All life is an experiment

Hi everyone, thanks for joining me here today for my final April post for D-lish Scraps. I'd like to share with you all a journal page I created "all life is an experiment"...

I often love to play and experiment with newly acquired products in my art journal...  this is a page I created when I got some new grungy stamps...

I used the Scrap FX Circuit Board Stencil to create my initial background texture and then sprayed that up with some Lindys sprays...
I used a couple of the Freckled Fawn arrow paper clips to decorate the page...

to further decorate my page I used some of the Little Birdie micro beaded florettes and some adhesive rhinestones...

and finally my quote... from another Aussie company (Darkroom Door)... backed by some hard to see coloured tulle, washi tape and a couple of heart pins...

Don't forget with the cybercrop challenges you now have the whole month to enter... plenty of time to join in the fun...

till next time
happy creating
xC

Travel Explore Discover

Hi everyone, thanks for joining me here today... I'd like to share with you the latest layout that I have created, "Travel Explore Discover"

 I came across a colour challenge being run by Scrapping Outback which was "White with a Twist"  and it just happened to be my favourite colours... so I couldn't resist scrapping a layout.... This photo was taken while I was in Vietnam, I loved how the detail of the chair came out in the photo and the colour was just perfect for this challenge...

 I played with one of the Bloom Girl stencils and some pan pastels to begin my background... then I used some big brush markers and the Darkroom Door mini script stamp for more  background interest...

 I added some of my favourite Lindys Stamp Gang sprays to a couple of corners of the layout.... 

 I used the big brush pens to stamp around the edge of the layout... using the pens allows you to stamp in multiple colours at once...

I also used some variegated leaf to add a few metallic highlights on the layout...

 Of course I couldn't do a layout without adding some Scrap FX chipboard... "Capture the Moment" mini title coloured up with some gesso and Lindys spray...

and another Scrap FX chippie "So much Fun" coloured with some gelatos to give a bit of an ombre look... then oversprayed with Lindys for some shine...

 I added some glass beads and sequins to help finish it off...

Thanks for a fun challenge ... Scrapping Outback...

till next time

happy creating

xC

100% Loveable

Hi everyone, thanks for joining me here today...
Today I'd like to share my latest for D-lish Scraps with you "100% Loveable"  

 These are a few photo's of my gorgeous furbaby Cleopatra.... she loves to lie out in the garden and take in the world around her on a sunny day....I created this layout using loads of the D-lish Scraps fabulous products...

I started with a plain cardstock and used the Scrap FX Field of Flowers stamp and clear embossing powder to create a resist under the black and white gesso background...

For my title I used the Scrap FX title 100% Loveable... 

  I used the pvc doilies along with the wonderful coloured paper doilies, and applied some distress ink to the edges to give them some depth.... I stamped the centre of the doily for added detail...I love these doilies, no more spraying plain doilies and having them curl  and scrunch up as they dry, plus the added bonus no drying time... so awesome!!! 

And no layout would be complete without one of D-lish Scraps fabulous flair buttons, here I used one from the Duly Noted set...

I created an embellishment cluster using the metal filigree; filigree leave along with a tutu bloom, a large rose from the mixed size roses brown pack, a black rose from the mini rose pack and some mini metal flowers...

For this side cluster I again used part of a coloured paper doily with a black rose from the mini rose pack, a mini metal flower and a metal filigree, filigree flower centre along with a brown forget-me-not.... I also cut a petal from a filigree six petal flower...

One last close up...

D-lish Products used:

pvc doilies

paper doilies

flair button

metal filigree
mini metal flower
mini rose pack
forget-me-not
tutu bloom
mixed size roses

Scrap FX Products used:

Field of Flowers stamp

100% Loveable

Don't forget the cybercrop this weekend over at The Scrap Suite, hope to see you all there.

till next time

happy creating

xC

Scrap FX Let's Hear it for the Boys...

Over on the Scrap FX blog the DT has got together for a great group post on all things male.... The excert below was extracted from the post, written up by the fabulous Scarlett... 

So here is my project for the group post... written up by Scarlett...

Cindy

Cindy has created a ‘fun-lovin’ boy page featuring what appears to be a school photo, which I don’t about you, but I often have a tough time knowing what to do with these. If this is indeed a school photo I find it spectacular how she has gone with a non-traditional approach to scrapping it. This is another jaw dropping background and I have a few insider deets on how it was created wanna know the scoop?? Okay, let’s take a closer look and I’ll share.

Cindy started off her background by stamping the Star Spangles Stamp (2014214). She clear embossed the stamp before she applied the Continuous Chain Stencil with paste. Doesn't it look totally spectacular? I don’t have this one in my stash yet, but after seeing how Cindy has used it here I may have to rethink how I may use it on future projects. It provides such a rich texture and looks so realistic! I also think it probably helps that Cindy is really quite terrific at applying background techniques.

Here you can see the chains up close and also see the start of her misting. This was done after the chains had dried and allowed to run down creating the lovely drips you see in the above photos. The great thing about having embossed the Star Spangles Stamp is the mist resisted it so the stars continued to shine on through while the mist oozed on around them.

Products Used

Itty Bitty Bets ‘Serif’ (2005102)

Fun Theme Pack (2014209)

Car Transparency (2014174)

Star Spangles Stamp (2014214)

Continuous Chain Stencil (2013193)

To view the other great male themed projects from the DT jump on over to the Scrap FX Blog.

till next time
happy creating

xC

Scrapbookit Challenge

Hi everyone, thanks for joining me here today.

It is my turn over on the Scrapbookit Blog, and Jo has asked me to set this month's challenge.  I hope that you will come and join in the fun, and who knows maybe even win yourself a prize. 

My Challenge for July is :

1. To create your project using a stencil (just cause I love them, lol) 

2. To take your inspiration from my mood board

3. Have fun

There's plenty here in this mood board to inspire you, so it shouldn't be to hard to come up with some great layouts.

Now, here's my take on the challenge, I hope it gives you lots of ideas.
From the mood board I went for the reds and blacks and the word Relax and used these to create my layout... "Relax"

So this is a pic of my furbaby Henri, he certainly knows how to relax.  In this pic he is sprawled out on my lap while I am trying to create...
This month Jo sent me the Echo Park "Walking on Sunshine" paper pack to work with, great bright colours and patterns on one side of these papers and some fantastic simpler patterns and colours on the backs of them, these are just my style.... for this layout I used "Beach Stripe" which had this gorgeous red on the back... 

 Also in my pack this month this cute little wood word which I painted black to create my title.
In this pic you can see how I have used the Darkroom Door French Script stamp to randomly stamp my background.

 Here you can see I embellished the page with some Kaisercraft flowers that I sprayed and layered up and a large Manor House flower which I removed the centre from to use as a base.

A close up of my stenciling work.... I used the Scrap FX Wood Grain Stencil. Here I used it sideways to imitate Henri's striped legs and face.... I used modeling paste and sprays to imitate Henri's coat colours.

Doesn't Henri look so relaxed and content.

Well I hope you all enjoy this challenge and I can't wait to see all your takes on the mood board.  Don't forget that Jo has all these great products at the Scrapbookit Store.

till next time

happy creating

xC

Scrapbookit DT work

Hi everyone, thanks for joining me here today.

It's my turn over on the Scrapbookit blog again today and I'd like to share with you the layout I created.

This layout was inspired by Brenda's challenge, "scrap a photo of a friend", but I didn't follow the full challenge criteria this time...

The photo is of a friend of mine at a recent retreat.

I had lots of fun playing with some cheap water colour paints, on the coordinations cardstock (sequoia)...

Once I had that layer down I used the Scrap FX Whirlpools Stencil,  to create some detail along with the Scrap FX Hash Stamps...

and then some final background detail with the Darkroom Door French Script stamp.

I used the Kaisercraft Mister Fox collection of papers and collection pack to create the layered pieces for the layout...

 I hope you've been playing along for your chance to win a great prize pack from Jo...

till next time

happy creating

xC

Scrapbookit Challenge

Hi everyone, thanks for joining me here today.

It's my turn over on the Scrapbookit blog today and I'd like to share with you the layout I have created to play along with the current challenge.

This month the challenge was set by our DT member Brenda.  Here is her challenge...

Scrap a photo of a friend. 

Your layout must have the word friend in the title and have journalling which is more than a couple of words.  

Well, Brenda certainly knew how to challenge me with that journalling requirement.... I am the queen of minimal journalling...lol... you know less is more, hahaha...

So here is my take on the challenge.... "Friend"

This month Jo sent me the Kaisercraft Mister Fox Collection to play with... in this layout I have used Brave, Fearless and Distinguished along with the Mister Fox Collectables Pack.

It was not my original intention to completely cover the background paper.  I started with the new Scrap FX Ripples Stencil and some gel medium, it was my intention to have the clear gel medium pattern resist the colours I was applying.... but the paper bled the colour underneath the medium.... so a quick coat of gesso and then spraying with Lindy's stamp Gang sprays and I had a new background.  For my title I used the Scrap FX wordlet Friends and cut off the 's'.

 There were lots of great pieces in the collectables pack, I also used some Scrap FX Itty Bitty Bets "Groovy" alphabet letters (these letters are so cool they are black chipboard, so no need to colour them)

 To further add to the background texture, I used the Darkroom Door French Script stamp, the Scrap FX Hash Stamps and the Tim Holtz Schoolhouse stencil. 

One last pic showing my journalling that is more than my usual couple of words, along with more of the background detailing, stamping and stenciling...

I hope you like my take on the Scrapbookit challenge and I hope you'll play along for a chance to win a great prize pack.  I look forward to seeing your creations.

till next time

happy creating

xC

Scrapbookit Class

Hi everyone, thanks for joining me here today.

It's my turn today over on the Scrapbookit blog today and I'd like to share with you a layout that I created for a class at the Scrapbookit Retreat this weekend....

 For this layout we used any thick printed paper as our base, loads of gesso and some Heidi Swapp Colour Shine Sprays...

Loads of texture was created with gel medium and the fabulous Scrap FX chevron small stencil.  We also used a Doodad and Picture Perfect Memories from Scrap FX...

 We also had a play with the Scrap FX Seed Stem stamp and the Darkroom door French script stamp...

To finish off our layout we used some Kaisercraft roses, a gorgeous doily and some cotton thread.... Remember all these great products you can get from Jo over at Scrapbookit...

Well that's it from me today, thanks Jo for having me teach at your retreat... a great weekend
till next time
happy creating
xC

Let the Good Times Roll

Hi everyone, thanks for joining me here today.

It's my turn today over on the Scrapbookit blog today and I'd like to share with you a layout I have created with the March challenge in mind.... the challenge was set for us this month by Guest Design Team Member, Mary Bennetts.  Mary has set a great challenge for us; it is to create a layout using texture, layers and a title using a song or quote, and some stamping.

Following Mary's challenge brief this is the layout I came up....

I created my layers using the gorgeous Graphic 45 Couture Collection (Stunning,Gorgeous and Classy)

to further enhance the layering of the photo I included a tag and doily.... 

to give the photo a little extra pizzaz I used some fashion trim bling from Sullivans.... 

Here you can also see a close up of the stamping on the Green Tara paper petals, and some of the texture I created with the Scrap FX Petal Pattern Stencil and modelling paste...

I followed along with the brief finding this great Scrap FX title "Let the Good Times Roll" the perfect song title to go with my photo!!
This close up shows more of the texture created with the modelling paste and Petal Pattern Stencil.... don't you just love that texture....
This view also shows the stamping in the background as well.... for all of the stamping I used my favourite script stamp, Darkroom Door's "French Script", everyone should have this fabulous stamp in their stash....

Well that's it from me today, except for a reminder about the Scrapbookit retreat is almost upon us, and I'm so excited that I will be teaching there... If you would like to join us at the last minute contact Jo to get all the details, on 0407058604. It's going to be a great weekend, I hope to see you there.

till next time

happy creating

xC