The Sound of Music

Have you taken a peek at the new products over at Scrap FX? 

I have to say I love all the music themed gear and now have a new favourite stamp, that I have used on just about everything I have touched this month, so the next few posts could have a common element....just sayin'!

So I thought I would show a page I did for Scrap FX this month.

Here 'tis:

I am loving using the black card as a background for a change, it makes the colours and the photo really  pop!

  

The photo features my eldest, who seriously is musically challenged. However he did volunteer for photos when my youngest (who has had all the expensive lessons) refused (story of my life when it comes to the boys.....gotta pick my moments!)

So as you can see I started with a good spattering of Gesso, then a splash of colour using Lindy's Sprays. Then I went to town with that stamp I was telling you about earlier..... Scrap FX Music Collage Stamp....do yourself a favour....get your hands on one....it is awesome!

I have used it here with black StazOn and did a little embossing with the gold enamel by Stampendous as well to make the pattern pop!

I also outlined the embossed images with a white Posca Paint pen to make them a little more dimensional.

 Then we come to my favourite chippy of the release...Music Symbol Collage! It complements the stamp perfectly. All I did with it was a coat of Gesso and a splash of the sprays I used on the background and a smattering of the embossing enamel!

The title is an equally awesome Wordlet that I cut to fit my needs! 

And the LO was done!!

Hope you like it, till next time, Happy Scrappin'!!!

Full of Wonder!

Back with another page made for ScrapFX using the new chippies and some older stamps that I am still bonding with.....just cannot leave them alone!

Here are the new products I used in the page:

 I also used the Chevron Spot stamp randomly on the background:

And here is the full page:

On the background used Lindys Stamp Gang Sprays and on the chippy pieces I used embossing powders also from Lindys, just love their huge colour range!

The other stamps on the background are from Tim Holtz.

I just love how long, big and "Flowy" the new flourish is, it needs nothing more than a bit of colour to help make the photo a statement on the page. 

 I used the Spot stamp, and then drew in some lines to emulate the compass on the Tim Holtz stamp.

You can see what I mean below:

So that is all from me for today my friends,
thanks for dropping by,

Scrap FX New Releases.

It is that time of the month where I reveal what I have been playing with over the last few weeks for Scrap FX. There is a theme happening with these latest products as you will see, the LO's are using some very masculine bits and pieces. 

Yes, very car oriented, I have to say they did challenge me a bit as I generally don't do these sort of pages. Still not too sure I like what I ended up with, but that is not the fault of the embellishments more to do with my creative BLOCK!

Without further ado here they are:

In this one I have used the new spark plugs, and gear stamps in the background:

 

also the new overlays:

 Also used some old faves, the Typewriter Alphas, Mini Cogs and Cogs.

The spark plugs are just painted up with some Mica paint and then I aged them by adding some black ink. I was going for the totally grungy dirty look!

I treated the alphas with some aged gold thick embossing powder and to add some depth to the main word of the title placed the overlay underneath.

I used the foam gear stamps pressed into molding paste to create the textured background.

Lots of layers with some highlights done with coloured pencils.

Finished it all off with some dots of liquid pearls and random embossing to make the title standout a little more.

The next LO I went for a simpler (it started out that way) look using the cute embellishments below:

I just treated all the chippies with ink and for the finer details used a marker. Used a Scrap FX tag for a little bit of journalling.

I really liked the key that you can easily personalise with handwriting or stickers.

The title was made using the Lanky (RED) and Playground Alphas. The RED is just some ink then I coated the letters with dimensional magic. The other letters I just used black paint.

And finally the whole page:

Still not sure I achieved what I wanted with these LO's  but I guess you cannot love everything you do ...or can you??? I think I am my own worst critic, as we all are!! 

 That is all for now, this post is long enough! I will be back with 1 last LO with these new releases a little later! 

Thanks so much for dropping by and big hugs to all!!

Diva Project 2!

Time for reveal number 2, the second layout!
This one is of my eldest, Kodey:

Just love getting all grungy with the border punches around the edges of the page!
Used a bunch of stencils and stamps on the background with gesso, mists and sprays. Then clustered my chippies after hitting them with mica paints!

 All the chippies are Scrap FX, used a lot of old favourites and just love that title!

When you add metal bits and pieces to chipboard it just .... well ....works!










And that is that, stay tuned for my final project for the Divas, an off the page creation!! Lots of fun doing that one!!

Yes! I Scrapped a boy!

Wow October is such a busy month here but I did manage to squeeze in a challenge over at 

Scrap The Boys! Now how on earth could I resist when the requirement is the colour combo of Blue and Green????? All you regular readers know it really is my "go to" combo and I can whip them up in no time flat without really thinking!

So here is what I ended up with: 

Love all those chippies from Scrap FX and the new release navy washi tape from Sawyers Place.

 The mini biplanes are just so cute and are perfect for that masculine touch. I combined them here with the Graphic circles that suit just about anything really.

 The New Adventures wordlet is a great versatile title. I tried to get a crackle effect in the background by cheating, not using a crackle paste at all because I hate waiting for it to dry...... very impatient!!!

So the texture was created with a thick gesso layer, then I used a crackle roller by clearsnap and just rolled away and your crackle surface is done and dries in minutes not hours! I thank my fellow DT member for Scrap FX, Adrienne Ford for the idea she has a great Blog and shares all her techniques for her inspirational pages check her out here:Adriennes' Blog

 

 So that is all from me for the month of October so far, do not know when I shall be back as this is a huge month for birthdays in our family so it keeps us all very busy, but happy busy, if you know what I mean.
Thanks for visiting and hugs for those that leave a word or two!!

October Scrap FX Fun!

A new month and a new release of goodies! So what have have I been playing with this month???

 Well October  is all about the boys! 

You can find all the new products on the Scrap FX website here: http://www.scrapfx.com.au/store/index.php?main_page=products_new

But I have been playing with just a few and thought I would give you a peek.

These are the stamps that totally got my head a spinning with ideas to try.

Clock Face Stamp

Clock Face Stamp   11 x 11 cm

Cogs Stamp

Cogs Stamp   16 x 17 cm

I know too cool right?

I am just loving the versatility of these gems, you can use any medium on them for many different looks. Then you just put them under the tap for a good clean ready to use again.

So I was determined to really test these babies out this month and use them in a totally different way.
Here is the first page I did playing with the clock face stamp. I used an embossing folder and gesso to create a textured background, then added mists to highlight it. You can sort of see it here in this shot, but it is hard to see in a photo.... sorry everyone.

Then I inked up the foam stamp and stamped away to add to the background over the textured 

 Gesso.... it worked a treat because the foam is so flexible I guess!

I combined lots of patterned paper scrap here and also some Sawyers Place sticky paper.

You can also see another new product on this page, that awesome wordlet. 

Love the mix of fonts in this one. 

Now to the second page. I used the Crafters workshop feathers stencil with texture paste to add the depth then sprayed mists to add colour and "drippage".

This time I played with the cog stamp and ink, repeatedly stamping, to add a shadow effect to the background. I even stamped over the top of the texture paste!!

I added some splotches of gold Lindys' Stamp Gang embossing powder randomly across the background because it just needed "something" to make it pop!

And of course my fave ingredient that all my regular readers would know..... cogs a plenty!!

My little Fella's grade 6 Graduation photo, frome last year see how far behind I am? Sooo not an organized chronological scrapper!

I think you get the idea that I just love using the foam stamps as they appear on all the pages I did for this release!

Check out these little beauties that I used on the next page:

 

Vintage Planes

Belt Frame

The next page was a bit of an experiment with Golden Light Molding Paste. I must say I did not know what to expect but now I have to say I am a convert! Love how thick and light it is and when it is dry the page does not curl up as much as the heavier varieties, gotta love that right? And look at all that textural goodness!!

So how did I do this? I may just do a tutorial on this one if everyone is up for it, because it was soo fun and I love the result! But just a hint that I am sure you savvy folk have guessed already I used that awesome cog stamp again!!!!

And how totally cute are those teeny planes??? I have to say I really love how this page turned out! And I am usually the harshest critic of my own work!

How cute is that frame???? 

So I do hope you get a chance to check out these new items and I have inspired just a little!

Have a wonderfully creative month everyone!