'Stay Fearless' by Emma Zappone

 Welcome to another Thursday in March. The weeks are just flying!!
Today I share with you a layout, a 9"x9" layout.
I love playing with different sizes and have been preferring the smaller scale I must say.
I just knew I had to play with this image I found on Pinterest, it's an AI image and it's just so so striking. Plus it went so well with some of the papers in the 'Reverie' Foundations pack. So this layout is based loosely on this months board (colours) and featured pack.

I have used lots of different companies within this project. Starting with Kylie's 'Reverie' pack, I chose the black & white Rice paper and the pattern Rice paper. These I adhered to some firm cardstock to then create a firmer paper layer that I could tear.

Amongst the layers are papers from Stamperia's Amazonia collection and 3Quarter Designs. I added some 49&Market rub-ons to some white card and then fussy cut these out to become my embellishments behind the image.

Castings from the Finnabair Grungy Frames mould are painted with Prima Impasto acrylic in Dark Chocolate and Mint. Finished with some waxes to make them look a little like relics. Which went with this tribal kind of feel the page was taking on.

The background was created by smooshing Distress Oxides in 3 different colours and then with a stencil and a blending tool created these cool patterns to compliment the pattern on the face in the image. I used the new Uncharted Mariner ink for this bold colour. 

It's been so good playing with more papers and elements from my stash with some newer ones thrown in of course. I hope this page inspires you to use your papers in different ways, and to use your stash to compliment newer products also.

I will catch you all again soon, thanks for popping past.

Em xx

'SEEK' - Travelers Notebook - Prompt - Postage Stamps by Emma Zappone

 Hello, another week has just whizzed past and it's Thursday again.
This means because it's Thursday I have a Travelers Notebook spread for you. 😊
This weeks prompt is Postage stamps. As soon as I saw this theme I knew that I had to play with some cool 49&Market products and postage stamp stamps. 

You can see these pages come to life here in my video....

I really wanted to make this a fun create using fun products. Left over in my stash was some original 49&Market washi which I used to start my collaging with.
Next came rub ons from an assortment of different 49&Market collections. (yes I have them all🤭😂😉 ).

I continued with rub ons within the layers. I then added some colour by using the trusty Distress Oxide Inks in a variety of colours including - Vintage Photo, Brushed Corduroy, Old Photo & Rustic Wilderness.
Once the colour was dry, I then added a small amount of stenciling with a Finnabair stencil. 

Once the paste was dry, using a wax in 'Firebird', highlighted it ever so slightly. Next came some stamping, I used 2 different stamp sets for this, the first was an Aall & Create - 'Framework Elements' and the second was an old Finnabair - 'Carte Postale' that has all postage style mini cling stamps. 
Finally came a few 'embellishments and quotes.

A fine drawn border and a flick of  Art Philosophy's 'Honey' these pages were complete.

I hope you enjoy watching my process video and that maybe it inspires you to create your own version for this weeks theme. 

I will see you all again soon.

Stay Crafty, Em xx

 

Room for the Unimaginable - with Emma Zappone

 Hello SC friends.
Emma with you all today. I have been loving the projects coming through featuring this months mood/sketch. Amazing!! Loving all the Travellers Notebooks too. I'm hoping to start this weeks prompt today. Today's share though is featuring the sketch part of the mood board. I chose to pull the orange tone out of the moodboard also. This Layout is made as an 8"x8".

I used some great products to play along with the sketch, let's just refresh our minds of this months mood/sketch..........

Oh and I flipped the sketch! 
And I decided to place my title at the top of my design for reasons I will mention later in my blog.
Right now lets talk about what product is found on this mini layout.

After I had layered some rubons from my stash, I grabbed the beautiful  'Elegance' stencil by Aall & Create and with a makeup sponge dabbed Dina Wakley's Buff acrylic paint through it. This created a beautiful soft shadow over the patterns on the page. I did this both top and bottom of the page.

I then took one of the little script stamps by Aall & Create and with Stazon 'Spiced Chai', stamped rhythmically over the same area as the stencil. The stamping was also blended out through the page.

My paper elements needed to be small to match the image and the size of the overall project. So I tore some book paper to mount my image on and then chose a few pieces from an Ephemera Pack of Tim Holtz's. These are full of different shapes and make for great tucking and layering.

This stunning Mould that Kylie sent me is painted with another one of Dina Wakley's paints this time in 'Elephant'. Once dry I rubbed Metallique Wax - 'Bronze Age' very lightly to only pick up the raised parts of the mould. This is why I chose to move my title as I really wanted this mould to shine on it's own. I finished the page with a few more elements from my stash and then flicked watered down 'Dried Marigold' Distress Crayon and Dylusions Ink Spray 'Ground Coffee' to bring all the elements together.

I hope this has inspired you to have a go of the months sketch and make it your own.

Have fun creating everyone. I will see you all next week.

Stay safe, Em xx

Let the Fun begin

Hi everyone,

The good thing about having a broken foot is that I'm actually obliged to stay off it so other than binging Netflix, there's plenty of time to create!

I started with some impasto through a Dina Wakley Wheels Stencil.   The impasto acts like a resist in places which is pretty cool.   

I added some Colour Blast paste in Tangerine and Dusty Charcoal through a Dark Room Door Polka Dots and a TCW stencil.

I sprinkled on some Ken Oliver Crafts Color Burst in Burnt Orange and activated it by spritzing with a little water.   Whilst still wet I added a few drops of Deco Art Antiquing Cream in Carbon Black and spritzed on some more water.   I love the randomness of this as you can never be sure how this will turn out.

My title was a Dusty Attic chipboard which I coloured with a black Posca pen.   I often use my Posca when I don't want to drag out my black gesso. 

When dry I rubbed in a little Art Alchemy Metallique Wax in Brushed Iron and Mystic Turquoise.

I typed the details onto some tags on a piece of patterned paper then fussy cut them, added some WRMK eyelets and threaded them onto some ribbons from my stash.

'Til next time 

happy crafting

cheers

Tracey