'The World Needs Who You Were Made To Be' by Emma Zappone

Happy Thursday everyone.
Em with you today, sharing another quick Art Journal spread.
I created on my Art by Marlene Journal as I love to be able to take the pages out to create with.
Check out the process here in my video ....

I used some awesome products for this one. And I'm just addicted to Rub-ons so this one features the stunning Finnabair rub transfers.

The background is a mix of texture, using the Finnabair 'mind games' stencil with gold crackle paste and then I added black gesso through a letter & alpha stencil I had in my stash. 

I then added a couple of Distress Oxides to the background to create a shadow effect behind the composition. The colours used are Forest Green and Old Linen.

The large focal point is one of the larger rub-ons and to compliment this image I rubbed a few cogs onto the background also. 
Then I layered with elements from Tim Holtz's ephemera. It has sooooo many awesome 'bits' to use. 

Now the title was one large title from Tim Holtz and I cut it up. I love how it looks more home grown once I cut it up, uneven sizes really add to the journal effect I feel. 

Thank you so much for joining me today. And I do hope you enjoy the process video too.

Have a great week and I will see you all again soon.

Em xx

 

The Story - TN Thursday with Emma

 It's Thursday, and that means it's TN Thursday here at Scrapping Clearly.
I decided to bite the TN bullet and join in the prompt this week.
This weeks prompt is Transfer. I love a transfer. So I played.

I went with a vintage retro vibe. I used some beautiful 'Dress my Craft' Transfers over layers of book paper and a mix of Tim Holtz  design tape and Prima decorative tapes.
These were all adhered down with a Matte Gel medium. You can see this all come together in my video.

The colours in the background are made with a mix of different Distress Crayons, and I also used a gorgeous stencil from Tim Holtz with some Finnabair Jewel paste in Sparkling Onyx. It added to the vintage feel.

I used another transfer that I made into a couple of tags to feature on the left page of the journal. And again added a little colour to the tags with the crayons. 

It was so cool to play with transfers that really blended into the background and looked like the pages of a vintage book. Kylie has a great variety of styles too.

I hope you enjoy the process video.

And I can't wait to see all your journals with this weeks prompt.

See you all soon, stay safe, Em xx

Memories, by Amanda Hartmann

 Hello SC fans!

Kylie sent me some packs of Prima Art extravagance texture pastes. She hasn't linked them in store yet, but I had fun playing with them and will let you know when they are up in the shop.

EDIT TO ADD THE LINKS to buy this awesome product in a range of colour packs:

• Finnabair Art Extravagance Texture Fantasy Paste 50ml 3/Pkg - Anemone & Coral
• Finnabair Art Extravagance Texture Fantasy Paste 50ml 3/Pkg - Junkyard Treasures
• Finnabair Art Extravagance Texture Fantasy Paste 50ml 3/Pkg - Northern Lights

They are a firm paste with sand-like granules, and are great if you want something a little rough and interesting to your projects. You can use them to paint and they are fine enough to go through stencils. And just wait until you see the colour range! New products are always such fun.

Here is what I created:

I started by swiping some of the texture paste to the base cardstock. I used a spatula to paint it on. I used the lightest "Powder Blue" first.

Next I found some chipboard shapes and painted them with white gesso. 

Next I glued some torn pieces of Dina Wakley text collage - tissue paper.

For some water colour effects, I added more colour with Tim Holtz Distress Oxides (with plastic packaging). I used "Mermaid Lagoon" and "Evergreen Bough".

To finish the background, I used a spatula to add more dashes of the Prima texture paste. I used the "Blue Green" and "Turquoise".

Looking at the close ups, you can see the muslin, tissue paper, wire, beads, bling, cogs, thread and other things I added for interest.

Thanks for looking today! 

Amanda

Real Life...with Belinda Spencer

 Hello Scrapping Clearly fans!!

It's Belinda here with you today to share my latest layout inspired by the fabulous February Moodboard Challenge.

I must not have gotten the theme of the Australia Day Cybercrop out of my system because I decided to use a photo of my farm for this layout. Either that or I printed a LOT of photos for the cybercrop!! LOL

Here's a peek at the moodboard:

I really loved the combination of neutrals with black and gold and that image of the bee so I tried to incorporate all of these into my layout.

I tried to be clever and mix my own black concentrated watercolour using the primaries. It turned out awesome...on white paper but when I applied it to this coloured cardstock it looked too red so I sprayed over the top with Black Marble Dylusions Ink Spray. I spritzed it with water and played around with tilting the page and moving it about with a paintbrush. I flicked some droplets over the page too.

My initial plan was to stamp some bugs from the Tim Holtz Specimens Stamp Set on my background but as you can see the one that I stamped didn't stand out from the black background enough so I scrapped that idea. Let's just ignore that stamp fail shall we?!! You can see my solution coming up shortly.

I don't know about you but I love to hoard the papers that Kylie kindly sends in those beautiful gold parcels. I finally got to use some on this layout!! YAY!! I tore some strips from black and gold tissue papers and applied them to the background using Matte Medium Gel. Then I set the layout aside to dry.

Then because I am totally addicted to the absolutely fabulous Vintage Gold Icing Paste, I applied that over a Vicki Boutin Wild Soul Stencil.

Let's just take a moment to swoon over that sheen!! How good is it?!!

I applied the Icing Paste over the two chipboard pieces by ScrapFX and added those to the layout along with some chipboard stickers.

I added my paper stack and my photo as well as the title and another chipboard sticker.

Finally I added all remaining embellishments and a bit more stamping. You can see my solution to the stamp fail here. I simply stamped a couple of winged bugs on matching cardstock, fussy cut and added over the original stamp. To balance the layout, I added another cute bug at the bottom right of the photo too.

Here's what I used:

BAZZILL Marshmallow Heavy Weight Cardstock

HEIDI SWAPP Storyline 12 x 12 Project Pad - patterned paper

HEIDI SWAPP Mini Stamp Together

PRIMA Finnabair Art Extravagance Icing Paste - Vintage Gold

VICKI BOUTIN Tell Your Story Thickers

VICKI BOUTIN Wildflower Thickers

VICKI BOUTIN Wild Soul Stencils

AMERICAN CRAFTS Thickers Right Here - Puffy Stickers

RANGER Archival Ink Jet Black

RANGER Dylusions Ink Spray Black Marble

TIM HOLTZ Stampers Anonymous:

 -School Desk

- Specimens

TIM HOLTZ Ideaology Remnants Rubs

SCRAP FX Chipboard Bookplates - small

Thanks for stopping by the blog today. I hope you are feeling inspired to have a go at the moodboard too. Happy FriYAY and have a great weekend.

Cheers

Belinda

#Circa 1980ish

 A new month sees us with a new moodboard and this one is a cracker. The colours are so versatile for all types of creativity... who doesn't like a bit of yellow and blue? Instead of the grey I wanted to test out my new coffee Izink ... but there will lots more creating for me this month so I will have a play with the moodboard again next week.

To create my layout I started with a base of white cardstock and to that I added some Izink dye spray - coffee - by spraying it on a piece of plastic and then pressing it on the page. I then did the same process for Art philosophy watercolour - ginger. 

I then went to my stash of ephemera - all that stuff you get in a pack but forget it is there - and started pulling out lots of kraft and brown toned tags & labels. I did a bit of paper shuffling to work out what shapes I needed and put them on the page.

After marking out where my ephemera layers were going I took a pencil and lightly drew a rectangle on my page which I later sewed around a couple of times. I have used the 13@rts stamp - unforgettable with Ranger black ink . I have also added a splash of Art Philosophy watercolor - truth 

I have added a little more depth by choosing Prima Art Alchemy paint - plum preserve in a couple of places to highlight the layers & pick up those tones in the photo. I used a spot stencil to add a little more texture to the page by adding a thick layer of Liquitex modelling paste. I have added this to extend past all the layers when they are added.

 

I double stacked the photo and added foam tape to the top photo. All the layers of ephemera were added by popping them under the photo in places. I have used some Vicki Boutin stickers, Tim Holtz rub ons, Thickers foam alpha, Ephemera tickets, Cocoa Vanilla Boys Rule word stickers.

I finished the layout off by adding some side journalling and some black cotton under the photo.

I hope you enjoy creating with this months moodboard. You will find an album for you to upload your  entry into over at the Scrapping Clearly Share & Inspire Facebook page. 

I hope this has inspired you to dust off your arty supplies ready to fill your August full of creativity.

tracey 

xx

Live A Curious Life - With Karyn Schultz!

Hi Scrapping Clearly Lovelies!!

It's Karyn here, and today I have a scrapbook page to share with you made using various products available in the Scrapping Clearly Store. 

I created this for the recent Australia Day Cybercrop. 

For my base I've used a sheet of  white cardstock and painted with Prima Watercolor Confections (colours that matched the layers of my photo). Once this was dry I added splatters of each colour as well. 

I started decorating my page using paper from the Heidi Swapp Honey & Spice 12x12 paper pad . I used it to matt my photo and to add strips along the bottom of the page.

On the LHS of the photo I added a  Finnibair Mechanicals metal embellishment, diecuts, and Heidi Swapp Honey & Spice Ephemera. 

I also added some Nuvo Dream Drops in "Love potion". It is best to add these drops last then set your project aside to dry completely.

On the bottom of my page I added paper strips as well as another Finnibair Mechanicals embellishment, a diecut, tag, wood veneer, burlap, Heidi Swapp Honey & Spice Ephemera and Nuvo Dream Drops in "Love potion".

On the RHS of my photo I added more diecuts and wood veneer.  

Thanks so much for stopping by 

Crafty Hugs xx

Karyn