Luv to Create

Hi Everyone,

Hope everyone is well and you are all getting plenty of time to create.

Me on the other hand...very little time to create and feeling like I have lost my creative mojo.

Have you ever felt the same?
I'm sure I will click back into creativity mode very soon.

My post today is to share with you a journal page that I have created.
I started this page to try and revive my creativity. 

Here is what I came up with...

Whilst it may not look like it I started with a base of Colour Blast Artist Ink - Marine. I used water to move the ink around the page.

I then added some Gel Medium through the Tim Holtz - Layering Stencil - Blocks to allow the gorgeous Marine colour to come through the stencil.

I then painted straight over the whole page using the Colour Blast Artist Ink - Barley.

Once dry, I spread some Moulding Paste and Black Gesso randomly around the page.

I used some of the gorgeous Colour Blast Sprays (Colour Spray - Deep Water and Colour Shimmer Spray - Bling) to add a bit of a shimmer to the background that I had created.

I used a paint scrapper and my Dylusions Paint - Vibrant Turquoise to create some feature lines in the background.

I rubbed some Vintage Berry Gilding Wax and a zig zag template randomly around the background.

I also spread small amounts of the Ultramarine Gilding Wax randomly around the page.

I added the 7 Dots Studio Paper Collection - Paint Chip and Die Cut Elements as well as the Uniquely Creative Light Bulb Metal Die.

I finished with the 7 Dots Studio Paint Chips Word Stickers as well Doodlebug Design Inc - Loopy Lou Alpha Stickers to complete my page.

How cool is this gorgeous collection from 7 Dots Studio? It is called Paint Chips. If you are in love with it and NEED to add it to your collection...be sure to pop by to the Scrapbookit Shop online or contact Jo.

Better still, why not enter this months challenge and if you are the winning entry Jo will send you a voucher for the store and you can get your new paper collection 'Paper Chips' with that!!!

All you need to do to enter the challenge is...

Create a project with the theme 'All About Love'

You must use the following 3-2-1 recipe:

3 - Use at least 3 different colours

2 - Include embellishments

1 - Include a song title/lyrics as part of your title/journalling

There are some great entries already on our Facebook page. 

Pop in and check them out.

You have until the 28th February to get your entry in.

Looking forward to admiring your creations!
...Melx

Wishes

Good Morning,

As the sun tries to come out this morning after some very wet days for the first week of our school holidays, I'm here to share my take on this month's challenge that Mel has set for us.

This month the DT are all using the same paper range Prima 'Sweet Peppermint' from the 12x12 paper pad.

Although we are all doing the same challenge it's wonderful to see the different way we interperet it.

I have had this photo of my grandaughters for a couple of years and thought this was the perfect range to scrap them.

So I have followed the sketch (well I hope you can see that :) ) and of course it's christmas themed. For my letter C elements I have used chipboard for my title from WOW and hinges and I also have used a new product to the store from Creative Expessions, 'Cosmic Shimmer Pixie Powder' Ancient Copper. This is a dry Mica powder that I have added  to area's that I have sprayed with water. It gives a great shimmer but also a marble effect.

I have used the Prima art alchemy acrylic paint 'Royal Red' to create my circle and paint all my chipboard, I have also added lots of the Metallic Gilding wax 'Vintage Berry to my page.

I hope you get inspired to get some of those christmas photos scrapped this month, our challenge ends on July 30th and you could receive a great prize pack just for sharing your passion.

You can email your entry to joanne@scrapbookit.com.au, add it to our Inlinkz tab on the side bar or you can even add it to our Facebook page.

For those that are on holidays enjoy, until next time

Happy Scrapping

Jo Caird

Welcome to July!

Hello!

Welcome to July and a brand new month and challenge here at Scrapbookit!

I am so excited for this months challenge and I hope you will be too!

So let's not waste any more time and hop to it...

Our challenge theme this month is...

1. Create a project following the 'Christmas' theme and include the following as part of your project...

2. Use the sketch (below). 

Thank you to Susan Stringfellow for allowing us to use her sketch for this challenge.

3. Letter Challenge

*Include 3 elements in your project that start with the letter C....this could be a product, the title, colour, technique etc.

Here is what I came up with...

As you can see my project is a Christmas themed layout, I have used the sketch (my layout is pretty true to the sketch) and my 3 elements beginning with C are: my title starts with C - Christmas Memories; I have used many ColourBlast Products and I have used the colour Cream!

I started with a piece of kraft cardstock and decided to create a mixed media background. I made a mess...but a very pretty one! It was lots of fun!

As you may be aware my favourite product at the moment is Colour Blast. I love all of the products but particularly I adore the Colour Shimmer Cube - Watercolours!

Onto the kraft cardstock I added some of the Bling Colour Shimmer Cube - Watercolour. You can't really see this gorgeous colour in the photo.

Then I added some of the Colour Blast - Fire Engine Colour Paste in random places around the background.

To make the cream coloured Gesso I added in some skin tone acrylic paint to my heavy gesso. After drying the colour paste I added the gesso in random places around the background.

I then altered some of the Colour Blast Colour Pastes - Fire Engine and Envy with some heavy gesso to lighten them. I used the Kaisercraft Mini Designer Template - Rising Bubbles and these colours to add some dimension into the background. Once dry I spread some Metallic Gilding Wax - Golden Light and Vintage Berry over the bubbles.

Once dry, I used some Grey Flannel Versamark ink and the Kaisercraft Clear Stamp - Music Script and randomly stamped in the background. I finished the background off with some of the gorgeous Fire Engine Colour Shimmer Cube - Watercolour to add some 'bling' to the background.

Now it was time to add some papers and other collectables to create and finalise the layout. I have been lucky this month to have used the 'Prima - Sweet Peppermint' Paper Collection. It is such a gorgeous range for all those Christmas photos! I have inked all the papers with a Encore! Gold Ultimate Metallic Ink.

I have created a circular shape using cream twine and have embellished using some of the collectables included with the paper collection, cream cotton, a gold wire star and some cream ribbon.

I used the Tim Holtz template - Arrows to create the arrows on this layout. For the colour I added some ColourBlast Shimmer Dust - Candy and the Fire Engine ColourBlast Colour Paste.

To enter our monthly challenge and have a chance of winning a gift pack, you can...

1. Enter your project on our Facebook page;

or

2. Send an email to Jo (joanne@scrapbookit.com.au)

or

3. Link your project in the sidebar using the Inlinkz linkup.

Entries are due by...July 31st, 2017.

We can't wait for you to bring a little Christmas to our challenge!!

Mel x

Your Christening

Good Morning and welcome back to Scrapbookit!

I can't believe that it is almost the end of the month. That means that it is nearly time to close this month's challenge.

Have you got your entry in yet???
Only 5 days left to get your entry in!

I am here today to share with you some more projects that I have created with the gorgeous Simple Stories Collection ~ Faith.

I think I may have mentioned in the last post that I love this collection. There are so many great things about it. One of them being that a good part of the pack is made up of gorgeous journalling cards. They are in a variety of sizes and are made up with d of words, quotes and images. 

What better use for them than to create some cards...

And some more..

  

These cards have very little too them and don't take long to put together thanks to the gorgeous papers and sticker elements!

I know these cards would not suit every need or every person but there are many people in my life that would appreciate one of these cards with a meaningful quote or word for their circumstance.

I have also been busy creating another layout using this collection.

Here is what I came up with... 
  

Your Christening

Whilst I love this collection, I had to be very careful in my selection of papers and colours to suit a boy and a christening theme!

The quote that I have used I think is just perfect!

I also took a leap into creating something a little challenging for me... that is using lots of very busy papers. I admire Jane, my DT friend, and the way that she always seems to create stunning layouts that are very busy and filled with so much to look at. Thanks for inspiring me this month (and every month) Jane.

I added to the background page of this layout some stamping, splatters and texture.

 

I have used the very cool IndigoBlu 'Ink Splats' stamp with some VersaMagic and Memento Inks from my kit ~ Turquoise Gem, Grey Flannel and Night Sky

I have added some Colour Blast Snow White Colour Paste through the Scrap FX Circle Border template. Once it was dry I rubbed on some Creative Expressions - Metallic Gilding Wax - Golden Light to highlight the edges slightly.

I splattered some Navy ink around the background. 

I used a star template and some Colour Blast Colour Paste - Bling to create some star embellishments for the corner of my layout.

The patterned paper under the photo was a little too busy for my liking against the rest of the papers so I have dulled it down using a thin layer of Gesso. This helps to focus the eye on the quote and photo and also allows me to journal without my writing blending into the background.

I have used a Scrap FX Wordlet - 'Christening,' for my title and have inked it with VersaMagic - Night Sky Ink. I then added a layer of Dimensional Magic to give it a nice finish. 

 

I have finished my layout using a variety of words and images from the sticker element sheet and I have edged the layout with some more of the Gilding Wax - Golden Light. 

I am rather chuffed with my layout and how it came together...even better, it was created in our caravan on our holiday!!!

Hope you have enjoyed checking out my layout!

Look forward to seeing your entry before the 30th!

xMelx