‘Shine On’

Happy Friday!

Today I have a layout using an 8 x 12 format – yes, something different today.

The photo here is of my youngest, Samuel, who is an avid swimmer – he used his pocket money and bought himself a pair of Michael Phelps – American Swimming Icon – branded goggles and a special swim cap, to wear for his races.

I wanted to keep this page simple. After I trimmed some white cardstock down, I splattered the page with Dina Wakley Media Heavy Body Acrylic Paint in ‘Night’ and ‘Blushing’ – mixed with water.

Once dried, I set to work on layering my patterned papers on the page from the gorgeous Pink Fresh Studio, using the ‘Escape the Ordinary’ collection.

These papers are perfect for both this photo and my other masculine pages.

Behind the layered patterned papers, I inked a D-Lish Scraps Paper Doily with Dina Wakley – Cheddar paint and sprinkled it with ColourBlast Shimmer Spray in ‘Bling’.

Once the photo was mounted, I put my title together. For the layers here, I have used Cocoa Vanilla Enamel dots and Studio Calico Essentials - stars and wood veneer printed corners. 

 

I have also used a strip of hessian and black thread from my stash and trimmed strips of Pink Fresh Studio papers, again, from the ‘Escape the Ordinary’ collection.

 

 These colours were perfect to match the photo of Samuel with his shiny new goggles.

Thank you for stopping by and have a great weekend!

Amy 😊

Adorable together February sketch challenge example with Amy Prior

Hi there Scrapping Clearly fans! Amy Prior back with you all again today, this time sharing my take on the gorgeous February sketch challenge which has been designed by the amazing Peg Hewitt!

Here is the sketch for this month and you can checkout our current challenges by clicking here. 

Here is my take on the this sketch challenge using a photo of my gorgeous daughters with their friend Tayla taken at the Road to Bethlehem in December 2016...

To create the background for this layout I have simply scraped some Colour Blast - Colour Paste - Snow White through this gorgeous love heart stencil over a piece of American Crafts 12x12 Double Thick White cardstock. 

I just love this gorgeous colour of Colour Paste. It is transparent and ever so glittery which makes my heart so happy but this makes it very hard to photograph as you can see sorry. When the Colour Paste was dry, I have sprinkled some Colour Blast - Shimmer Spray - Bling randomly around the background using the lid of the spray bottle.

There are so many layers of gorgeous Crate Paper - Cute Girl Collection - 6x6 paper pad underneath my photograph including some strips that I have fringed and layered above a strip of American Crafters 12x12 Gold glitter cardstock. If you don't have fringe scissors or a We R Memory Keepers - Party Collection - Fringe and score board, you can just cut the fringing using a normal pair of scissors. 

The final touches of this layout included embellishing with items from Crate Paper - Cute Girl Collection - Paper tassels, Crate Paper - Cute Girl Collection - Thickers, Crate Paper - Cute Girl Collection - Ephemera, and Maggie Holmes - Bloom Collection - Rubber Shapes packets. I have also doodled around the edges of the title sticker with a white pen so that it stands out better. 

The complete product list for this layout includes...
American Crafts 12x12 Double Thick White cardstock
Crate Paper - Cute Girl Collection - 6x6 paper pad
Crate Paper - Cute Girl Collection - Paper tassels
Crate Paper - Cute Girl Collection - Thickers
Crate Paper - Cute Girl Collection - Ephemera
Colour Blast - Colour Paste - Snow White
Colour Blast - Shimmer Spray - Bling
Maggie Holmes - Bloom Collection - Rubber Shapes
American Crafters 12x12 Gold glitter cardstock 

Well that is it from me today, thanks so much for stopping by and don't forget to head on over to the Scrapping Clearly store to purchase all these products and more by clicking here. Until next time, happy scrapping!

Amy Prior xx 

Smile with Amy Prior

Hi there Scrapping Clearly fans! Amy Prior back with you all again today, this time sharing a quick layout that I created using the gorgeous My Minds Eye On Trend 2 Collection to showcase a photo of my mum and step-dad during their recent joint surprise 60th birthday party. 

This layout came together super quick thanks to fantastic coordinating products! To start this layout off, I have smeared some Colour Blast - Colour Paste - Bling over a piece of My Minds Eye - On Trend 2 Collection - Patterned Paper. As you can see, there is no real method to this you just need to quickly smear the paste where you want it to show and be sure to work quickly to avoid the look of trying too hard to be perfect.

Once the colour paste was dry, I have added lots of gorgeous layers of My Minds Eye - On Trend 2 Collection - Journal Cards and My Minds Eye - On Trend 2 Collection - Patterned Paper underneath my photograph before embellishing the rest of the layout with some flowers, My Minds Eye - On Trend 2 Collection - 12x12 Chipboard elements,  My Minds Eye - On Trend 2 Collection - Flair, and My Minds Eye - On Trend 2 Collection - Cardstock Stickers. 

Checkout the difference in colour when that gorgeous colour paste is dry. It is important to know that all Colour Blast colour pastes dry much darker then they appear in the jar. The best idea is to make yourself a swatch so that you can easily colour match when creating. 

There is so much gorgeous gold on this page that it was so hard to photograph unfortunately. Gold makes me so happy and I hope my mum and step-dad love this layout as much as I do.

Full product list for this layout includes...

My Minds Eye - On Trend 2 Collection - Patterned Paper

My Minds Eye - On Trend 2 Collection - 12x12 Chipboard elements

My Minds Eye - On Trend 2 Collection - Journal Cards

My Minds Eye - On Trend 2 Collection - Flair

My Minds Eye - On Trend 2 Collection - Cardstock Stickers

Colour Blast - Colour Paste - Bling

Well that is it from me today, thanks so much for stopping by and until next time, happy scrapping!

Amy Prior xx