'Remember' by Emma Zappone plus Video

Hello Hello!
Em with you all today. Hope your week has been kind to you so far.
 I'm sharing an Art Journal page in my altered book. It features a little from this months board but then it strays a little and takes on other colours.
Plus I had fun creating another VIDEO for you all to watch.
 
Watch the VIDEO here.....

My Page consists of lots of pieces I have collected from Kylies magical shop. My base is a piece of Rice paper from the 'Golden Age' Foundations pack and a Stamperia 'Owl Alchemy' Rice paper.
I just love mix and matching things.

I used some Tim Holtz Idea-ology Salvaged Tags and some 'Assemblage' tags from the Foundations range.
Tags bring me joy.

In amongst the tag layers and behind this gorgeous image (a download from LemoncreationArt) are circles punched out from some left over tags. This is a great way to create your own embellishments.

The colours are mostly Distress crayons with some liquid acrylics to darken areas.
Lots of random stamping complimented all the layers.

I really enjoyed putting this page together, and I do hope you enjoy watching it come together in my short Video.

Have a great Thursday and I will catch you again soon.
Em xx

Rustic Christmas Tags

Hi everyone - Amy here today!

I'm sharing my take on this month's gorgeous Christmassy Moodboard. 

I just love the non-traditional rustic theme used in this Moodboard.

For both of these tags, I painted Dina Wakley Media Heavy Body Acrylic in 'Elephant' onto white cardstock. I used a wood paneled stamping block from my stash and stamped it with Stazon ink in 'Jet Black'. 

I hand cut the two tags and adhered them onto cardboard.

 

With this tag, I mixed some Dina Wakley modelling paste with gold acrylic paint and applied it using a star stencil. 

Once dried, I splattered the background with Colour Blast Colour Shimmer Spray in 'Bling'. I painted some scrap music paper (from the Op Shop) from my stash, with Dina Wakley Heavy Body Paint in 'Turquoise'. Next, I die-cut it, in the shape of a Christmas tree. 

For the second tag, I prepared the background similarly to the first one. However I deliberately did not use as much paint for the Christmas tree. 

 

For both of the tags, I used a variety of goodies from the store to embellish them: Cocoa Vanilla sequins, Kaisercraft paper flowers, and Fancy Pants Designs- Merry and Bright Collection - Christmas - Ephemera.

To add some more dimension and texture to the tags, I used some natural twine, medical gauze, thread and strips of cardboard from my stash. 

 

It was great fun making these tags. We here at Scrapping Clearly headquarters look forward to seeing your entries on this month's Moodboard! Remember it can be cards, tags, a journal page, or a traditional scrap page.

Here are some more close-ups. 

 

 

Thanks for popping by! Ciao, Amy

 

Quick and Gorgeous Minc Tag Album with Melinda

Hello and welcome to the blog on this Monday!
Already?! I for one could have added a couple of extra days to our weekend as I was lucky enough to be away,
just my hubby and me, celebrating our 10th wedding anniversary.
No crafting, but lots of wine tasting for me, how about you?
Did you get your craft on?

Anyway, today's share is VERY different for me.
Like, VERY!!!
Kylie sent me these lamination labels in the Minc range
and I had ZERO ideas of what to do with them until one day, bam!
Inspiration struck!
A mini album!
So that is where this mini album started - some labels!!

I pulled out some more bits from not only my latest kit from Kylie but some older goodies she sent me,
seriously these DT kits she sends just keep giving!!
I have used lots of different bits and pieces, here are the direct links to all of the goodies I have pulled
that are available in store:

Heidi Swapp Minc Lamination Labels
Heidi Swapp Minc Tags
Heidi Swapp Minc Chipboard Frames
Heidi Swapp Minc Alpha Stickers
Heidi Swapp Minc Pink Foil
Heidi Swapp Minc Mint Foil
Heidi Swapp No Limits Stix
Heidi Swapp Puffy Stickers
American Crafts Clothespins
American Crafts Clips
Studio Calico Chipboard Heart Stickers
Crate Paper - Maggie Holmes - "Flutter" 12x12 Paper
C'est La Vie ephemera piece

At this point I am going to say, make sure you have a cuppa with you - I have photos of each page to share
and a little "this is what I used" so sit back and enjoy!

What I love about the "cover" is all the different angles and the bits and pieces poking out and around all the sides with nothing being exactly square or neat!

For this, I have used 3 pieces from the Minc Tags pack and one of the AC clips.
I used a combo of the pink and mint foils as well and so I am not repeating myself on every photo
I have used pink foil on the mint coloured pieces and mint foil on the pink pieces ;)

The acetate tag is from the C'est La Vie ephemera pack. I have used the Minc Alphas (mint foil), one of the Heidi puffy stickers (there is another on the back as well) and I pulled apart one of the Heidi Stix
to use just the one camera.

The base here is one of the laminated tags and I very simply added in one of the AC chippy hearts.

Before I say anything else this is one of my all-time absolute favourite photos of my littlest guy.
I just LOVE it!! We have this in colour on our wall as a big canvas <3<3<3

For this one, I have used a Minc Tag and pink foil (really hard to photograph!) for the page base.
A fussy cut butterfly from the Flutter paper and another of the AC clips.

My next laminated tag, this one paired with an AC clothespin, another of my all time faves!!

My base is one of the Minc Tags. The pink stripes are printed and then the green is foiled.
I added another of those adorable AC clips here too.

I'm sure by now you have noticed that I have not at all overthought this process and kept it pretty simple from page to page. I really feel that having my photos in black and white, and printing them all to 2" x 3",
made making decisions so much easier!

Another of the laminated tags.
I felt the florals and his gorgeous squishy face was enough for this
so didn't even bother adding anything else!

A non-photo page! Another tag from the Minc Tags package and another AC chippy heart. Oh, and pink foil.

I totally and completely forgot we managed to get this photo until I printed them out for this album and oh my stars!! I should have known back then (he was 8 or 9 days old) he was going to be my mischievous little man!! So, another laminated tag and another fussy cut butterfly from the  Flutter paper.
Oh, and I trimmed this photo too ;)

I had a few different ideas for these frames but really love what I ended up deciding to do.
This has 2 photos and 2 of the Minc Frames as the page base and I have simply stuck those back to back.
I added another of the AC Clips as a way to hang this page from the ring and voila, done!
The front has the text which is foiled in pink.....

...and the back has the stripes which I foiled in mint. I will say it again, the foil is really tricky to photograph well, but the mint colour is way more minty and pretty than this photo indicates!

This last piece is actually what inspired me to choose the photos I chose.
 My little family of 4. We are far from perfect but we love, we laugh, and we have each other, and that is enough.
This came from the Minc Tags set and is a minty colour and I have added pink foil and an AC chippy heart.

And that is my finished album. I really, really love it!
Minis are not my "norm" but sometimes it is super fun to step out of your comfort zone and challenge yourself.
I really do adore my end project and so to do my boys, so I'm calling that a win!

I have a video of my process and you can see that here on the ScrappingClearly YT channel, you will see how much I really didn't over-think the process or make it complicated.

I hope you enjoy, and I hope I inspire you to get your creative on!

Have a fantastic Monday,
and I'll be back again later in the month.

Melinda

Creative Gift by Lauren Hender

Hello everyone and welcome back to the Scrapping Clearly blog.

Do you have a friend that is ready to make to mixed media jump? Who has dabbled a bit but is still not sure? Well I do. She is an amazing scrapper but it was only recently that she made the jump and has added a touch of mixed media to her layouts. A little excited about this I want to give her a gift of a ranger art journal. As I was sitting at my desk I thought I would create her a mixed media tag that she could keep to accompany the gift and maybe inspire her to be brave and add some of the elements I use into her new art journal.

So what do you think? Would you like a scrappy gift like this?

Ok, so as you can see I have a used a few goodies featured above to make this tag but there have also been a few things you don't know I have used.

So here it is. The shopping list all linked up and ready for you to click on and go straight to the Scrapping Clearly store.

Ranger Tag

Gesso

Distress Oxide Ink

Acetate

Paper Pad

Cork

Stencils

I started by using the distress oxides and some gesso on the tag. I then applied some texture using a stencil and the whipped spackle.

I then hand cut a couple of tags and added the hole reinforcers in coordinating cardstock. I just love this punch and know it will be used many times especially in my planner.

 I found this cute acetate 'thankful' wreath and new it would be perfect to place on top of the tags.

I layered the cork behind the 'thankful' to make it pop and give it some dimension.

I hope my little gift tag has inspired you to make a creative gift for someone special.

Lauren xo

Embellishments made easy with Tania

Hi again lovely Scrappingclearly Community. I had a bit of fun with the moodboard for this post. In all honesty, this week, I have been struggling for craft time due to family visiting from down South, it's kind of hard to get the mojo flowing too when there's a house full of people.

The moodboard this month is so bright and happy and I found the perfect solution to my time poor, mojo poor problem. In my stash from Scrappingclearly, I have a few ephemera packs with bits left over from other projects. The Dear Lizzy, HAPPY PLACE, die cut pack had the perfect colours.

Here's the moodboard:

I started with some scraps from some Maggie Holmes - BLOOM papers and made a few small tags.

Then with my Dear Lizzy, Happy Place, die cut pack, I picked a few matching die cuts and layered them up on my tags! I used mounting tape to add some of the layers for extra dimension!

They were finished off with a few different colours of twine from my stash and a cute little peg from American Crafts!

So now I  have some quick and easy embellishments for my next layout, or they would even make great card toppers!! Be sure to stay tuned to the blog and see how I use these embellishments on my next project!!!
Happy crafting!
Tania

Something Wonderful card set by Tania

Hi everyone, I'm sharing a little set of cards I made this week, with some left over bits and pieces of the lovely Something Wonderful range, from Teresa Collins. I have been able to do so many things with this range, it is so versatile, and there are so many embellishments and ephemera bits to compliment the papers, it is really easy to work with.

I started off with some black card bases, and used some papers from the 6 x 6" paper pad for the backgrounds. 

For the 1st card, I used a cut out from the 12 x 12" papers, some of the smaller papers for matting, then embellished with some of the stickers, washi tape and the brads!

The 2nd card, was very simple and quick! I used a few brads, some washi tape and sticker, and that was it. There is enough space on this one to add a sentiment to suit the card for whatever occasion.

I like the transparent washi tape, with the words, it's one of my favourites!

On the 3rd card I wanted to use one of the tags from the tags pack. I dressed that up a little with a piece from the ephemera pack, some more patterned paper and some raffia for a bow. 

That's it for now, hope you like the cards, they are not difficult cards, they are quick and easy, which we all need some time! Who hasn't made a card in a rush right before the party right!!!

Thanks for joining me, I have linked my products used in the Scrappingclearly Store, alot of these items are on sale, so be sure to check them out!

Tania

Heidi Swapp Christmas tags by Tania

Hi all!!! Well, as much as we may be in denial, Christmas is just around the corner! Sorry to break it to you! 

That's ok, because today I'm sharing with you some very quick and simple tags with a vintage feel, that will get you off to a good headstart with your gift giving!

I've started by making my own tags from some Kraft cardstock, and then added lots of gorgeous Heidi Swapp, embellies, including goodies from the "Oh What Fun" Range!!! (Everything I've used from the Scrappingclearly store is listed at the bottom of the post!)

For the first 2 tags, I have used the vellum for the background, I love the subtleness of the printed vellum.

The 2nd two tags, I've used the patterned papers for the background, the solid colour helps the clear stickers pop on these!

All of my die cuts have been mounted with 3D foam tape for dimension, and I've made my own reinforcement rings from punches for the holes.

I hope this gives you a little motivation to get started on your Christmas projects!!! I now have a special tag for each member of my family, for a few of those presents under the tree!
See you next time and don't forget to play along with our moodboard and sketch this month!!!

Products used in my tags, listed below:

Heidi Swapp Memory Planner washi sheets

Heidi Swapp Decorative tags, glitter

Heidi Swapp paper shapes- Oh What Fun

Heidi Swapp, Oh What fun 12 x 12" paper pad

Heidi Swapp Oh What Fun, clear, decorative sticker book

Heidi Swapp, Oh What fun, printed vellum sheets

Heidi Swapp, Oh What Fun word stickers