Enjoy the Now created by Tracey Thorne

 

Welcome to my first blog post of 2022 - and wow what a great Moodsketch to get it started. I am crushing on the colours of the moodboard this month and with the added Sketch my thinking has been taken care of - products and photos are all I need to worry about to put together a new memory to my albums. So lets get started with my new 12x12 'Enjoy the Now'.

 I have taken the colours and the sketch to create with - I didn't go for bright popping colours for this one - more warm & subdued tones for the.

I have used white 12x12 cardstock as my base. To that I have used Dylusions Calypso Teal spray & Heidi Swapp colourshine in Teal. I have used the kiss method to apply this to the page. 

I have then chosen a TCW stencil out of my stash of stencils - this may not be available anymore but there are a great range of circular, mandala type ones available in the shop. I have used Liquitex light modelling paste on both sides of the page in conjunction with the stencil. I have also used a stencil lightly in the middle of the page.

 

I have then worked out placement of my photo before beginning to stamp with some Ranger black ink. I have used the Stampers Anonymous- Tim Holtz stamp - Fragments. I have also used a couple of my older stamps-  a small dotty stamp by kaisercraft and a writing stamp by Prima. The stamping was kept primarily on the edges of the page and tapered back to the center.

 

With a stabilo pencil I have drawn a box where my photo will go and have then wet it down to add shadow. I have then sewn around this box and also to the left of the page where other embellishments will go.

I have used a range of embellishments to build up the photo and help tell the story of the photo.

 

I love to incorporate frames wherever I can and the Tim Holtz ideaology metal frames are a favourite for helping me find that extra dimension that I need. 

This is the finished layout - very moody - love this pallette to work with as I can really get into using my Distress Inks and blending around the outer edge of the page. I have used Scattered Straw and Tea Dye and have added a little more of the Stabilo ALLS pencil and water. 

Thanks for popping in and checking out the process of my 12x12 layout. 

Enjoy your weekend

tracey

Make It Count with Emma Zappone

 HI!
Em with you on the blog today.
 It's been a busy time for me of late and to add to it I have lost my crafty vibe, until now.........
So because I really just wanted to craft and get things on paper, I decided to go simple. 
Minimal mixed media and lots of stamping made for a quick layout.
I even filmed it coming together, which I hope you enjoy watching.😆

Using lots of stamps on my base sheet, creating a suitable backdrop for this awesome image I found on Pinterest. I started with an Aall & Create stamp - Gears & Elements and stamped it vertically across my page. Then to add to the grunge a little more I added a few of the stamps in the Stampers Anonymous - Glitch 1 set. 

At this stage there was no colour. Before I started the layout,  I had grabbed a piece of watercolour paper and with a couple of Scribble Sticks 'scribbled' and added water to it which eventually I created into the 2 tags seen behind the image. You can see me make these in the video. With the excess colour I flicked it to the background of my layout to add just a subtle hit of colour.

On the watercolour sheet I also stamped a few stars and the little bird from the Aall & Create - Wire birds set, ready to cut out and become my embellishments.
I really wanted another hit of colour through the stamping across the page, so using the chevron stamp from the Aall & Create - Take Flight set and Distress Oxide - Faded Jeans for the colour added it amongst the stamping layers. This complimented the pop of yellow/orange of the image.

Once I had fussy cut the bird and stars from the watercolour paper and stuck them down, I again added a small amount of colour to them. Using the 2 original scribble sticks from the start, I created a watercolour out of them and just dotted colour onto them. 
My final embellishments were a couple of metals, one a door knob and the other a faucet.
Finally a couple of quotes from the Tim Holtz - small talk stickers.

And that was this layout complete.

I stood back.....and felt relieved to create and happy with the final result.

I hope it has inspired you to create, and if you feel stuck just to try something simple and easy. There is no shame in that, just feel good about creating!

Enjoy my process video too and hope that it inspires too.

Happy crafting everyone.

Em xx

 

Smile with Belinda Spencer

 Happy FriYAY Scrapping Clearly fans!

It's Belinda here today to share my latest layout featuring some awesome products from the Scrapping Clearly store. I have created a sweet layout showcasing the fabulous Old School collection by Heidi Swapp.

SMILE

Anyone feel like some neapolitan icecream when they look at this patterned paper?!! I do. LOL I used the 'icecream' paper as my background for this layout, mounted on some heavyweight marshmallow cardstock. I added a layer of stamping around the area that my photo and paper layers stack would be. I used Victorian Velvet Distress Ink for a subtle stamping effect as well as some Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous stamps.

Next I cropped the off-cut from the 12 x 12 background paper as well as the specialty paper from the range. I played around with the stack until I was happy with the arrangement and then stapled them all together in the centre. I like to staple it as it leaves the edges free for me to slide in a whole bunch of other stuff as I have done here. I added some of the die-cuts and tags slipping them in between the layers.

I added a wire circle using some old Prima wire that I have had in my stash for ages. It is discontinued sadly but I stocked up before it was unavailable. You could use twine here instead.

I decided my background didn't have enough ink on it so I pressed the ink pad onto an acrylic block, spritzed it with a little water, picked up the colour with a soft wet paintbrush and flicked it over the page.

I added my photo with a die-cut frame next.

I fussy cut some flowers from the patterned paper, slipped in some more die-cuts, stickers, photo corners and a Charm's Creations star. I stamped some leaves and a butterfly and added those too. Finally I added some enamel dots, a random paperclip I had on my desk and the title.

Here's what I used:

HEIDI SWAPP Old School:

- 12x12 Specialty Paper

- 12x12 Weekend Vibes patterned paper

- 12 x 12 Matinee patterned paper

- Cardstock Stickers

- Tag Set

- Ephemera Cardstock Die-cuts

TIM HOLTZ Stampers Anonymous Cling Stamps

- Watercolour

- Slight Alterations

TIM HOLTZ Distress Ink Victorian Velvet

RANGER Archival Ink Jet Black

AMERICAN CRAFTS Thickers

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today. I hope you are feeling inspired to grab your goodies from the Scrapping Clearly store and have a play this weekend.

Cheers

Belinda

My New Fave Stamp !!! Art Journal Sunday with Lisa Oxley

Howdy Bloggers, Lisa here with a Scrapping Clearly up date.

I have a new Favorite stamp-thanks a bunch Kylie for ordering in this beauty.

who doesnt love Architecture? for the pure scale and magesty, for shelter and comfort.

my other half is a draftsman and plans flow through our house, so these stamps, I just had to secure.

Stampers Anonymous - Architecture

For this sweet piece, I busted out my faves.

Dina Wakley Blue Journal

New Stampers Anonymous "Architecture" stamp * New Fave

Tim Holtz Ideaology botanical pack

Hambly Transparency 

TCW stencil 

Script Stamp

White out correction pen

Acrylic Paint

heres a quick video of my process

And Let It Fly Away.

Creating this using the same"Architecure" stamp set,

 A double page in my Dylusions square journal,

 One fresh TCW 901 Geo Netting stencil,

 acrylic paints,

 scrap FX tissue paper print.

For the focal "eye' image I have taken an old print from an Escher calander. "Eye" M.C.Escher 1946

 A video to share my process

Thanks for dropping by the Scrapping Clearly Blog today,

 seems Blogger has had an upgrade and this blog post took me a little longer than usual.

I'll be back very soon with another SC up date.

Lisa xx

August journal entry

I tend to neglect my journal. When I do have a play in it I like to add quotes, meaningful ones. After all this is a book I am creating for me. This months Moodboard prompt with its hints of peach, pink and grey was perfect for what evolved on my page. The beginning of this page was quite different to what I had envisaged... but I am glad that the different layers of paint have made it find its own identity. So here is the Moodboard prompt - I can see a lot of different takes on this amazing prompt over the coming weeks.

I started by painting the page with Dylusions Slate Grey and then used Dylusions Rose Quartz through a Donna Downey stencil. I then used my Fude Ball pen to accentuate the pink shapes. I then added a few smears of Dylusions Vanilla Custard paint on the page.

Then I got stuck - walked away for a couple of days & then dug out a few stamps and randomly stamped on the page - it looked bad... but hey that is okay because I have Gesso 😍. The stamps I used were : Carabelle Edges in my journal, Stampers Anonymous - Tim Holtz, The gesso was painted all over the page and then I popped the Donna Downey stencil over it and rubbed off portions with a wet paper towel. Once dried I used a Fude ball black pen to highlight a few of the hexagons.

Next was to add  a few paper layers to help define the feature picture. I used a couple of Project Life cards, Dina Wakley Media Collage paper, Washi tape, cotton, and an offcut from last weeks layout - Escape the ordinary collection.

Next I added the feature picture. It is a sticker by Paula Macmillan Perich. I adhered it to some card and then glued it atop of the layers.

For the title I unearthed my old Making Memories Rub- Ons. They are so old and very unavailable... vintage nearly... they worked beautifully with my page. A couple of the letters did not totally adhere so I used a Fude Ball pen to tidy them up. It is amazing how some of our older Scrapping supplies work so well with all the new - they really do meld together well.

I added some Faber Castell Texture Luxe in silver through a stencil. Then a little more stamping on the outer edges of the page and a doodled border using a Fude Ball. For a little more colour I also added Art Alchemy Acrylic paint Sparks - Ginger Magic

I hope you have enjoyed my take on this months Moodboard and it has inspired you to use some of your older scrapping supplies with the newer items therefore making room for more newer items.

Until next time ... create a little something amazing for you. xx

tracey