Enjoy the Now created by Tracey Thorne

 

Welcome to my first blog post of 2022 - and wow what a great Moodsketch to get it started. I am crushing on the colours of the moodboard this month and with the added Sketch my thinking has been taken care of - products and photos are all I need to worry about to put together a new memory to my albums. So lets get started with my new 12x12 'Enjoy the Now'.

 I have taken the colours and the sketch to create with - I didn't go for bright popping colours for this one - more warm & subdued tones for the.

I have used white 12x12 cardstock as my base. To that I have used Dylusions Calypso Teal spray & Heidi Swapp colourshine in Teal. I have used the kiss method to apply this to the page. 

I have then chosen a TCW stencil out of my stash of stencils - this may not be available anymore but there are a great range of circular, mandala type ones available in the shop. I have used Liquitex light modelling paste on both sides of the page in conjunction with the stencil. I have also used a stencil lightly in the middle of the page.

 

I have then worked out placement of my photo before beginning to stamp with some Ranger black ink. I have used the Stampers Anonymous- Tim Holtz stamp - Fragments. I have also used a couple of my older stamps-  a small dotty stamp by kaisercraft and a writing stamp by Prima. The stamping was kept primarily on the edges of the page and tapered back to the center.

 

With a stabilo pencil I have drawn a box where my photo will go and have then wet it down to add shadow. I have then sewn around this box and also to the left of the page where other embellishments will go.

I have used a range of embellishments to build up the photo and help tell the story of the photo.

 

I love to incorporate frames wherever I can and the Tim Holtz ideaology metal frames are a favourite for helping me find that extra dimension that I need. 

This is the finished layout - very moody - love this pallette to work with as I can really get into using my Distress Inks and blending around the outer edge of the page. I have used Scattered Straw and Tea Dye and have added a little more of the Stabilo ALLS pencil and water. 

Thanks for popping in and checking out the process of my 12x12 layout. 

Enjoy your weekend

tracey

Memories Made At The Beach with Belinda Spencer

 Hello!!

It's Belinda here with you today to share a layout I created for Scrapping Clearly inspired by the November Mood Board and featuring some cool products from the shop.

Here's a peek at the mood board:

I started my layout by grabbing the gorgeous background patterned paper from the VICKI BOUTIN Colour Study 12 x 12 Paper Pad. I love the ombre paint swipes across this paper. It really required very little in the way of mixed media. I did add a little however using the KAISERCRAFT Bubbles 12 x 12 Stencil with Snow White COLOUR BLAST Colour Paste.

Once the Colour Paste was completely dry, I propped my page up and spritzed on some Turquoise DINA WAKLEY MEDIA Gloss Spray and let it run down the page. I flicked some of it over the page too. Once that was dry, I flicked some White DWM Gloss Spray over the page too.(TIP: Place an art journal or some cardstock underneath to catch all of the drips. You can then spread it around and create an instant background and not waste any product!!)

Here is the completed layout:

I created a stack of co-ordinating patterned papers using the VICKI BOUTIN Colour Study 6x8 Paper Pad as well as a HEIDI SWAPP 6x8 Paper Pad. I tore the pieces at the bottom and ruffled up the torn edges to create a surf like look.

I fussy cut a couple of hearts from VICKI BOUTIN patterned paper. I stamped two sweet branches on patterned paper using the STUDIO LIGHT Marlene's World Clear Stamp Sweet Birdie and RANGER Archival Ink in Jet Black. I fussy cut the leafy branches and added them to the page with the love hearts and some flowers from my stash. I finished the page by adding some ART BY MARLENE Die Cut Elements and a DUSTY ATTIC chipboard title that I painted with white gesso.

Thanks for stopping by the blog today. I hope you find some time to play along with the challenge this month too.

Cheers

Belinda

Brain Freeze with Belinda Spencer

 Hello Scrapping Clearly fans!

It's Belinda here with you today to share my latest layout for Scrapping Clearly inspired by the gorgeous April Mood Board.

The colours in the mood board are so lovely and made me grab out perfectly matched Distress Oxides in Cracked Pistachio, Picked Raspberry and Squeezed Lemonade. The colours reminded me, not only of Easter colours, but ice cream too. That led me to choose a photo of my kids from a couple of years ago (at least) when we used to be able to go out in public safely. We would sometimes walk along the beach, get an ice cream and find a nice spot to sit and eat it. Those times seem so long ago now but I hope we will one day be able to do that again. 

To create my background, I swiped the Squeezed Lemonade Distress Oxide onto a piece of plastic in a long line. I then spritzed it with water as well as the background Marshmallow heavy weight cardstock. I then pressed the plastic onto the page. I dried it off with a heat gun and then repeated for each colour.

Next I grabbed the Kaisercraft 12x12 Bubbles Template and applied the Distress Oxides using an ink blending tool.

I added some stamping using Ranger Jet Black Archival Ink and a quote stamp from a Technique Tuesday Clear Stamp Set. I tore a piece of 6x6 Heidi Swapp Die Cut paper and added that to the page. I cropped some Heidi Swapp patterned paper from a 6x8 Paper Pad, stapled those together and added to the page.

For the next step, I added some more stencilling using a Heidi Swapp stencil with heavy white gesso. The inks were bleeding through the gesso so I used a white Posca Paint Pen over the top to make the hearts whiter. I added some messy black lines around the patterned papers too using a Micron 05 pen.

Finally, I added my photo, all of my embellishments and the title.

Here's what I used:

BAZZILL Heavy Weight Cardstock Marshmallow

HEIDI SWAPP 6"x8" Paper Pad

HEIDI SWAPP Colour Magic Banner Delights

HEIDI SWAPP 6"x6" Die Cut Papers

HEIDI SWAPP Stencil

HEIDI SWAPP Old School ABC Stamp Set

KAISERCRAFT 12"x12" Template Bubbles

TECHNIQUE TUESDAY Clear Stamp Set Random Thoughts

TIM HOLTZ Distress Oxide:

- Cracked Pistachio

- Picked Raspberry

- Squeezed Lemonade

RANGER Archival Ink Jet Black

Thanks for stopping by the blog today. I hope you will play along with the mood board this month too.

Cheers

Belinda

Adore You with Belinda Spencer

 Hello Scrapping Clearly fans!!

It's Belinda here today to share my latest layout created using lots of awesome supplies from Scrapping Clearly.

I started the layout by cropping some Heidi Swapp patterned paper and mounting on heavyweight Marshmallow cardstock. For this project I have used both the Artwalk and Storyline Chapters 12 x 12 Project Pads. I painted a thin layer of Dina Wakley Media Clear Gesso over the whole page.

Next I added some Art Philosophy Concentrated Watercolours. I could not love this product more!! The colours are so vibrant and they are so easy to work with. I spritzed my page with water first and then dropped the colours into the wet area. I love watching the watercoloour bloom in the water. I find it so mesmerizing and relaxing. Once the watercolour had done it's thing I then started manipulating the colour with a large soft wet paintbrush to push it where I wanted it. I spritzed with water and played around with tilting the page too. Basically anything goes to get that colour where you want it! I flicked some of the colour over the page too.

I managed to get my inky hands on the NEW Aall & Create Take Flight Clear Stamp Set. (Lucky me!!) It is a stunning stamp set and I was super impressed with the size of the stamps especially the huge gorgeous wings. Here I have used the long grungy strip stamp down the middle of my page as well as the chevrons stamp. I applied the stamps using Ranger Rose Madder Archival Ink.

Next I added some stencilling using the Kaisercraft Bubbles 12 x 12 Template and the fabulous Prima Art Extravagance Vintage Gold Icing Paste.

Here's an angle shot to show how gorgeously gold that icing paste is.

Next I tore a strip of Heidi Swapp patterned paper and attached some Tim Holtz Terminology Tissue Wrap and paper doilies to the back of it. Once everything was attached I added the whole lot to the page.

I stamped a couple of small wings from the Take Flight Set onto vellum using Jet Black Archival Ink. If you haven't had the 'pleasure' of stamping on vellum before, it may take a few goes (speaking from experience)!! The ink slips on the vellum and it can be tricky to get a crisp image. Persistance pays off though. I fussy cut the wings and added them to a fussy cut photo of my daughter in her fairy costume. I am sure my daughter would like me to add that this photo was taken many years ago and she is way too cool to wear a fairy costume now.

Here's my completed layout.

As you can see I added 'fairy' Hayley to the layout along with a chopped up piece of Heidi Swapp die cut paper and some butterflies. For the butterflies I used a brand new stamp from Darkroom Door and applied it onto the same patterned paper that I tore the big strip from. Any butterflies would work for this though.

I added a little bit more stamping using a Technique Tuesday Stamp Set and shook a gold Pintor Pen over the layout (covering up my photo) to add some gold drops. I finished with my title.

Here's what I used:

HEIDI SWAPP Storyline Chapters 12 x 12 Project Pad

HEIDI SWAPP Art Walk 12 x 12 Project Pad

HEIDI SWAPP 6 X 6 Die Cut Papers

AALL & CREATE Take Flight Clear Stamps

TECHNIQUE TUESDAY Random Thoughts Clear Stamps

AMERICAN CRAFTS Thickers

AMERICAN CRAFTS Vellum

BAZZILL Heavyweight Marshmallow cardstock

TIM HOLTZ Idea-ology Terminology Tissue Wrap

KAISERCRAFT 12 x 12 Template Bubbles

KAISERCRAFT Lucky Dip Gold Foil Doilies

RANGER Archival Ink Jet Black

RANGER Archival Ink Rose Madder

PRIMA Art Extravagance Icing Paste Vintage Gold

ART PHILOSOPHY Concentrated Watercolour Blush

ART PHILOSOPHY Concentrated Watercolour Marigold

PILOT Pintor Gold Paint Pen

DINA WAKLEY MEDIA Clear Gesso

DARKROOM DOOR Spread Your Wings Rubber Stamp Set

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today.

Cheers

Belinda

'Thankful'

Hi everyone! A new month and a new Moodboard. This Moodboard is a stunner - with beautiful soft tones. 

...and this is my take on it...

I started the layout on a base of white cardstock printed on Gesso. Then, using the Ranger Gel Press Brayer from the store, I applied the gorgeous Dina Wakley paints in 'Blushing', 'Mineral', and 'Evergreen'. 

I randomly smeared the Dina Wakley stencil 'Big Leafy' and modeling paste and ColourBlast Texture Paste in 'Steel' over this painted background. 

Once I was happy with the coverage, I used a craft heatgun to ensure that the background was completely dried. 

Once this stage was done, I adhered my photo down with layers behind it.

For the layers and embellishments, I used (from the store) - American Crafts 'Box of Crayons' papers; Kaisercraft paper flowers, metal blooms, Tim Holtz - Idea-ology 'Small Talk'; and Me and My Big Ideas puffy stickers.

Take a look at these close ups.

I have also used two great products from two Australian sites - Charms Creations and D-Lish Scraps.

Here is a re-cap of the page with the fabulous products used from Scrapping Clearly store.

Thank you for stopping by,

Amy. 

'A Perfect Moment'

Hi everyone! Amy here. A new month and a new Moodboard - yay! 

This Moodboard is a beauty - on so many levels - from the colours and tones to the subtlety of the textures.

I have here a photo captured from our accommodation during a recent trip to Western Australia. I thought that the photo was just the thing to match this gorgeous Moodboard...

... and so this is my take on this Moodboard. 

I do have to admit that I found this Moodboard challenging to do, as I tend to do more brightly coloured and masculine-looking projects - being the mother of two boys. However, it was good to be out of my comfort zone and I am kinda happy with how this page came together.

I started the layout on a base of white cardstock primed with gesso. I then added a sheet from the Kaisercraft 'Ooh La La' collection from the store. This collection is full of gorgeous vintage-style papers. Next I added some stamping with a Kaisercraft background stamp.

For the circles, I simply dipped the lid of my Colourblast Colour Spray bottle into stamping ink and stamped randomly around the page. 

I splattered both 'Love' and 'Roadbase' Colourblast Colour Spray over the page. 

From here, more layers were applied to this page. Again, I used the Colourblast 'Roadbase' and 'Love' - with water - over the background. 

Once this was fully dried, I splattered the background with Dina Wakley acrylic paint in 'Sterling' and Prima Art Alchchemy paint in 'Red Wine'. 

Next I applied modeling paste over The Crafter's Workshop Mini Circle Stencil, to break up the background a bit. 

Once this was dried, I adhered my photo down with layers behind it.

For the layers, I used some items from my stash, as well as fussy-cutting some shapes from the Kaisercraft 'Ooh La La' collection. 

To finish off the page, I added some sequins for bling, and punched and inked some flowers from the Kaisercraft papers. 

Finally, for the subheading, I used the Tim Holtz Idealogy Collection Small Talk. 

I hope you can find a little inspiration from my layout and have a go creating your own project.

Thank you for dropping by.

Ciao, Amy.