as my background, fell in love with this piece instantly! To mimick the dotty background, I thought I would use some texture paste with a TCW stencil. To colour it green, I added some of the amazing Lindy's Starburt Colour Shots. (These are powders that can be added to any wet medium to give it colour.) You can also make up your own shimmer sprays with them, I love them, you can find them in the Scrappingclearly store here.

I then layered up my papers, and found a piece of Maggie Holmes Bloom, Blissful paper with the banner border to mimick the banner in the image. That was just what I needed. I added some colour to a few of the papers and word stickers with Distress ink to help them stand out. (The word stickers are from Heidi Swapp, Tim Holtz and the alphabet stickers are from Prima.)

I did some fussy cutting for this layout, from a piece of the beautiful, SHIMELLE, starshine collection. These are the hand-cut flowers, and I added a few of the Prima sugar blooms!

The cute little wood veneers are from Studion Calico, wow, there are so many in the packet!!!

For my journaling, I made a little tag from another piece of Maggie Homes Bloom paper, and added some twine for a bow.

I finished off the page by flicking some white paint from a Posca paint pen, these make the perfect paint dots on your page, love them!
I hope you find time to play along with our August sketch and or moodboard, you can upload your link here, or on our facebook page!!!
Cheers, Tania!!!