18 years of awesome by Tracey B

 Hi everyone

As I transition to retirement (yay!) I'm having a lot of time off work and travelling around the countryside in my campervan so I'm trying to create layouts using minimal supplies. (Knew I should have bought a bigger van!)

I had plans to do something a little different and use a sheet of patterned vellum as my background but when I added some water colour paint, the vellum buckled.   Instead I die cut the painted vellum with a Paper Roses die (Hud) to use as embellishments.

I matted my photo with some Heidi Swapp Honey & Spice patterned paper and them some Vicki Boutin Storyteller paper.

I added a Heidi Swapp fabric bow and some Heidi Swapp Stationary Busswords.   The rest of my title is some very old October Afternoon alphas.

TFL

cheers

Tracey

Runway model by Tracey B

 Hi everyone

I was inspired by this month's mood sketch to do a layout with 5 photos.  

Very hard to believe as my go to is 1 photo but the sketch made it very easy.

I started with a brick stencil and some impasto paste and added some colour using the packaging technique and some Distress ink (Barn Door, Spiced Marmalade & Rusty Hinge).

I then used a stamp and Distress oxide (Victorian velvet) to add a little more interest.

I matted my photos with some Vicki Boutin Storyteller and WR Crush patterned paper.

I fussy cut some butterflies from the Vicki Boutin paper, and added some wire as antenna (never cutting them out!) to a few of them.   I used some ancient Basic Grey alphas for my title and consider it done.

here are some close ups 

and the finished page

TFL

(and thanks to Kaz, my personal shopper!)

cheers

Tracey

XOXO - With Karyn Schultz!

  Hi Scrapping Clearly Lovelies!

It's Karyn here and today I have a scrapbook page that I created using lots of fun products available at Scrapping Clearly!

 

  I'm playing along with the August moodboard challenge. We would love for you to join in with this challenge and be in the running to win a Scrapping Clearly store voucher. You have until August 31st and you need to upload your challenge here.

 

For my background I started with heavy white cardstock and I added some colour to the page using a painting with plastic technique and Prima watercolour confections - purples from the Classics and Tropicals palates. 

 

  

 I added some stamping using black Archival ink and Bee Arty Stamps.   

  

Next I added stencilling using a Bee Arty Stencil and TCW platinum modelling paste. 

 

Here is my finished page. I've used a photo of my gorgeous daughter and her boyfriend :)

 

  

I matted my photo with Vicki Boutin Storyteller Mosaic paper and Heidi Swapp Color Magic paper. I embellished with a paper doilie, metal embellishment, paper flowers, chipboard, mini beads, and Tim Holtz Idea-ology small talk stickers. Lastly I drew around the edge of the page using a Fude ball pen. 

 

 Thanks so much for stopping by!

 

Crafty Hugs xx

Karyn

Purple Moodboard Art Journalling - With Karyn Schultz!

 Hi Scrapping Clearly Lovelies!

It's Karyn here and today I have an Art Journal page that I created using lots of fun products available at Scrapping Clearly! 

 

 I'm playing along with the August moodboard challenge. We would love for you to join in with this challenge and be in the running to win a Scrapping Clearly store voucher. You have until August 31st and you need to upload your challenge here.

 

 This page is created on a cotton rag watercolour page in my 8x10 Dina Wakley Media Journal. I added some colour to the page using a painting with plastic technique and Prima watercolour confections - purples from the Classics and Tropicals palates. 

 

 

I added some stamping using black Archival ink and Vicki Boutin Color Study Stamps. 

 

 Next I added stencilling using a Kaisercraft stencil and TCW platinum modelling paste.

 

 

In keeping with the purple theme I found an image on Pinterest and printed it out on photo paper. I added Vicki Boutin Storyteller Mosaic paper and fussy cut images from Storyteller PL card 12x12 paper, as well as Tim Holtz Idea-ology small talk snarky stickers. I also added some Heidi Swapp ghost alphas. Lastly I drew around the edge of the page using a Fude ball pen.

 

Some close-up images. 

 

 Thanks so much for stopping by!

 

Crafty Hugs xx

Karyn

Just Be Yourself - With Karyn Schultz!

 Hi Scrapping Clearly Lovelies!

It's Karyn here and today I have a scrapbook page that I created using lots of fun products available at Scrapping Clearly! 

 

  

 I'm playing along with the June moodboard challenge. We would love for you to join in with this challenge and be in the running to win a Scrapping Clearly store voucher. You have until June 30th and you need to upload your challenge here. 

 

 I chose to use kraft cardstock for the background - to coordinate with the moodboard. Then I used lots of papers and elements from the Vicki Boutin Storyteller collection.

 

The 3"x4" cards are cut from the Storyteller paper. The ephemera is from the ephemera cardstock die-cuts pack. I also added some 2 Crafty chipboard aztec arrows, paper flowers, hessian trim, metal embellishments and enamel dots. I also added some extra words from the Tim Holtz small talk sticker book.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

 

Crafty Hugs xx

Karyn

Happy by Belinda Spencer

 Hello Scrapping Clearly fans!

It's Belinda here today with a layout to share inspired by the June Mood Board and featuring lots of gorgeous products from the Scrapping Clearly store.

Here's a peek at the mood board.

I recently ordered this absolutely gorgeous 12 x 12 The Crafters Workshop Zinnia stencil from the store and was keen to have a play with it so I knew it would feature on my layout somehow. Here I was testing it in my art journal by spraying Polished Jade Dylusions Ink Spray over it on one side and then flipping it over and printing it on the other page.

To start my layout, I cropped and mounted some heavy weight Marshmallow cardstock onto a sheet of patterned paper from the Vicki Boutin Storyteller range. I then spritzed the cardstock with water and dropped in some Jane Davenport Siren Mermaid Marker. I manipulated the colour on the layout and created a circular design. Next I placed the Zinnia stencil in an art journal and sprayed the Polished Jade Ink Spray over it. I flipped the stencil over onto the layout and printed the design onto the page. I flicked some of the Mermaid Marker and the Ink Spray over the page too.

I chopped up some more papers from the Storyteller range and layered them together along with Storyteller embellishments, paper doilies and Heidi Swapp die cut papers and a doily. I used a Heidi Swapp Mini Stamp and Library Green Archival Ink to add some stamping to the background.

I added some die cut leaves from an Art By Marlene Die Cuts book, a Kaisercraft flower, Storyteller Chipboard Stickers, my title and photo.

Here's what I used:

VICKI BOUTIN Storyteller:

- Embellishments

- Flourish patterned paper

- Narrative patterned paper

- Thickers

HEIDI SWAPP:

- 6"x6" Die Cut Papers

- Mini Stamps Always

- Doilies

BAZZILL Heavy Weight Marshmallow Cardstock

KAISERCRAFT Handmade flowers

THE CRAFTERS WORKSHOP 12"x12" Template Zinnia

JANE DAVENPORT Mermaid Marker Siren

RANGER Dylusions Ink Spray Polished Jade

RANGER Archival Ink Library Green

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today. I hope you get a chance to play along with the mood board challenge this month 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