March Creating with Lizzy.

 Hello there! Here we are half way through March! And it is time for me to share what I have been creating for Scrapmatts!

I got some new papers from AB Studios and I don't know about you but when I get something new I cant wait to create with them!! 

The first thing I did was to add some stencilling and splash some water color around on my back ground paper... and yes I was so excited I forgot to take a photo of this before I added my embellishments. .hehe!! but I do have some closer views to show you some of the details..

I have gone with a bit of a circle theme on my layout, I love these stenciled circles adding some texture to the back ground.. and I have cut some segments of the Bubbles chipboard and popped them under the layers.. I painted the chipboard with white gesso..

I really like the dimension from  putting the chipboard under the fussy cut leaves and flowers..

A closer view of the chipboard title from the Scrap Words 06 pack and the Lavender chipboard that was painted with water color and the fabulous String Circle which forms a frame around my photo..

A Perfect Day.

The straws are simply tied together with string and glued onto my layout, something different to add some dimension. I do like how this layout came together with all the circular elements.

and here are the Scrapmatts I have used on my layout..

ST9071 Circles Stencil   

CB5131 Bubbles 01  

CB5139 String Circles 03 

CB1198 Scrapwords 06 

CB5165 Lavender 01 

And while I had all the papers and chipboard on my desk I thought I would make a card using basically the same design and elements of my layout.. 

a closer view..

Stencilling and paint on the back ground, the Bubble chipboard cut into a small segment and the smallest Circle frame, fussy cut flowers and a chipboard word to complete my card..

Celebrate.

So if you have created a layout that you are pleased with, how about creating a card along the same design and then you have a card in your stash ready for the next occasion!

The Scrapmatts I have used on my card.

ST9071 Circles Stencil 

CB5131 Bubbles 01 

CB5139 String Circles 03 

CB1189 Scrap Words 01 

You can have a browse on the SCRAPMATTS ONLINE STORE HERE!!!!  Make sure you check out the New Releases as there is sure to be something you need!

Thanks for dropping by, make sure you pop back to  check out what the other Designers are up to.. always something to inspire you to get creating!

Until next time, 

Happy Scrapmatting!

March creating

 Well hello again my lovelies, can you believe that we are now in Autumn? I know that for us here in Orange NSW it has been a very mild summer, hardly had the air-con on. Makes me wonder what Winter will be like.

I would like to share two layouts with you all today.

First is of my gorgeous friend and scrapping buddy Kim Ewins, who is also on the DT with me. She is just a beautiful person inside and out, I am blessed to have her in my life.

 For this page I used the gorgeous Leaf Spray and Fern pieces which I inked, the chipboard takes the ink so easily and matches the rest of the page perfectly. I finished off by adding some gold bling for that little pop of something extra.

PRODUCTS USED

Ferns

Leaf Spray

5mm Gold Bling It On

My second page is of myself, Kim and the gorgeous Rachael Funnell at the Japanese Gardens in Cowra. We had a couple who snapped this pic of us together and it is so lovely that I knew I had to scrap it.

It may be a bit hard to see but I used the crackle stencil very subtly both sides of the page with a soft blue ink, I think it blends into the page beautifully.

 PRODUCTS USED

Flourishes & Leaves

Scrap Words

Thanks again for looking, hope you get some inspiration from these pages.

Until next time

Hugs and love

Annette x

Stuck on Summer

 By now you should be well and truly sick of all my summer photo posts ... but I'm sorry - I simply can't help myself 😆

We do heaps together over summer as a family and I end up with more photos than I will ever be able to scrap - but I give it a really good try! lol So I'm back again with more ideas of how you can use Scrapmatts stencils and chipboards to make fun, bright layouts and cards...

The paper I used for this first layout was a bit tricky to work with, but thanks to some great stencils it turned out wonderfully. 

I often struggle with 'picture pages' - as in pages that are just made up of whole photo images. I'm not sure why I struggle with them - perhaps I'm reluctant to put anything in the way of the beautiful scene? lol ... in any case, I find I can overcome it by creating borders around the outside edges to frame up my photos. 

In this case I've done the border using stencils - the circles one on top ( one I always reach for with beach pages as they remind me of the sand balls that crabs make) and shells on the bottom.

 

ST9007 Circles.                                           ST5072 Stencil Shells

I topped off the stenciled on shells with some chipboard shells that were the perfect colour to being with (White chipboard as opposed to raw) so they didn't need any colouring. 

CB6127 Shells 03

- I even cleaned and trimmed up the frame that the chipboard pieces came on so that 

half sat next to each side of the photo...

Of course I couldn't resist adding a few extra inspirational words and these 

wonderful seagulls that came in the shells chipboard pack. 

CB1271 Scrap Words 55

Next up this month I have a bright shiny feminine layout to share - 

made using all my favourite techniques!

So to start with I stenciled the border in using a waves template .... 

because I believe that running from top to bottom it can also pass as leaves!? lol 

ST5071 Stencil Waves

Next I got all my papers in place and hit the background with white gesso and the hearts stencil - a combination I use so often I'm pretty sure I'll be receiving complaints in the mail shortly 😆

Hey - when you are onto a good thing - stick to it right!

ST9050 Hearts

Then I added all my embellishments and extra chipboards, including a title I coloured as bright as I possibly could using markers (complete with shine lines to help it pop). 

 

  CB5082 Leaf Spray 02.                                       CT028 Beautiful Girl                   

And last but not least this month I have a birthday card to share - 

inspired this time by the STUNNING new gum leaves stencils that Scrapmatts has just released.

I started with a background I made using Alcohol Inks on Yupo Paper

Then added these bright Inka Gold waxes over the top of the Gum Leaf stencil

First I stenciled on the leaves, let them dry and traced around them with a fine

tip sharpie (it's important that you use a permanent marker for this as normal 

markers wont work over wax surfaces). 

These stencils (that come in 3 different sizes - A4, A5 & A6) are stunners -

A perfect addition to your Aussie supplies collection 💚

ST9089 Gum Leaves

I used the smaller A6 stencil to create this card. 

I actually made a pretty big mess with the Inka Gold waxes 😂 so I went for something a bit simpler with the 'Happy Birthday' title - I simply coloured it with a sharpie pen!

Of course you can buy them ready made in black 

- which in hindsight would have been an even better option lol!! 

To finish off I added some simple chipboard words and some clusters of Acrylic Craft Gems ( a combination of 4mm and 5mm sizes) that I thought did a great job 

of looking a lot like native blossoms.

4,5 & 6mm Champagne Acrylic Craft Gems

(Pssssssssst - at the time of publishing this post - 4, 5 & 6mm Champagne Gem sets 

are on special in the Scrapmatts online store for only $6 a set!!

HERE IS THE LINK

CB1236 Scrap Words 22

And that's it for this month folks ... I'm really going to try for something a bit different next month - what's coming up??? Easter .... I'm on it! Chat to you all again in a few weeks xo 

Kel