New LO for Sawyers Place

Hi All! 

A quickie post from me today, just thought I would share a LO I did for Sawyers Place. Have you seen the latest addition to their range??? Epoxy and resin sticky shapes! They are super sticky even when applied to all sorts of mediums that I use on my pages. Once down, they do not move.....awesome!!

I have stamped words (with Stazon ink) onto card, then stuck the banner shapes over the top, cut around them with a knife and the job was done, easy!

  

I then stuck them down with tape.


Before I show the full page, I have to show the mess I made with the hot glue gun, to make the circles. I sprinkled micro beads all over the place and some even ended up on the page!!!! Obviously, I am yet to perfect the right method of adhearing the tiny suckers to a page, but I do like the texture they give so I will try and try again!

So here is the page featuring my youngest last summer doing what he loves!

As you can see I also used a wordlet from my stash of Scrap FX gear, I just painted and cut it to fit the page in a way I liked, then out came the good old embossing powder, just cannot live without the stuff right now!

Behind the photo I used a mixture of papers and stamps to add a bit of colour.

See my gluey globs? Gotta' find a better way! 

Any ideas out there would love to know!

Thanks for stopping by!!

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!!

Catching Up Time!

Wow, time has flown and this Blog is feeling a little neglected for sure!
It is a beautiful summer here so not much scrapping has been done as we are well and truly an outdoors family! I have been trying to catch up on my DT commitments now that my boys are back at school.
The first page I have done for 2013:
A wonderful photo of my Brothers Family.......

This is was done for Sawyers Place and features not only their awesome Washi tape but also a new product called sticky paper. The stuff is great for covering chipboard and withstands a fair bit of punishment!

 The photo is mounted on cardstock then the sticky paper covered cardboard. I splashed paint on it and ink and then dried it with a heat gun and it came up trumps, so it is officially my kind of product!

Went a little crazy with the crackle paste on some Scrap FX chipboard flourish and wordlet.

The black & white words are actually a new tape by Sawyers Place again.
So that is page number one, will be back soon for more.
Thanks so much for dropping by,

"Messing with Monsters"

A quick share of a LO I have been playing around with since I got my hands on a new monster pack from Scrap FX. They were irresistible so I had to track back through the archives to find a suitably monstrous photo... (get the pun???) Any way here it is:

My little fellas' ..... those were the days doesn't seem like that long ago!!

For a background I used the ScrapFX splatts stencil with gesso then sprinkled some embossing powder on top as an experiment.... it worked a treat! I then sparyed Gesso spray over the top to get a subtle embossed look.

How could I resist this little fella'?

 Splashed a few mist colours around in blue & green and sprayed a charcoal colour through a Number stencil to add to a grungy feel!

The awesome alphabet is a newbie from Scrap FX as well.

I used ink pads to colour the title chippies & Monsters!

Here I will let you in on a secret..... I have found the BESTEST markers ever, they write on everything!!!!!
I used the white one here on the little monsters teeth and eyes.... look how bright they are.... HAPPY!!!!!!
They are called Molotows, they are not your average pen or marker and they are expensive BUT you can buy refills and you can use the refills very creatively as well!!!!!
Yes I love 'em and want more, I only have the black and white right now but I can see an addiction coming at me!!! Stay tuned....



The arrows are washi tape from Sawyers Place, so easy to do just place the tape on cardstock and cut away in any shape you like!!!
Well I think that is about all catch you later and thanks for dropping by!

Sawyers Place Washi Tape Share

Hi All,
back again with a couple of pages made for Sawyers Place, just love their Washi Tapes!!!
This first layout is of my youngest, it was this photo that made me realize I needed to cut my hair!!!

This is made mainly with Washi Tape complemented with strips of patterned paper.
 I have put the washi on white card stock first making it easy to
  punch out those circles.

 Tried my hand at carving my own chevron stamp, love how it tuned out and enjoyed the whole process, have stamp patterns running through my head!!!!

Love this camera stamp I find myself reaching for it constantly!

 The Chippies are ScrapFX painted with red paint first then sprayed with Mister Hueys White Calico.

Used lanky alphas and arrow chippies.

 The next layout, I tried out another handmade stamp made using a ScrapFX template have I told you I really love doing the carving thing? I thought it would be too fiddly and timely for me but it was so super easy!!!

Sorry 

Out for publication. 

Will be back 

again soon.

 The camera stamp is from Amy Tangerines' line. I can see it becoming a fave, ....how many cameras can you have on the one page????

More ScrapFX chippies (Chevron Border and Heart)
this time embossed imperfectly then sprayed with mist
then air dried, leaving the colour to "pool".

There's my handmade stamp!

 Don't you just love the groovy camera stamp?!

The title is Itty Bitty alphas from ScrapFX of course!!!

So that is about all I have for you, maybe I could do a tutorial on carving the stamps what do you think?
Anyhow have a great week people, I'll be back!!! so don't stay away too long!

Some Layouts to Share

Finally tore myself away from my art Journal and managed to get some Layouts done.

 The first one, I did for the folks over at Sawyers Place using their spotty blue tape.....

Used Splatts from ScrapFX and a new funky underline flourish that I can see becoming a fave!
Just roughly painted them and sprayed some mist and left it to dry naturally.

Dusted off a very old alpha stamp set for the title and date.

Finished it off with a ScrapFX alpha and some twine to use the tape a little more.

Now my next one I did for the monthly Challenge in the Scrapbooking Memories Magazine. The challenge was to create without any Patterned Paper.... sounded very appealing so I gave it a shot and here it is:

 Found this so much fun to do and succeeded in adding a bit of colour with no patterned paper in sight. Used some tape that really dictated the colour scheme. I tried to tie the chipboard in, by painting and spraying with Lindys Stamp Gang Mists for a vintage look.

Used some new ScrapFX flourishes that are just Awesome!!!!! Went so well with the good old mini retro flowers (a Fave, go to product). Also freestyle alphas to add to the funky feel!

 The big texture on the page is made from a paper bag scrunched, die cut, sprayed and painted, yes I gave that the works!!!

So there you have it 2 layouts done I now have a hankering to do some more challenges for this month off to do a bit of a search!
Cheerio then,

Whoo Hoo .... Tape Trance!!!

Hey All,

Big news, I have been invited to be on the design team for Sawyers Place! Having a tape fetish right now how could I say no? So I thought I would share, not only my news, but also my first offerings made from their gorgeous tapes I was lucky enough to play with......

Both the card and the tag are made from the same roll of tape (the black and white script).

This card I quickly whipped up for my Mum's birthday so had to photograph it the moment it was dry so I did not have to ask for it back!

As you can see I am still into using up my scraps... they combine with the tape so well!

 I also used the twig from ScrapFX it is so versatile I have used it to death, here I have chopped it a little to fit the card but did not waste a twig!!

This is the first time I have tried to be Pretty so bare with me! Can you see where I have used the tape?
I tried to think outside the box for something a little different...... yes the cage is all tape!

So easy to do to! First I just randomly stuck the tape on a tag going every which way so the the pattern was not uniform, overlapping bits until all the tag was covered. Then all I did was put it through the Big Shot with the cage die and it was done! Worked really well and I now have a tag with a negative cage shape to use later!

Did the same sort of thing with the bird but this time used book paper and ink! Then I had to search high and low for some flowers ( regulars readers would know I rarely use them, having 2 boys), coloured them and used some cool leaf ribbon for the leaves. And that my friends is as "Pretty" as I seem to get... I tried!
 Thanks so much for stopping by hugs to all,