"Celebrate" Layout by Helen Tilbury

Hi everyone!  HELEN here with my last layout designed for Inkido.

I will certainly miss designing with these beautiful, shabby products,

I have had a lot of fun for the last 9 months or so..

 I had a fantastic time creating this layout with quite a few 

very pretty Inkido papers as well as Inkido flowers & leaves

 too, PLUS an Inkido "Grungy Corner"stamp!

I used this month's mood board as my inspiration & was inspired by the grungy/

antique feel of the books, the topic {academic} & the lovely mellow burnt umber

colours.  What stunning images!  I do hope you will play with us this month!!

My background paper comes from the "Beautiful Memories" collection 

& is called  Beige Anemon.  I deepened the colour slightly using some

glittery gold sprays & added some texture paste through a brick-wall stencil, 

then embossed over it whilst still wet with a bronze embossing powder.

I misted up my flowers too as they were natural calico so ready for altering.

I stamped a bit on my flowers & leaves too to add to the old look.

The Inkido "Grungy Corner"stamp is not just for corners - as you can see!

Isn't the floral paper just exquisite?  I really love this one so much!

I used 3 other Inkido patterned papers too but they were all off-cuts 

from previous layouts so unfortunately I had already removed

 the printed identification strip so cannot name them.

The music note paper comes in several different colourways 

& I find it really versatile.  I have used it so many times!

Well I hope I have inspired you to pull out your Inkido products or to ask for them at your nearest scrapbooking store.  They are great quality papers & so romantic & shabby-chic but can be made "bolder"through altering with mists & mediums if you are after a stronger look.

Remember you have until the end of June to complete the challenge & DO NOT have to use Inkido products if you don't have them, but if you DO please point them out to us!

Goodbye from me :)

"Dad & Patti" Layout {May Challenge} by Helen Tilbury

Hi everyone!  HELEN here again with you today, to share my take on the May Mood Board.
Just because it is "Beachy" doesn't mean you have to tackle it that way if you don't have any

beach photos on hand like me!  I had this photo already printed & needing to be scrapped

& I thought it would be perfect for these colours so I was inspired in this way rather :)

I used quite a selection of pretty Inkido papers {see the listing at the bottom

 of my post} as well as an array of Inkido flowers too, a lovely grungy stamp,

 some leaves & some confetti bling.  All from Inkido!

Inkido papers are perfect for mixed media as they are nice & strong

 & perfect for tearing, punching, distressing & inking up!

They also take stenciling with mediums really well.  

Here I used hard modeling paste which I then sprinkled with 

embossing paste to change the colour to match the board.

My Inkido flowers were brown & cream so I misted up the

 cream ones & used chalk ink to add the brown edges.

I always twirl the stems of the mini roses around my awl to add a tendril!

A banner design always adds a vintage look & is easy to cut free-hand.

I hope my project has inspired you to create with Inkido today! 

 If you are not local to Scandinavia you can buy Inkido products online

 at The Flying Unicorn HERE.  They ship all over the world at actual postal costs!!

See you all again in June, with a video tutorial too!!!

SM12229 Mathea Croissant	Scrapbook Paper Beautiful Memories II Blue flowers	Mulberry leaf light brown	Cherry Blossom Latte	Cherry blossom
Mulberry rose small nougat	Light Green Pearls

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"70's Rhodesia" Layout from Helen {April Challenge - "Our Roots"}

Hello everyone!  Wonderful to be back here with you all at Inkido today!

  I just love Inkido products & have just had an {lovely!} overdose of them 

for the last couple of days creating my new layout.  I used the April "Our Roots" 

Challenge as my inspiration.  Here is the mood board for it.  Rather than be

 inspired by the many colours I chose to be inspired by the concept behind

 the board - our heritage & where we grew up/started our lives.

I had my photo printed out for many months now - never having the suitable opportunity

 to scrap it - so now I grabbed my chance!  I created a photo tutorial to accompany

 my layout but got so excited to finish it in the end that I left out a few of my last steps! 

 Once I had completed my layout I sponged on some more gesso to mute

 it down a notch & did some "partial" stamping of the butterflies around 

the edge of the layout.  I added this to represent the millions of displaced

 Zimbabweans around the world - the diaspora - of which I am one.

Yes I see that I forgot a number 3 above! LOL!!  Did anyone notice that?!?

Spring Time Sweet Song

Spring Time Sweet Angels

Mulberry rose small nougat

Cherry blossom

Swallowtail

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The brown music sheet paper I used behind my photo is from the Happy Christmas Collection {Happy Music}.  That's all from me for this month.  I will see you all again

 in May.  Please play along with our April challenge!  Bye for now... HELEN

'You are my Jewels' Layout by Helen Tilbury {based on the March 2014 Mood Board}

Hi again everyone!  HELEN back with you today, sharing my

 layout for the month, based on the March mood board.

Just look at all those beautiful precious & semi-precious 

gem stones.  So much inspiration & so many colour 

possibilities for this month's mood board & challenge!

I actually started with a softly patterned paper from Inkido

 for my base, but I was loving my misting so much that I got 

carried away & ended up covering most of the design, 

except along the edges which I masked off.

I used a couple of blue patterned papers to layer around my page,

both from Inkido too of course.  Then I embellished with some

 bling, some rub-ons, flowers & glittered up chipboard.

I used the chipboard heart negative {the part that surrounds

 the heart shape} that many people simply discard into 

the rubbish.  I glittered it up then I placed Inkido

 bling within the centre of it.

I scattered some more bling all around my page

 {champagne bling available HERE} - this shade

 is very flexible because you can dye the pearls to

 any other colour using alcohol ink first if you like.

I used some of my favourite Inkido Cherry Blossom flowers

& heart stickpins once again.  I hope you can play along 

with us this month in our mood board challenge!

Blue Memories	Beautiful Memories - Blue Butterflies	Champagne Pearls	Cherry blossom	Mulberry leaf light brown
Heartpins mixed

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