Water fight delight

Hi everyone

I just love it when family gets together AND all the kids are colour coordinated!   

It's as if they knew I was a scrapper.

This photo was taken years ago before we had water restrictions and perfect for this month's mood board.   It includes my brother's granddaughter, my niece and son (with a glimpse of my nephew in the background).   

I started with some white card stock and sponged some Heidi Swapp Magic Medium through Dina Wakley's Wheels stencil to act as a resist. I then sprayed on a couple of Lindy's Stamp Gang mists and wiped them over the page with a wet wipe.   When dry I added some Snow White Colour Blast paste through the Dark Room Door Polka dots stencil.  

I used a combination of Pink Paislee and WE R Memory Keepers Best Friend and Young Love patterned paper to mat my photo.

I fussy cut a Hambly Screen Print and used it as a layer under my Joy Parade Puffy Sticker title .

I then finished off with some Pink Paislee Citrus Bliss stickers, some Michelle Grant Pebble Rocks, some beads and other bits from my stash. 

Hope you get a chance to have a go at this month's mood board and have fun.

Take care

cheers

Tracey 

Time 4 Tea - with Emma

Yay! It's Friday friends!

Emma here with you all today and today's share is a page full of inspiration from this months

 mood board.

And the glorious mood board.....

The first thing that grabbed my attention was the Gold.

Then it was the Tea.

I'm a massive tea drinker, I love it. It's my go to beverage, so I found this feminine (also inspired from the board) image from Pinterest.

Let me tell you a little about what I used for my background work.

I started by using through a stencil some Stone effect paste in Concrete, as I was using a dark background I wanted colour to still come to the front.

Then I flicked some Lindy's around, Buccaneer Bay Blue as this had blue and gold tones and Silent night Silver for the grey tones.

Within my layers, I used up older papers that I cut into tags and a Heidi Swapp Decorative tag that I stenciled over and then rubbed Art Alchemy acrylic paint in Ancient Coin over it to make it shimmer from the rest of the layers.

I added a couple of PinkFresh stitched hearts for some of my embellishments.

My chipboard is also painted with the Ancient Coin paint. So much shine it gives.

Finally my title is made with Heidi Swapp glitter stickers, naturally choosing the Gold ones to create this.

At the top of this picture I snuck in a few teabag tags and string to use as elements of interest.

I really hope you get to play this month with this beautiful board.

I'll be watching to see your creations coming through ;)

I'll see you all again soon.

Happy Scrapping, Em xx

'Love this guy'

Hi all!

Today I am sharing a page using stencils three ways!

I love using these tools - but I do want to warn you that these stencils are addictive!!

I have scrapped this photo of my hubby captured enjoying a nice moment on the south west coast of W.A. To me, he is a good man with a big heart - I am one lucky girl!

To begin, I primed my page with gesso - as is robust to work with, with wet media (later). 

Once completely dried, I grabbed a Tim Holtz mini layered stencil set 3-pack and sprayed ColourBlast 'Sunset' Colour Spray on a craft mat - so I could dip the stencil on the colour spray. Then I lightly sprayed water over the cardstock. Then I placed the colour-dipped stencil onto the cardstock.

I repeatedly placed the stencil over the areas that my photo was going to be placed. I then heat dried with a craft gun.

For the second stencil method, I used a make-up sponge, with Distress Oxides in both Spiced Marmalade and Mustard Seed, and my Tim Holtz stencil. I rubbed the circular shapes randomly over the page, as pictured. I absolutely love the versatility of these little beauties - the Distress Oxides.

Another way to use stencils is to provide texture to your project. I have used a The Crafter's Workshop 'Mini half-tone circles' stencil. I mixed some modeling paste with Lindy's Stampgang Magicals powder and, using a spatula and stencil, I applied it over various parts of the background. 

I then heat-dried the modeling paste with a craft gun and continued to work on the background, using splatters stamped with bubble wrap this time.

Next, I adhered my photo down over the layered papers from the store. Take a look at these close-ups:

For the background and layers behind the photo, I have used (from the store): Tim Holtz 'Small Talk'; Dina Wakley Collage Papers; and Shimmelle 'Box of Crayons' patterned paper.

In this gorgeous cluster, next to the photo, I die-cut some flowers and leaves and inked with ColourBlast Colour Sprays in both 'Sunset' and 'Saffron'. I also hand-punched out the white flowers - and then coloured them with Distress Oxide in 'Mustard Seed'.

Finally, for some bling to add to this page, I used 'My Mind's Eye' enamel dots, pearls, and completed the page with a Charms Creations 'Terrific Tab'.

I hope you enjoyed the step by step process of using the stencils in different ways. As you can see, they are so versatile and easy to use.

Thank you for stopping by, Amy