Best time together with Amy Prior

Hi there Scrapping Clearly fans! Amy Prior back with you all again today, this time sharing my take on the fantastic Mood Board challenge we have over on the Scrapping Clearly Community Facebook page. Here is the mood board...

...and here is the layout that I have created using this mood board as inspiration. I have a quick step-by-step tutorial showing how I created the background for this layout below.

Step 1: Scrape some Liquitex - Glass beads effects medium through a stencil using a palette knife over the top of some American Crafts 12x12 Double Thick White Cardstock and dry completely either naturally or using a heat tool.

Step 2: Mix some Colour Blast - Shimmer Dust - Duke & Candy with water and use it to paint some Heidi Swapp - September Skies - Color Magic - Die cuts words.

Step 3: When the Liquitex - Glass beads effects medium has completely dried, spray a deep puddle of water over the areas where you would like there to be colour on your background. 

Step 4: Using the tip of a long thin palette knife, sprinkle tiny amounts of Colour Blast - Shimmer Dust - Duke all over the puddle of water that you have created on the background.

Step 5: If the powder is not dispersing enough, spray a little bit more water just over the top of dry areas. Let it dry completely either naturally or by using a heat tool but try to avoid moving the water around with the heat tool as you want the colours to be blotchy looking for a multi tone effect. 

Step 6: When the Colour Blast - Shimmer Dust - Duke is completely dry, use your finger and gently rub some Viva Decor - Inka Gold - Silver over the texture on the background. 

Step 7: Cut various rectangles and squares out of American Crafts - Shimelle - Starshine patterned papers - various  to layer underneath the photograph. 

Step 8: Finish off the layout with various items from American Crafts - Shimmelle Starshine - stickers, the painted Heidi Swapp - September Skies - Color Magic - Die cuts, and My Mind's Eye - On Trend 2 - Acrylic words. Adhere the clear stickers to white cardstock then fussy cut if you would like them to stand out better like I have here with the hot air balloon.

Products used for this project include:

American Crafts 12x12 Double Thick White Cardstock

Colour Blast - Shimmer Dust - Candy

Colour Blast - Shimmer Dust - Duke

American Crafts - Shimelle - Starshine patterned papers - various 

American Crafts - Shimmelle Starshine - stickers

Heidi Swapp - September Skies - Color Magic - Die cuts

My Mind's Eye - On Trend 2 - Acrylic words

Viva Decor - Inka Gold - Silver

Liquitex - Glass beads effects medium

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

Amy Prior xx

Goggles + Hunter ~ A Scrapbook page with Melinda

Hi there fellow ScrappingClearly fans, it's Melinda here with you today and I am super excited to share my take on this month's super fun and bright mood board designed by the very talented Peg from the design team!

Here is a little refresher:

Ah!!! I seriously love it! I do have to admit, I was a little unsure to start with. That is until I started flipping through my printed photos and this one of my baby just jumped out at me as perfect for this board! And paired with my favourite collection, of all time, ever!! Starshine by Shimelle Laine :D

Here is my take:

And here is my process video for this LO

I really, really, really love how this turned out!! I cut the title on my cameo and then backed each letter with some offcuts from the 6x6 paper pad. Oh, after I did some playing with gelato's and water and some Colour Paste!

A couple of little layers behind the photo - more scraps, a piece from the ephemera pack and a clear sticker. And then, a fun, rainbow border around the left and top - again, more scraps! If you watched my last process video you would have seen me "screw up" the other side of this paper (it has all the little stars on it - one of my fave papers, ever!!), so I stuck down the 2 sides I had applied gesso too, attached to my white cardstock and saved the left overs from behind the white cardstock ;)

Last up I added in some black splatters, my journalling, some stitching around 2 sides, a little stamping and a sharpie pen to outline each letter in the title!

You still have 2 whole weeks to enter the challenges this month so make sure you head over to the FB group here to load up your entries to go into the drawn for a voucher to the store!

Also, did you see that ScrappingClearly have just launched some awesome online classes with members of the DT teaching?! There are still a few days left to sign up to the 1st class with Skai so if your interested you can find all the info here.

Thanks as always for stopping by and until next time, happy scrapping!

Melinda

Product List:

Gelatos: blueberry, mango, snow cone, lemon (I think!) and orange soda (perhaps!!)

Colour Blast Colour Paste Singin' The Blues

Colour Blast Colour Sprays: Sunset, Saffron, Sapphire and Roadbase

Shimelle Starshine: 6x6 paper pad, clear stickers, 12x12 paper - Gemini

10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1..layout by Tania

I'm back with you today, sharing some more yummy papers from the Chickaniddy, 365 Range and some cute little accessories from a few of my favourite companies. All available in the Scrappingclearly store!  my layout is based on this month's moodboard, which I have to say I actually struggled with. I am a fan of brights, but found it a bit of a challenge!!! Wonder what you can come up with, here is the board:

So, the yellow and red screamed out to me the most, and they are the main colours in my board. I started with a few of the Chickaniddy papers for the background, then my photo layers were made up of some Heidi Swapp, Oh What fun vellum, & some cut outs from the Chickaniddy, Daily Schedule paper. 

I embellished with some cute wood veneers from Studio Calico, and the title wood veneer numbers are from the Teresa Collins Something Wonderful range. Love those numbers!

And what about that cute puffy sticker from MAMBI!!! Love it!

I finished off by adding some word stickers from the Heidi Swapp, September Skies range, and added my date with the most adorable little Heidi Swapp Memory Planner, wooden stamps.

I hope you get the chance to play along with our challenges this month!!! My next post will be my take on the sketch!!!

See you then

2 Boys and a Box with Melinda

Hi there ScrappingClearly fans and a Happy, happy New Year!! I hope so far 2017 is treating you well and that you have managed some time in your own crafty space!

Today I am here sharing my take on the January 2017 sketch! I love this sketch, it's so fun and something so different for me to work with! Peg has done an amazing job!

Here is the sketch again if you have missed it or forgotten what it looks like

And here is my page

And if you would like to see how this came together (even including the epic FAIL that it started as LOL) click below for the process video!

I had a lot of fun playing with this sketch, as I said, it is not something I would normally just do so I enjoyed the challenge!

Here are a few close up's

And my product list:

Shimelle - Starshine - "Gemini" 12x12 paper (both A and B sides)

Shimelle - Starshine - Chipboard Stickers

Shimelle - Starshine - Accent and Phrase Stickers

Shimelle - Starshine - Thickers

Colour Blast - Sunshine Colour Paste

Heidi Swapp - Marquee Love - Navy Stripe Wide Washi

I hope my post has inspired you to maybe step outside of your own comfort zone if this is something different for you and have a play along this month. Kylie is the best "boss" and ALWAYS has great prizes!!

Oh, and if you haven't seen already, we are having ANOTHER fun Cyber Crop on Australia Day so make sure you can fit in a little crafty fun for all the fun we have lined up!!

Until next my post, stay scrappy!

Melinda