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Tuesday, 10 December 2019

2Crafty Chipboard share

Hi Creative souls
OOOOOPS!!
I forgot to share this recent creation for 2Crafty Chipboard!
Better late than never right?

A layout celebrating sharing moments.

I used the following 2Crafty Chipboard:
"A Moment with You title"
"Corner Twig Branches" NEW
"Trudi's Vine"

I coated all pieces in white gesso.

I then added some soft watercolours to them to go with the layout.

I added some yellow, some grey and some soft pink.

For the "A Moment with you" title, I added pink only to the word moment....

So soft and subtle....

I trimmed down some of the "Corner Twig Frames".
I wanted them to mirror the tree in the photo.

I also added soft pinks and greys to "Trudi's Vine".
I then trimmed these down. and clustered them around the photo.

I really love the softness of this layout.
The pastels are a nice change for me from the usual bold bright colours I'm usually drawn to.

Watercolours on chipboard is a lovely soft finish.

That's it from me today.

I'll see you later in the month.

Saturday, 7 December 2019

Pure Joy for 2Crafty Chipboard

Hello creative souls!

I've popped in to share my first festive layout, created for 2Crafty Chipboard.

A soft layout that tells a story about the pure joy of giving.

Last year on Christmas Day we gave up a few hours of our time to prepare a feast, wrap gifts and decorate a hall for those in our area who are less fortunate than us and who were spending Christmas alone.

All of the gifts and food were donated, and it was such a lovely way to start our day, and definitely a feeling that not only stayed with us throughout the day, but throughout the year.

I used the following 2Crafty Chipboard:

"Pure Joy" title

"ATC Tiny Hearts and Stars"

"Mini Houses"

"Winter Twig Branches"

NEW "Mixed Fine Border Set"

I used the "Mini Houses" to go with the theme of 'Community' and 'it takes a village'.

I covered them with white gesso and then added some watercolour paints in grey, pink and aqua, to go with my colour pallette.

I then added some outlines with a pen for a cute whimsical feel.

I added in all different types of trees, and the "Winter Twig Branches" fitted in perfectly.

I painted these white and then added some fine clear glitter......I wasn't perfect with this, I wanted the glitter to be a bit random - a bit like sparkly lights in the trees.

Along the bottom of my cluster I added one of the borders from the

NEW "Mixed Fine Border Set".

I love the delicateness of this and the leaf theme just worked perfectly.

I simply added a few coats of white gesso.

For my title, I painted the "Pure Joy" in a few coats of white gesso, and then added clear fine glitter.

This again gives that 'light' feel, and also reminds me of snow.

Finally, I painted a few of the "Mini Stars" in white gesso, and added some watercolour, and sprinkled these through the layout.

That's it from me today.....

I love that I can use chipboard to help tell my story.

I think there's a 2Crafty Chipboard for everything!

I hope this layout reminds you of the real meaning of Christmas....giving - and not just presents but yourself.

Tuesday, 3 December 2019

Bling for Scrap Matrix

Happy December creative souls.

My turn to share my first creation for the current 'Bling it On' Challenge over at Scrap Matrix....

Such a great challenge for the month of December, when bling, lights and shiny beautiful things really make an appearance.

I created this one using lots of metallic paint colours - and they look gorgeous on the black.

Really difficult to capture the sheen and metallic finish in photos, but it looks quite dramatic and classy in real life!

Copper heaven!

So let's see how this one came about.....

I selected this stencil by TCW - 6x6 - Deco Leaves I just love it for my background for the layout.

I grabbed some PaperArtsy 'Copper' to go with. You must try this colour, it's simply stunning.

I used a sponge to stamp through the stencil onto the background....

I then grabbed some more black cardstock and chose a flower stencil - TCW 12x12 Flower Frenzy

I also grabbed all my metallic paints.

'Gold' and 'Copper' by PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Paints.

'Rosy' by Dina Wakley

I selected a few different flowers and again sponged through.

I used 'Rosy' in the centre, then sponged 'Copper' and 'Gold'

When I lifted the stencil, I gasped - they look beautiful and I love the ombre effect of the three different paint colours.

I repeated this process with a few flowers.

I then fussy cut them all out.

Ok, now it's time to work on some of the details.

I grabbed a couple of 7Dots tags and I cut out a couple of tags from scraps.

These will form the base for my photos.

I then rubbed some of the 'Rosy' Paint over some German Scrap 'Renaissance' Petite Black Strips.

These will be placed randomly onto the layout.

For my title, I used these gorgeous German Scrap Angel Wings Black.

They were black, but after a few swipes with all the paint colours, they completely transformed and look just like metal!

I added a 7Dots quote - this page is about my girl finishing off her final year of High School and all the steps that are to come. This quote suited, and paired with the wings perfectly.

I then found this blingy thread, and cut it down and used pieces of it for the centers of my painted flowers.

I also used these gorgeous little metal butterflies. They just suit the theme of my layout.

I added some swipes of paint to them and placed them so they flew up the layout.

I added a few flowers through the layout.

I found some copper ones and then I grabbed some small white ones and added some micro-beads in Copper using Matte Gel.

Ok time to assemble it altogether.

I really enjoyed creating a blingy layout using metallic paints.

Give some a try paired with black - it's really quite fancy!

I can't wait to see your creations for the challenge....

Use any type of bling you like and share it in out Scrap Matrix Shares Facebook Group.....

Let us know what Scrap Matrix products you used.

I'll be back again in a week or so with my second blingy creation.

Much love and shininess

Tam

Tuesday, 12 November 2019

Powerful blooms for Scrap Matrix

Today I've popped in to share some art journal pages with you created for Scrap Matrix.

Lots of fun using the new Tracy Scott PaperArtsy Paint colours.

So let's take a look at how this came to be....

Swipe some of the Electric Violet Paint onto your art journal page.

Be random!

Add some Aqua Duck Egg, and then add a touch of 'Little Black Dress' and 'Snowflake', then whilst still wet add the '12x12 Blooming Garden' Stencil by The Crafter's Workshop, and using a baby wipe, rub off paint through this.

Repeat until you are happy with your background.

I then came in with my pencil, and roughly sketched a face...

Now grab some smooth cardstock....I used the NEW PaperArtsy Smooth.

I LOVE IT!

With a sponge, apply paint through the stencil by The Crafters Workshop called '12x12 Blooming Garden'.

I used PaperArtsy Paint in 'Cerulean', 'Cerise', 'Electric violet' and 'Purple Wine'.

Repeat, blending the colours.

I also used a stencil by The Crafters Workshop - 6x6 Floral Statement.

I also added in some stamping using the Prima Stamp - Bloom Floral.

I also repeated this process on black cardstock.

The same process, the same colours.

Love this effect!!

Now time to cut them all out.

Time to paint in that face...

Now start adding your flowers.

I added some doodling - on her face, on the leaves and I also added a touch of colour to the black and white stamped flowers

Ok, onto the next creation....

I used my fave quick technique, as I was keen to try out a couple of the NEW Tracy Stencils I got at the Scrap Matrix weekend!

I created this one with the new Tracy Scott PaperArtsy colours.....

'Electric Violet', 'Purple Wine', 'Aqua Duck Egg' and 'Cerulean'.

Love that new Tracy stencil - PS157

I dedicate this page to the fun weekend that I was lucky enough to spend with both Tracy and Vicki - we shared many a laugh and many a wine, so this quote from the Word stickers seems very appropriate.