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

Scrap the Girls - August 2018

Hi all,.

 

I love it when I have time to play along with Scrap the Girls!

 

Sometimes the perfect piece of paper, plus some lovely Charms Creations is all you need!!!!

 

This is the mood board that inspired me....



And here are some close ups.....

Combine some Charms Creations with D-lish Scraps and my page is done! And special thanks to my friend Shannon - perfect bar buddy for this photo!

Thanks for looking,
Amanda

Scrap the Boys - DT page for October

It is a fun sketch this month at STB....




I stuck to the sketch closely with my page.... PS>>> please note.... I added pink to a boy page... cos I had too! ;)


Started with wood grain patterned paper, then I stitched a circle, as well as painted and splattered with some Colour Blast Colour Shimmer pot paint (in Dusty Charcoal).

Lots of layers of scraps of patterned paper and cardboard and tags.

And then totally raided my stash for some goodies to finish.

 

You can see old pink glitter and felt brads, old pink acetate stars, old stickers, the glasses, punchinella (thank you D-lish), threads and I have NO idea where that cute little pink mushroom came from!

 

Of course, the hero is the Charms Creations star in black denim and grey.

 

I love this cluster and I love how my page turned out.

 

I hope you join in at Scrap the Boys this month.

 

Thanks for looking.

 

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

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

 

 

 

Show Us Your Stuff - May 2017

Another month of challenges..... This one is my DT sample for the always different and fun SHOW US YOUR STUFF --- your handmade stuff that is.....

Here is the May challenge- this mood board:



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

beautiful photo of my beautiful girl....

Textured paste on the background, then painted blue, yellow and pink with Colour Blast Shimmer Dusts.

The biggest challenge was finding all the letters I needed from my Alphabet sets. 2Crafty chipboard word - embossed with Colour Blast Embossing powder.

Handmade here: Charms Creations DIY heart. Rainbow Splendour Epoxy button and word cut out. Also dyed the muslin at the back here with some more Colour Blast!

Handmade here: D-lish Scraps flair, Rainbow Splendour pretty pin.

 

 

Yay - hope you join us this month.

 

Thanks for looking,

 

Amanda

 

 

Scrap the Boys - May 2017

Hi all,

 

Another BOY-based challenge for May for Scrap the Boys!... This one can have MUM's in it though.... (phew!)

 

 

And here is my page... with an old photo of husband David with his Mother....

 

I used some Colour Blast Shimmer Dust in Velvet and painted it to cardstock - that's the messy paint splodge at the back! Then added the layer of white script transparency, which I machine stitched. Then everything else layered on top!

 

I used some 2Crafty Chipboard (our sponsor this month) - I inked it purple and then used dimensional magic. While the dimensional magic was wet, I sprinkle some super fine glitter into it!

 

 

 

 

 

So purple and yellow??? Why not!

 

Thanks for looking. I hope you join us for Scrap the Boys this month!

 

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