Scrap the Girls = November 2018

Hi all,

Today I am sharing my page for the current challenge at Scrap the Girls.- It is titled "Get lost & found & dream"!

Here is the "Let's Get Lost" challenge:

I went with the blues and silvers, and given the title of the challenge, I thought the photos of Abby at the "Lost and Found" mural were appropriate.

I started with Gesso through the large doily stencil, then hit the page with blues in Colour Artist inks.

Then I embellished with blues, silvers and black.

The black denim Charms Creations star was a good match, paired with a silver Flair, silver glitter heart and flowers all from D-lish Scraps.

More sprinkles, including enamel dots, punchinella and a doiley from D-lish. Also some small silver hearts from Corbett Creations.

Thanks for looking today!

Amanda

Kraft Plus - DT page for September 2017

Hello and welcome to September!

If you want a warm, fuzzy, sweet challenge this month, the KRAFT PLUS is for you... with this challenge./..

Make sure you head to the blog to see all the samples from the team.

Here is my page and some close ups!

My bee inspiration can with the black stripes on the background, the chipboard hexagons, the "be happy" title and the little old Basic Grey chipboard bee I found in my stash.... I even doodled some little bees on my border!

And I am scrapping one of my older, but very favourite family photos--- look at those sweet baby cheeks of our Jessie - who is now nearly 10!

 

Colour Blast was used throughout this project. Firstly the Heavy Black Gesso for the black stripes.

The splatters are Colour Shimmer Cubes in Punch, Envy and Sunshine, plus the white splatters are watered down Heavy White Gesso.

 

I also embossed all the hexagons using Colour Embossing Powder in Punch, Envy and Sunshine.

I love this pink, teal and yellow colour combo!

I finished with the paper lace doiley, flowers and stamen from D-lish Scraps.

I love the way the splatters from the Colour Shimmer Cubes hold their colour and vibrancy when splattered over other things - like on the black stripes and the embossed chipboard!

Lucky my friend Sue gave me a wide brush to perfect this brush background technique!

 

Thanks for looking!

 

Amanda

Scrap the Boys - August 2017 - DT page

Hello scrappy friends,

 

Welcome again to August! Here is the challenge at Scrap the Boys...

 

 

 

I love this photo of Dave playing touch football, so I enlarged it to 5X7 for this challenge.

 

I drew some dodgy stars (for the Southern Cross) and then painted it using Colour Blast Colour Shimmer Dusts (in Sunflower and Paris). I also stamped some stars and made some splatters.

 

I focused on this title.... but also added some wooden arrows and stars (which I embossed with Colour Embossing Powder (in Dusty Charcoal).

 

 

Go the green and gold! And go Dave!

 

Thanks for looking,

Amanda

 

Show Us Your Stuff - August 2017 - DT page

Hello everyone!

 

August is here.... time for some more scrappy sharing!

 

Check out this great sketch for Show Us Your Stuff!

 

 

And here is my page .... get ready for cuteness!! ;)

 

 

 

 

The cutie is my niece Isla, and these were the first real smiles I captured on camera!

 

I used Cocoa Vanilla Studio papers (including some fussing cutting!) and some Colour Blast Shimmer Sprays and Shimmer Cubes for the background work.

 

Here are some close ups:

 

I used a Charms Creations Arrow here - one in denim and pink... pretty and perfect amongst the fussy cut flowers and D-lish Scraps paper flowers.

 

Here I used a Rainbow Splendour Pretty Pin.

 

 

 

 

 

Hope you join our sketch challenge this month.

 

Amanda

Kraft Plus August 2017 - DT page

Hi all,

 

I am loving being on the DT at Kraft Plus. Please make sure you check out the challenge this month and all the amazing examples.... HERE...

 

Here is this month's challenge....

 

And here is my page and some close ups...

 

 

I started this page by adding some Colour Blast Heavy White Gesso to the Kraft background. I then used Colour Paste (in Sunshine) through the sun-ray Tim Holtz stencil. Lastly for the background I splattered some Colour Shimmer Cube (in Apple of my Eye) and painted some on the edges.

 

You can see that I ended up trimming the edges of the kraft paper and mounting it on a plain soft yellow paper. Not only does this help with the buckle, I also like the look. I usually steal a square from the middle, so I can matte the photo with the same paper!

 

I also printed some journaling on vellum and stuck this on the layout, some down the side and some in the sun-rays.

 

 

 

I went with leaves and flowers as a theme for this page, and as I am currently obsessed with embossing, you will see loads of Colour Blast Embossing powders in action!

 

 

Along the top of the photo, I continued leaves from the tree in the photo. I used 2Crafty chipboard leaves and embossed them with Colour Blast Embossing Powder (in Leather and Apple of my Eye).

 

In this cluster also layered in a Pip Berry stem , stamen, resin butterfly and flowers- all from D-lish Scraps.

 

 

And this flair is also from D-lish Scraps!

 

This cute flag was from my stash - where do we get all these little finishing treasures from?

 

Lastly for the title, I used a wood veneer word and also embossed it using Colour Blast Embossing Powder (in Leather). I put it on top of a CHARMS CREATIONS DIY arrow. I had coloured this arrow with Colour Blast Colour Shimmer Dusts (in Sunflower and Paris).

 

I also repeated more of the D-lish Scrap goodies: flowers, stamen and pip berry stem.

 

I love this page. I love that being on the Kraft Plus team is pushing me to create amazing and meaningful pages!

 

Thanks for looking, Amanda

 

 

 

Kraft Plus - July challenge

Hooray! It is the first day of July and I get to share my FIRST page since I was lucky enough to join the team at Kraft Plus.

 It's official!

This challenge group is AH-mazing.... they have an incredible group of gals designing for them, generous sponsors which means great prizes, and best of all, unique and fun challenges each month - what else could you ask for???

Here is the July challenge...



And here is my take... sorry I ignored the skull element - I just don't do skulls.... but roses, yeah, I do roses!

A perfect NEW princess in our family. And a pretty page just for her!

 

My 3 ways of Roses include:

Rose stencil,

Wood veneer rose,

then paper and ribbon roses.

 

As I am on the team for Colour Blast and they are a sponsor this month, I have used a few Colour Blast products to complete this page.

 

The main colours I have used are: Punch (the pink) and Envy (the teal).

I used Colour Pastes through the rose stencil, and then used Colour Shimmer Cubes to colour elements like the leaves, as well as to add some splatters.

Here are some close ups so you can see all the details...

 

Thanks so much for looking today!

Amanda

 

Kraft Plus - April

Yay... ran madly to Bunnings yesterday to get paint swatches (Probs took too many, but I think I might use them again on a page!).... and then got this page done just in time!

I've got this thing about trying to pump out multi-photo layouts lately. I'm really keen to get more photos on a page to tell the stories I need to tell.

Did some painty mess with the new Colour Blast Shimmer Cubes (in Just Blue) on the background, even using it to paint one of my Charms Creations DIYs (the +).

I also hand cut a few more pluses from the paint swatches.

Sticker words from Flutterby Designs are epic and awesome for any page! Also some resin hearts from Corbin Creations.

 

And yes I hand stuck each and every one of those little black stars - stupid little buggers! Yeah - but it looks good! LOL.

 

Thanks for looking.

Amanda

Scrap the Boys - March 2017

Hi all,

 

The challenges continue at Scrap the Boys (and for me) this month, as we scrap boys (said the mother of 3 girls), this month using DIRT:

 

 

 

As soon as I saw the challenge, I remembered a photo of my little brother, that was always a favourite of mine, where he was playing in the mud. Luckily my Mum remembered it too, and was able to find the photo, scan it and email it to me.

 

So here is my layout.

 

 

I had an old stencil with the big splatter pattern and to be honest I had never used it. Anyway, I mixed some Colour Blast Mica Powder (Expresso brown) with some Gel Medium and put it through the stencil. It was the perfect mud splatter background!

 

I swiped the leftovers around the edges and even had enough to paint the 2Crafty chipboard word title.

 

I also used some Colour Blast Shimmer Spray in Just Blue to splatter on the page and to colour the Charms Creations DIY Chevron.

 

Check out all the details in the these close ups....

 

I wove some wire around a few elements on the page. And this close up shows you the awesome Charms Creation! And I love the glitter enamel dots from D-lish Scraps!

 

 

 

 

 

Flutterby Designs flair here! Perfect!

 

Thanks for looking!

 

Amanda