Rebel Heart with Belinda Spencer

 Hello Scrapping Clearly peeps!!

It's Belinda here today to share my latest project inspired by the gorgeous October Mood Board Challenge. Today I am sharing an art journal spread using lots of fabulous products available in the Scrapping Clearly shop.

'REBEL HEART' ART JOURNAL SPREAD

Here's another peek at the mood board.

I began my art journal spread by tearing some pieces of scrapbook papers and Dina Wakley Collage Collective papers in the colours of the mood board. as well as some book paper I then added them to the 6x6 White Dina Wakley Media Journal using Liquitex Matte Gel.

Next I used a palette knife to scrape some heavy white gesso over the pages.

Once the pages were completely dry, I diluted some Dylusions Paints in Blue Hawaiian, Blue Lagoon and Vibrant Turquoise with water. I spritzed the pages with water and then used a large soft paintbrush to drop the colour onto the pages. I moved the journal around a little to let the paint go where it wanted to.

I let the pages dry completely once again and then added the face and the quote using some Dina Wakley Collage paper and the Matte Gel.

When this stage once dry, I used the Dina Wakley Mini Boulders 6x6 Template with two blue Scribble Sticks to add some scribbly circles over the pages. I used the large soft paintbrush again to blend the crayon scribbles. I carefully dried the pages with a heat gun (not too close or the collage pieces will bubble) and then used a fine black Posca Pen to draw my own lines around the circles just like the quote says.

Next I tore off a strip of Dina Wakley Media Tape and lightly stuck it onto a piece of plastic (so that it can be removed after). I stamped the title using the Heidi Swapp Old School Clear Stamps. Iused Mermaid Lagoon Archival Distress Ink for the solid colour letter stamp and Jet Black Archival Ink for the outline letter stamp. Once the ink was dry (well it was almost dry and I paid the price of being too impatient when I smudged the first letter. D'oh!) I removed the tape from the plastic and added it to my pages.

And just because I am loving this stamp set so much right now, I had to add some mandalas around the edges using the Art By Marlene Mandala Tapestry Clear Stamps with the Jet Black Archival Ink. I coloured parts of the mandalas using Prima Art Philosophy Peacock Liquid Watercolour and also added some highlights using a white Posca Pen. I used the Pilot Pintor Pen in a lovely shade of blue to add some more lines in the large 'boulders'. I added a few more 'mini boulders' using the stencil and the white Posca Pen and drew some messy outlines around them with the black Posca.

To finish, I used a wet water brush pen to add some Pthalo Blue Shade Pan Pastel around the edge. This is such a gorgeous deep shade of blue. I love it! I also used a Darkroom Door stamp set to add a few stamped words.

Here's what I used:

DINA WAKLEY Collage Papers:

- Backgrounds

- Faces

DINA WAKLEY Media Journal 6x6 White

DINA WAKLEY Media Collage Collective

DINA WAKLEY 6X6 Template Mini Boulders

DINA WAKLEY Scribble Sticks

DINA WAKLEY Media Tape

HEIDI SWAPP Old School Clear Stamps

ART BY MARLENE Mandala Tapestry Clear Stamps

PILOT Pintor Pen

PRIMA Art Philosophy Liquid Watercolour Peacock

DARKROOM DOOR Artist Rubber Stamp Set

RANGER Archival Ink Jet Black

RANGER Distress Archival Ink Mermaid Lagoon

PAN PASTEL Pthalo Blue Shade

DYLUSIONS Paints:

- Blue Hawaiian

- Blue Lagoon

- Vibrant Turquoise

I hope you are feeling inspired to have a play with the mood board now too! Thanks so much for stopping by the blog.

Cheers

Belinda Spencer

Summery 'Handmade Cards'

Hi All! I hope you are enjoying your summer!

We are currently over on the west coast of Australia, having a beach break. The Western Australian coast is just stunning, with its white sand and dry heat.

I am sharing with you today some summery cards. These cards were very simple to create using the fantastic Tim Holtz Distress Oxide ink pads from the store. 

I have layered cards using white,black, teal and yellow cardstock from my stash.

For these two cards pictured, I blended Distress Oxide in both 'Fossilized Amber' and 'Spiced Marmalade' on heavy cardstock. 

If you have watercolour paper, you could use this too. To add texture - on the hexagon-shaped one - I lightly sponged a Kaisercraft Honeycomb clear stamp with water then stamped over the blended area. After I heat-dried this, I scribbled the border using a Posca pen in black from the store. 

The sentiment here was heat-embossed with white powder from my stash.

For the second card, I repeated the same process, except I stamped the large circle using a 49 and Market stamp set. 

After I assembled these cards - I placed them side by side and splattered both backgrounds using Colour Blast 'Roadbase' Colour Spray. 

I have used enamel dots from the Cocoa Vanilla 'You Rock' collection.

For the cards pictured here, I have used the same technique again, with blending and water-stamping, with the stamps from Kaisercraft and 49 and Market.

However, I have used different colours from the store: This time, I used Distress Oxide in Picked Raspberry, Spiced Marmalade, Twisted Citron, Fossilized Amber and Peacock Feathers - the latter to bring out the blue in the border. 

For the sentiment - for both of these cards - I have heat-embossed using white powder from my stash and Versamark from the store.  

Once again, I splattered Colour Blast 'Roadbase' over the back grounds of this pair of cards. I also used sequins to add some more 'bling' to complete the cards.

Thank you for popping by!

Enjoy your day.

Amy 😊

Inspired by the Mood Board Part 2 - with DT Katie Howard

Hello there! I am back here today with the second installment of my how to take inspiration from mood boards, with a focus on our monthly mood board.

My previous page took inspiration from some of the greens and the circles from the top image on the board. Today, my inspiration is taken in part from the bottom right picture, the squares, and also from all of the greens through the images, but I also decided to include some browns as seen in the two of the bottom pictures, for some contrast.

Before I got started I decided to create my own patterned paper using my gel press, paint and stencils. Here is an assortment of the prints that I finished with, some on light card and some on deli paper.

I chose a mixture of patterns and colours from the prints on the light card and cut 3 in x 3 in squares to form the background of my page. On some of these squares I stamped using some Ground Espresso distress oxide ink and background texture type stamps to add some interest and to break up the green a bit more.

As well as stamping I used some paint pens to outline some of the shapes on the prints. I layered my photos on some brown cardstock with some of the deli paper prints and then layered this on some plain deli paper to help it stand out more from the background. I also used my tab punch to create some tabs to tuck into the layers of my photo mat, and to make sure these stood out I used a white paint pen to outline them.

Can you see the square where I added some printed deli paper over the top of the pattern? The deli paper is like tissue paper and is transparent when glued down so you can see the pattern below as well as what is printed on top. I picked up some generic branded grease proof paper from the supermarket and it works really well for this.

I used some Tim Holtz Idea-ology stickers as my journaling, consider this my "cheat" when I want to add something but don't necessarily have a big or interesting story to tell!

For my title I used some charcoal thickers as they were neutral on a bright and busy page, but to make them stand out a little more I outlined the word using a green paint pen from the first Dylusions paint pen set. The blue paint pen came from set number two, these are awesome paint pens too! 

So, there we go, same mood board, similar colours but a completely different page. I hope you tune in for my final creation inspired by the mood board later this month!

Thanks for stopping by,

Katie x

A Farewell - My Time in Review - Peg Hewitt

Hello Arty Peeps!

It is with a little sadness that I bring you this farewell post today.

The last 2 years have been a fantastic ride, being a member of the community, and Kylie's Design Team at Scrapping Clearly. I have met so many wonderful people and am still grateful for the amazing opportunity of teaching at Gundy Scraptacular. That was a weekend I will always treasure!

From my Introduction post to now I have created some of my most favourite pages and projects for this team.

Let's have a look back...

March 2016 - Simple Stories 'Heart' range

April 2016 - A Scrapping Clearly clear mini album (these are unexpectedly awesome!)

May 2016 - Colour Blast Paste meets Dylusions Ink Sprays

June 2016 - Dylusions Paints

July 2016 - Dylusions Ink Spray, Prima Bloom Stencil, Black Lava Gel

October 2016 - Gel Plate and Dylusions Paints

Dec 2016 - Christmas layout using Dylusions Ink Sprays and Archival Inks

April 2017 - Distress Oxides (and so begins my love affair with these ink pads!)

May 2017 - More Distress Oxides

May 2017 - And still more Distress Oxides!

June 2017 - A messy mat clean up background

Sept 2017 - Dylusions Ink Spray on Resist Cardstock

And this year I am playing with art journalling because I have run out of photos.

Using paints, inks, stencils, stamps, gel medium, and collage bits.

And that's just some of it!

Thank you so much Kylie, for such a fantastic experience,

I have had a blast. I'm looking forward to spending more time with my family, and more time on my art.

Also hanging around as a community member and playing with the occasional challenge.

Much love

Muse Alert : Jane Davenport

Howdy Bloggers,

Lisa here with a Friday Mixed Media update.

It's the end of my weekend and it's been an interesting few days of creativity.

It's hard when all you want to do is create,

 but your body is talking to you in aches and pains and insisting you slow down.

Thank the universe for the creative goddess that is Jane Davenport.

Jane is my Muse, my Enabler, and my Saviour.

When I am limited in different ways (time or physically)

and still have/want to create something quick,

 it seems like there is a radiant light that shines down on the few Jane products that I have.

Angels start singing, well mermaids actually, 

 and they beg me to use them.

Here is the true beauty of Jane's products,

I know that anything I create with her pieces as a focal point 

will be bold, beautiful, and utterly amazing.

Inspired 

Dina Wakley Journal

Dina Wakley acrylic paint

Kinder Kreations stencil

Flutterby Designs stencil

Donna Downey Studios stencil

Gesso 

Fudeball pen

background stamps

Jane Davenport Collage paper

Don't Give Up

Dina Wakley Journal

Dina Wakley acrylic paint

TCW stencil

Flutterby Designs stencil

Gesso
Fudeball pen

background stamps

Jane Davenport Collage paper

Jane Davenport Collage napkins

Set Your Soul on Fire, Every Day.

Jane Davenport Journal

Dina Wakley acrylic paint

Joggles stencil

Flutterby Design stickers

Gesso 

fudeball pen

background stamps

Jane Davenport collage napkins

The Washi Page

No video for this one unfortunately.

Jane Davenport Journal

 Jane Davenpoprt washi tapes,

a TCW stencil

DWM Paint

Gesso

Fudeball pen

Dina Wakley leaves stamp

a little background stamping and a title stamp..

a simple page without effort.

Thanks for dropping by the Scrapping Clearly blog today,

 have a super creative weekend and get arty.

Lisa xx

#pegs100days

Hi There Arty peeps,

Have you been seeing all the #the100dayproject posts on Instagram?

I checked it out after reading Lisa's post and decided to play along.

I chose to do a little art journal page in a traveler's notebook each day using Ranger Archival inks, stencils, and stamps. I picked this format thinking it will be easier to complete something small, knowing my habit of losing interest in things that take too long. They are also readily portable and inexpensive.

You can check my progress on Instagram here.

I have saved days 6 & 7 to share with you here before I upload them publicly.

Day 6 #the100daysproject

Products from the shop in order of use...

Ranger Archival ink pads

TCW mini squares stencil

Dylusions 12" vine stamp & stencil set

Prima Bloom Girl stamp

Coloured pencils

Tim Holtz Small Talk sticker

Cocoa Vanilla butterfly & hearts stamps

Date stamp

Day 7 #the100daysproject

Products from the shop in order of use...

Ranger Archival ink pads

TCW circle grid stencil large

Fude Ball pen

TCW Dina Wakley silhouette stencils

TCW mini squares stencil

Black & white Dylusions ink sprays

Date stamp

So there you have it, I'm still going, yay me!

Check out the links if you want to play along, and share on the

Scrapping Clearly FB page so I can see what you're doing too.

Thanks for coming by,

til next time,

Olde Worlde art journal with Em.

Hello hello! 

I hope the month of March has been awesome for you.

So who else is in awe of all the awesome Journal art Lisa, Peg, and Kylie  have been creating? 

Oh my they are such great inspiration, so much so that I had a play in my journal too. 

I have also been playing and teaching myself a little abstract acrylic art. So I tackled it again in my journal. 

With Lisa in my head and the desire to create I made this.....

I think I’ve said it before, but the freedom in art journalling is relaxing and exciting.
You never quite know how it’s going to turn out. 

Once I had layered my base paints which included Dylusions white acrylic and Art Anthology Metal Effects silver, I splashed Liquitex Carbon Black acrylic ink around and at the time thought I had ruined it a little by being to heavy handed with it. 

But this is what is so great about art journalling, you can just keep building. So I splashed Liquitex Titanium White acrylic ink as well then added some Dylusions Squeezed Orange and Ranger Distress Collage Medium into the mix, this ‘softened’ the black splashes a little. 

Next came the stencilling and stamping. 

I used an archival ink through a few different stencils and on various stamps. 

Once all my ‘messy creative’ was complete, I added to the page with a couple of We R Memory Keepers chipboard frames and, sitting in and around these, I used Tim Holtz paper dolls to add a bit of curiosity to the pages. 

I added to the page a few older stickers I’ve had for years and finished with some more stamping on the frames, and Liquitex splats around it all to pull it together. 

When I started these pages I thought I had totally wrecked it, but the end result makes my heart smile. 

If you have yet to try this form of creativity I highly recommend it. It allows the inner creative out. You might be pleasantly surprised. I know I am. 

I hope I can also inspire you a little with my process video. 

https://youtu.be/MWa7RaIyx4g

Till I see you all in April....happy scrapping. 

Em. Xx