Pencil Challenge no.49

Hello Everyone

It's the second challenge of the month and so we have a super, new theme challenge for you!;-)

I think it's a real goodie and really got the Design Team thinking. Here's the challenge.

"The challenge is to use pencils on a project". Make a card or layout or even an altered project, as long as somewhere on your project you have used pencils.

To give you some ideas, here is a super article below that was in the Jun/Jul Scrap365 magazine last year.

Our amazing sponsor for this challenge is Zeus and Zoe, so we have some of the Design Team as Guest Designers. We are so thrilled to have Tusia Lech and Charlemagne Gargalicano Jnr and Sylwia Gryczuk.

Firstly here's a little about Charllie.

Charllie G.

   Hello I'm Charlemagne G. Gargalicano Jr., also known as Charllie Gee or Shimmerlyscrappy. I lived in Philippines, Bacolod City.  I'm 17 years old and was born on the 3rd day of May, year 1997. I am  a young college student with the passion for paper crafts , fashion designing , painting , graphic designing and sketching. I am taking  Bachelor of fine arts major in digital media arts at LA consolation College -Bacolod .

                                 I have always been creative , artistic and fun with the things that I love to do .Scrap-booking is  one of the things that makes me go nuts and say Wohoo !Well  in this industry art takes place in a wide crazy world , where art can be treasured into memories and junks could be turned into the most precious Gold . That's why I am hooked with this kind of art But most of my spare time I  do Digital works , painting , and Graphic designing.  I'm very thankful that  God planned this for me ,given me a chance to meet friends all over the world and given me the flare to do more stuff related to art . 

You can find my blog here : http://shimmerlyscrappy.blogspot.com/ and you tube channel : https://www.youtube.com/user/shimmerlyscrappy

Charllie created this stunning and beautiful page.

Here's some closer details.

Isn't Charllie's styling and design just fabulous!!!! ;-)


Tusia Lech is up next and this is what Tusia had to say.

Tusia Lech

I love all kinds of media – if I would have to define my style, I would say that media are the only constant thing. 

My favourite colours are fresh, bold greens, blues and pinks, but at the same time I just love delicate, pale hues of beige, rose and white. However there is something in my projects, what can be found always – a positive, feminine style. 

Scrapbooking fills my whole life – it is all around me – in my private life and in my job career. I love the process of creation – I have created things since early childhood – all kinds of handmade things always attracted me. I cannot imagine my life without making some art. Even if I leave for a weekend, I always take my small “art-bag”, filled with art-journal supplies. 

I am lucky enough to be a designer in a few very creative places. I love drinking coffee, reading books, walking through the forest, watching flowers on the meadow, basking in the autumn sun and being deep in my inner world. I can say that I am happy person and wouldn’t change a single thing in my life.

Tusia created this vibrant and fun page.

Let's get a closer look at all those beautiful details.

 

Lastly, but not least, is Sylwia Gryczuk.

 

 

 

 My name is Sylwia Gryczuk and I am originally from Poland but I live and create in  Claregalway Co.Galway.  I work with different mixed media materials such as acrylic, inks, watercolours, vintage papers, beeswax, fabric and 3D elements.

 I am very passionate about creating happy art pieces with a little bit of magic. I love painting Fairies, art journaling, collages, altered items and craft projects. In 2012 I have created TandiArt Studio, where I put my whole heart into white canvas, pages and 3D objects to transform them into something happy and soulful

 

www.facebook.com/TandiArt

www.tandiart.blogspot.ie

 

Sylwia created this fabulous project.

 

 

Here's a clsoer look.

 

 

 

These journal pages are just amazing and so beautiful!

 

Sylwia also created a stunning video for this project and please do go and take a look at the creative process! ;-)

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pq6JBw2lQjM

Thanks sooo much Tusia, Charllie and Sylwia for these stunning projects! ;-)

Please pop over to their blogs and find more of what you see here.....beauty, inspiration, creativity and fun! ;-)

We have some more inspiration from previous TOP HATS, Marina and Ekaterina and I just know these pages are going to "wow" you! ;-)

Marina Timofeeva



Marina created this colourful, beautiful and wonderful page!

Ekaterina Zenevich





Hello! I'm Ekaterina and I'm really honored to be guest designer at Scrap Africa. I live in Belarus with my wonderfully supportive husband and our son. My family is featured throughout my work, they are my world. My addiction to scrapbooking began about 2 years ago.  Scrapbooking is  the perfect creative outlet for me - there are so many different techniques, styles and yummy supplies to play with! I enjoy creating a variety of projects including layouts, cards, off the page projects, and the album. I love to create a lot of beautiful things, especially I find myself in Mixed Media. I love textures, gesso, modelling pastes, paints, sprays...  You can find me at katrinkadesign.blogspot.com

In this work, I used a pencil to draw a brick wall and the stars and also used a white gel pen to draw lines on the walls.

I so love this boy page for the amazing design and styling! It's so fabulous! ;-)

Thanks so much also to Ekaterina and Marina for your fabulous projects! ;-)
I am sure they would a appreciate a visit from you...so why not pop over to their blogs and see more of their beautiful work! ;-)

Our Design Team has outdone themselves too and they have really created some beautiful projects to inspire you.

Ada

I have used my art journal for this challenge. I used copic markers to do the flowers.

Arantzazu

I have drawn all the squares

Asica

Denise
I used watercolour pencils for the outlining and for the colouring of the flowers.

Jo

I used pencil to draw the background flowers & the title & then went over it with a thin sharpie to make them stand out.

Jullis

Marina

For this challenge I decided to make a tag. I used my gelato pencils to make a background and then draw several butterflys with usual pencil

Nolene

I outlined the stencilled images with pencil and blended it with my finger to reduce the colour and make the images pop. I also outlined my leaves with pencil.

Olga

Teri

Thanks so much to the Design Team for their pencilled and beautiful inspiration! ;-)

As I mentioned at the beginning of the post, Zeus and Zoe Etsy shop is the sponsor for this challenge and there is a $30.00 gift voucher up for grabs, for one lucky person.  The postage will be covered too! ;-) So thanks so much to Marivic and Zeus and Zoe for this super prize!

Please pop along to this super etsy shop and have a look at the yummy goodies Marivic has to offer, as well as the blog for some creative inspiration! ;-)

Marivic Clifton - Zeus and Zoe Etsy Shop

https://www.etsy.com/shop/ZeusandZoe/

Zeus and Zoe is the sister Etsy Shop to Berry71Bleu and sells one-of-a-kind crafting embellishments for scrapbooking, crafting, altered art, home decor and collage art. All tags are handmade and can be designed according to your preference. Please contact Marivic through her Etsy Shop to request a custom order.

You have until the 30th April to upload your projects.

We can't wait to see what you come up with! ;-)

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Challenge no. 26 - Chipboard with a Difference

Hello Everyone

We really do have a very exciting challenge today! We have some amazing Guest Designers and an awesome prize! So you really don't want to miss playing along with this challenge! ;-)

So to tell you about the challenge, it is "Chipboard with a Difference" and it means you need to use some chipboard on your layout, card or altered piece, but cannot be left raw and must be altered. This challenge is hosted by the lovely Ada Nicholls.

So to tell you about our prize, we have an amazing new sponsor this month.7 Dots Studio.

7 Dots Studio

www.7dotsstudio.com

We are a team of creative women who cannot image their world without paper, glue and the creative process. Scrapbooking is our passion and we love to share our passion with other scrapbookers. For this reason, 7 Dots Studio exists. The quality of our products is our top priority. Our collections are made from thick (250gsm), acid-free, lignin-free, archival scrapbooking paper. We also offer high quality cardstock stickers.

7 Dots Studio has so very kindly given us a wonderful new collection as a giveaway prize. Check it out.

So you get the whole collection, as well as the 6x6 paper pad! Isn't that so fabulous?! Thanks so much to 7 Dots Studio and Tusia Lech

I am suddenly very jealous, as I would love to have this collection too! ;-))

I am thrilled to introduce our very Special Guest Designer, she is the owner of 7 Dots Studio - Tusia Lech.

She is an amazingly talented lady and really one of the nicest ladies ever!!

blog - www.ototusia.blogspot.com

I love all kinds of media – if I would have to define my style, I would say that media are the only constant thing. My favourite colours are fresh, bold greens, blues and pinks, but at the same time I just love delicate, pale hues of beige, rose and white. However there is something in my projects, what can be found always – a positive, feminine style.
Scrapbooking fills my whole life – it is all around me – in my private life and in my job career. I love the process of creation – I have created things since early childhood – all kinds of handmade things always attracted me. I cannot imagine my life without making some art. Even if I leave for a weekend, I always take my small “art-bag”, filled with art-journal supplies. I am lucky enough to be a designer in a few very creative places. I love drinking coffee, reading books, walking through the forest, watching flowers on the meadow, basking in the autumn sun and being deep in my inner world. I can say that I am happy person and wouldn’t change a single thing in my life.

Tusia created this beautiful card for the challenge. It is so absolutely gorgeous and stunning!

How I altered chipboards - text - I have used plain, white chipboards from 7 Dots Studio Nature Walk collection. I embossed them with Lindy Stamp Gang embossing powder, than I paint them with Gelatos from Faber-Castell and at the end I have embellished them with Liquid Pearls.

Thanks so much Tusia, for your amazing card! Please pop along to Tusia's blog and the 7 Dots Studio to see more of Tusia's work! You will not be sorry! ;-)

We also have a previous winner as a Guest Designer - Ekaterina Antipova

Ekaterina created this beautiful and amazing piece.

I made mix-media panels. I used the chipboard on the background, heart and words "you&me" in russian. The heart I covered in crackle paint and gold acrylic paint. Words - acrylic paint, gesso and Perfect Pearls Mist.

Thanks so much Ekaterina for this beautiful and wonderful piece! ;-)

To wow you even more, the 7 Dots Studio Design Team, also designed some wonderful projects for this challenge and you are going to really love their work.  Here is their amazing inspiration.

Keren Tamir

"Captured Moment"

"This picture depicts another wonderful day. The kids got to fly their kites at the beach downtown. I used lots of stamping again behind the photo to create texture and movement."

"I love capturing these moments in time. These beautiful snapshots of life will help me remember how my kids were then"

Altered Chipboard:

"I used some Blue Fern Studio chipboard for this challenge. The chipboard icons "Captured" and "Click" were simply inked in Black Coal fluid chalk ink. The Honey comb chipboard was painted in black acrylic paint and while it was still wet, I added some fine glass micro-beads on top to enhance the texture"

Product list

7 Dots Studio 9th Wave- Stormy sea

7 Dots Studio 9th Wave- 12x12 Elements

7 Dots Studio Wonderland- Stickers

Melenia Agapides

I have used the Domestic Goddess collection in this one.

My chipboard alphas are gessoed, misted and stamped!

Frau Muller

I painted the chipboard piece with gesso and distress crackle paint tea dye

I used 7Dots Studio
http://7dotsstudio.com/retailstore/love-is-in-the-air/7-dots-studio-love-is-in-the-air-just-dreaming
http://7dotsstudio.com/retailstore/love-is-in-the-air/7-dots-studio-love-is-in-the-air-rising-of-the-sun
http://7dotsstudio.com/retailstore/domestic-goddess/7-dots-studio-domestic-goddess-tags-12x12

Ana Paula Leal

This is a mini project, a  CD wallet perfect for presenting. 

The detail of  the chipboard arabesque : I cut and texturized using the Sixxiz machine.

I used gold metallic paste and applied some patina techniques using white paint.

stickers 6x12 Domestic Goddess

paper Deep Water- 9th Wave collection

Amy Lassiter

I altered my UmWowStudio layered circles, using a layer of copper paint, followed by a circle confetti mask and heavy body paint, and finally I stamped the chipboard using metal stamps, for the heavily embossed word "fly" on each piece.

Anna Wisniewska

I made a card using the newest 7 Dots Studio collection - Cold Country.
I altered the chipboards with gesso, gel medium, glass filler and two kinds of mist.
Thanks to all those media it looks like it is rusty.

Sandi Smith

I just love the versatility that chipboard gives to a layout and I tend to use them on all my projects! All the chipboard used here is manufactured by Scrapmatts and has the option of coming in a white mist finish. The frame, compass and lighthouse received some textured paste, mists and embossing powder. The grass chipboard was soaked with brown mist and I peeled apart the layers to give a more dimensional effect. The fence also received a coat of mist and I then added some gesso for a whitewashed effect. I simply inked the edges of the gorgeous butterfly as it was beautiful just as it was!

Riikka Kovasin

"I covered the brand new 7 Dots Studio chipboards with two coats of embossing powder. For the first coat I used semi-opaque pearl powder and for the top layer four different colors of embossing powder added here and there. While the powder was still hot, I sprinkled some extra glitter on top."

Thanks sooooo much to the 7 Dots Studio Design Team! You absolutely rocked this challenge! ;-)
Each project is beautiful and gorgeous and the altered chip boards amazing! Certainly, so very inspirational! 

But the magic doesn't stop there, check out our Design Teams projects too! 

Host Ada

Billie-Jean

 I covered my chipboard with a Tim Holtz ink pad then glued microbeads onto it :)

Cathi

Channa

Denise

Some of the chipboard flowers were embossed and some more stamped first and then embossed.

Elizna

I used a beautiful chipboard swirl and lightly painted it with some Tim Holtz distress ink.

Erica

Altered Maya Road banner pieces using pattern paper and the Prima 'love' title with Gesso.

Helen

Iya

Jowilna

I embossed the chipboard first and then added the colouring using alcohol inks and perfect pearls mists

Lynette

This little valentines album has chipboard covers that has been painted around the edges and then dipped into glitter. The inside also contains a lot of chipboard that has been painted, glittered, inked and even had some rub ons applied.   It will also be a Valentines give away on my blog.

Marelize

Patricia

I used one of my favourite techniques on my chipboard...layering. I wet  my chipboard and divided it into three sections, drying it with a heat gun makes the chipboard curl, giving lovely dimension to it. I then painted it with several colours of  Distress Paints, and also did some stamping on the flower and leaves. I finished it of with some Rock Candy Distress Stickles.

Rene' 

Tanya

Valerie

Super work from the Design Team, as usual! ;-)

So we really hope you are super inspired and feeling super creative after seeing all these amazing projects and will play along! We really would love to see your work.

Please link up your projects by 28 Feb.

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