13arts - challenge #56

Create your own background

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Another fun challenge from the 13 arts team.

Hello

Using a photo taken during Aida's visit to South Australia in April. It was a wonderful day, meeting Aida and also meeting Vicki from Scrap Matrix. They are both such lovely caring, sharing people.

To create the background; first I sprinkled some 13 arts Rainbow Colour Duo - navy, spritzed with water and allowed it to dry. Then some purple shimmer spray, some random stamping - rocks and flowers, then over the top of everything I applied some transparent shimmer texture paste (his does not show up in the main photo) through a flower stencil.

 Some close ups to show the shimmery texture paste. Apologies for the photo quality of these, the weather was not helpful!

Because I love the crisp, fresh feel of the background, I have kept the embellishments very simple, a few flowers, some flairs, hearts and a bow.

Thank you for looking.

Off the Rails Scrapbooking - July challenge

African animals, zoo...or just orange/red/yellow

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Fabulous

A fabulous cheetah at the Monarto Open Range Zoo. 

Products used: matt texture paste coloured with Distress Ink - tea dye and walnut brown; Distress Mist walnut brown, peeled paint and bundled sage; acrylic paint splatters - black and white; Charms Creations star; D-Lish Scraps sequin bow, Heidi Swapp gold title, various wood veneer pieces, black jute cord and brown mesh ribbon.

Thank you to the Off the Rails team for a great challenge, I have quite a few 'zoo' pictures to scrap. Thanks for looking.

D-Lish Scraps - July challenge

Primrose Lane

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Always remember

At first I was unsure of what to do for this challenge.  While I often use aqua and red, I do not usually work with aqua and red together. However, as soon as I saw this photo of Kenzie at the Honour Roll at the Australian War Memorial,  I knew it was perfect for the Primrose Lane challenge. 

For the background I have used a checker plate stencil with matt texture paste on the left hand side, and a small cross stencil with clear gloss texture paste on the right hand side. On the left, I added some watercolour paint, and on the right I have sprinkled some colour powder. I have added some washi tape down the middle, the script tape from a previous JAP kit, is still my favourite 'go to' washi tape. The rest of the embellishments are from the Primrose Lane kit. I have finished the layout with a 2 Crafty chipboard title.

Thank you to Amanda and the team at D-Lish Scraps for another challenging challenge!

Scrapbookit June Challenge

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Create a project using 6 x 6 papers, geometric shapes and chipboard.

Always follow your Dreams

For the required elements; I have used some beautiful Ultimate Crafts papers (6 x 6 pad) for the photo frame and corner. There are geometric shapes in the design on these papers and in the thin chipboard die cuts. The title is 2 Crafty chipboard.

The background paper and brads are part of my 'use up your stash' mission.

I love the sepia tones of the layout which coordinated perfectly with the wood veneers. Thank you to Joanne, Mel and Jane for another interesting challenge.

Kraft Plus June Challenge

Kraft plus one

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Enchanting

It is so great to actually finish a layout for the Kraft plus challenge. The past two months did not get past the 'that's a great challenge.....' 

I have kept this layout quite simple, loving the black, kraft and red palette. 

I also challenged myself to use some things that have been in my stash for quite a while...the chipboard title and bird. All part of a long overdue de-cluttering!

A big Thank You to Sandra for all her hard work organising the Kraft plus challenges, and to the design team for their fantastic inspiration.

Scrapbook Boutique June Challenge

Gold is the new Black

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Shine

This is the first time I have entered the Scrapbook Boutique challenges. I simply loved the 'Gold is the new Black' moodboard, so stunning and elegant.

Products used: Colourblast colour paste - bling; Words or Whatever chipboard; Stampendous embossing powder; Charms Creations tab; Heidi Swapp gold title, Corbett Creations wood veneer; assorted flowers, washi tape, wood veneers and embellishments from my stash.

Mixed Media World - #25

Anything Mixed Media Goes with a Twist (Moodboard)

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Imagine - Canvas

I was inspired by the colours from the moodboard, particularly the bright blue.

I wanted to create a canvas incorporating a photo of my daughter taken on the day of her high school formal.

This is only the second canvas I have created, so the process was very much an experiment, but a fun experiment.

After coating the canvas with white gesso, I added some texture paste through a stencil and some random pieces of tissue paper.  To give more texture, I cut narrow strips of chipboard, which I added in a random manner, I also included a few chipboard 'scraps' and some buttons. Using a palette knife I added various chunky pastes and some glass beads.

The hardest part was waiting for all the texture to dry, then a quick coat of white gesso. I coloured the canvas using Prima Art Alchemy paint in 'steampunk copper', 'deep waters' and 'ancient coin'. Again...waiting for it to dry.

  

The 13 arts chipboard clock face and title were painted with the ancient coin paint; as were the wood veneer pieces and the Prima flowers (dry brushed). I finished the canvas with some metal flowers and charms, a Prima 'globe' and some gold micro beads.

This was such an enjoyable project and I really love the finished creation. Thank you to the team at Mixed Media World for the inspiration.