New Beginnings - with Emma Zappone

 Welcome to 2022!!
ScrappingClearly has got some awesome things planned for everyone this year.
And today I'm sharing with you an A4 layout and a Video that has been created using inspiration from the absolutely awesome NEW mood/sketch for January. The colours scream summer and fun!
Here is what I was inspired to create......

Here is the mood/sketch...

Super cool right???
I decided to focus on the mood part of this board, and save the sketch for later in the month.

I used lots of products in my stash but also available in the SC shop. Firstly the stencil I used is a Finnabair stencil Oriental wall used with snowflake paste. Soft and glittery which was a great base to start with. Then I smooshed colour. I chose to use 2 colours for the background work. First is an Izink pigment in celestial and then a Distress crayon in Peacock Feathers.
These worked so well in with the paste.

Ok, so I LOVE moulds and this page incorporates plenty. I used a variety of different ones, but love the big palm leaf and of course the machine parts one. These are painted with Dylusion paints in a mix of Squeezed orange & Polished Jade. The metal Finnabair mechanical flowers were primed with white gesso first and then painted with the coloured acrylic also. 

I added a little stamping onto the background to add more layers using the Tim Holtz Glitch1 set. It's grungy but goes with just about everything. I love the texture it brings.

The chipboard frame is one I have in my stash and I primed it with white gesso first and then with complimentary Distress crayons 'coloured' it in. Then sprayed with water and painted out the crayon, which created this cool blended watercolour effect. Then it was clear embossed.

In the video you will see me use a flower stamp by Art by Marlene and then coloured with more Distress crayons and then cut out to help build my layers. I absolutely love the dimension of this layout.
The papers that mat my image are what I have in my stash, and I love adding book paper for that slight reference to vintage style that I love.

I hope you are inspired by this project and the amazing board that is available for you to play with NOW!
I hope you enjoy watching this project coming together too...watch now with a cuppa....

I will see you all very soon.
Stay crafty friends, Emma. xx

Live Your Life - with Emma

Hi SC friends,

Emma here with you for this first Friday of the month, sharing my creation inspired by this months mood board.

It's an absolutely gorgeous board this month, very soft very feminine.

Stunning isn't it? Just makes you want to get creative.

Here are a few of the items I was inspired to play with in my layout, available now in the shop.

I started with the TCW Stencil Script Dots using a cement paste for my background interest.

Once this was dry I started to add a hint of colour. I did this my using Distress Oxides in Victorian Velvet and Tattered Rose. I smooshed it around with a piece of plastic packaging, which you can see my do in the video.

The Oxide grabbed to the paste and dried very quickly.

I really wanted to keep the background super soft just like in the board, so I only did a very light layer of the inks.

Next I attached a few pre-made layers from off cuts that matched the colour scheme. 

Folding and adding a couple of the Heidi Swapp flower trimmings and rubbing a little of the oxide ink colour to blend in with the background.

Beautiful and simple items to use to create a whimsy and floral vibe.

The Tim Holtz Idea-ology acetate wings make a great layering element being transparent as well as adding that fine detail that creates height and a 3D effect.

I added a few awesome quotes from Tim Holtz small talk stickers to finalize the page. Helping to tell the story a little.

I hope this page inspires you to find the soft side and create something pretty.

I can't wait to see what you come up with.

Don't forget to check out the little video below that I made for this creation.

I look forward to

seeing you all again at the end of the month.

Until then, Happy Scrapping!

Em. xx 

'A Perfect Moment'

Hi everyone! Amy here. A new month and a new Moodboard - yay! 

This Moodboard is a beauty - on so many levels - from the colours and tones to the subtlety of the textures.

I have here a photo captured from our accommodation during a recent trip to Western Australia. I thought that the photo was just the thing to match this gorgeous Moodboard...

... and so this is my take on this Moodboard. 

I do have to admit that I found this Moodboard challenging to do, as I tend to do more brightly coloured and masculine-looking projects - being the mother of two boys. However, it was good to be out of my comfort zone and I am kinda happy with how this page came together.

I started the layout on a base of white cardstock primed with gesso. I then added a sheet from the Kaisercraft 'Ooh La La' collection from the store. This collection is full of gorgeous vintage-style papers. Next I added some stamping with a Kaisercraft background stamp.

For the circles, I simply dipped the lid of my Colourblast Colour Spray bottle into stamping ink and stamped randomly around the page. 

I splattered both 'Love' and 'Roadbase' Colourblast Colour Spray over the page. 

From here, more layers were applied to this page. Again, I used the Colourblast 'Roadbase' and 'Love' - with water - over the background. 

Once this was fully dried, I splattered the background with Dina Wakley acrylic paint in 'Sterling' and Prima Art Alchchemy paint in 'Red Wine'. 

Next I applied modeling paste over The Crafter's Workshop Mini Circle Stencil, to break up the background a bit. 

Once this was dried, I adhered my photo down with layers behind it.

For the layers, I used some items from my stash, as well as fussy-cutting some shapes from the Kaisercraft 'Ooh La La' collection. 

To finish off the page, I added some sequins for bling, and punched and inked some flowers from the Kaisercraft papers. 

Finally, for the subheading, I used the Tim Holtz Idealogy Collection Small Talk. 

I hope you can find a little inspiration from my layout and have a go creating your own project.

Thank you for dropping by.

Ciao, Amy.

'Me and My Brother'

Hi there Scrapping Clearly fans! I am back here with my first share for the month. 

The colours from this month's Moodboard influenced my layout here.

... and here is the Scrapping Clearly Moodboard...

For this page - from the store, I have used the following fabulous products: Dina Wakley paints in lime, evergreen and ocean. I applied these paints using one of my favourite tools from the store: Ranger Gel Press Brayer. Using the Stazon Ink in 'Jet Black', I stamped over various spots with Carabelle Studio Art Stamp 'Edges in my journal'.

I splattered the background with Dylusions Shimmer Spray in'Cut Grass' and 'Black Marble'. I also used a distress spray in 'Broken China'. 

With the layers, I have used various designs of patterned paper from the store. I have both hand-cut and die-cut some shapes surrounding the photo.

Also from the store, I have used Shimelle American Crafts - Box of Crayons Collection; Pink Fresh Studio - Escape the Ordinary collection; and Cocoa Vanilla Studio - Boys Rule. These papers were perfect to coordinate with my photo.

For the title, I used American Crafts 'Thickers' and Pink Fresh Studio 'Alpha Stickers'.

Finally, to embellish this simple page, I used a Charms Creations star and the bright My Mind's Eye enamel dots.

Here are some more close-ups.

Thank you for stopping by! I hope this leaves you feeling inspired to have a play with your own take on this month's Moodboard.

Ciao, Amy 

Enjoy The View Cable Beach ~ A Scrapbook Layout with Melinda

Howdy scrappers and happy Monday!
I hope you had a great weekend. A large chunk of mine was spent chauffeuring one of my boys to various birthday parties. How did my 8 year old get more of a social life than me?!? Haha. Which, funnily enough, brings me around to this photo, pre-children and pre-Mum-ing. My, how times have changed!

Today's share is using the fabulous February mood board for inspiration. I've taken inspo directly from the colours in the bottom image which also happened to remind me of the glorious sunsets we get here in the west. Which took me to a Heidi Swapp Minc paper phrase "Enjoy The View" and the photo I chose!

Here is my page

And here again is the mood board!

I love working with big photos for BIG impact. This photo was printed a smidge smaller than A4 on matte photo paper at home and I surprised myself with having so many bits on top of the photo but I do love
how this looks and the feel it gives the whole page.

My background is white cardstock - no prep done, a Heidi Swapp Sunshine stencil and some Distress Oxide Inks. I have ALWAYS struggled getting Distress Inks to blend but these Oxide Inks are so beautiful to work with on so many different levels and blending with a sponge and ink blending tool is SUPER easy and fun! I have used Picked Raspberry, Worn Lipstick, Wild Honey and Fossilised Amber,
starting with the darkest pink closest to the centre of the sunrays.

For a really cool effect I splattered water all over the sun rays and, after a few seconds, rolled my paper towel over them.  See that awesome oxide effect happening? I LOVE it!

For some extra bling I added some splatters using my Bling Colour Shimmer Pot and a paint brush.

Time to foil.

I started with the pieces I knew I wanted to use - the title - which came from the Paper Phrases pack and also the letters to spell Cable Beach from the Alphabet Stickers Sheet and orange foil. You can get the foils in a HUGE range of colours in 2 sizes - 6" foils and 12" foils. The stickers/ephemera packs tell you which setting
to use your Minc machine on and these were both 3 so off I went.

My title ended up in a different place from where I expected but I really love how it looks,
and love how the die cut words look layered over the alphas!

I decided I wanted to do more foiling - it's true - once you start you CAN'T stop! I grabbed 3 pieces from the Tags Minc set (these are currently on special in the shop by the way) - the heart, the "breathe" label and the "enjoy" triangle. I added orange foil to the "breathe" piece and light pink foil to both the heart and triangle. I love this!

A little journalling with a white paint pen, my date stamped onto the breathe tag and my page is done. I love all the foiled goodness on this page.

There is a process video available on the ScrappingClearly YT channel if you'd like to see this page come together.

Remember, you have a few days left to get your entries in for the February challenges and for your chance at a store voucher. Head over to the FB group here for the challenge albums.

Until next time, happy scrapping,

Melinda

A Sneak Peek at February's Mood Board

Hiya Arty Peeps,

Just popping in today with a reminder of our January challenges,

and a teaser for February...

Our January Mood Board

Perfect for New Years Eve, Australia Day, Sydney to Hobart yacht race,

JJJ Hottest 100, and travel/holidays/downtime.

And our January Sketch

Click on the links to go to the upload folders on Facebook,

and you can check out the entries so far.

Now for the teaser,

this is a sneak peek of our February Mood Board

Below I have listed some ideal products from the Scrapping Clearly store.

These are only a sample, there are so many other products that would also suit.

Paper

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Titles/Alphas

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Embellishments

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Mediums

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Thanks for dropping by,

happy creating,

How Much of a Mood Board Do You Use?

Happy New Year!

May 2018 bring you lots of creative play, friendship, and happiness.

I was playing with the January mood board and trying to use up some older, unscrapped pics.

As you can see it was the green and gold that inspired this page, and

a sketch from last year.

My background was made with heavy weight card, super vibrant Dylusions sprays, gesso, and a heart stencil

that I made from another piece of cardstock. I used a Sharpie marker to outline the heart.

As always, I sanded the edges of my photos and matted them on black card.

I also used some black card for the umbrella I used to replace the original as it was too colourful.

I highlighted the folds in the umbrella with my yellow Distress Oxide inkpad as it has a nice chalky finish.

I used minimal embellishments since the background has such an impact

- a super cute arrow paperclip, a couple of chipboard banners.

A chippy arrow and wood veneer 'documented' both coloured black,

and a title using my fave alpha.

I journalled with a gel pen, and used some black paint to stamp around the edges

with heart-shaped bubble wrap, how cool is that!

Here's the mood board, take as much or as little from it as you like,

and be sure to load your creation in the FB album here.

Thanks for stopping by,

'til next time,

stay arty,