'Grateful' for 2Crafty Chipboard includes a PROCESS VIDEO

Today I've popped in to share a creation using 2Crafty Chipboard.

I've also included a process video too!!!

This layout is titled:

'Grateful'

A layout that celebrates and documents our beautiful neighbours.

So grateful for them and to them, and love having them in our lives.

Let's take a look at the video  as that best shows you how this came together....

   

I used the following 2Crafty Chipboard:

"Heart Clusters"

"Grateful title"

"Rose Set"

"6 inch Circle dot frames"

"Mini Branches"

As you can see in the video, I began by coating all of the chipboard in white Gesso.

To the "Heart Clumps" I added white paint.

I then added some doodling with a white pen.

I followed the same process for the "6 inch Circle dot frame".

The 'Grateful title' was painted with some soft watercolours.

I really love this look on chipboard.

It gives it a softer look, rather than bold.

Also, as it's soft it can be added over the photos slightly, without detracting from them.

To the "Rose Set", I also added watercolours.

Such a great finish.  Love the variance in the depth of colour.

I just LOVE the "Rose Set" chippy and could use it over and over (in fact I do!).

Finally, to the "Mini Branches", I stamped with a script stamp over the top.

This is a really simple, yet effective way to personalise your chippy.

Love it!

So that's it from me today.

I've been really enjoying playing with more softer colours lately.

So often, I am drawn to bright colours, so it's really nice to mix things up a little!!

I'll see you again next month with more chipboard creations!

See you again soon!

Flying in with TWO Art Journal Pages

Hello there creative souls.....

 

I've popped in to share my second bit of creating for the awesome 'FLY' challenge over at Scrap Matrix.

 

I've created TWO Art Journal pages......

 

The first is......

I used the quote:

"Take these broken wings and learn to FLY"

 

and yup now you are all singing!!!

I used my black 8x8 Journal and brushed on some white gesso first.

 

To create the background I used a stencil by The Crafter's Workshop called 'Sweet Posy'.

 

It looks fabulous every time, I just use sections rather than the whole 12x12 shape.

I recently purchased a soft pink Dylusions paint called 'Rose Quartz'.

 

I have most of the BRIGHT colours, but sadly, am very lacking in the soft tones.

 

Time to try something different!!

 

 

 

 

 I also added some Dina Wakley paint in 'Fuschia' and my go to 'black' and 'white'.

 

I love the grey I achieved by mixing.

 

 

 

 

To create the feathers, I used a Kinder Kreations Stencil.

 

 

 

 

I simply used a pencil to trace with the stencil directly onto the page.

 

I turned the stencil over to ensure the feathers were going in different directions.

 

This gives a more natural 'floaty' feel.

 

I then painted over them with the above paints.

 

 

 

 

I really just 'winged it' until I was happy.

 

I added dots, and once dry a few simple pen marks using my Fudeball pen.

 

I added a few flicks of the paint as well.

 

 

 

 

I then hand drew some little birds.....I wanted them to  look like they were coming off the feathers.

 

I added my quote in and done!!!

 

 

Time to share my second creation......

 

For this one I cracked open my Dina Wakley 8x10 Journal!

EEEEEEEKKK!!

 

 

 

 

This one began as I had a leftover scribbled flower from the last page I created.....

 

I couldn't waste it so.......

 

 

 

 

I firstly created a face using Scribble Sticks.....

 

 

 

 

I added water to the scribbles to allow the colour to drip down the page.

 

 

 

 

 

You'll notice I only created half a face.....

 

I can never seem to match up the eyes, so I cheated and added my quote to that section.

 

 

 

 

 

I used Ideaology alpha foam stamps by Tim Holtz and just added my own handwriting.

 

 

 

 

 

I then stamped a few of the Paper Artsy Tracy Scott  'Scribble flowers' above the face, in both the small and large size.

 

 

 

 

I added some Dina Wakley paint in 'Turquoise', 'Lemon' and 'Blushing'.

 

 

 

 

I love these pastel hues together.

 

 

 

 

This is the same technique I used last time, so you can see step by steps of that HERE.

 

I added the leftover flower from my last page over the top of some of the flowers and love that it sits up off the page a little.

 

So that's it from me today.....

 

I hope it's inspired you to have a go at our 'FLY' Challenge.

 

 

 

 

Just head to our Facebook Shares Group and upload your creation!

 

Let us know which Scrap Matrix Products you've used.

 

I can't wait to see them!

 

Colourful hugs,

xxx

 

 

 

'Hello beautiful Hahndorf' for 2Crafty Chipboard

Hi there chippy fans,

Today I've popped in to share my latest layout for 2Crafty Chipboard.

It's titled:

"Hello beautiful Hahndorf"

For those who follow my work, you know I am all about COLOUR, and usually the brighter the better!  Today I wanted to challenge myself and add some softer tones.

I spent a recent weekend in the Adelaide Hills in a gorgeous town called Hahndorf.  It's quaint and authentic and we were lucky enough to visit as the leaves had begun to turn.

I used the following 2Crafty Chipboard:

'Hello beautiful title'

'Autumn leaves'

'6" revolution frame'

'Amelia flower stems large'

'Amelia flower stems small'

I painted the 'Amelia flower stems large' and the 'Amelia flower stems small' with white gesso and then added white acrylic paint.

I wanted them to be really fresh and white.

I then added them in underneath the cluster of flowers.

To finish them off, I added a touch of doodling to them using a black gel pen.

I repeated this process for the '6" revolution frame' to get it a vivid white.

I didn't add any doodling to this, I just used it as a frame around the photos.

I also completed the above process on the 'Autumn Leaves', however to finish them off, I stamped with a script stamp over the top.

I absolutely love how this looks!

Soft and yet textured and interesting.

I added these leaves to the flower cluster and also placed them on the layout so they looked like they were falling.

I did this to emphasise the Autumn feel.

As this page is soft and contains pastel tones, I wanted my title to be soft and yet still be a focal point of the layout.

I coated it in white gesso and then added some watercolours to the words.

I love how the watercolours have dried with an ombre effect.

I also love that the different fonts are in different colours.

I love that about 2Crafty chippy titles.

There you have it.

I'll pop back again a bit later in the month with more inspiration.

Lots of creative love

xxx

'Fly' Challenge for Scrap Matrix

Good morning creative souls,

 

I'm here  today to share my first creation for the current challenge over at Scrap Matrix....

 

use 'Fly' in a quote......

 

 

 

 

I'm loving the softer colour tones with the black and white.....POP!

 

 

 

 

 

Look at all those beautiful Tracy Scott scribbled flowers!!

Yum!

 

 

My favourite of her stamps EVER!!!!!

 

Let's take a look at how this came together....

 

 

 

 

I began by stamping a whole heap of the scribble flowers, in both large and small.

Make sure you use a waterproof ink so you can add some colour.

 

 

 

 

Now time to colour them in.....

I wanted to try something a little different, I wanted something a little softer than the bold, bright colours I usually gravitate to....

 

so I chose Dina Wakley paints in 'Blushing', 'Turquoise' and 'Lemon'.

 

 

 

 

Dina paints are quite opaque and the last thing I wanted to do was cover up those gorgeous scribble lines, so I added lots of water to each until they had the consistency of watercolour paint.

 

I then painted them on quite randomly - I tried not to think about this part!

 

 

 

 

Time to cut them out.

Sigh what a pile of happiness!!

 

Ok, onto the background...

to enhance the colour, I decided to go with black and white, but then totally black seemed a little harsh, so I combined some Dina Wakley 'Black' and 'White' paint to create a grey.

 

 

 

I added water and then added some to some old plastic packaging.

I again added water.....

 

 

 

 

.....turned it over and splodged it onto a sheet of white cardstock.

 

 

 

 

Using this technique allows you to have some control over where the paint sits on your page.

It's also really satisfying watching it 'smooodge' through the plastic.

 

I also added a few flicks of paint too.

I want the flowers to cascade down the page so I placed the background from the top right of page down to the bottom left.

 

 

 

 

I then added some random stamping.

I used these circles from the same Tracy Scott stamp set as the scribbled flowers.

 

I also used a AALL & Create Stamp for the background too.

 

 

 

 

Once happy, it was time to add my photos and flowers.

 

I added a few tags around the photos, and then used some gorgeous 'German Scrap' Angel Wings to go with the 'fly' theme.

 

 

 

 

I cut them in half, adding a Mambi Chip to the centre and a couple of word stickers by 7Dots Studio.

I added my quote to a couple of 7Dots Tags.

 

 

 

 

I then added the flowers.....

 

I felt I needed a few more pops of black to balance out the black tag and angel wings which were quite heavy on the right hand side, so I added a bold circle stamp, again by Tracy Scott.

 

I also grabbed some metal flowers and added black gesso, and tucked these throughout the layout.

 

 

 

 

and just like that I'm happy.

 

 

 

 

Here's a few more shots.......

just cause I always take too many.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Are you going to have a go at this challenge,

I sure hope so......

 

 

 

 

Load your entries into the 'Fly' Album over at Scrap Matrix Shares and add a comment telling us which Scrap Matrix products you used (the more the merrier!).

 

Do this by the end of April to be in the running for a Scrap Matrix Voucher!

 

See you soon!

 

Scrap Matrix Products used:

Tracy Scott Stamps ETS124

Tracy Scott Stamps ETS125

AALL & Create Stamp Set 2

Dina Wakley Paint

(lemon, turquoise, blushing, black, white)

German Scrap Wings black

7Dots Tags - Writers block

7Dots Word Stickers

Mambi Chips

Ranger Archival Ink - black

Metal Flowers - Antique bronze filigree medium

black gesso