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

"First Day" layout by Bernii Miller

Heelloooo

Welcome to the weekend!!!

It is Bernii here with you today with a layout share :) 

A love the weekends as it means it is my chance to grab a cuppa and catch up on some crafting.. It also means that I get the chance to "play" and try out some different ideas that have been playing around in my mind..

Like this one..

This is a picture of me way back when on my first day off school.. I was dressed in this sweet traditional Hungarian shirt my mother had for me but I have been waiting to be inspired to create a layout to match.. I then found this free cut file which is based on this exact embroidery pattern on my shirt #winning. 

So I used that as the main focus on the page and and teamed it with the Shimelle Lane - Star Shine collection.. which was perfect for this older photo..

I also used these super cool and retro thickers which are apart of the collection..

And this is the whole layout :) I added in some hand stitching to the flower stems and watercolour in the background .. I also mounted the flowers with some thick foam tape to add some dimension to the layout.. 

I am so happy with how this layout turned out, and I am even happier that I managed to use up this much older photo.. I gave myself a pat on the back for that lol..

Remember if you love this collection as much as me..you can pick up the Star Shine collection HERE. 

Till next time

Much love

Bernii xx

"Love you to the moon and back" layout by Bernii Miller

Heelloooo

Thanks so much for stopping by today, Bernii Miller here with you :) 

I have a layout share for you today for the Scrapping Clearly design team and this is a layout that I created with the Shimelle Lane Star Shine collection.

I am so totally in love with this collection and am loving all the boyish layouts I am creating with them.. It was only the other week that Hunter was complaining to me that I am not scrapbooking enough photos of him, so I am trying to rectify that lol..

For this layout I thought I would try my hand at create a somewhat hand cut title.. I was going to free hand it , but then decided against it in the end as I was worried I would end up making it look like Hunter himself created the title.. Which I guess could work lol.. 

So instead I used a font that is already in the word program called AHARONI and I enlarged it to size 170. I would like to try it again with another layout and perhaps go to a size 220- 250 for a super large title. 

So let me show you what I created and at the end of this post I also have a link to the process video on my YouTube channel ..

Adding the soft watercolour background helped to ground the layout and tie it all together. 

All the products that I used here, except the watercolours can be found in the Scrapping Clearly shop HERE.. 

You are going to want this collection as it is so pretty and versatile for both boys and girls.. LOVE it.. 

Below is the link to the process video and I would love for you to check it out. If you like what you see hit the like button and subscribe :) 

Thank you so much for stopping by today and don't forget you can grab these AWESOME products in their store HERE. 

Till next time

Much love

Bernii xx

Whatever with Melinda

Hi there and welcome to the blog today! It's Melinda here and I'm sharing another page using my absolute fave collection so far this year, Starshine by Shimelle :)

Another page from my besties and niece's birthday party back in January :) And both my niece and myself LOVE this very candid moment that someone happened to snap!

I started this page while on retreat at the beginning of the month and am so happy with how it came together!. Because I started at retreat I can't 100% remember HOW I created the water colour background but I am about 98% sure it was using gelatos! I have a bunch of the older gelatos that don't have the names printed on them but I used  a red and yellow that I got in one pack and I have also used Blueberry for the blue. As you can see I have used a piece of plastic packaging and the very easy packaging technique with the blue and yellow - letting the colour dry between as I didn't want green! After that was dry I went in with the red and a pipette to create big splatters and also a paint brush for some smaller in all 3 colours :) After that was all dry I went in with a star texture stamp and black archival ink from my stash and then some of the Bling Colour Paste by Colour Blast and a stencil.

A bit of a close up of the detail in the middle of the page. I had to ask around at retreat but I managed to find a piece of vellum (I can't believe I didn't pack any!!)  as I had an idea!! I grabbed my Singin the Blues and my Bling colour paste by Colour Blast and a fun stencil and just stenciled the pattern onto the vellum for the last layer behind the photo cluster and as it turns out - somewhere for the title to go! I used these fun phrase thickers in an older Dear Lizzy collection but this worked perfectly for my title! Both of my stencils are from Dusty Attic and you can find them here in store or if there is one in particular you are after Kylie can order them in!

I have used the "Voyager" (red with flowers) paper and also a paper from the 12x12 paper pad to back the photo. I did outline both of those with a black pen to give a little more definition to the layers as well. 

Once that was all assembled I went in with my embellishments but didn't want to add too much as the background had so much happening!

This cluster is to the left of the photo and you can see that I have used 2 clear stickers from the collection, some of those GORGEOUS acrylic stars (it was hard sticking those down, I'm kind of hoarding them!) from the acrylic shapes, one of the flairs (these guys are little and oh so cute!) and also some black and yellow thread from my stash for more added texture.

This little cluster is at the top of the photo and again, clear stickers (hard to see but yellow star near the top right), another acrylic star and one of those cute paper clips. Oh, and more black thread :)

And onto the very bottom cluster :) I have cut the "Together" from this piece of paper, added some thread, another of those adorable flair, another yellow clear star sticker and a 3rd acrylic star.

I used one of my border punches from my stash on 2 of the sides in a really messy way and then distressed them a little. I felt the page was lacking a little something so mounted it onto that star paper from the 12x12 pad (I used this same paper as one of the mats on my photo but cut out the middle as I had a feeling I would use this to mount the whole page) and then machine stitched all around the edge in a messy fashion!

That's it for me for today. I truly do love this collection and I am so pleased I got this story told. 

Thanks for stopping by and have a great scrappy Sunday!!
Mel

Party Like a Super Hero with Melinda

Hi, hi and welcome to the Scrappingclearly blog today!! Melinda here with you and boy am I excited to share this page!!

I was sent the stunning Starshine collection by Shimelle - it has finally landed in Australia but be quick to pick yourself up some of the bits before they are all sold out!! I have been awaiting this collection since it was first released at CHA earlier this year and it was so worth waiting for, Shimelle, you have totally nailed it again!!

Ok, enough with my fan-girl, love the collection talk and onto the page I created!

This page actually started as an experiment! I was on a local scrappy retreat and had taken along some white card stock and my fun new Bling Colour Blast paste. I picked up a 12x12 stencil while at retreat and figured what better time to have a play!!

The Colour Blast paste went on beautifully and dried super quick! As the colour dried it became more beautiful than what you see in the pot and honestly, if you want a gold texture paste, give it a go!! It's really difficult to see in the photo's but I also mixed some of that texture paste with water to make it quiet fluid to add some gold splatters along the diagonal from the top left to the bottom right.

I wasn't really sure what I wanted to do with the page while I was still on retreat so I brought it home and went through my stash of photo's keeping in mind that I was desperate to cut into the Starshine collection. I pulled out these photo's of myself and my niece and myself with my bestie (and also my niece's Mum) at their joint birthday party from January - they went perfectly with the collection!

I used some blue acrylic paint mixed with water and some plastic packaging to create that water coloured background and LOVE how it turned out!

Here is a close up of the photo cluster

My page warped HEAPS so I decided to mount it on that red "Juno" paper since I had used the blue paint in the background.

I cut apart some of the boxes from the "Galileo" paper and layered those in a fun, messy way behind my photo's, chopping bits from all of the rectangles so I could use them in multiple places behind the photo's. The camera's are also fussy cut from one of the papers - "Pathfinder" and that little tab is from the "Orion" paper. I also pulled some red thread from my stash to bring a bit more red into the page. 

You can also see here in the top left corner some of the splatters using the bling texture paste mixed with water.

The title is mostly made up of letters from my stash - the classic blue and red (glittery of course!!) superhero colours with a little bit of black. The blue letters are actually these ones by Heidi Swapp :)

A close up of some of the detail of the stencil and blue water colour.

You can also very faintly see the lighter gold flecks from the water/texture paste combination.

And one last photo at a different angle!

I love, love, love how this page turned out. And though it was hard to cut into those much anticipated papers by Shimelle I am so pleased I got to play with this collection and my new gold texture paste! I can't wait to pull it out and play some more!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Melinda