'Thankful'

Hi everyone! A new month and a new Moodboard. This Moodboard is a stunner - with beautiful soft tones. 

...and this is my take on it...

I started the layout on a base of white cardstock printed on Gesso. Then, using the Ranger Gel Press Brayer from the store, I applied the gorgeous Dina Wakley paints in 'Blushing', 'Mineral', and 'Evergreen'. 

I randomly smeared the Dina Wakley stencil 'Big Leafy' and modeling paste and ColourBlast Texture Paste in 'Steel' over this painted background. 

Once I was happy with the coverage, I used a craft heatgun to ensure that the background was completely dried. 

Once this stage was done, I adhered my photo down with layers behind it.

For the layers and embellishments, I used (from the store) - American Crafts 'Box of Crayons' papers; Kaisercraft paper flowers, metal blooms, Tim Holtz - Idea-ology 'Small Talk'; and Me and My Big Ideas puffy stickers.

Take a look at these close ups.

I have also used two great products from two Australian sites - Charms Creations and D-Lish Scraps.

Here is a re-cap of the page with the fabulous products used from Scrapping Clearly store.

Thank you for stopping by,

Amy. 

‘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 😊

The Story of the Gumboots

Good Morning Arty Peeps!

Hope your weekend is full of fun with a little creativity thrown in, mine is shaping up just that way.

Today I'm sharing my sketch challenge layout, about hanging out with those who feed my soul with art and fun times.

Still using up my Colour Blast pastes, I made the background on heavy weight cardstock with a cool new Kinder Kreations mandala stencil, making sure to treat the paste with Dorland's Wax when dry, to stop the stickiness.

After the Dorland's I swiped some Ceramcoat black paint over my page top and bottom. When wiping it off the Colour Blast paste it was taking the paste with it, so I left it looking kinda grungy. I added a bit of zing to my background with some flicks of Lemon Zest Dylusions spray (the best yellow!).

For my layers I used this gorgeous stamp set with black ink on white card, adding some extra colour with Stazon ink and my Lemon Zest. The two word strips are from this pretty and versatile paper from Kaisercraft.

I journalled straight on the gesso with a white pen and added some white splats with Dylusions ink spray, I love how opaque this stuff is!

I used a title from this pack of foamThickers, and embellished with vellum hearts and buttons.

My page is based on this sketch

which is one of the August challenges on our Facebook page.

Come and play along for the chance to win spending money at the shop, you've gotta be in it to win it!

Thanks for coming by,

'til next time,

I'm Sharing, Are You?

 Hiya Arty Peeps.
Welcome to the Scrapping Clearly blog.

I'm here today to share some more arty play with the Distress Oxide inkpads from Tim Holtz. I know, again! But I just cannot get enough of them and I'm over-the-moon excited that there are 12 new colours coming out soon!

This time I wanted to see how they reacted on black cardstock and over

Colour Blast shimmer pastes. For this page I have used 'Bling' paste.

As you can see it leaves a lovely chalky finish which softens the sheen of the paste. The hues become very subtle, almost indistinguishable from each other on the black card. I really like the subtlety of the colours over the paste.

I layered my photo on patterned papers from this 6x6 pad (which is currently on sale in the store), and the backs of some scrunched and inked kraft tags. I typed my journalling on one of the tags with my amazing Typecast typewriter (these are sold out but you can still get more ribbons) and added a cute hashtag stamp,

love these so much!

My title is from this gorgeous sparkly Thickers pack, with dymo sub-titles mounted on the back of some

wood veneer words that I was never going to use.

And this is how it looks.

We would love to see what you are making with your Scrapping Clearly products. Come and share with us on our Facebook page. While you're there check out our monthly Sketch and Moodboard challenges and play along, you could score yourself some shop $$.
This cold weather is the perfect opportunity to get scrappy/arty/crafty.

Til next time,

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 

Sweet & On Trend with Amy Prior

Hi there Scrapping Clearly fans! Amy Prior back with you all again today, this time sharing my take on the January Sketch Challenge. You can view the details over on the Scrappingclearly facebook group which is where all entries must be loaded as well.

Here is the sketch designed by the fabulous Peg Hewitt!

And here is my take on the sketch using lots of goodies available from the Scrapping Clearly store.

Here is a quick step-by-step on how to create this background effect...

Step 1: Place a stencil over some American Crafts 12x12 Double Thick White Cardstock.

Step 2: Scrape a few blobs of both Colour Blast - Colour Paste - Snow White and Colour Blast - Colour Paste - Bling randomly over the stencil. 

Step 3: Carefully and quickly, smear the colour paste around then remove the stencil  and clean. Do not act slowly or pedantically because you will simply mix the colours together. Acting quickly and roughly creates a more authentic looking marbled effect.

Step 4: Cut random pieces of  My Minds Eye - On Trend 2 Collection - Patterned Paper to mount underneath the photographs. Avoid cutting any pieces that are larger than the photographs combined to keep the layers neat. I have also included some My Minds Eye - On Trend 2 Collection - Journal Cards in the layers and I have used some fringe scissors on a piece for the bottom of the page.

Step 5: Finish off the layout by using various pieces from My Minds Eye - On Trend 2 Collection - Acrylic Words, My Minds Eye - On Trend 2 Collection - Cardstock Stickers Alphabet & Word, and My Minds Eye - On Trend 2 Collection - Cardstock Stickers.

Products used for this layout include:

American Crafts 12x12 Double Thick White Cardstock

My Minds Eye - On Trend 2 Collection - Patterned Paper

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

My Minds Eye - On Trend 2 Collection - Acrylic Words

My Minds Eye - On Trend 2 Collection - Journal Cards

My Minds Eye - On Trend 2 Collection - Cardstock Stickers Alphabet & Word

My Minds Eye - On Trend 2 Collection - Cardstock Stickers

Colour Blast - Colour Paste - Snow White

Colour Blast - Colour Paste - Bling

Well that is it from me today, thanks so much for stopping by and don't forget that you can purchase all these products and more by visiting the Scrapping Clearly shop here. Until next time, happy scrapping!

Amy Prior xx

Blissful Mixed Media Art Journal Fun

Howdy folks ,Lisa here with a Friday update .

A fun piece of art journal goodness

Lots of lovely colours and layers.

We all have these pages of fragments of blotted colour from left over layout backgrounds.

This double spread utilizes one of those pages.

 Stencils peeps , oh how I love stencils and Colour Blast and  Dylusions and Liquitex acrylic paint,and Liquitex aerosol spray paint and all those lovely things layered up together ,

 no right or wrong,just play and fun.

Next in the process,a few Fude ball pen drawn random words.(yep my page is upside down here) I Cut some circles from scrap background paper, inked or distressed the edges with Staz On ,

 then organized them on the page .

Express it or Helmar 450 glue is my preference to attach my circles to the page .

After adequate drying time I attacked the circles 

and the page with black pen again to enhance the shape .

To finish off this page added a little more acrylic paint then

 I resurrected my old Making Memories Jersey font stamps,(love them) and stamped a title.. 

drying time, the magic pencil and Posca details complete
 this mixed media art journal page of colour and fun.

How many random art journal pages do you have that are calling out for some attention.

Why not give this page a whirl?...then tag me, cause I would love to see what you created .

Thanks for dropping by,see you next week.
Lisa xxx