'Born to Bloom' By Emma Zappone BONUS Video

Hello everyone.

Today I'm sharing a layout that features the colour tones in this months mood/affirmation board.
Now, I usually back right away from purple, but let me say now, that after creating this page, I am loving the purple tones.
Oh...and I have it all in a process video for you to enjoy.

I have used so many awesome products found in the SC shop.
The colours are made mostly with Distress Oxides. An amazing Finnabair stencil and a little acrylic ink to splash around.

The background also showcases a variety of 49&market rub-ons, before I added colour. And after I added colour, I added some Ideaology rub-ons also. I have been using the rub-ons lately instead of stamping.

The awesome flowers and leaves are 49&Market also. I love how there is a colour for everything.
In amongst the flowers are some resin castings. 
You can see how I finished these and the page via the video.

I hope my page inspires you to play with the theme this month and try something new.

Catch you all again soon, Em xx

 

XOXO - With Karyn Schultz!

  Hi Scrapping Clearly Lovelies!

It's Karyn here and today I have a scrapbook page that I created using lots of fun products available at Scrapping Clearly!

 

  I'm playing along with the August moodboard challenge. We would love for you to join in with this challenge and be in the running to win a Scrapping Clearly store voucher. You have until August 31st and you need to upload your challenge here.

 

For my background I started with heavy white cardstock and I added some colour to the page using a painting with plastic technique and Prima watercolour confections - purples from the Classics and Tropicals palates. 

 

  

 I added some stamping using black Archival ink and Bee Arty Stamps.   

  

Next I added stencilling using a Bee Arty Stencil and TCW platinum modelling paste. 

 

Here is my finished page. I've used a photo of my gorgeous daughter and her boyfriend :)

 

  

I matted my photo with Vicki Boutin Storyteller Mosaic paper and Heidi Swapp Color Magic paper. I embellished with a paper doilie, metal embellishment, paper flowers, chipboard, mini beads, and Tim Holtz Idea-ology small talk stickers. Lastly I drew around the edge of the page using a Fude ball pen. 

 

 Thanks so much for stopping by!

 

Crafty Hugs xx

Karyn

My Darling with Emma Zappone

Happy Sunday all! Emma here with you today sharing a page inspired by this months glorious moodboard. It has the warmest shades of mauve, purple and grape. Colours that usually would have me running, but this time I decided to really embrace them and make them my own.

Here is the moodboard.....



To achieve the different shades of purple, I used a variety of different products. But lets start from the base sheet up. I primed by paper with a clear gesso and allowed to dry. Then with a couple of different stencils added a white crackle paste and again allowed to dry. Once dry I then used a Distress Crayon - seedless preserves and a touch of Dylusions crushed grape ink to create a dramatic effect on the crackle paste.

To add a little warmth I watered down a small amount of Art Alchemy Metallique romance pink acrylic  with a fine brush, dotted in amongst the other shades of purple.

I used a number of scrap pieces of paper from all sorts of brands to achieve my layers behind my image. The chipboard is painted with the Romance pink acrylic, I primed all my resin pieces with black gesso and then brushed Prima waxes once dry. these were a combination of Heather Hills and Amethyst magic. It created such an awesome finish. 

Once all my embellishments and flowers were in place I dry brushed a little white gesso over a lot of the elements, this allowed me to then add a touch of wax over the art pebbles and other embellishments.

Lastly a few Finnabair micro beads and Prima pearls to add a soft touch. I watered down a little of the Distress crayon used on the background and flicked this around my layout to tie it all together.

I hope this page inspires you a little to try a colour that may not be your first choice or one that you play with often, but that's what makes a challenge like this so much fun.

Catch you all again soon, Em xx 

Christmas in July Challenges - With Karyn Schultz!

 Hi Scrapping Clearly Lovelies!

Did you join in on last weekends Christmas in July Cybercrop? Today I have the four scrapbook pages that I created using lots of fun products available at Scrapping Clearly! 

The first page was for Challenge 1: Traditional Christmas Colours.  

 

I've used a monochromatic red colour scheme on a heavy white cardstock background. I created a watercolour background with Prima watercolour confections, then added stencilling with Nuvo Glimmer paste - Red. My photo is matted on papers from the 13@rts Unforgettable collection.

 

This next page was for Challenge 4: Choose your own Christmas colours.

 

I've used a monochromatic green colour scheme on a heavy white cardstock background. I created a watercolour background with Prima watercolour confections, then added stencilling with Nuvo Glimmer paste - Red. My photo is matted on papers from the Heidi Swapp Old School collection.I've also used Heidi Swapp puffy stickers and words.

 

This next page was for Challenge 4: Christmas colours on a non-Christmas layout

 

On a heavy white cardstock background I've used a palate knife to paint Dylusions shimmer paints in Postbox red, fresh lime, and pure sunshine. Then I added stencilling with white texture paste. My photo is matted on papers from the 13@rts Unforgettable collection.

 

This last page was for Challenge 5: Inspiration Tree

 

On a heavy white cardstock background I've stamped a variety of circle stamps using Tim Holtz Distress Ink ink pads in fossilised amber, kitsch flamingo and broken china. I then added splatters of each of these colours. I added stencilling using Bo Bunny glitter paste. To embellish I used Heidi Swapp words and clear alphas.  

Thanks so much for stopping by!

 

Crafty Hugs xx

Karyn

Love This - With Karyn Schultz!

 Hi Scrapping Clearly Lovelies!

It's Karyn here and today I have a scrapbook page that I created using lots of fun products available at Scrapping Clearly! 

 

  

I'm playing along with the July moodboard challenge. We would love for you to join in with this challenge and be in the running to win a Scrapping Clearly store voucher. You have until July 31st and you need to upload your challenge here. 

 

For my background I started with heavy white cardstock and I added some colour to the page using a painting with plastic technique and Prima watercolour confections - Tropicals (Pinks). When this had dried I added splatters of each pink colour. Next I added splatters of Sky and Carnation DWM Gloss Spray. I then added some stamping using Black Archival Ink. Lastly I added stencilling using Bo Bunny Silver Glitter Paste.

 

Here is my finished page. I've used a photo of me on mothers day wearing my special mothers day T-shirt!

 

 

 I've used papers from the Bee Arty - Bohemian Bliss paper pack to matt my photo. I was so excited to see this paper collection added to the Scrapping Clearly store. Its so beautiful and another one of my favourites - and designed by the talented Sue Smyth! 

 

I've cut out some transparent wings from the ScrapFX wings transparency and added them to my photo.

 

 

I've added some enamel dots, sequins and white gauze as embelliehments.

 

 

The title is a Heidi Swapp Hello Today "love this" glitter word sticker.

 

 Thanks so much for stopping by!

 

Crafty Hugs xx

Karyn

Original - With Karyn Schultz!

 Hi Scrapping Clearly Lovelies!

It's Karyn here and today I have a scrapbook page that I created using lots of fun products available at Scrapping Clearly! 

 

I'm playing along with the July moodboard challenge. We would love for you to join in with this challenge and be in the running to win a Scrapping Clearly store voucher. You have until July 31st and you need to upload your challenge here. 

 

 

For my background I started with heavy white cardstock and I added some colour to the page using a painting with plastic technique and Prima watercolour confections - Classics (Blues). When this had dried I added splatters of each blue colour used. Next I added splatters of Sky, Heather and Carnation DWM Gloss Spray.

  

I then added some stamping using Black Archival Ink. 

 

 

Lastly I added stencilling using Bo Bunny Silver Glitter Paste.

 

  

Here is my finished page. I've used a photo of my girls and I after a well deserved shopping trip!

 

 
I've added embellishment clusters of white diecuts, raw chipboard and gauze. I've cut out some transparent butterflies from the ScrapFX butterfly transparency and added them to my photo. I find it easier to staple these kinds of embellishments to the page - and the staple adds a cool look :)

 

I've used a Fude Ball pen to draw around the edge of the page and added some Tim Holtz Idea-ology small talk stickers.  

 Thanks so much for stopping by!

 

Crafty Hugs xx

Karyn

Just Be Yourself - With Karyn Schultz!

 Hi Scrapping Clearly Lovelies!

It's Karyn here and today I have a scrapbook page that I created using lots of fun products available at Scrapping Clearly! 

 

  

 I'm playing along with the June moodboard challenge. We would love for you to join in with this challenge and be in the running to win a Scrapping Clearly store voucher. You have until June 30th and you need to upload your challenge here. 

 

 I chose to use kraft cardstock for the background - to coordinate with the moodboard. Then I used lots of papers and elements from the Vicki Boutin Storyteller collection.

 

The 3"x4" cards are cut from the Storyteller paper. The ephemera is from the ephemera cardstock die-cuts pack. I also added some 2 Crafty chipboard aztec arrows, paper flowers, hessian trim, metal embellishments and enamel dots. I also added some extra words from the Tim Holtz small talk sticker book.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

 

Crafty Hugs xx

Karyn