........Young Futures By Rhonda........

So proud of these two young hard working adults

that dedicate their time together.

They love the beach and life and are very giving in all ways

so it is a pleasure for me to mirror such dedication

by devoting this months post to them.

It is also likely that next months post following special

celebrations will feature the same duo.

In the end, I used quite a few goodies from my

Scrapmatts stash but with so much to choose from it is hard

to restrain ones inspiration...So why try and limit it...

Unforgettable Memories

To start with I used texture paste to apply triangles to

the canvas board and once dry, by turning the ink pad

upside down and rubbing over the stencilled texture

coloured it with Victoria Velvet.

Over this I stencilled with one of the NEW A4 Circles Stencils and

applied a clear gesso over it so the underlying colours were not obscured.

With Brilliance Inks & Glimmermist I added colour to the background

as well as the numerous chipboard pieces.

The central highlight of the canvas is a photo that I cut to fit the

Ornate Frame 01 which was also coloured with ink.

Once all the elements were coloured and positioned as I

wanted them they were glued.

With the exclusion of the photo, the entire canvas was dusted with

Gold Perfect Pearls using a paintbrush.

This made the whole canvas glow.

It didn't take me long to find yet another perfect title for this

creation from the extensive selection of Scrap Words and

splitting this top & bottom framed the central piece.

Scrapmatts
ST9003-A4 (NEW – Unlisted)
ST5032 Triangles
CB5001 Ornate Frame 01
CB5165 Lavender 01
CB2003 Page Borders 02
CB6109 Lamps 11
CB1197 Scrap Words 05
CB6102 Assorted Words 21
Brilliance Inks – Moonlight White, Graphite Black, Galaxy Gold
Mediterranean Blue, Pearlescent Thyme

FMS
Canvas Board 8 x10
LSG – Sea Mint Green, Wake Me Up Before You Go Gold, Teapot Purple
Tattered Angles: Glimmermist  – Dragonfly
Perfect Pearls – Gold
TH - Victorian Velvet

Together We Have It All & More

I was looking for a geometric meets warehouse industrial look &

feel and again Scrapmatts came to the rescue.

I started with the Graffiti Paper & after cutting segments out of

the Brick Paper stuck them on top to break up the base and

begin the building of the Background.

Using this combined background I stencilled over it with

Bling & Hearts using texture paste.

Gathering all the Chipboard pieces I went to work colouring

them with Inks to complement the various sections of the

theme they were intended for.

Some of the larger background Chipboards I cut up and by placing

them under & on the photo was able to take full advantage

of their coverage.

The tree from Trees 03 once on the page was sprayed with

green & blue to blend with the background paper.

The Leaves of the tree were first inked with Crimson then fixed &

sprayed using the same green & blue combination.

Continuing with the industrial look I combined a Lamp with Chain,

coloured it to take on a rustic look and hung it above the

photo as if to shine light on them.

The final touches were Chain around the photo, Distressing

with Crimson Ink around the layout border and adorned it with

some more and ever thoughtful Scrap Words from a selection from

sets 11 & 32.

Scrapmatts

CB5044 Trees 03
CB5132 Chains 01
CB5156 Triangles 01
CB5159 Triangles 04
CB6109 Lamps 11
CB1115 Leaves 01
CB1208 Scrap Words 11
CB6113 Scrap Words 32
ST1037 Bling
ST1039 Hearts
FMS
Fabscraps (Teen Collection) – Graffiti & Bricks
Texture Paste & Watered Down Gesso
Brilliance Ink – Galaxy Gold, Starlite Black & Silver, Graphite Black
Brilliance Pearlescent – Rust, Chocolate, Crimson, Beige
LSG – Maidenhair Fern Green, Baby Blue Eyes

Other Chipboard...

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Make sure you pop back in a day or two or head over to the 

Scrapmatts Shop

 to check out the Design Teams amazing creations!

If you have creations using Scrapmatts products why not upload
them into the gallery?!

(We would love to see them!!) 

Until next time

Happy Crafting

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