Project Life with the Minc with Melinda Sweetman

Hello ScrappingClearly friends!! Today I am here once again sharing some more Minc inspiration!

Here is my page front

This is an insert in our 2018 Project Life album and I am super happy with how it came out. I mean, what better reason to use beautiful pink foil on all the things than when you are documenting a My Little Pony themed Birthday Party, right?!

I've used the 6x6 Minc Paper Pad paired with the pink foil for the bases of almost all of my cards for this spread but I also pulled a 3x4 card cut from the Teresa Collins "Alpha" 12x12 paper from the Urban Market collection.

For both the front and the back of the spread I have used quiet a range of different things including my foiled 6x6 papers (all in pink foil), some Cocoa Vanilla Studios "You Rock" Rubber Charms, a puffy sticker from this pack by Heidi Swapp, an ephemera piece from the Pink Fresh Studio "Boys Fort" ephemera pack, a mini Insta frame by Heidi Swapp and most of the rest of my pack of chipboard heart stickers by Studio Calico. 

Like I said, quiet a range, quiet a mix but I am really happy with the end result! Oh, and I almost forgot, I added in a few of the Pink Fresh Studio "Boys Fort" Phrase stickers. I love the little pops of black throughout the spread!

My boy had done alot of the writing on the invites himself so I had an extra (perhaps an intentional "error" ;) ) and wanted to include that also to see just what his almost 8 year old writing looked like.

I'm not loving that washi tape - it covers up the writing and is way too bold for what I wanted - I will find something else and fix it up ;)

And that, my friends is another page in our 2018 album - I think the total is now like 5 or something lol - but it is another in there!!

I do have a short process video of this coming together if you'd like to see! Just click here and enjoy!

Until next time, happy scrapping!


Melinda

Quick and Gorgeous Minc Tag Album with Melinda

Hello and welcome to the blog on this Monday!
Already?! I for one could have added a couple of extra days to our weekend as I was lucky enough to be away,
just my hubby and me, celebrating our 10th wedding anniversary.
No crafting, but lots of wine tasting for me, how about you?
Did you get your craft on?

Anyway, today's share is VERY different for me.
Like, VERY!!!
Kylie sent me these lamination labels in the Minc range
and I had ZERO ideas of what to do with them until one day, bam!
Inspiration struck!
A mini album!
So that is where this mini album started - some labels!!

I pulled out some more bits from not only my latest kit from Kylie but some older goodies she sent me,
seriously these DT kits she sends just keep giving!!
I have used lots of different bits and pieces, here are the direct links to all of the goodies I have pulled
that are available in store:

Heidi Swapp Minc Lamination Labels
Heidi Swapp Minc Tags
Heidi Swapp Minc Chipboard Frames
Heidi Swapp Minc Alpha Stickers
Heidi Swapp Minc Pink Foil
Heidi Swapp Minc Mint Foil
Heidi Swapp No Limits Stix
Heidi Swapp Puffy Stickers
American Crafts Clothespins
American Crafts Clips
Studio Calico Chipboard Heart Stickers
Crate Paper - Maggie Holmes - "Flutter" 12x12 Paper
C'est La Vie ephemera piece

At this point I am going to say, make sure you have a cuppa with you - I have photos of each page to share
and a little "this is what I used" so sit back and enjoy!

What I love about the "cover" is all the different angles and the bits and pieces poking out and around all the sides with nothing being exactly square or neat!

For this, I have used 3 pieces from the Minc Tags pack and one of the AC clips.
I used a combo of the pink and mint foils as well and so I am not repeating myself on every photo
I have used pink foil on the mint coloured pieces and mint foil on the pink pieces ;)

The acetate tag is from the C'est La Vie ephemera pack. I have used the Minc Alphas (mint foil), one of the Heidi puffy stickers (there is another on the back as well) and I pulled apart one of the Heidi Stix
to use just the one camera.

The base here is one of the laminated tags and I very simply added in one of the AC chippy hearts.

Before I say anything else this is one of my all-time absolute favourite photos of my littlest guy.
I just LOVE it!! We have this in colour on our wall as a big canvas <3<3<3

For this one, I have used a Minc Tag and pink foil (really hard to photograph!) for the page base.
A fussy cut butterfly from the Flutter paper and another of the AC clips.

My next laminated tag, this one paired with an AC clothespin, another of my all time faves!!

My base is one of the Minc Tags. The pink stripes are printed and then the green is foiled.
I added another of those adorable AC clips here too.

I'm sure by now you have noticed that I have not at all overthought this process and kept it pretty simple from page to page. I really feel that having my photos in black and white, and printing them all to 2" x 3",
made making decisions so much easier!

Another of the laminated tags.
I felt the florals and his gorgeous squishy face was enough for this
so didn't even bother adding anything else!

A non-photo page! Another tag from the Minc Tags package and another AC chippy heart. Oh, and pink foil.

I totally and completely forgot we managed to get this photo until I printed them out for this album and oh my stars!! I should have known back then (he was 8 or 9 days old) he was going to be my mischievous little man!! So, another laminated tag and another fussy cut butterfly from the  Flutter paper.
Oh, and I trimmed this photo too ;)

I had a few different ideas for these frames but really love what I ended up deciding to do.
This has 2 photos and 2 of the Minc Frames as the page base and I have simply stuck those back to back.
I added another of the AC Clips as a way to hang this page from the ring and voila, done!
The front has the text which is foiled in pink.....

...and the back has the stripes which I foiled in mint. I will say it again, the foil is really tricky to photograph well, but the mint colour is way more minty and pretty than this photo indicates!

This last piece is actually what inspired me to choose the photos I chose.
 My little family of 4. We are far from perfect but we love, we laugh, and we have each other, and that is enough.
This came from the Minc Tags set and is a minty colour and I have added pink foil and an AC chippy heart.

And that is my finished album. I really, really love it!
Minis are not my "norm" but sometimes it is super fun to step out of your comfort zone and challenge yourself.
I really do adore my end project and so to do my boys, so I'm calling that a win!

I have a video of my process and you can see that here on the ScrappingClearly YT channel, you will see how much I really didn't over-think the process or make it complicated.

I hope you enjoy, and I hope I inspire you to get your creative on!

Have a fantastic Monday,
and I'll be back again later in the month.

Melinda

Gift Tags with the Minc

Hello crafty friends and welcome to the blog today!

I have something a little different to share with you but it's something quick and easy and it made a great gift!!

Yep, lots of little tags which I made for my Mum for her birthday, and before you ask, yes, this is what she asked for!! My Mum crochets and has found herself with enough beautiful things to last a life time,
a bit like us with our paper, right?!
So she has decided it's time to sell some off and wanted tags to go on them.
With that in mind off I went!!

I started with the GORGEOUS Minc paper pad - brights (these colours are divine!) and got designing on my computer in Word. I used a very simple design, the font I used is called PN Octopus Socks Script. I had my document printed onto the card through a laser printer so I could Minc away.

I chose the holographic foil - it's "neutral" enough to go with all the colours and oh so pretty, I love it!! Because I have the 6" Minc I had to cut my pages down to fit into the carrier thingy - yep, technical - this meant I had to do multiple runs through the Minc. You will notice in the close ups some of the foiling is not perfect, I think that was the print and not the Minc itself or the foil as I have not had a single other issue with either! I am quite happy with the less than perfect look, I mean, I don't often do neat and perfect in either my scrapping or real life.

I die-cut all of my tags using a metal die from my stash but you could so easily use another tag as a template and hand cut, use a Silhouette, a punch, or simply just freehand some tags or any other shape that appeals to you.

I used a paper punch from my stash paired some of the off-cuts from around the tags and also some vellum to create a very simple embellishment for each tag (you could of course use ANY type of printed vellum as well, that would look great too!). I lightly stuck the layers together and ran them through my sewing machine, a little bit of glue and my final touch was some twine.

Like I said, a pretty simple project but Mum loved it and it was fun to put together something a little different!

There is a process video for this over here on the Scrapping Clearly YT channel - it's not very long - but I hope you enjoy!

Thanks so much for stopping by, until next time, happy scrapping!

Melinda

Enjoy The View Cable Beach ~ A Scrapbook Layout with Melinda

Howdy scrappers and happy Monday!
I hope you had a great weekend. A large chunk of mine was spent chauffeuring one of my boys to various birthday parties. How did my 8 year old get more of a social life than me?!? Haha. Which, funnily enough, brings me around to this photo, pre-children and pre-Mum-ing. My, how times have changed!

Today's share is using the fabulous February mood board for inspiration. I've taken inspo directly from the colours in the bottom image which also happened to remind me of the glorious sunsets we get here in the west. Which took me to a Heidi Swapp Minc paper phrase "Enjoy The View" and the photo I chose!

Here is my page

And here again is the mood board!

I love working with big photos for BIG impact. This photo was printed a smidge smaller than A4 on matte photo paper at home and I surprised myself with having so many bits on top of the photo but I do love
how this looks and the feel it gives the whole page.

My background is white cardstock - no prep done, a Heidi Swapp Sunshine stencil and some Distress Oxide Inks. I have ALWAYS struggled getting Distress Inks to blend but these Oxide Inks are so beautiful to work with on so many different levels and blending with a sponge and ink blending tool is SUPER easy and fun! I have used Picked Raspberry, Worn Lipstick, Wild Honey and Fossilised Amber,
starting with the darkest pink closest to the centre of the sunrays.

For a really cool effect I splattered water all over the sun rays and, after a few seconds, rolled my paper towel over them.  See that awesome oxide effect happening? I LOVE it!

For some extra bling I added some splatters using my Bling Colour Shimmer Pot and a paint brush.

Time to foil.

I started with the pieces I knew I wanted to use - the title - which came from the Paper Phrases pack and also the letters to spell Cable Beach from the Alphabet Stickers Sheet and orange foil. You can get the foils in a HUGE range of colours in 2 sizes - 6" foils and 12" foils. The stickers/ephemera packs tell you which setting
to use your Minc machine on and these were both 3 so off I went.

My title ended up in a different place from where I expected but I really love how it looks,
and love how the die cut words look layered over the alphas!

I decided I wanted to do more foiling - it's true - once you start you CAN'T stop! I grabbed 3 pieces from the Tags Minc set (these are currently on special in the shop by the way) - the heart, the "breathe" label and the "enjoy" triangle. I added orange foil to the "breathe" piece and light pink foil to both the heart and triangle. I love this!

A little journalling with a white paint pen, my date stamped onto the breathe tag and my page is done. I love all the foiled goodness on this page.

There is a process video available on the ScrappingClearly YT channel if you'd like to see this page come together.

Remember, you have a few days left to get your entries in for the February challenges and for your chance at a store voucher. Head over to the FB group here for the challenge albums.

Until next time, happy scrapping,

Melinda

Hello Hipster Bar with Melinda Sweetman

Howdy scrappers!
Melinda here with you today on the Scrapping Clearly blog.

I am sharing my take on the sketch for February and after a bit of a rough start - stress has kinda made my mojo harder to find - and picking photos, off I went!

Here again is this months sketch

And my interpretation

This layout came together reasonably quickly for me and I even contemplated the idea of no mixed media but the messy 3-year-old in me won out!!

There is also a process video which you can watch over on the SC channel here.

I started with Paper #07 from the Pink Paislee C'est La Vie collection (yes, still hanging onto some of this gorgeous collection ;) ) and added a torn strip of Paper #03 to the middle-ish of the page.

I built my title knowing I wanted to use one of the gorgeous "Jumbo Words" by Heidi Swapp for the Minc but not sure which one. After picking my photos I came up with "Hello Hipster Bar" and my word was chosen! I went on the hunt for some smaller alphas and found the Something Wonderful Alpha & Label Sticker Sheet by Teresa Collins which helped me pick my foil colours!

I went with the holographic foil for the title and one of the sheets from the Minc 6x6 paper pack, and then chose mint foil for another of the 6x6 papers from the same 6x6 pack which I layered behind my 2 photos.

This is where my inner messy 3-year-old came out!! I started with some black texture stamps and then I've used Colour Blast Colour Shimmer Spray in Envy with the packaging technique and also the Colour Shimmer Pot in Envy to add splatters. While that dried I Minc'd my pieces and then went back to the background.

I've added some extra texture using some Glass Bead Glitter Gel and a text stencil. This is so pretty - I really love the added texture!! Tip - if you have this (any kind!) in your stash USE it!! Mine is at the point where I really ought to throw it out - it is almost completely set in the tub - but I am going to experiment with hot water before I give up!

Time to stick everything down!!

I ended up using some fussy cut flowers from the Pink Paislee C'est La Vie collection Paper #08 and also fussy cut some butterflies from the gorgeous "Flutter" paper in the Maggie Holmes Bloom range.

A few gold sequins from Studio Calico, my journalling, and a date stamp, and I was done!

I hope I have inspired you to play along with this months sketch, remember there is a $30 store voucher up for grabs for one lucky participant! Load up your entries here in our Facebook group!

Until next time, happy scrapping!

Melinda
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