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{ScrappingClearly} What About Your Happy Face ~ A Scrapbook Layout

Hey and hello and happy Monday scrappy friends!!

Today I am playing along with the March challenges. Well, the March challenge, both have been rolled into one which was a bit different and fun!


Here is my take


And here is my process video


As I’m certain you noticed, I ended up flipping the page and am really happy with my end result. 

Again, I’ve started with one of those super cool Ella & Viv papers, “Cardinal and Gold” to be precise and built my layout on top of that. I chose that paper because it included almost all of the colours from the mood board – the only colours missing were the pink and green but I ticked both of those boxes, one with messy mixed media and the other with, of course my Minc 😉


I’ve used some Dylusions acrylic paint in Polished Jade with my silicone brush to apply my first messy layer on the background, sticking fairly closely to the sketch.


In line with the sketch my next layer was some watered down black gesso. I found a cool little dropper tool that had been buried in my stash but you could very easily use a big paint brush or a pipette to get the same effect by splattering from high above the page.


I added some pink as a mat under my 3 photos using some of the Heidi Swapp Minc cardstock. I’ve added more pink using some of the Heidi Swapp pink foil on the title – using the Minc Alpha Stickers – and the sub-title – using one of the Jumbo Words.


With the background being so bright, colourful and busy I didn’t feel like I needed to add much more so I added my journalling which I typed up in strips and 2 of the Heidi Swapp Sequin Shapes – Disco Arrows and one of the Cocoa Vanilla Studios You Rock Rubber Charm pieces.

I have added 2 dates onto this page – one the date the photo’s were taken and the other the date the page was made/journalling done. I think I will pop this in his current album so the journalling continues in chronological order.

Make sure you play along with our challenge this month for your chance to win a store voucher. Head over here to the FB page to upload your entry to the correct album. I can’t wait to see how you interpret this month’s 2 challenges in 1!!

Until next time, happy scrapping!!

Melinda


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{ScrappingClearly} Top 10 ~ An Art Journal Spread

Hello fellow blog lovers, Melinda here with you today with an art journal page!

This spread was inspired by the recent 10th Birthday celebrations for ScrappingClearly – once again Happy Birthday!! – and to be specific Birthday Challenge #1 – Listing Your 10 Favourite Things.

Here’s a little peek at what I created and to be honest with you, when I started I just grabbed some paint and set off! 


If you’d like to see my whole process just click on the play button below and you can follow along right in your browser otherwise head over to the YouTube channel and subscribe so you are the first to know when one of us uploads a new process video!!


I recently stocked up on some of the GORGEOUS new Dylusions Paints and HAD to bust them out to play! 


For this page I have used Rose Quartz, Peony Blush, Bubblegum Pink and White Linen. I used a combination of a brush/brayer and my fingers to spread the colour around, starting with the lightest and adding more colour where I felt it needed it.


I added some stencilling with the White Linen and a Tim Holtz stencil.Next I added some stamping using both a grey and black archival ink and a mix of stamps from the 49 & Market “Arrow”, “Gabi’s Line Stitch” and Darkroom Door “Arty Circles” stamp sets.


At this point I felt it was too bold so I grabbed my White Linen again and spread it over most of the 2 pages in a really thin layer so you could still see all the different layers I created and let that dry.

I hand cut some circles from an old book and stuck them down with some matt medium. Then outlined them with a Stabilo Aquarellable Black Pencil and activated with a small paint brush and a little water to blend the harsh black out and the edges of the circles in a little. To tone down some of the book paper I again grabbed my White linen and used my finger to smear some colour over some of the circles – which picked up some of the black and tinted the white grey and I really love what it adds to the page!

I also used the same brush and my pencil to flick black splatters around my page.

I added in some textured details using another 2 Tim Holtz stencils – this time mini layering stencils – using both the Dusty Charcoal Colour Paste by Colour Blast and also the Bling Colour Paste.


I finally came up with an idea – I would write my 10 favourite movies. I typed up the list on my computer and printed it out, adhering the standard printer paper to some white card stock off cuts then outlined all the strips in black ink.

I used these gorgeous Hazel thickers for my title and decided to pop half up the top and half down the bottom, where the extra details were. Love the addition of the gold!

And here is my finished Top 10 Movies Art Journal spread!


I had a lot of fun playing along with the challenges I managed to participate in and now have 3 more things documented. If you have something new I really recommend pulling it out and having a play, who knows, maybe what your purchased is just the right thing for one of our monthly challenges and you could win a gift voucher just by having fun!

Please head over to the FB group to share your creations and purchases but also to be inspired by not only the DT but also all of our lovely customers who share away in there!

Until next time, happy scrapping!
Melinda
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Hello Happy ~ K+ June Challenge ~ A Scrapbook Page

Hey, hey my scrappy friends!! Yes, you are seeing correctly, 2 posts in 1 day! LOL! And true to form, leaving my challenge layouts until the last minute so a short and sweet post for this one!

Once again I am playing along with this months K+ challenge. I thought to start with “hey, this will be easy, I’m gonna run with blue” and then I started….

If you haven’t seen it yet, here is the June challenge


Though it was a bit of a challenge I really am happy with how this page came out in the end!


I have used Dylusions paint in After Midnight and White Linen to create my background and after initially doubting it I love how it looks!

I have of course used some Colour Blast goodies as well, namely Snow White embossing powder (on the title) and Dusty Charcoal embossing Powder (on the chevrons/arrow) and they give a nice contrast!


So, that’s it for this post! I have another one coming next week, this one for Colour Blast so make sure you keep your eyes peeled!

Until then, thanks for stopping by and happy scrapping!!

Mel
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{ScrappingClearly} Muddy Puddles in February ~ March Mood Board Challenge

Hi, hi and hello!! Welcome to my blog today!! 

I’m sharing my take on the very fun March moodboard for ScrappingClearly today! Have you seen it yet?! 


I just love, love, love this!! I was mostly inspired by the colours in the board this month, all those blues and greens, swoon!! Also, all those blue’s on the bottom 2/3 reminded me both of mud splatters (ok, somewhat not realistic mud splatters!!) and of course the fun technique of smooshing paint onto paper so of course that is the main technique I went with on this page as you can see below!


Again, I am using the incredibly versatile Teresa Collins Something Wonderful range this time pulling the black’s, white’s and blue’s from all the goodies!! 




I had printed these 2 photos of my boys after a fun afternoon trip very recently to somewhere that should not have had muddy puddles this time of year!! You could say it was a once in a lifetime occurrence being that February is Perth’s (traditionally) hottest Summer month with little to no rain and we not only received record breaking low temperatures but record breaking amounts of water drop from the sky!!!


We had a heap of fun this day and I wanted that to be somewhat obvious on the page and I think I achieved it!



I did pull in some alpha’s from my stash but otherwise everything is from the Something Wonderful range!


And you can see in the background here (and all over the paint in the background actually!) that I have used the Heidi Swapp “Maze Art” Art Screen and the Silver Art Screen Ink and I love how it looks! This product is so different to anything else I have ever used!


I hope you like my share today and I look forward to seeing your take on this months moodboard and where it takes you!!

Until then, happy scrapping!!


Melinda 


Products used:

Teresa Collins – Something Wonderful – 12×12 Paper – Geometric
Teresa Collins – Something Wonderful – 12×12 Paper – Cards
Teresa Collins – Something Wonderful – Chipboard Elements
Teresa Collins – Something Wonderful – Decorative Stickers
Teresa Collins – Something Wonderful – Alpha and Label Stickers
Teresa Collins – Something Wonderful – Ephemera
Teresa Collins – Something Wonderful – Brads
Teresa Collins – Something Wonderful – Enamel Dots
Dylusions Paint – Calypso Teal
Dylusions Paint – Lemon Zest
Dylusions Paint – After Midnight
Colour Blast – Colour Spray – Roadbase
Heidi Swapp – Art Screen – Maze Art
Heidi Swapp – Art Screen Ink – Silver