May Creaitons with Tania

Hello there!

Tania joining you today to share some creations for my DT work for May using lots of beautiful Scrapmatts goodies!!!

This month I have created a couple of layouts.

"Follow you Heart & Dreams"

Here's a few close ups.........

CB1235 Leaf Spray 14

CB1116 Leaves 02

CB1159 Hearts 05

CB6113 Scrap Words 32

ST9049 Hearts Stencil

My second share.....

"Summer"

Some close ups.........

SW005 Summer 01

CB1021 Flowers 01

Well that's all from me today!  I hope I have inspired you all a little.  Don't forget to check out the store here for all your Scrapmatts goodies, and also pop back to the blog to see the gorgeous creations from the other DT girls.

 Until next time, happy crafting Tania xx

Scrapmatts creating in August - One layout and two cards

Hello again and welcome back to Scrapmatts.  It's Helen with you today.

I recently had the pleasure of meeting Sofia & Andrew at the Craft fair in Adelaide.

Thanks for the chance to be part of the hustle and bustle of a busy stall, 

I really enjoyed it.  It's an honour to be part of this friendly team.

First up is a layout about one of my Grand daughters.

The paper collection is from Cocoa Vanilla, "Wild at Heart".  A bit like my girl!

I enjoyed using one of the newer stencils, ST9012 - A5  patterns,  to create interest down the right side of the page, before splashing on some Tim Holtz Oxides distress ink.

This cluster at the bottom consists of:- 

Flowers - CB1161 Flowers 11

Leaves CB4070 from the string Circles 06 Roses, treated with gesso, 

before adding water colour paint and some tiny beads to the centre of the flowers.

CB1038 Dragonflies 06 was heat embossed with gold.

The sweet title is from CB6117 Assorted words 30, just a touch of white paint to make it pop against the navy floral paper.

The pink and white twine and the locket are also available from Scrapmatts.

Can you see the little birds at top left?  I pushed several thick layers of texture paste through 

ST9020 - A6 Bird Stencil.

Next is a vintage style card for a friend's Birthday.

The vintage image called for some vintage embellishments and I created the peach background with a stencil similar to This one ST9025 - A6

The leaves looked lovely with the At Deco theme, I used Distress Oxides and Wink of Stella to dress them. CB1235 Leaf Spray 14

I scattered a few Prills at her feet and the 

 trim across the bottom was treated with crackle medium and gold paint.

CB2001 01 Page Border

The tiny butterfly is from CB1028 Butterflies 18

Finally a Father's Day card for a special event coming up soon.

The background was created with texture paste through another new stencil, 

ST9024-A5 - Bricks

Then I added Tim Holtz Oxides Distress inks, to create a patina on the bricks.

The gears were already painted black, as were the words.

CB1072 Gears 01

CB1191 Scrapwords 03

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ATCs and Cards - Lauren Tomecek

A very happy good morning to you all! Today my baby turns 3 years old and if I'd been planning ahead, I would have done a couple of layouts of him to celebrate. But instead, I was too busy trying to plan the party and get everything ready for my family visit, so I have a variety of small projects to share instead. :)

I'm a big fan of ATCs as they were the start of my journey into scrapbooking. They are also really great projects for when you only have a short amount of creative time. For these ones, I painted ATC10-010 Bracket 01 with gesso, then sprinkled watercolourpowders across them and activated with water. They had a beautiful vibrant colour while wet but unfortunately the gesso mutes that as they dry.

I've used stencil ST5024 in the background of all three ATCs, but each one was used differently. On 'Discover' I used a small Versacolor stamp pad in charcoal to ink through the stencil, this gave the crispest edges to the image. On 'Remember' I misted black ink through the stencil, you can see it leaked in some places because my ATC based had warped a bit after the gesso layer. Finally, on 'Inspire' I flipped the stencil over and stamped the left over mist onto the image, then misted white Glimmermist to highlight the design.

The sentiments all come from CB1199 Scrapwords 07. The leaf pieces come from CB1146 Leaf Spray 01, CB5144 Layered Poinsettias 01 and CB1235 Leaf Spray 14. I finished them off with the lace, flowers, sequins and enamel dots.

It's always a good idea to have a few birthday cards in your stash. This one didn't hang around long, I've ready given it to a friend! I used ST9018-A6 in the background, just as straight gesso over the background. Chipboard pieces include CB5087 Leaf Spray 09 and CB6100 Words 29.

 

The second card uses the same background technique as the first, but I've taken it in a different direction. I can never go past a pun and the CB4067 Marine Life 02 set was perfect for this one. The chipboard has been painted using distress inks stamped onto my craft mat then spritzed with water and painted on.

The last card is another birthday one which has a galaxy feel to it. Quite simple in design, but I think the background really makes it pop. The stencil is ST1008, I used Versamark through the stencil then embossed this with a clear embossing powder to create a resist effect. The chipboard is CB6100 Words 29 and CB1223 Stars 03, both have been painted with acrylic paint.

Maybe next month I'm be organised enough to show you a layout celebrating my son's birthday. ;)

Hello from ME

 

Good Morning!!!

I'm super excited to be sharing my first post with you all.

Its been so much fun playing with these gorgeous chippies and I must

say the Stencils are awesome too......

 

Creating with these goodies was so easy to do!

They fit perfectly with my photos and perfectly with my projects..

 

My first official share with you is my Canvas created for the Scrapmatts Team

board at the show.

Its full of colour, chipboard and stencils.....

 

My first step was to adhere a selection of swirls from

CB4069 Ornate Frames 26

to the canvas and coated with a thin layer of Gesso.

 

Using Texture paste I added some circles with

ST9003-A5

Butterfly Sprinkles with

ST1028

Now comes the fun part adding lots of colour!!!

Allow it to pool and sit along the grooves of your chipboard.

Increase the intensity of the colour by adding more a step at a time and allowing to dry.

 

 

Using a selection of the following I embellished my Canvas

 

CB5165 Lavender 01

CB5166 Leaf Spray 15

CB6117 Assorted Words 30

CB1235 Leaf Spray 14

 

 

All the chipboards chosen from the packs where first Inked then finished with

matching embossing powder.

A few selected pieces where coated with Gesso and Stamped with StazOn.

 

Once the lavender pieces cooled I re inked the flower tops to adjust the colour.

Before adhering all the pieces to my canvas I randomly stamped the canvas.

 



 

Now I have a layout to share with you.

It includes my two favourite people which you will get to know well!

These gorgeous little faces are my inspiration!!!

(I'm Bias)

 

 

This one was all pleasure!!!

This timeless photo I have scrapped many times over and its still one of my favourites.

When I saw the CB4070 String Circles 06 Roses

I knew straight away exactly what I wanted to do with it.

 

Using Shimmer Dusts and water I created my background which I then layered with

Stamps and StazOn.

Using the residue on my brush I painted the chipboard which I've used to border my photo.

 

 

I layered this around the indentations on the rose to create another layer of depth.

I also used my chalk inks to randomly stamp with a selection of colour to add

to the rustic look.

 

Using a few pieces left over from CB4069 Ornate Frames26

I stamped them randomly with a selection of colours.

Some I cut along the swirl lines to spread around the page.

As you can see pictured below.

 

I detached the small roses from the circle to spread slightly wider creating a larger circle

CB6117 Assorted Words 30

CB6106 Assorted Words 24

I Finished off the layout pieces treating them the same way as I did the frame.

Some flowers, Typescript Stickers and a White Gel Pen

finished the layout off.

 

I hope you enjoyed my little journey.....

I look forward to playing with more chipboard and sharing the fun with you all.

Till next time

Happy Scrapping.....