Just Married by Belinda Spencer

 Hello Scrapping Clearly fans!

It's my turn on the blog today and I am sharing a layout I created for Scrapping Clearly inspired by the August Mood Board.

Here's a peek at the mood board:

To start my layout, I mounted a cropped sheet of Vicki Boutin Mixed Media Art Paper onto some patterned paper from my stash. I spritzed some water onto the page and then dropped in some Colour Blast Colour Artist Ink in Berry. I used a soft paintbrush to spread the ink around a little and then flicked some of the colour over the page with the paintbrush. I dried the page completely with a heat gun before the next step.

I spritzed some Dylusions Ink Spray in Crushed Grape onto my craft sheet, added a little water and then swiped a Vicki Boutin stencil through the colour. I then 'stamped' the stencil onto the page. I repeated this process until I was happy with the amount of 'stamping'.

I added some more stamping, this time using actual stamps from the Heidi Swapp Always Mini Stamp Set with Tim Holtz Seedless Preserves Distress Oxide and Dusty Concord Distress Ink.

I layered my patterned papers and Heidi Swapp 6x6 Die-cut papers together to create a stack under my photo and added that to the page.

I added a bunch of embellishments and my title  as well as a little more stamping to finish.

Products used:

VICKI BOUTIN Mixed Media Art Paper

VICKI BOUTIN Colour Study 6x8 Paper Pad

VICKI BOUTIN Colour Study Thickers

VICKI BOUTIN stencil

49 AND MARKET Old School patterned paper

STUDIO CALICO Seven Paper Goldie 01

HEIDI SWAPP 6x6 Die-cut Papers

HEIDI SWAPP Mini Stamp Set Always

COCOA VANILLA STUDIO Midnight Die-cuts

COLOUR BLAST Colour Artist Ink Berry

DYLUSIONS Ink Spray Crushed Grape

TIM HOLTZ Distress Ink Dusty Concord

TIM HOLTZ Distress Oxide Seedless Preserves

RANGER Archival Ink Jet Black

DUSTY ATTIC Chipboard

UNI Posca Pen Black

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

Cheers

Belinda

Fun...with Belinda Spencer

 Happy new year Scrapping Clearly fans!!

It's Belinda here today to share my very first project for the new year. I have created a 'fun' layout inspired by the January Mood Board using lots of awesome product from the Scrapping Clearly store.

'FUN'

Here's a peek at the mood board:

Aren't those reds just gorgeous?!!

I started my layout by adding some stencilling to my Marshmallow background using one of the Vicki Boutin Storyteller Radiate stencils with Tim Holtz Distress Inks in Aged Mahogany and Barn Door. I blended the inks through the stencil using an ink blending tool and then flicked some water over the page using my fingertips. Once dry. I flicked over some Heidi Swapp Color Shine in Primrose.

Next I used an extra piece of marshmallow card stock and coloured it with Distress Inks. I swiped Distress Inks in, Aged Mahogany, Barn Door and Victorian Velvet over my heat resistant craft sheet, spritzed with water and then dragged the card stock piece through the inks. I dried it with a heat gun and then repeated until I was happy with the look. I flicked water over this piece too, let it sit for a moment and then blotted away the water using paper towel. Once it was dry again, I stamped two butterflies on it using the Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Specimens stamp set and Ranger Jet Black Archival Ink.

I fussy cut the stamped butterflies, some stars from the Vicki Boutin Let's Wander Chasing Stars patterned paper and cropped some matching papers to layer and sit my photo on. I used patterned papers from the Vicki Boutin Storyteller range including Plot, Mosaic and Assemblage. The papers look a little purple in my photos but are actually more red in real life. Blame the photographer!!

Next I added some scratchy lines around the stars using a black Uni Posca Pen and some stamping using the Carpe Diem Make It Happen Roller Stamp and the Jet Black ink. I added my photo and a couple of chipboard stickers from the American Crafts Thickers Tell Your Story and Wildflower sets. I painted a ScrapFX chipboard piece with white gesso and when dry added a fussy cut quote from the Vicki Boutin Storyteller Plot patterned paper. 

I used a Heidi Swapp Wood Veneer word for the title. It was covered in hot pink glitter but anyone that knows me knows I hate glitter so I carefully sanded it off. In the sanding process I got a little too vigorous (angry about the glitter! LOL) and broke the word. If you try this for yourself, I highly recommend sanding very carefully and lightly so as not to break your wood veneer. I then painted the word with some of the Primrose Color Shine and let dry before adding to my layout.

Thank you for stopping by the blog on this brand new day in a brand new year. Let's hope this year is better than last year!!

Cheers

Belinda

Smile with Belinda Spencer

 Happy FriYAY Scrapping Clearly fans!

It's Belinda here today to share my latest layout featuring some awesome products from the Scrapping Clearly store. I have created a sweet layout showcasing the fabulous Old School collection by Heidi Swapp.

SMILE

Anyone feel like some neapolitan icecream when they look at this patterned paper?!! I do. LOL I used the 'icecream' paper as my background for this layout, mounted on some heavyweight marshmallow cardstock. I added a layer of stamping around the area that my photo and paper layers stack would be. I used Victorian Velvet Distress Ink for a subtle stamping effect as well as some Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous stamps.

Next I cropped the off-cut from the 12 x 12 background paper as well as the specialty paper from the range. I played around with the stack until I was happy with the arrangement and then stapled them all together in the centre. I like to staple it as it leaves the edges free for me to slide in a whole bunch of other stuff as I have done here. I added some of the die-cuts and tags slipping them in between the layers.

I added a wire circle using some old Prima wire that I have had in my stash for ages. It is discontinued sadly but I stocked up before it was unavailable. You could use twine here instead.

I decided my background didn't have enough ink on it so I pressed the ink pad onto an acrylic block, spritzed it with a little water, picked up the colour with a soft wet paintbrush and flicked it over the page.

I added my photo with a die-cut frame next.

I fussy cut some flowers from the patterned paper, slipped in some more die-cuts, stickers, photo corners and a Charm's Creations star. I stamped some leaves and a butterfly and added those too. Finally I added some enamel dots, a random paperclip I had on my desk and the title.

Here's what I used:

HEIDI SWAPP Old School:

- 12x12 Specialty Paper

- 12x12 Weekend Vibes patterned paper

- 12 x 12 Matinee patterned paper

- Cardstock Stickers

- Tag Set

- Ephemera Cardstock Die-cuts

TIM HOLTZ Stampers Anonymous Cling Stamps

- Watercolour

- Slight Alterations

TIM HOLTZ Distress Ink Victorian Velvet

RANGER Archival Ink Jet Black

AMERICAN CRAFTS Thickers

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today. I hope you are feeling inspired to grab your goodies from the Scrapping Clearly store and have a play this weekend.

Cheers

Belinda

Smile by Belinda Spencer

 Hello!!

It's Belinda here today to share my very first post as a design team member at Scrapping Clearly. I am so excited and thrilled to be joining the team and hope I can inspire you with my style of creating.

Today I am sharing a layout I created for the fabulous September Mood Board Challenge using some awesome products from Scrapping Clearly.

'SMILE'

Here's a peek at the Mood Board:

I like to work with an A4 format for my layouts. I find it easier to store A4 size layouts rather than 12 x 12 ones. It's a personal choice.

I started my layout by adding some colour to the background Marshmallow Heavyweight Smooth Cardstock . I spritzed my layout with a little water. I added some Distress Ink in Crushed Olive and Peeled Paint to a stamping acrylic block, spritzed with water and then applied to my background cardstock. I spritzed the block again and placed on the page to pick up the rest of the ink on the block. I added more ink to the block, spritzed again, picked up the ink with a soft wet paintbrush and flicked over the page.

Next I repeated this process using a second colour. This time Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide.

I added a layer of stamping using the fabulous Art By Marlene Mandala Tapestry Clear Stamps and the Monday, Tuesday... Carabelle Studio Art Stamp with Jet Black Archival Ink.

I went on a treasure hunt through my stash for some patterned papers to match the colours of the mood board and came up with these. There is a sweet mix of Heidi Swapp Favourite Things and Art Walk as well as a dash of Cocoa Vanilla Studio You Rock. The stickers, puffy stickers and butterfly are also by Heidi Swapp.

I cut out the layers to sit behind my photo and stapled together with my Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher. I coloured the Heidi Swapp butterfly with the same inks as the layout background and let dry completely. I then added black outlines using the Brush 1 Pen from the Jane Davenport Finishing Line Pens Set.

Then it was time to start assembling the layout. I added some messy cotton thread and secured it in place with my paper layers.

I added my photo using 3D foam and tucked in the butterfly.

I used a Posca Pen to colour my chipboard title.

Finally I added the title and all embellishments to the layout. The tiny butterflies were created using an old Kaisercraft Die Cut that I have had in my stash for ages.

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today. I hope you are feeling inspired to give the Mood Board Challenge a go too using awesome products from Scrapping Clearly.

Cheers

Belinda

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.