Anyone for Coffee? Arty Stuff with Lisa Oxley

Howdy Folks, Lisa here with a Scrapping Clearly sleepy Sunday update.

Is it coffee of tea time?

Wouldn't you love to partake of your fave drink in your own handpainted cup?

Well, that was my idea, and after playing with alcohol inks on a gel plate, and knowing that thse alcohol ink adhere magically to ceramics and porceline, I grabbed my closest coffee cup and proceeded to paint.

Starting with a clean surface to work on,

a tiny brush and Alcohol Inks, I painted colour down first, and heat sealed with a heat tool.

then using Staz On Black ink, I carefully stamped an imgae onto the surface.

Heat sealed again, then a little brush detail with textured paste.

So I made this one, and inspired.....

I made another....

and another

and another.....

and.... well, you get the idea...

Now, at this point they are a handwash only item, 

but I have sourced some

Crystal Clear Varnish to seal them, after tapeing off the rim of the cup.

After the Varnish, for me these will stilll be handwash only items 

items used 

Alcohol Ink

Stamps 

Staz On Ink

Crystal Clear Varnish Spray

Thanks a bunch for dropping by the SC blog today,

 I'll be back very soon with a SC update.

 Lisa xxx

Scrapping with Diecut Ephemera.

Hello readers,

Leonie with you sharing todays scrappy inspiration. 

I love using Diecut ephemera packs on my pages. 

I kinda designed this whole page around a packet of Ephemera. 

As well as being great value, you can add lots of little details to your page. Being part of a collection you know that they will all coordinate with each other and tie everything together. 

I used ephemera diecuts from Cocoa Vanilla Studios Hello Sunshine collection.

I've used my favourite colours in the Distress range 'Broken China' and 'Peacock Feathers' distress oxide to create this background on white card stock. 

I then added some stamping with 49th and Market square stitched stamp set and Dina Wakley Collage background papers.  I used Dina Wakley Gel Medium to adhere the collage papers.

Thanks for stopping by today, happy crafting
Cheers
Leonie Neal-Dawson.

Ella & Viv Graffiti Collection with Leonie

Hello, Leonie with you today. I took this photo of my daughter in January this year and have been wanting to scrap it for a while but just needed the right paper to go with it.  Then I came across this gorgeous paper in my last DT package from ScrappingClearly. 

How perfectly does this paper match my pic?  Gorgeous grey/black brick work similar to the photo with the addition of bright pops of colour.  

It's from the Ella and Viv Graffiti collection and is called The Wall.

Here's how my page finished up, I'm really happy with it.

I took some pictures a long the way to show you how my page came together. 

I began by fussy cutting The Wall paper to matt my photo on plus a few extra bits that to surround the picture. 

I used textured white cardstock for the base and added Dylusions inksprays with a paint brush so I could control where the colour went. Next I used The Crafters Workshop Modelling Paste to add some texture through a stencil, I also used a second stencil and traced the pattern with a black Journalling pen.   I also added some stamping with Kaisercraft and Prima background stamps.

Next I adhered my cut-out patterned paper to the card stock and 

added some more stamping on top of this.

Heidi Swapp silver puffy stickers and the Heidi Swapp Acetate word were added last along with some Tim Holtz Remnant Rub-ons.  Around the border of my page I added some self affirming quotes for my daughter. 

Thanks for stopping by today, happy crafting

Leonie Neal-Dawson

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Seven Days of Arty Flow

Salutations Bloggers,

Lisa here with a Friday Mixed Media update.

I've been creating and, with the help of the #the100dayproject, my mojo has been fluid.

Today I'm sharing with you the last 7 pieces from my creative week, 

complete with hyper tutorials.

I hope you can find a technique or two that will help with your own creative flow.

Dare to Spread your Wings 

Products used -
DWM acrylic paints

Gesso

Jane Davenport Rub-ons

Joggles stencil

Fude Ball pen

Dylusions Travel Journal black insert

Darkroom Door background stamp

Black Stabilo pencil

Just Keep Swimming

Products used -
Gesso

DWM acrylic paints

Jane Davenport collage napkin

Joggles stencil

Fude Ball pen 

Dylusions Travel Journal insert

Don't Think, Just Paint.

Products used - 

Dina Wakley Media paints

Dina Wakley Washi Tape

Gesso

Jane Davenport journal

Darkroom Door brush stamp set

TCW Frida Kahlo stencil

black Stabilo pencil

You are Incredible

Products used -
DWM acrylic paint

TCW floral stencil

Jane Davenport collage napkins... eye..

Jane Davenport lady rub-on

Gesso

Jane Davenport Journal

Flutterby Designs "you are incredible "stencil

Jane Davenport Journal

Fude Ball black pen

Watch where you put your longings.

Products used -
DWM acrylic paints

Floral stamp set from Prima

Jane Davenport Journal

Fude Ball black pen

black Stabilo

Donna Downey Studios .. Finding Strength stencil

Darkroom Door background stamp

Don't Give Up

Products used -
Gesso

Donna Downey Studios floral stencil

DWM acrylic paints

Jane Davenport collage napkin

Flutterby Designs "you are incredible" stencil

Tim Holtz rub-ons

Jolly Girl leaves

Black Stabilo pencil

Dylusions black travel journal insert

Darkroom Door spot background stamp.

Everyday Angel

Products used -
DWM acrylic paints

Hazel and Ruby tissue paper

Fude Ball black pen

Gesso

Dina Wakley Journal

DWM medieval cross stencil

TCW angel wings stencil

Gel plate

Black stabilo

Dylusions paints

Dylusions silhouette stencil

I'm loving the motivation in creating something daily, have a go yourself if you can, see how it becomes easier as you get further in.

Thanks a bunch for dropping by the Scrapping Clearly blog.

I'll be back next week with some mixed media goodness.

I hope you have a creative week ahead.

Lisa xx

Cute Kid - Emma's Version of the January Sketch

Hi everone,

Today on the ScrappingClearly blog I'm sharing my take on this months sketch

and showing some fun products and colours.

Here's the sketch, upload your version here.

To start my page I used modelling paste, and then had a play with a Colour Blast Shimmer pot in Envy,

these are sooooo fun. I also painted the wood veneer with this.

I added my favourite medium a Distress Oxide in Fossilized Amber over the top of the shimmer and paste.

Then, using a very cool new stamp, I added a few interesting layers with this,

and a couple of other stamps in my stash.

I painted my Heidi Swapp veneer and chipboard with the same mediums I used on my base.

Choosing some very awesome sheets from the Heidi Swapp September skies 6x6 range,

I created layers to follow the sketch of this month.

I have some of the Heidi Swapp Banners and was really unsure how to use them,

as I don't often use banners, so I decided to cut them up and use them like tags under my paper layers.

I also used a couple of the Heidi Swapp Star embellishments under my veneer to add more interest.

Finishing it all off like I usually do with my Liquitex ink in black flicked across my layout.

I hope you join us with our sketch this month,

you could grab yourself a very cool $30 prize.

Catch you all soon.

Em.xxxx

Fort Fun Together - A Boy Page by Melinda

Hi there and welcome to the ScrappingClearly blog today!!

Melinda here with you and I am sharing my first make, not only for the month, but for the year.

I hope the New Year finds you well and ready for lots of scrappy inspiration from all of us here!!

Kylie sent me the very awesome Pink Fresh Studio Boy's Fort collection and I couldn't wait to get stuck into it!!

Here is my first page with this awesome collection, I am beyond happy with how it all came together!

There is also a process video available here if you'd like to see how this page came together for me!

To create my background I started with Marshmallow cardstock paired with 3 different

Distress Oxide Inks - Salty Ocean, Peacock Feathers and Faded Jeans - and the packaging technique;

adding extra water when needed and drying off between coats. 

I love how the colours sit on top of each other without changing the colours

- you can really see that in this close up of some splatters!

I added some stamping using black archival ink and a couple of texture stamps randomly across my mixed media.

I used papers "Wowsers", "Bold" and "Game On" to layer messily behind my photo

adding extra dimension between my photo and the papers with tags.

Time to work on the title!

The name of the collection reminded me of the photo I chose,

which in turn helped me pick a title.

I have built my title with the Boys Fort Mini Alpha Stickers and also some alphas from

the Teresa Collins Signature Series which I have used some Fossilized Amber to colour

- this colour is a great match with those mustard-y yellows in the collection!

I left just enough room for a little journalling under the title!

With the main part of my layout done I pulled out some embellishments

and used some of the Printed Veneer Stickers (these are AWESOME!),

ephemera pieces, and also some of the Phrase Stickers, to embellish.

My very final touch were some black splatters using my Roadbase Colour Spray by Colour Blast

and some black marker, outlining the big alphas in the word fort.

With some of the shadows in the photo, plus the journalling and the black phrase stickers,

I felt it was just what I needed to finish the page off.

That's it for me for today but I will be back again

sharing more "Boys Fort" inspiration!!

I hope the start of your 2018 has been fab,

I can't wait for some more play time!!

Happy scrapping!

Melinda

My Happy Place - Inside my Art Journal .

Howdy Bloggers, Lisa here with a Friday Mixed Media update.

This weekend, Peg and I have ventured south to the beautiful Riverina area and, more specifically, gorgeous Gundagai for this year's Gundi Scraptacular 2017 retreat. 

So while we are teaching and sharing the arty love down south, I have left this colourful, fun, easy art journal page to inspire you to get out your plethora of stamps and create something unique to you.

Seriously, how many stamps do YOU have within your stash ?????

Oh stamps and Stazon, such an effective way to add interest and detail to a page instantly.

Time to break those babies out and create something easy.

Starting with a small  Ranger Dylusions journal ,

and a mix of acrylic paints (Dina Wakley Media, Dylusions)

 in a selection of rainbow colours. 

I used Hot and cold colours on alternate sides.

Alternatively, one could definitely use watercolours if you wish.

Time to bust out the stamps and create some interest points, using images I identify with.

When we buy stamps, we buy them because -  

1) we identify with the theme,

2) the image has a meaning to us, 

3) we just have to have them............

 I needed a focal point and a title, so I added this Heidi stencil with black acrylic paint and a sponge.

 Posca paint pens and my trusty white sharpie added extra interest, 

and I still felt it was missing something .......

So out comes my Kinder Kreations Art Stash Stencil again and 3 bigger paint brushes were added to the page, which I felt completed the piece perfectly.
What do you think ?

 So, are you thinking about busting out your stamps now?

I do hope I have inspired you to play with your stamps more often. 

Sometimes I get set in my ways and use the same stamp repeatedly - usually because I am lazy.

It was cool to raid my stamps stash and play with different combos.

Thanks for dropping by, I'll be back next week with highlights and 

photos from our weekend away with Kylie and the SC crew.

Lisa xx