'Make Something Amazing!'

Hi everyone, it's Amy here and today I have a scrapbook page to share with you that I made using lots of goodies form the store.

I started the layout on a base of white cardstock primed with gesso. 

To add colour to the background, I applied (with packaging and water) Dina Wakley acrylic paint in 'Night' and Dylusions Ink Spray in 'Turquoise' on the page. I then heat-dried it.

I splattered the ink I had left over, over the coloured areas. Then it was time to add layers - with papers - over the coloured background. 

For the layers behind the photo I used papers from the American Crafts 'Box of Crayons' Collection from the store. This range is great, being so versitile for pages of all ranges of topics.

I also used some gorgeous cut files from Cut To You - and then adhered my photo down - and added some embellishments. 

I used the folllowing embellishments from the store: Heidi Swapp Embellishments; Freckled Fawn 'Ohdeerme' Kit Puffy Stickers; Studio Calico 'Seven Paper' Washi Tape; American Crafts 'Maggie Holmes'; and Chasing Dreams jewel embellishments. This was placed over a Charms Creations heart.

Finally, I created a border with the Dylusions Ink Spray in 'Vibrant Turquoise' - and "voila!" - this quirky page is finished.

Here are some close ups.

Thank you for popping by, Amy

Be you. Be Strong.

Hi all! I am here with my last post for the year 2018!

What a year! Another year of ups and downs, growth, good times... and challenging times. 

I have here an Art Journal page, which I thought would be a fitting way to summarise my personal journey.

I have used the Dina Wakley Media Journal 8" x 10". For this particular project, I elected to use the watercolour paper in this media journal.

To prepare the background, I used a small Ranger Gel Press Brayer to apply the paint. This is one of my favourite go-to tools. From the store, I used the following paints: Dina Wakley Media - Heavy Body Acrylic paint in Lime, Turquoise, Sky, and Night. 

Once dried, I randomly stamped over the coloured areas with a permanent Stazon Ink in 'Jet Black' and a Prima Finnabair - Vintage Vanity Collection stamp.

Next, to add texture to the painted areas, I applied white modelling paste over Crafter's Workshop 6x6 Doodling Template - Mini Cubist.

The image was selected from Jane Davenport Napkin Collage Paper and carefully adhered it white cardstock with gel medium from my stash. For the border, I used a Posca pen in both 'Green' and 'Black'.

I have mounted the image on top of strips of tissue paper and collage paper. I tore lengthy strips of Dina Wakley Media Collage Tissue Paper then adhered this onto the page over cotton thread from my stash. 

Finally, used Dina Wakley Media Collage Words for the title.

Once, complete, I splattered Colour Blast Colour Spray in 'Roadbase' randomly around the page. 

It was rewarding to create this page. 

I hope you all have a very happy Christmas with your friends and families.

See you next year! ... over here, on the Scrapping Clearly blog!

Amy xx

Rustic Christmas Tags

Hi everyone - Amy here today!

I'm sharing my take on this month's gorgeous Christmassy Moodboard. 

I just love the non-traditional rustic theme used in this Moodboard.

For both of these tags, I painted Dina Wakley Media Heavy Body Acrylic in 'Elephant' onto white cardstock. I used a wood paneled stamping block from my stash and stamped it with Stazon ink in 'Jet Black'. 

I hand cut the two tags and adhered them onto cardboard.

 

With this tag, I mixed some Dina Wakley modelling paste with gold acrylic paint and applied it using a star stencil. 

Once dried, I splattered the background with Colour Blast Colour Shimmer Spray in 'Bling'. I painted some scrap music paper (from the Op Shop) from my stash, with Dina Wakley Heavy Body Paint in 'Turquoise'. Next, I die-cut it, in the shape of a Christmas tree. 

For the second tag, I prepared the background similarly to the first one. However I deliberately did not use as much paint for the Christmas tree. 

 

For both of the tags, I used a variety of goodies from the store to embellish them: Cocoa Vanilla sequins, Kaisercraft paper flowers, and Fancy Pants Designs- Merry and Bright Collection - Christmas - Ephemera.

To add some more dimension and texture to the tags, I used some natural twine, medical gauze, thread and strips of cardboard from my stash. 

 

It was great fun making these tags. We here at Scrapping Clearly headquarters look forward to seeing your entries on this month's Moodboard! Remember it can be cards, tags, a journal page, or a traditional scrap page.

Here are some more close-ups. 

 

 

Thanks for popping by! Ciao, Amy