November Sketch - by Chloe

Have you seen our November sketch yet? 

This is one of my favourites!

I've used the beautiful My Mind's Eye On Trend 2 range for this page ...

I got the pack of Rub Ons in my DT kit - aren't they gorgeous!!  I cut up this cluster to fit my page.  I also used rub ons for my title.

Other products used:
My Mind’s Eye – On Trend 2 Collection – Rub Ons
My Mind’s Eye – On Trend 2 Collection – Decorative Brads
Maggie Holmes Crate Paper – Open Book Doilies
My Mind’s Eye – On Trend 2 Collection – Flair
Heidi Swapp Color Shine Gold Lame
My Mind’s Eye – On Trend 2 Collection – 12 x 12 Chipboard Stickers – Elements

Smile Sister with Amy Prior

Hi everyone! Amy Prior back with you all again today, this time sharing a layout featuring a photo of my mum and 2 of her sisters that was taken at my wedding many years ago.

To create the background for this layout, I have started off with a piece of American Crafts 12x12 Double Thick White Cardstock that I have added stencilling to using some Dina Wakely - White Gesso. Once the Gesso was dry, I have added some Leafing Adhesive over the top of the gesso before rubbing some Gold Leaf randomly over the top. I like to use Gold leaf instead of gold sheets as it gives a much more random and varied look as you can see here. 

Once the gold leaf was all done, I have then splattered some small bits of Colour Blast - Colour Spray - Bubblegum, and Colour Blast - Colour Spray - Rainforest around the background to bring a little more colour to the page ready for my colourful layers.  I have then cut lots of random rectangles out of My Minds Eye - On Trend 2 Collection - Patterned papers and American Crafts - Gold Glitter 12x12 Cardstock to layer around my photograph. I have added a doily from my stash into the layers also.

The final step for this layout was to embellish and for this page I have added some  My Minds Eye - On Trend 2 Collection - 12x12 Chipboard Stickers, My Minds Eye - On Trend 2 Collection - Acrylic Words, My Minds Eye - On Trend 2 Collection - Cardstock Stickers, My Minds Eye - On Trend 2 Collection - Cardstock Stickers - Alphabet & Words, plus some handmade flowers from my stash. To add a little gold to the flowers, I have simply rubbed a little Inka Gold - Gold over the tips of the flower petals and the layout was complete. 

Complete list of products used for this layout include:

My Minds Eye - On Trend 2 Collection - Patterned papers

My Minds Eye - On Trend 2 Collection - 12x12 Chipboard Stickers

My Minds Eye - On Trend 2 Collection - Acrylic Words

My Minds Eye - On Trend 2 Collection - Cardstock Stickers

My Minds Eye - On Trend 2 Collection - Cardstock Stickers - Alphabet & Words

American Crafts 12x12 Double Thick White Cardstock

Inka Gold - Gold

Dina Wakely - White Gesso

American Crafts - Gold Glitter 12x12 Cardstock

Colour Blast - Colour Spray - Bubblegum

Colour Blast - Colour Spray - Rainforest

Well that is it from me today, thanks so much for stopping by and don't forget to check back tomorrow for more amazing inspiration from the Scrapping Clearly Design Team. Until next time, happy scrapping!

Amy Prior xx

Dina Wakely Mixed Media adventures

Salutations Scrappy peeps and welcome to the awesome art that is Dina Wakely. 

She recently graced our shores for a quick Aussie Tour and I was extremely fortunate to be able to attend one of her classes.

 2 years ago I was (officially) introduced to world that is Mixed Media through an art class with the super rad (and fellow DT member) Lisa Oxley. In her class that just exploded with colour she talk about this Dina chick and I figured if she loves her, then I better check her out to. Its safe to say I fell in love with her style straight away and she soon became one of my all time arty muses.  

Dina's style is loose, edgy, textural and bold! Watch some of her Youtube tutorials and you will see that there is no mistakes and her favourite catch phrase is 'opps, oh well, whatever'... 

Here transferred some of her techniques into a 12x12 layout. I created the background using Blackberry Violet, Turquoise, and Ocean Heavy body paints with Crushed Grape  and Vibrant Turquoise  Dylusion sprays through some stencils onto Marshmallow Cardstock.  

Add a splatter of black house paint and allow to dry. 

Gather up some Ranger tags and using the same paint and spray colours add some areas of interest. Machine stitch around them and glue them to your background.

Stamp your images onto another sheet of Marshmallow. Here i've used the Scribbly Wings and Lonely Girl stamps. A little flick of Dylusions and some very loose fussy cutting, then glue them down using Gel Medium. 

Ive used some Heidi Swapp mist-able lettering for the title, and some old book papers for the grounding under the girl. 

Here are the Journal pages we completed in the class. Using our Dylusion Journals we cut little holes to create a peek-through page... 

Head on over to the store to find a huge range of Dina;s products and get playing in your journals today!!

START SHOPPING HERE!

I cant wait to see what you create

Cheers - Skai

Skateboard Art

Howdy Folks , Lisa here with a Friday mixed media update .

If you where blog hopping last week you may remember that I was in 

Melbourne to teach some super creatives a few fun classes.

My partner came along also as he had a weekend full of fun skate events.

(yep 54 and still rolling). Today I'm going to share with you a little about one of those events.

(And cause I've had no time to play)

The organizers THE MOSS FOUNDATION (Melbourne Old School Skaters) raise money to support and fund water tanks /wells and systems in the African country of Swaziland

( I love the Think Local , Act Global mantra here)

definitely check out the amazing results from this worthy cause Here

The 1st was an art event held in St Kilda, at the Ministry of Art.

A live auction of unique skateboard art that is showcased and combines 80 unique talented artist, offering such an incredibly varied array of styles and graphics.

Here's a few of my favorite pieces from the collection .

 Ok this one above is my fav, I love the freedom and the colour choice. the skulls, oh the skulls.

I am utterly inspired to create art on skateboard decks again.

How about you ???

 Ill be back next week , hopefully with some of my own

 creative work that is worthy of sharing .

Thanks for dropping by.

see you next week 

Lovely - November Sketch Challenge with Melinda

Hi there ScrappingClearly fans!! Melinda here with you today with my take on the very fun November sketch designed by Chloe!

Here is a quick refresher of the sketch

And here is my take on it!

I have used lots of different pieces from the fun, bright WRMK Crush range which you can find here in store.

There is a process video available here if you would like to see how this page came together otherwise read on for a few details!

First up I started with some Deep Water Colour Shimmer Spray and some Rainforest Colour Spray by Colour Blast for a little bit of colour in the background and to mimic the splatters in the sketch. I just used some old packaging and a few drops of colour and applied to my gesso'd white cardstock background. Then I added a few sprinkles for darker splashes of colour both on top of the colour already applied and to the top left and bottom right as per the sketch. At this point I decided I would mount my white cardstock on some patterned paper so trimmed down the 4 edges using my scissors.

I grabbed some papers from the 6x6 paper pad and also this full 12x12 sheet called Simply Stated for a few layers behind my photo. I then grabbed one of the gorgeous Party Favour Bags which I added to the back of the stack for a different way to include my journalling; which I did on a tag from my stash and just slipped into the bag!

I added some gold stitching with my sewing machine in 3 places - the messy circle behind the main cluster and again, the top left and bottom right.

I added a couple more embellishments using one of the paper clips, one of the layered tags and some of the accent stickers. 

I have also used the "lovely" sticker as my title in the top left and some of the little black and gold alphas for a sub title near the title and a little sentiment on the bottom right to balance off the black.

I added some twine from my stash to the tags and my final touches included mounting my trimmed down layout to a piece of the Best Friends patterned paper, ruffling, tearing and stapling the edges of the white cardstock and finally some little black droplets of water colour paint with a paint brush.

You still have almost 2 weeks to get your entries in for the awesome prizes Kylie has to offer each month for both the sketch challenge and the mood board so make sure you head over to the FB group ScrappingClearly and upload yours to the correct album (sketch is here, moodboard is here) to be in the draw! You will also find LOADS of inspiration, not only from the DT members but from fellow crafters like yourself!!

Happy scrapping!

Melinda

Bo Ho by Lauren Hender

Hi Everyone!

I'm excited to be back on the blog today to share my latest layout for scrapping clearly using the beautiful new Kaiser Craft Bo Ho Range.

This fabulous range was perfect for celebrating a special day for my daughter and her bestie.

A little fussy cutting and some pieces of bits and bobs to add those layers and little features.

Add a touch of journaling to lace adds a different effect. I always try and think about something different to do on a layout.

 SHOP HERE

BO HO RANGE

Hope you like this layout I have created and it inspires you to do a little shopping in the

Scrapping Clearly Store

Lauren xo

Moodboard inspired layout, by Tania

HELLO.....I'm here to share my layout, titled, 'BEAUTIFUL'! And it's my take on the moodboard this month!!! Here is the moodboard in case you haven't seen it!!!

So, here's my layout!! I'm using some Chickaniddy papers this month!!! And loads of other gorgeous delights from the Scrappingclearly store which I will link you to, as we go along!!!

I started my background by spongeing a thin layer of Gesso around the photo. I then used a Dusty Attic stencil and some gorgeous 'BLING' & 'JUST BLUE' colour paste.

Once that was dry, I did a tiny bit of stamping around the colour paste with a Kaisercraft, tiny dots stamp, & a cute little wooden Heidi Swapp heart stamp from her Memory Planner range! Then, it was all about the layers behind my photo. I've used a mixture of the Chickaniddy papers again, plus some Prima packaging, (from some flowers). There's also a few pieces of that gorgeous Maggie Holmes, gold foil vellum which I had left over from a previous project! I did add a few gold accents on this layout! At the very bottom, there's a strip of the We R' Memory Keepers, Clearly Posh acetate, and in the photo below, you can see my Gold, Heidi Swapp acetate word I used, for my title.

Below the title is a cute little, Flea Market bow...I love these, from Maggie Holmes & Crate Paper!!! You'll see I have a paper drinking straw behind my layers, some washi tape, then there's the flower cluster, which is made up of some Prima sugar blooms & other smaller flowers. I coloured some white leaves, using Distress stain.

I hope I have inspired you to play along with our moodboard this month. don't forget there's a sketch too. You can link up your challenges over on the facebook page now. See the link above!!!