Dude - A Scrapbook Layout with Lisa J

Hi scrappy friends,

Hope you are enjoying the weekend.

Today I am sharing a layout featuring some gorgeous Heidi Swapp products: Color Magic alphabets and embellishments, acrylic stars and the September Skies 6x6 paper pad.

My background started with some Colour Blast Paste in Steel through a Heidi Swapp stencil on Bazzill Marshmallow cardstock. Being heavyweight, this cardstock is perfect for taking mixed media without warping.

I added some colour with Tim Holtz Distress Oxide inks in Faded Jeans and Spiced Marmalade and some Colour Blast Colour Spray in Sunset. I also splattered some Heidi Swapp Color Shine in Navy.

I love how the Heidi Swapp Color Magic products can be customised to suit your project. I have used Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Cracked Pistachio.

I have added some stamping in jet black Archival Ink with a Darkroom Door Arty circles and a splatter stamp. I have also added some extra stamping with a Kaisercraft mesh stamp.

I layered some September Skies papers under my photos, trimmed down my white cardstock, and mounted it onto a piece of Pink Fresh Studios Escape the Ordinary "Dare" paper (I cut out the inside first of course). I cut my chevrons from the mint side of this paper and also layered some of the navy underneath all my other paper layers.

I attached the acrylic stars with my Tim Holtz tiny attacher - love this tool for adding acetate and vellum elements.

Thanks for dropping by,

Happy creating,

Lisa J

Hello Cute - A Scrapbook layout with Lisa J

Hello all, 

My turn today to share my last project for January with the Cocoa Vanilla You Rock Collection. I have loved working with this collection and I hope you have enjoyed the projects I have shared.

For my last January layout I started with the B-side of the Experimental paper. The gorgeous watercolour style blue ombre just had to be a background.

I added some strips of patterned paper down the left hand side as a base for my photo and embellishments and then just started adding bits and pieces.

There are so many embellishments in the Cocoa Vanilla You Rock collection and they just work together so well.

I finished off with some sprinkles of Heidi Swapp ColorShine in Navy and some enamel dots. My title uses Wood Veneer from the You Rock collection and Teal Puffy Thickers from American Crafts.

If you haven't already, make sure you enter this months challenges on the Scrapping Clearly page.  Entries need to be in tomorrow.
You could win a $30 shop voucher!

Happy creating

Oh Hello Sugar Rush, Scrapbook Layout with Lisa J

Hello there,

It's the beginning of another week already. Only one more week of School Holidays for my boys. Even though the boys are home, I seem to have so much more creative time in the holidays. I will be sad to see them go back to School.

The first weekend of the School holidays, my youngest son Sam and I took a trip to Pokolbin to visit family. We  discovered the Sabor Dessert Bar. Oh it was heaven (so much so that we may have visited twice in two days). If you are ever in the Hunter Valley region I would highly recommend it. But enough of food and back to today's layout.

I started the layout off with white cardstock and a large triangle of one of my absolute favourite papers from the Cocoa Vanilla You Rock Collection "Starshine". I added machine stitching and roughed up the edges with my fingernails but a distress tool would be better for your manicure.

I made a tag from the gorgeous wood veneer pattern B side of the Plus One paper to tuck amongst my layers of patterned paper and die cuts. Some fussy cut stars were sprinkled about for added embellishments.

I added some red tile alphabet stickers from my stash to complete my title. You can find alternative alphabet stickers in the Scrapping Clearly store.

I finished off with a few staples with my tiny attacher and the layout was done. Quick and easy. I love it when the papers do the work for you.

And yes, Sam really was on a sugar rush after devouring three macaroons washed down with a lemonade (luckily for me, he drove home with my sister).

Enjoy your week and happy creating

Awesome - Scrapbook Page by Lisa J

Hello there,

Thanks for joining me today.

One of my favourite go to layout designs is a grid. I especially love using grids when I have lots of gorgeous patterned papers that I want to include so it was a great design to use for the Cocoa Vanilla You Rock collection I am working with this month.

This layout is of my goofball 3rd child and his habit of pulling faces in every photo - even his Year 6 Formal photos. I just have to roll with it and have a giggle.

This design incorporates 6, 3x4 rectangles so it would be perfect to use for Project Life style cards as well (particularly if, like me, you buy all the pretty packs but don't actually do project life).

I have inked the edges of all my papers and my white cardstock with Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Black Soot.

I love to add little splatters of white mist for a subtle detail. Heidi Swapp White Colour Shine is perfect for this and a bottle will last for ages.

I painted my "Awesome" wood veneer title with a mix of Colour Blast paste in steel and then black gesso and Dylusions After Midnight paint. The end result is a very dark Navy colour with some added texture.

The Cocoa Vanilla You Rock Wood Veneer are great for embellishing the different rectangles in my grid. I treat each rectangle like a little page of its own trying to include a mix of different embellishments from the Rubber Charms to the Flair Buttons.

I hope you get some creative time this weekend.

Happy creating

'You Rock' Scrapbook Page with Lisa J

Hello there,

I am so excited (and I have to admit a wee bit nervous) to share
my first project for the Scrapping Clearly Design Team.

Kylie chose well for me this month with my DT goodies - the absolutely gorgeous "You Rock" collection from Cocoa Vanilla Studios. Oh my, this collection is stunning and as a Mumma to four boys just perfect for me.

Just look at this perfection:

My first layout with the kit is "You Rock".

I started with some white cardstock and, once I worked out where my photo would be positioned,

added some background interest with stamping and mist splatters.

The Colour Blast Colour Sprays are perfect for adding colour without shimmer.

I love Ranger Archival Inkpads for my stamping since they are permanent and don't run when you wet them.

I have used an older Darkroom Door splatter stamp from my collection but any background stamp will add interest. Check out the Darkroom Door range in store here.

I adore the rubber charms in this collection - they add a different texture from all the paper layers.

I have finished off my embellishing with some torn washi strips, die-cuts, stickers, flair buttons and the divine wood veneer, also from the You Rock collection.

I painted my title wood veneer in black paint for impact.

Thanks for checking out my first project.

I can't wait to see what you are all creating this month.

Be sure to share in the Facebook group.

Happy creating

Have You Got Your Challenges In?

Good Afternoon Arty Peeps!

I hope you are well.

Peg here today to share my sketch challenge page for July. Are you playing along?

Today is the last day to upload, then new challenges for August tomorrow, exciting!

Here's the sketch

I started with kraft cardstock and 3 hues of Colour Blast paste for the background, applying them vertically instead of horizontally. When dry, I rubbed in some Dorland's Wax to stop the paste from being sticky. This is a particularly important step if you are art journalling to stop your Colour Blast pages from sticking together.

As I was scrapping multiple square Instagram pics, I decided a grid layout on black card would work best, keep the page from becoming too busy. To draw the viewer's eye through my photos I used a small piece of patterned paper from a Pink Paislee Memorandum 6 x 6 pad on each side of my grid.

A Kaisercraft sticker, and a chipboard arrow coloured black, created a border between my photos and my journalling, bulleted at each end with a decorative brad. I stamped the date on a label sticker and matted it on another piece of the same patterned paper I had already used. The staples are just for decoration, I coloured them black with an alcohol marker.

My photo mat was not sticking well to the Colour Blast paste using just double-sided tape, so I stapled it on with my Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher. I added a cute paper clip and another Kaiser sticker, then stitched around the page a little closer to the edge than the sketch. Some black acrylic paint around the edges and I was finished.

So make sure your sketch and moodboard challenges are up by midnight for the chance to win. New challenges coming tomorrow.

Til next time,

stay arty

Enjoy Adventure

Hey there Arty Peeps.

I hope your new year is starting off positively.

I'm here today to share my sketch page with y'all.

It's a messy one, perfect for a teenage boy.

I started with a piece of heavy weight cardstock that had been used to clean up a stencil which had been used with watercolour paint. Then I mounted my pics and cut a couple of circles from this patterned paper. The circles didn't pop enough so I sprayed them with some red Dylusions then, to tie the background in, I added some yellow spray to my mat, mixed it with the red and cleaned it up with my page.

I used brick wall washi tape and bling strips, along with chevron chippies coloured black. I coloured black over my chippy title with a Posca paint pen to make the word stand out. 

I wrote my journalling using my awesome WeRMK Typecast typewriter by putting the whole page through (so fantastic!) before I stuck anything down.

My banner was stuck down before the orange splats. I used Kindyglitz to go over the wood veneer word. As a finishing touch I added some vellum stars and the almost obligatory black splats.

The little heart is from the same pack as my title, I coloured it black too.

Here is the sketch, click on it to go to the upload folder on Facebook.

I sure hope you can join us this month, always a fab prize!

Thanks for coming by

Sweet Memories - Peg's sketch layout

Good Morning Arty Peeps.

Peg here today to share my take on the December sketch challenge.

I hope all your holiday planning is going smoothly and you're still managing a little creative time to join our

mood board challenge and our sketch challenge.

Here's my page

And here's the sketch, clicking on it will take you to our FB folder where you can add your own.

Now for some details...

For the background I used regular linen textured cardstock with a mix of Lemongrass and Mustard seed Glimmer Mists. I masked off my left side strip and applied Black Color Shine through this fabulous checker plate stencil.

 I used this patterned paper for thin strips to frame my checker plate, and also for the banner pieces in the sketch. Once those were stuck down I added some red splats by mixing Dylusions with plenty of water on my mat then pressing my page onto it.

These Thickers made up my title. My journalling is typed on vellum and attached using the awesome Tim Holtz tiny stapler (one of my favourite tools!!). I colour my staples black with an alcohol marker.

 I added black Kindyglitz to the wood veneer to make the word pop. Then finished off the embellishing with a couple of flairs and some enamel bits befor going around the edge of the page with Distress Stain.

Thanks for coming by today.

I look forward to seeing your creations.

Chill Time

Good Morning Arty peeps!

Peg here today, standing in for Bernii, sharing a page sort of inspired by the mood board for December.

I got the greens right anyway, haha.

This page will be winging it's way to Queensland shortly.

 I used the divine and vibrant Dylusions ink sprays for my background on a piece of heavy weight cardstock. Then to add some more depth I inked through a couple of stencils using this awesome tool and these inkpads. I also used the same ink pads to stamp a light patch under the photos. I mounted foam thickers on white card to make them pop for my title, and added Motex journalling. The edge of the page I coloured with Distress Stain that had been applied to my craft mat. I have also used that particular mat as a gelli printing plate, it works quite well. This is my go-to sticky stuff for photos and paper.

Here is the mood board for December, I hope you can find time at this busy time of year to play along.

We love seing your creations!

Thanks for coming by

Happy Memory - Mood Board Challenge

Good Morning Arty Peeps

Peg here today to share my mood board page.

There is still a week to get your entry in, post it here on FB.

Check below for the board.

I found an old pic of my baby girl recently, one she talks about fondly,

so it had to be scrapped. Here's that page...

I created a mixed media background on heavy weight cardstock using...

Whipped Spackle mixed with Lindy's Color shot powder through a stencil

then Finnabair mica powder mixed with Tim Holtz crazing medium over the whole page.

I used a piece of patterned paper coloured with Dylusions ink spray and a strip of Hambly transparency under the photo and title. The transparency is secured to the left of my page with book binding tape. I love this paper clip from American Crafts too.

I used both pieces of Dusty Attic chipboard to create a border on the right, covering them with gesso first, then Dylusions paint and ink spray and finally, while still wet, Finnabair mica powder for texture and shine.

I managed to drop my black inkpad on my page by accident so to make it look deliberate I did it a few more times along the top and bottom edges.

Using some regular and mini bubble wrap I stamped around the edge of my layout with Dylusions paints. Under the photo is a Prima flower cut in two pieces and a Prima gem sprig. The chippy heart and 'happy' stickers are from this pack, and the wood veneer 'memory' I coloured black with an alcohol marker.  

We'd love you to play along too

with this mood board.

And post your project here.

Thanks for coming by today,

see you next time.

Stay arty,