'Stay Fearless' by Emma Zappone

 Welcome to another Thursday in March. The weeks are just flying!!
Today I share with you a layout, a 9"x9" layout.
I love playing with different sizes and have been preferring the smaller scale I must say.
I just knew I had to play with this image I found on Pinterest, it's an AI image and it's just so so striking. Plus it went so well with some of the papers in the 'Reverie' Foundations pack. So this layout is based loosely on this months board (colours) and featured pack.

I have used lots of different companies within this project. Starting with Kylie's 'Reverie' pack, I chose the black & white Rice paper and the pattern Rice paper. These I adhered to some firm cardstock to then create a firmer paper layer that I could tear.

Amongst the layers are papers from Stamperia's Amazonia collection and 3Quarter Designs. I added some 49&Market rub-ons to some white card and then fussy cut these out to become my embellishments behind the image.

Castings from the Finnabair Grungy Frames mould are painted with Prima Impasto acrylic in Dark Chocolate and Mint. Finished with some waxes to make them look a little like relics. Which went with this tribal kind of feel the page was taking on.

The background was created by smooshing Distress Oxides in 3 different colours and then with a stencil and a blending tool created these cool patterns to compliment the pattern on the face in the image. I used the new Uncharted Mariner ink for this bold colour. 

It's been so good playing with more papers and elements from my stash with some newer ones thrown in of course. I hope this page inspires you to use your papers in different ways, and to use your stash to compliment newer products also.

I will catch you all again soon, thanks for popping past.

Em xx

'Perfectly Imperfect' by Emma Zappone

Hi all,
Emma with you today. A new month means a new affirmation board.
To start the month off I chose to create an Art Journal. And a new video for you to enjoy too.

Here is the board for inspo.

Such gorgeous colours this month. 
I played with some 49&Market washi and the Rice paper from the Reverie Foundations pack for the collage of the page.

I then added some details with a Finnabair stencil and some white texture paste.
The colour was created with some liquid acrylics and Distress Crayons.

The flowers around the cut image are 49&Market rub-ons, transferred onto acetate sheeting and fussy cut. This makes for such easy embellishments.
If you would like to see this page come together, you can check out my video here.

A little stamping, using an Aall & Create set.

To finish it all off I used some white ink to splash over the page.

I enjoyed putting this one together, and I hope it gives you some inspo to join in this month.

Catch you all soon, Em xx