'Three', using the new collection.

 Hi it's Bente here and I have a new page to share with you.

 I used the latest Spring Time paper collection for it!!

The pictures were taken a few years back at the beginning of the school holidays.

 I cut a frame from the pink music paper and added it as a border to the pink heart paper. I used the dotty paper from the Beautiful memories collection for a bit of a contrast and added some gesso and even some coloured mist.

 I picked different coloured flowers from my stash and used my Big Shot to diecut some mini rosette flowers and a couple of labels that I layered on top of eachother.

I like to let the mist/paint run a bit to add some more interest to my page.

I hope you like what I had to show you today and also that you have been able to get hold of some of the new papers. If you cannot find the different Inkido collections please ask your local 

scrapbook store to order them for you :-) as they are really pretty.

Inkido GD Scrap Around The World!

Me and several of Inkido Designteam members are guesting Scrap Around the world this month. They had a great sketch and Moodboard for us to be inspired by!

I choose to use both sketch and Moodboard for my layout. I played a lot on the background and used some of Inkidos great stamps.

To get some black flowers and leaves I sprayed them with black mist.

I wanted lot´s of contrast between the two colors and here I used a black and white pin from Inkido.

Inkido has the most beautiful laces! Here in both black and white.

Hugs from Ulrika aka LillBlomman!

For my layout I used following products from Inkido:

InLinkz.com

Monochromatic LO + tutorial

Hello friends!
It's Thursday with Zanka today and I wanted to share with you my recent Inkido LO, along with a short mixed media tutorial. Ready for a bit longer post? ;)

In Inkido collections you will find many beautiful shades of grey.
I wouldn't say fifty - LOL - but enough to make an interesting, almost monochromatic  project, just playing with different patterns.

As you can see, I did not stay true to greys all the way and eventually decided to inject some more colour -pink and whites.

The papers are really beautiful as they are...however you might want to personalize them a little bit, by adding just a touch of mixed media techniques.
In this project I worked with structure paste, gesso and ink.

• Mix some ecoline into the modelling paste to make it pink.
• Apply through a stencil(mask) or just random & let it dry completely. Then add some strikes of gesso.
• For that you'd need a palette knife or an old plastic card . Just dab the edge generously in gesso and hit the paper couple of times, and draw,  to get the longer strikes. Let dry.

Stamping adds some interesting statement as well- I did the stamping after assembling the whole work. Just a random press of stamp, so called ghost stamping - script, text or flourishes are my faves.

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a great time playing with gesso, paints and stamping:)

Inkido Supplies:

Dreams

Hi there! This is Anupama with a new project

...my first ever journal cover! 

I made this over the weekend for a dear friend. 

How did I do my background paper?

Simple!

I chose the Butterflies Borders from the Beautiful Memories 

collection of papers.

It has gorgeous motifs of birds, butterflies and anemones on one side and beautiful script on the other side.

I mod-podged scraps of this paper onto cardstock. 

If you do not own a branded water-based sealant like the one I have used, there are any number of recipes for homemade ones on the internet. Just google and have fun creating your own!

The trick is do this quickly without much thought to achieve a random look.

Once done, you have your own unique patterned paper which can be used for art journaling, cards and tags. 

A few close-ups -

The Blue Angels 12x12 paper is my favorite and it lends well to any kind of project. 

Gesso + Distress Stain + Glimmer mists on Inkido lace

                

Hope this project inspires you to try something you have never done before.

Happy Scrapping!

Lovely GD Iris Babao Uy!

Hi!
It's Bellaidea today with one of my favorite scrappy friends, Iris!
I invited Iris to GD for us some time ago and I was very happy she wanted to do it.

I am a scrapper from The Philippines, a wife and a mother to two sweet girls Nicole and Cheska. I rarely plan my pages – I let a photo or a patterned paper inspire me and I take it from there. I love the shabby chic and romantic style but I also enjoy working with bold patterns and striking colors. I’m an ink and paint type of person. I just have to get it a little messy to consider my page done. If I don’t have ink and paint on hand, then I just tear little bits of elements and stick it randomly for the sheer fun of it
I am fortunate to be designing for Webster’s Pages and Blue Fern Studios. I was also named as one of the first two Prima Masters. I am also currently a designer Aussie Scrapsource (wholesale store) and The Color Room challenge blog. I am also an endorsed teacher for both Webster’s Pages and BasicGrey. I teach workshops both in Asia and Europe. My work can be seen in craft books as well as craft magazines such as Creating Keepsakes and the like.
I may be reached through iris_sparkup@yahoo.com.
My blog address: http://www.irisbabaouy.typepad.com

Iris Babao Uy

www.irisbabaouy.typepad.com

I think she liked GD parcel a lot because after short time I got this beautiful layout from her.

Her second layout is all about her  little girl, Cheska .
 Inkido stamps and flowers are just perfect there!

I know you will wonder what Iris used on her pages :). 

 

Dear Iris, thank you so much for your beautiful work, can not wait to see your next projects in March!!

If you wound like to GD for us try our Challenge, we will invite the winner to GD for us!

Untill end of February you have a time to join our challenge with black and white photo. 

On the 1st of March new challenge will be introduced by Kelly.

On the 2nd of March we will have a Blog Hop!

Join in!