Love Those Eyes

Do you ever finish a layout and think cool, that one is done ... and then while flicking through a few weeks or months later decide it needs something. This was totally my dilemma whilst organising my layouts to go into albums. I had this one of my beautiful girl Peppa and just felt it needed something else. I find I do this alot if I scrap away from home and have not brought that something extra with me to complete my layout... then it sits in a limbo until it is time for me to transfer my layouts to their albums.

My layout "love those eyes" was a UFO I started a few months ago... and it wasn't until my special Scrapping Clearly order arrived that I had what I needed to finish it off. 

I am a big lover of using Project Life cards on everday layouts and in mixed media. There are some amazing designs ripe for the picking that can be incorporated in the layers of your layouts.

I have used some Dylusions Paint in Tangerine dream swiped onto the background and once dried I used my Kinder Kreations stencil with Liquitex Texture paste to add dimension. After this I added some sprinkles of Brusho Orange  to accentuate the stencil and tie back in that orange colour of the photo. 

 I added various embellishments to accompany the hexagon shape of the stencil. I also added a Maggie Holmes tassel to help accentuate this small cluster of embellishments. 

Some Heidi Swapp flowers were added to help add depth to the layers with the project life cards. Other embellishments include Heidi Swapp epoxy shapes, Pink Fresh phrase stickers, Maggie Holmes tassels & Dina Wakley washi tape. You can also see some black stitching on the photo as well as the border of the layout. 

Thanks for popping by and I hope you get lots of creativity happening on your desk,.... go on ... make a mess ... have a great weekend.

tracey xx

Shine - 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 goodies from the Cocoa Vanilla Studio Boys Rule collection - available from the Scrapping Clearly Store. 

I created this page during the Australia Day cybercrop. The photo is of a sunset at Miranda Beach.

I started with a white cardstock base then created the background using Dina Wakely paints in lemon Cheddar and black.

 

I matted my photo on a white doilie and some papers from the CVS Boys rule paper pad then added some die cut flowers, jumbo paper clip chipboard and paper flowers to embellish.

 

I outlined the edge of my page with a fude ball pen and also hand journalled the words to "I love a sunburnt country" around the edge.   

I used a Heidi Swapp acetate word for the title.  

 

Lastly I added some splatters of black paint :)  

Thanks so much for stopping by 

Crafty Hugs xx

Karyn

Mixed Media Art Journal Page

 

Hi everyone! I am here with my first share for the month.

 

This time, I have created an Art Journal page, inspired by the gorgeous colours of this month's Moodboard.

 

Here is my design! ...

 

 

And here is the Scrapping Clearly Moodboard that inspired me! ...

 

 

I have used the Dina Wakley Media Journal 8" x 10", and have elected to use canvas paper.

 

 

To prepare the background, I used a small Ranger Gel press brayer to apply the paint.

 

From the store, I used the following paints: Dina Wakley Media - Heavy Body Acrylic Paint in Turquoise, Night, Elephant and Ocean.

 

The blue was a Dylusions paint in Calypso Teal - I love this blue so much!

 

For the purple, Dylusions Shimmer Spray in Crushed Grape was applied for the hand-drawn mountains.

 

For the white splatters, I used some white acrylic from my stash. Over at the store, there are similar products.

 

Once dried, I randomly stamped the background with a permanent Stazon ink in 'Jet Black' using a hexagon stamp.

 

 

For this little cluster here, over some hessian and medical gauze from my stash, I tore strips of Dina Wakley Media Collage paper tissue. The outline of the mountains were highlighted with a white Posca Pen.

 

 

Finally, I selected a quote that had some meaning for me from Tim Holtz Small Talk.

 

Thank you for dropping by the Scrapping Clearly Blog today!

 

Ciao, Amy  

 

Own your dreams - with Emma.

It's Tuesday which means it's my share today.

And I have drawn inspiration from the SC mood board for the month of March.

Have you seen it yet?

Check it out here...….

And here is how I interpreted it...…

I really focused on the colour from the board for this one.

I used a mix of ingredients including Dylusions Ink Spray in Crushed grape, a Lindy's shimmer in Silent night Silver, Ranger Enamel Accent in Caribean coast.

I also flicked a little Distress Oxide around and I chose Hickory Smoke.

I used the purple and turquoise shades to really enhance the Fairy Orb stamp. Love this stamp!!

The Metals I painted with a black gesso and then rubbed some Art Alchemy Wax over the top to add some depth and sheen.

Behind my image I layered one of the Heidi Swapp Decorative tag that I added colour to, which you can see me do in my video that I have created. Plus I cut a tag out of a sheet from Heidi swapp die cut paper.

Lastly a couple of Tim Holtz Small talk quotes and a few art pebbles thrown around for good measure.

I will be back next week with another interpretation of the mood board for you all.

I cant wait to see how you play with the board.

I would love you to check out my video here....

Till next week, Em xx

Journal Play

Hi Peeps,

There is nothing better than new stuff to get you creating.

I recieved the Dina Wakley new white journal.

Dina wakley chipboard shapes persona. 

Dina Wakely collage paper faces.

Collage paper backgrounds.

And other bits and bobs from my stash.

I started by glueing down a couple of strips of gel plate prints across the middle of the pages. Then just paint down and template over the top, wipe off with wet one.

I did the final layer in white paint to tone it down a little.

I finished it off with some of the new chipboard persona and white tag. Face is from the face collage papers.

I love the size of this new journal as it is quick to fill and the paper quality is excellent.

I was in the zone so I went ahead and did a couple of extra pages.

I think looking at this photographed I may go back in and add some more marks to the background.

For this last one I remembered I had some Lisa Oxley art bits stickers so I selected a couple and cut them up to collage with other bits to create this page.

Thanks for looking.

Oh My Gosh.... I am camping....

My beautiful and amazing husband has whisked me away for a weekend of 'glamping'... it is camping that you just rock up to with  bathroom facilities tacked on to the back of the tent... thank goodness... still not much room for crafting but I have managed to squeeze in two big bags full of supplies to keep me sane whilst he sneaks away to play golf.... it is the perfect balance for us.... so whilst hanging about at the tent today & hubby out at golf I whisked this little baby up  after looking at our new moodboard. I am not a purple lover - I have to confess... so this one threw me ... but I am loving how this layout has turned out with just a hint of that colour.  So firstly my view for the next three days...

It is not too shabby with it's surf views. Now the layout which has been inspired by the amazing moodboard for this month... It is surely one to test your boundaries but hitting the mark on what is on trend right now. 

UFO - this poor girl was created in love but still to this day is sitting like this... I really need to finish her so that she can be proud and amazing....

I sprayed some Dylusions spray onto a messy mat and then sprayed some water to dilute it a little, then added my white cardstock. I then stamped my stamps before working out my papers to compliment my photo.

The photo was backed with some black cardstock and then the layers began underneath using some Heidi Swapp September Skies cardstock &  JD washi.

I then painted a couple of swirl chipboard pieces using Dylusions slate grey paint... my new favourite... to help compliment the layers. 

I love adding layers and making them join the photo... it is one of the things that I try to do to make my layouts be cohesive. The title of UFO was coloured with my artline black marker and glued in place with xpressit glue

I hope you all have an amazing weekend 

tracey

WOW March is here! Moodboard!

Hi everyone

Our March Moodboard is full of rich, beautiful hues - we are looking forward to seeing what you come up with!

Enter up until the end of March to be in the running to win a $30 voucher to spend in our SC Shop!

Happy Crafting this March !