The Best Time - A Scrapbook Page by Katie

Hi there,

Katie back with my take on the January sketch challenge.

Have you had a go yet?

A sketch is a great way to kickstart your creative juices if you need one,

and who doesn't love an opportunity to win a prize?!

Below is the sketch, and you can link yours up in the Facebook album here.

I have used Fancy Pants Joy Parade again for my page, and to suit my photos

I flipped the sketch over so the photos are on the other side.

I did this because of the direction the kid's were looking in the photos,

I didn't want them looking 'out of the page'. So here is my page:

I love a good sketch, especially one that gives you lots of room to make it your own.

My favourite technique is layering with embellishment clusters

and this sketch left plenty of room to do that,

and the Fancy Pants Joy Parade embellishments were so easy to use as well.

I used lots of the patterned paper as the foundations for my page,

including one as the main part of the background.

You can find all the papers for Joy Parade in the collection kit.

I also distressed the edges of my backing paper layers

to add some interest to the background.

I made good use of all the little bits and pieces in the tags and labels pack,

these kinds of things are always great for layering.

This particular cluster of embellishments also included

many of the Joy Parade Puffy Stickers,

including the word and camera.

I think puffy stickers are one of my favourite embellishments!

This title was part of the Joy Parade ephemera pack,

I simply backed it with some of the patterned paper

and then fussy cut around it, and hey presto, a title,

without having to think too hard!

Lots more bits and pieces from the ephemera and tags and labels packs here

and the puffy sticker shapes and dots and general puffy stickers.

I even layered a tag and heart together for extra effect.

The Joy Parade Flair are lots of fun too, and I used this one to bring in some more black,

and the saying fits the photos perfectly as well.

Combining the speech bubble and a puffy sticker helped make this embellishment cluster lots of fun, and maybe the smiley face helped too!

Well, that is all from me today,

I hope you have a go at the sketch too

and I look forward to seeing your creations in the

Facebook gallery!

Thanks for stopping by,

Katie x

Golden Days of January by Leonie Neal-Dawson

Hello and welcome to my first post for the year.

I hope your New year is off to a cracking start.

I've just returned from 12 days camping on the NSW side of the Murray river

so I'm still very much in holiday mode and feeling quite relaxed.

The weather for our holiday was perfect, we spent our days swimming by the 'beach' as we call it and floating down the river. I even managed to squeeze in some scrapbooking time, along with a Champagne or two. 

They truly were Golden Days which is the collection I will be using to hopefully inspire you throughout the month. Here are some of my holiday snaps, hopefully soon to be scrapped! 

One of the pages I scrapped while away was my take on the Scrapping Clearly January Sketch. 

You can load your entry and see all the details HERE in our Facebook group.

As mentioned I used the Fancy Pants Golden Days Collection to create my page.

Some photo's of my daughter before her Grade 6 End of Year/Primary School Celebrations.

The Navy Blue and Peach colours in this collection suited these pictures beautifully.

To add some direction to my page I added these arrows from the Golden Days Puffy Stickers pack.

I love this little cluster. A tag with gold foil from the Golden Days Gift Tags and Labels pack, layered with elements from the Golden Days Ephemera pack.

I added some White Linen Dylusions Ink Spray and Heidi Swapp Color Shine splats to that lovely Wood Grain base paper.

And of course my page wasn't complete until I added some journalling about the photo's. I did this on another of the Tags from the Tags and Labels Pack and slid it behind one of my photo's.

Thanks for stopping by today, happy crafting.

Leonie Neal-Dawson

My Little Sailor - January Sketch Challenge with Melinda

Hey scrappy friends!

Melinda here with you today with my next share using the Pink Fresh Boys Fort collection. 

I have run with the browns, greens and blues in this collection for this page and also the January 2018 sketch which I have taken quite literally!! It's different from my "normal" style but I love playing with "different" and seeing how I can make it my own!

When I flipped through my stack of papers in my kit, and saw this sketch, there was absolutely no question that I HAD to use the "Wisdom" 12x12 patterned paper for my background. Those squares match PERFECTLY with the background on the sketch!

I have pretty much stuck to the sketch with all of the paper layers, I even added a blue cardstock border around my whole page, and then used the same blue to mount my photos. The papers I have used for my layers are "Bold" and "Game On" (the banners). I also used a tag from my stash.

I have inked all my edges in Walnut Stain Distress Ink and also added some brown splatters using Colour Blast Colour Spray in Coffee.

I knew I wanted to use the green alphas in the Mini Alphas set in this collection, paired with the WRMK Indian Summer alphas, so grabbed some green Gelatos and did the packaging technique by simply rubbing the gelato onto some plastic, adding water and smooshing it down onto my ungessoed background. And of course splatters! I tested 4 different green Gelatos (Green Tea, Lime, Pistachio and Spearmint) and felt that the Spearmint was the best colour for what I wanted to create, so I ran with that.

I stitched all of my layers using gold thread and love the extra little something that gives the page! I even stitched my "journal lines" on my tag and love how it looks, and the texture it gives.

A few triangles from the ephemera pack and 2 printed veneer pieces, some stamping using again the Walnut Stain Distress Ink and my page was done!

And here is the full page

I do have a (half) process video up on the ScrappingClearly channel if you are interested in seeing this come together. I say half because I thought I had pressed record but apparently, I had not!! Oops!

I had lots of fun playing along with the sketch this month and I hope I have inspired you to play along too for your chance at a $30 store voucher! I will be back again a little later in the month with my take on the January mood board so until then, happy scrapping!!

Melinda

Forever - a Scrap layout by Emma.

Morning ScrappingClearly friends.

Today I have created a page inspired by this months sketch challenge.

And this time I think I kept it very similar to the sketch 😜 

I used a lot from the MME Ontrend 2 collection to create this page.

But I started my page with gesso and texture paste, and then added a few subtle colours
because the base paper I chose was rather bold.

These colours were made using Distress Oxide antique linen and Distress Oxide iced spruce .

I also used a little bit of Colour Shine in gold, because I chose a few gold elements.

I cut a few tags out of the On Trend 2 3x4 journal cards, that would compliment the layout.

I used a Heidi Swapp decorative tag, and to embellish it used a few things in my stash and 

I also used some Ontrend 2 stickers in and around my layout.

I finished off with Liquitex artist ink in black and white, flicked around.

I love finishing all my creations with this technique because I feel it unites every aspect.

It’s always crazy at this time of year, but hopefully, you will get a chance to play with our challenges.

And don’t forget to enter in the amazing comp that Kylie has running right now, with a very cool prize up for grabs.

Until next time, happy scrapping.

Em xx

Gundagai at Night, and my Sketch Interpretation - FUN

Good Morning Arty Peeps!

Welcome to the Scrapping Clearly blog.

I'm sharing a layout today based on the November Sketch Challenge.

I used patterned paper for my background!

But I added ink because it looked a little boring to me.

I started by using a border punch on this one from the Pink Paislee Fancy Free collection, then cut this one (from the same collection) using a TCW starburst stencil as a guide.

I added extra colour with a splatter brush and Tim's Distress Oxides. A fan brush will also work for this technique.

I applied black Archival ink through a coffee stain stencil with a foam applicator, on the corners like the sketch.

I used an off cut of this paper to mat my pic, sandwiched between bits of black card, then mounted on a Heidi Swapp ghost frame. Some tiny staples add a nice feature to my mat.

That's a Heidi Swapp acetate word too, for my title.

I typed my jornalling on white card and stuck it to a tag coloured with the Distress Oxides.

Another go-to embellishment for me are these cute paper clips, teamed here with a newsprint chippy heart.

Some baker's twine and enamel shapes add some nice detail to my journal tag.

And just to finish off, a couple more photos from our amazing weekend in Gundagai at the beginning of the month.

We took a nighttime jaunt down the deserted main street with my camera on a tripod.

Here with Dad, Dave, Mum, and Mabel, under the full moon.

Jason was such a good sport, Lisa and I laughed so much!

Til next time,

stay arty,

Hello Me - With Karyn Schultz!

Hi Scrapping Clearly Lovelies!!! 

It's Karyn here and today I have a scrapbook page to share with you, made using lots of fun products
available in the  Scrapping Clearly Store.

I've been inspired by the talented Peg Hewitt to create with a black background.
I'm a "white background" type of gal so this darker colour certainly challenged me.

I've also played along with both the November moodboard challenge for Scrapping Clearly 

And the November sketch challenge for Scrapping Clearly! 

I started by gathering some basic supplies to use - black cardstock, KaiserCraft Mandala stencil,
texture paste and red paint.

I created my own coloured texture paste by mixing the red acrylic paint with the texture paste. 

 

I then applied it through the stencil then left to air dry. 

 

Next I did some stash busting where I found some glitter stickers, photo overlays, acetate alphas, and Color Magic ephemera.

I kept my embellishments minimal so as to make the Mandala the feature of the page. 

Hope you find time to play along with us this month.

Thanks so much for stopping by

Crafty Hugs xx

Karyn

Which Colours are You Drawn to Right Now?

Good Morning Arty Peeps,

Hope the warmer weather is agreeing with you,

must admit some rain would be nice!

Today I'm sharing a couple of things because this first one is a work in progress.

I recently scored myself a Vicki Boutin Junque Journal and decided,

inspired by my buddy (and DT partner in art) Lisa,

to make it a 'Retreat Journal' with all the pics I have

from art retreats over the years.

It's a ring binder with a plain kraft colour cover

and Canvas covered spine just begging to be painted. 

It comes with white pages but you can also get refills in kraft and watercolour papers, they also include some with fold out flaps, so fun!

After priming with gesso, I went to town with Dylusions paints.

Right now I'm drawn to warm colours so I used yellow, orange, and pink.

I had a long few years of always reaching for the cool colours but then yellow started sneaking in, and over a few months things turned around.

This is the back view. It will be interesting to see where it goes from here, I'll keep you updated.

My other project for today is a page loosely based on the sketch for this month.

Again with the warm colours!

I used a 12" x 12" piece of card with a resist pattern like these ones from Heidi Swapp, and coloured it with Dylusions Spray Inks, spreading it around with a wet wipe to blend the colours and clean the resist. I cut a football chipboard shape and covered it with white card that I also coloured with the ink sprays.

I traced the pregnant woman shape on vellum and typed my story inside it, then cut it out and went round the edge with a black marker. A few embellishments from my stash (gem flourish, washi tape, flower) pulled it all together and some stamping with black Dylusions and bubble wrap around the edges helped to frame the page.

The other challenge for September is a moodboard, Spring inspired.

You can load up your entries through the links below and go in the running
for shop credit to the value of $30 for each challenge.

Sketch   Moodboard

Thanks for coming by,

stay arty,