November Love - Lauren Tomecek

Just one month to go until Christmas, I can hardly believe how quickly this year has flown by! I have two projects to share with you this month. The first is a mixed media tag in my trademark purple/blue/pink colour scheme. I love how sturdy the Scrapmatts chipboard tag bases are, you can really abuse them with multiple different mediums and techniques.

I've included a close up shot of this project too, to show the tulle backing to the heart, the crackle finish to the edging of the heart and the painted details on the metal charms.

Chipboard: CB3009 Tags 05; CB5113 Heart Frames 10; CB6113 Scrap Words 32.

Stencil: ST1008 Stencil Cracks; ST1004 Stencil Bubbles.

Charm: CH076 Filigree Flower #16.

Project number two is a layout featuring my two favourite men, my husband and my son. The photo is from Harrison's first swim in our complex pool.

Chipboard: CB5158 Triangles 03, CB6095 Assorted Words 18, CB1241 Scrap Words 27.

Stencil: ST1032 Stencil Plus Signs.

May Creations With Christine

Good day.  A new month means new creations & today I'm posting a layout & a tag for Scrapmatts.  Let's start with a layout:

 

Scrapmatts Chipboards: Stars Strings Circles (CB5138), Film Strips (CB1232), Assorted Words (CB6106), Scrap Words (CB6112)

Scrapmatts Stencil: Circles (ST5006)

 

 

I've used the left over/scrap pieces of the Stars String Circles as is.  These raw chipboards have a beautiful shade & gray speckles on them hence why I decided not to alter them.  The "happy" Assorted Word Chipboard was inked with white Brilliance Inkpad & looks great against the raw chipboard.

 

 

In here you'll see my favourite Scrapmatts Circles Stencil, some in gold & some in white shades. 

The Film Strips have been inked black to match the other film strip elements of the page.   The "laughter" Scrap Words has a beautiful black shade which complements the film strips.

Up next is a tag:

 

 

Scrapmatts Chipboards: Tags (CB3009), Ornate Frames (CB6093)

Scrapmatts Stencil: Cobblestones (ST5014)

 

 

Scrapmatts Chipboard Tags come in a good size & is fun to create with.  At just under 6"x4", it's not too big or too tiny & is perfect for crafting.  I've applied some texture paste through Scrapmatts' Cobblestones Stencil, another one of my favourites. 

 

 

I've embossed & cut up the Ornate Frames Chipboard to help frame the mermaid & enhance the edges of the tag.

 

I had fun creating with all the Scrapmatts goodies...they go with anything!  Thanks for popping in & don't forget to check out the yummy variety of Scrapmatts chipboards & stencils here.

Cheers,

'Hippity Hoppity Easter's on it's way!

Hello All 

Kim here to share with you a few 

Easter Tags I have created.

 I decided to make a few Easter gift tags & get in the Easter spirit!

 

Scrapmatts has a great selection of tags & ATC's.

I have coloured the Scrapmatts String Circles using 'Colour Crush' pigment powders. 

(you mix these with water & then apply using a paint brush or put in a spritzer bottle & spray on).

Scrapmatts products used;

Tags (CB3009)

String Circles (CB5139) 

String Circles (CB5114) 

&

 

 Tile Pattern Stencil (ST5021)

I used the stencil to create a little background texture

(it's a little hard to see)

I do hope you like my little creations?

I am so very happy to be staying on with SCRAPMATTS as a Design Team member for 2016.

And I am loving all the wonderful & inspirational projects the 2016 DT are sharing with us!

If you would like to see more wonderful creations remember to stop by the 

Scrapmatts Ning Site  

and have a look around.

Until next time

 Happy Creating!

 

Tags of Prettiness & a Layout from Kim :)

Hello all :)

Kim, here today to share a few things I have been creating using 

SCRAPMATTS

Firstly I would like to share a few tags I have put together

Using Scrapmatts tags I have embossed using a Tim Holtz butterfly

 folder, then painted the tags with white acrylic paint. I then used some collections tissue paper & randomly stuck small bits into place. To add a touch of soft colour, I then added some glimmermist with a paint brush.

SCRAPMATTS PRODUCTS:

Tags CB3009

Scrap Words 21 CB6103

Chains 01 CB5132

Next I want to share a layout of my Darling Daughter, Samantha & her partner Joliver 

(his name is actually Jake, but we have to call him 'Joliver'....under Samantha's instructions! 

{YOU & ME}

SCRAPMATTS PRODUCTS

Scrap Words 21 CB6103

Signboards 01 CB1123

I do hope you have enjoyed looking at my creations!?

Be sure to pop into the 

SCRAPMATTS GALLERY

(over at the Scrapmatts Ning site)

to see what the Design Team have been creating & also what other

creative peeps have been doing with their

Scrapmatts!

Until next time

Happy Creating

Kim 

x

 

 

Stuck on Spring & Starting to think about Christmas.

Hello All :)

Kim here to share a few of my latest creations using

Scrapmatts

Firstly I would like to show you my layout created for

Stuck?! Sketches

{ Imagine }

 If you don't imagine nothing ever happens at all- John Green

I have used CB8001 Circles ,  CB1010 Butterflies

& CB1191 Scrapwords

 

I tweaked the sketch just a little.

 

Thank You

Stuck?! for an awesome sketch to work off!

Next up I want to share a few Christmas Creations

I know....Christmas??!!

But let's face it, it will be here before we know it!

I have used

CB1181- Snowflakes

CB3009- Tags 

CB1212- Scrap Words (tag)

CB1214- Scrap Words (card)

CB1220- Ornate Frames

CB1224- Holly (tag)

&

CH073- Filigree Flower #13, (card)

 CH070- Filigree Flower #10 (tag)

And for this tag I have used

CB1224- Holly

CB5050- Reindeers (in Metallic Silver)

CB1212- Scrap Words

CB3009- Tags

I do hope you have liked what I have created?
And I do hope you pop over and visit us over at the
Scrapmatts Ning Site 

Until next time

Enjoy your creative time!

Kim 
x

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