May Creations with Tania

 Hi there!

Tania back joining you today to share my May Scrapmatts creations!!  Wow May already the year is just flying by!  

In saying that my first share for today is a layout!

"You Make Life Beautiful"

I created the background for this layout using the Bubbles stencil, randomly placing it on the page and adding colour until I was happy!

I used the gorgeous Ornate Ovals in the White finish and cut them in half and added them to each side of the photo and on each edge too....  I embellished the page with lots of yummy blooms and finished it by tucking in some of the chipboard Stamens from the Wildflower collection and a chipboard title from the assorted words 28.

Here's a few close ups...........

Assorted Words 28 CB6115

Ornate Frames 19 CB6091

Wildflowers 01 CB4072

Bubbles Stencil ST5001

My second project to share with you is a canvas!

"Love the Way you Smile"

I had lots of fun creating this.  I started by using the mini Printer's Tray 6 and adhered it to my canvas, separating the two pieces and overlapping them over each other, I then randomly used the Bubbles stencil over the canvas to add extra texture.  Once dry I gave it a coat of gesso. (see image below)

Then I had some fun adding colour, I wanted the canvas to be quite vibrant so I used Dylusions sprays and keeping adding colour until I was happy.  I altered the String Circles and Star shapes using Viva Inka- Gold paint and the Leaf Sprays with Lindy's Magicals.  Finished my canvas by adding lots of pretty blooms and a Title from the Scrap Words 21 Chipboard set.

A few close ups........

Printer's Tray 06 CB5161

Bubbles Stencil ST5001

String Circles 02 CB5138

Leafy Sprays 15 CB5166

Scrap Words 21 CB6103

Well that's all from me today,  I do hope I have inspired you all a little.  Be sure to check out the store here for all your gorgeous Scrapmatts goodies........

 Until next time, happy crafting Tania xx

Bright and Colourful - Lauren Tomecek

Hello again fellow chipboard-lovers!

Are you like me and you keep all those left over bits of chipboard? You know the ones, when you only have one piece left from the sheet, or you take it out but change your mind so don't use it on the layout, or even the extra bits you get in the Scrapmatts kits if you take an expo class? I have had a great time using up some of my leftovers stash to form the base of a small canvas display piece. The great thing about it is that it doesn't really matter what you have in this stash, because it will mainly get covered up anyway.

Scrapmatts chipboard: CB6103 Scrap Words 21, CB6113 Scrap Words 32, CB6091 Ornate Frames 19, CB6110 Ornate Frame 25, plus bits and pieces left over. Stencil: ST5013 (this is my go-to stencil for background texture).

You can see in these detail shots the background detail created by putting some texture paste through the brick stencil as well as the layers of chipboard in the background prior to building up the frames. The gold frame is embossed, and the top frame has a watered down mist painted over white acrylic.

Project two is a simple yet colourful layout featuring a favourite photo of my son. I wanted the photo to be the focus, so have kept the embellishments fairly simple.

Scrapmatts chipboard: CB6107 Assorted Words 25, CB6105 Assorted Words 23.

Cards...and a little bit of christmas

Hello everyone! I've been making a few cards lately and I embellished them with Scrapmatts chippies. Hope you like them!

Here I used the lovely "Life" chipboard (CB1134 Assorted Words 01)as sentiment, isn't it cute? 

In my second card I chose the gorgeous CB6091 Ornate Frames 19 

And now on to my christmas projects...I know, I know, it's still summer...but if I don't start early I won't have them ready on time!!

I love love love those christmas ornaments (CB1183 Christmas Ornaments 10), so I wanted to feature them in my card. 

I really liked those "Laugh" chipboard, it's so cute! (CB6103 Scrap Words 21) and I also used CB5052 Floral Spray 02 

At The Beach and Some Birthday Cards by Lauren

I live on the Gold Coast, which is known for being a coastal tourist attraction centre, so you would think that when Scrapmatts released a new Marine Life chipboard set I would be all over it, right? Wrong, I rarely head to the beach, largely due to my pale skin which goes from white to red in about 10 minutes flat regardless of the amount of sunscreen I slather on. The chipboard did look adorable though so I eventually remembered I had these photos from a morning stroll I did with friends sometime last year and set to work.

 

 

All the chipboard comes from CB4067 Marine Life 02. I have used seven pieces on this layout and there are still fifteen left in the sheet! The pink/orange pieces have been coloured with Gelatos, the blue pieces with Glimmermist and the seaweed has been left natural in the white mist finish the sheet came in.

 

My second set of projects for the Scrapmatts DT this month are a couple of birthday cards. Chipboard is the perfect embellishment for cardmaking. It is relatively flat, light weight and can easily be coloured to match any colour scheme. I whipped up two quick birthday cards for family members in the past month and they were both very impressed with the results.

 

 

Chipboard for both my frame and sentiment in this earthy card. I used CB1198 Scrapwords 06 and CB6091 Ornate Frames 19. After creating my own patterned paper in this second card all I needed was some glitter alphas and some chipboard chevrons (CB5106 Chevrons 01).

 

 

If you've created a card, or any other project, using Scrapmatts chipboard please come share it with us in the gallery.

Loving Scrapmatts chipboard

Hi there! I have a few projects to share using Scrapmatts gorgeous chipboards

I made this card with some beach-themed chippies, aren't they lovely?? It's the set  CB6062 Shells 02

I also made another card and I used one of the pretty metal embellishments

In this card I used the CH017 Filigree Corners #2 and the CB6091 Ornate Frames 19 . I painted both the chipboard and the charm with metallic paints and turquoise chalk ink.

I also made this canvas with lots of chipboards and a beautiful butterfly charm.

Products used: 

CH011 Butterflies #1

CB1107 Clocks 08 

CB1072 Gears 01

CB6043 Card Borders 05
CB4056 Ornate Frames 13

CB1004 Flourishes 05

Another work I'd like to share is this page. I was looking forward to using the gorgeous window frame and I thought this picture would be perfect.

In this page I used: 

CB4056 Ornate Frames 13 

MC1028 Micro Chips 20 

CB1198 Scrapwords 06

Welcome Autumn...

I love this time of the year when the weather starts to cool down (well supposedly anyway!) and the colours in nature turn to the beautiful rich and warm hues. I used these colours as my inspiration for this month's post - not that I need much pushing towards the vintage tones!
A little while ago I bought some gorgeous clipboards from Typo and at long last I had the opportunity to turn them into something pretty:

 The one of the left shows how the clipboard started before it landed on the scrap desk!

Using Scrapmatts chipboard Ornate Frames CB1220, Butterflies CB1158 and Charms Filigree Flowers #2 CH004

The clip on the board was made to look old by using a rusting powder on the metal.

Next I worked on my tags that the DT are working on for each month of 2014. Last month I created the box and January's tag, so this month I wanted to catch up and completed February's tag (about love of course!) and March's tag:

 Using Scrapmatts chipboard Tag CB3010, Ornate Frames CB6091, Cupids CB1166, Hearts CB1159, Scrapwords CB1190. Along with charms Arrow CH030 and Crown CH057. To make the word 'is' in the title, I cut up one of the 'Discover' Scrapwords.

My tag for March was one to remind me of my beautiful girls - lots of beautiful pink flowers!

Using Scrapmatts chipboard Tag CB3009, Ornate Frame CB6093 and Scrapwords CB1199

Don't forget if you are playing along with us and creating your own tags each month, we would love to see them in the Scrapmatts Gallery!
Sonia x