123 April Challenge

It has been a while since I have done a 123 challenge, so after stumbling back onto the site I had to give it a go!
 Here is the challenge: use Duck egg blue, the word "today" and the technique "white wash".

To me this challenge screamed beach!!

 I used a load of embellishments that were metal, plastic and chipboard, when you do this sort of technique try to disregard the colour, go for the texture and shape that the embellishment will add!
I took the whole "white wash" thing very literally, coating my whole page in Gesso then applying the colour till I was happy with it!

After adding the colour with mists I then went back over pieces with the Gesso to highlight, but it still needed something more, so I used a silver metallic rub on in places to bring out the texture.

I used embossing powder on the Title then threw a few liquid pearls around! The teal tape on the photo is from Sawyers Place, it almost looks like a Dymo label!
All the large shells are from Scrap FX and so is the chipboard alpha and speech bubble!
Thanks for stopping by!

123 September Challenge

Back Again!

This is my LO for the 123 September Challenge. The requirements were: White, the word ON, and White Space (which I find kinda hard to do).

So Sorry 

Out For Publication

 Will Be Back Soon

So here is my take,  the photo is of the boys but the subject is not warm and fuzzy due to the phase (I hope) they are going through right now!!! They are at each others throats 24/7 and it is driving me to distraction!!!!! Tell me this too shall pass!!!!

 I tried to keep all the embellies white instead of using a white background (I do like to think out of the box). Aren't  the birds just too cute? They are new from (you guessed it) ScrapFX, as are the cogs, chicken wire and Alphas.

Splashed around heaps of paint as you can see, and added lots of texture with the fibre. I know not too much white space here, but that is just the way I seem to roll!

And the journalling says it all, I hope they get back in sync with each other before they send their mother batty. Thanks for looking and please add a few words to reassure a frazzled mother of angry boys that she is not talking to herself!!!!! TeeHeee things have got to get better I really liked my former happy place! I promise a happier LO next time!

123 Challenge LO

Hey all, 

just a quick post before I need to go put my car in for a service, fun stuff !! Anyhow the July 123 Challenge (123 July Challenge ) was to create a "Scene", the colour Teal and the word THING some where in the title. So here it is: 

 I created the totally random background using gauze, mist paint and stamps, got a little carried away I think! But look I haven't used any string!!! Could it be that fetish has past? I don't think so, I thought about using it far too many times to be totally "Cured"!

 The lettering I did by hand with a little help using a stencil, truth was I am running out of alphas (already on my shopping list) and had to take drastic action!

 The alphas I did use are ScrapFX and I love these flourishes from them as well they are a little more masculine than the norm.

A few buttons and this and that and I was done! I have probably missed something here, anything you want to know? Just leave a comment and I will get back to you I promise!
 Gotta go, Happy Scrappin',