Graduation time

Hi everyone

 Inspired today by this month's moodboard.   So much so that I went for some Cocoa Vanilla patterned paper as my base.   Very unusual for me!

I coated the paper with clear gesso and then some moulding paste through an old TCW stencil.

I sprinkled on some Ken Oliver Colour Burst powders (sepia & lamp black) and gave a little spritz with water.

I've embellished with some Heidi Swapp stars and cut out the waste from some used Cocoa Vanilla Stickers to give me some more embellishments (more stars and the arrow).   I do this quite a bit.   Not only does it stretch your crafting dollars but they look cool.

   

I finished off with Teresa Collins Urban Market pp & alphas and Tim Holtz Idea-olgy small talk stickers.

Plenty of time to give this month's challenge a go.  

 Looking forward to seeing what you create.

cheers

Tracey

Pushing Paint Around - An art Journal page with Lisa Oxley

 Howdy Folks, Lisa here with a Sunday Scrapping Clearly mixed media arty fix.

I am currently in sunny Qld, retreating with some of my fave people and creating on the Sunshine Coast-Can you feel the vibe?? The last retreat of the year and a fantastic one at that.

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Today I am sharing a simple floral negative space painting, using a few scraps of 

Art by Marlene Collage Paper,

 acrylic paints,

 a stabilo All aquarelle pencil,

in a Dylusions Journal,

using Gesso

Kinder Kreations stencil

and Matt medium

 created after a long hot day at work and I just really needed to push some paint around the page.

Of course I have created this floral bouquet a la Bob Burridge, with a Scrapwitch twist.

Here's the finished piece.. nothing fabulous, but fun and colourful.

This title is supplied by Tim Holtz -Small Talk sentence strips.

Thanks a bunch for dropping by the blog today,

 I'll be back before you know it with a new mixed media update.

Happiest of Birthdays to our Scrapping Clearly Muse.

Many blessing, much happiness and abundant prosperity for the year ahead.

 May the sunshine that radiates from your smile and the glow that surrounds you, 

warm your heart and soul always, as it does those that know you.

Lisa xxx

Glimpse of September

Welcome to a new month of fabulous colour with the help and inspiration of the September mood board. I hope you are ready to create up a storm this Spring and have your camera charged to take some amazing photo's as we roll through September. It is one of my favourite months to capture memories... 

I am very blessed with a creative daughter, it does have its advantages and disadvantages - like amazing art created but your supplies go missing. So blessed that I get to capture these moments in time every now and again when she is deep in thought creating... I love this piece that she created, I still have it stashed away - it is adorned top and bottom of the eye space with sea glass in a light burnt orange... It is one of my most favourite & treasured pieces she has created so far, so what better way to showcase the moment than to scrapbook it with its own page. 

I sprayed Dylusions Calypso teal ink and water onto my messy mat and then placed my Cardstock on that to pick up the colour. Then I tore a few strips from the Dina Wakley collage paper and adhered it with Liquitex matte medium . Once the tissue had dried I sewed straight lines up and down the page using aqua cotton to help add more texture and interest to the page. Then Liquitex modelling paste was added through a stencil.

I then worked on the layers under and around the photo. I used black netting (tulle), sticker butterflies and I cut my title with my silhouette. 

I added some Jane Davenport washi to the bottom of the photo with some micro pom poms. Tim Holtz sticker words were then added to add more of my thoughts for this page. The final touch was the black border using a fude ball pen. 

I hope you have gathered a little inspiration to get yourself creating this month. Till next time have a fantastic Saturday. 

tracey xx

Be your beautiful self

Hi everyone,

Don't you just love this beautiful, delicate, moody mood board this month?

It reminded me of days gone by so I decided to scrap a photo of my great great grandmother.

I started by roughly tearing a couple of different scrap papers and making a collage, sticking them down with TCW gel medium. (Any gel medium would work just as well)

When dry I covered my page with gesso and then lightly removed some with a baby wipe.

I traced on some circles using a stencil and grey lead pencil and then used a combination of Dina Wakley Scribble sticks and Silver Ice gelato to colour them in. I then gave the top of my LO a spray with Lindy's Stamp Gang spray and then dribbled some Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Milled Lavender from the top, misting with a little water to assist the drips.

I fussy cut my photo and inked the edges with Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Black Soot using a foam blending tool.

I diecut a few wings (one of which I coloured with Milled Lavender Distress Ink) and a flower.  I used a strip from Tim Holtz Idea-ology small talk stickers as my title with a little Stabilo to highlight and a little patterned paper to ground my photo.

I finished by tracing roughly around my circles using a waterproof pen and then added my journaling around one of the circles.

Thanks for stopping by. Hope you've been inspired.