The Look of Love

Hello all 

Kim here to share with you a few of my latest creations....of course inspired by 

Love

(well.... it is February, after all!) 

My first share is a card

Let me show you!

 For this card I have used Maja Design papers....the softness of the papers goes so well with the White Mist Scrapmatts chipboard.

 Assorted Words 30 (CB6117)

Wildflowers 01 (CB4072) 

Assorted Words 18 (CB6095) 

 And here are two gift tags I have put together.

Using a combination of papers from Maja Design & Prima.

 

 With this tag I painted some of the Scrapmatts feathers pink & grey using some Prima water colour metallic paint & I also left a couple in the white mist.

Scrapmatts Products used for tags:

 

Feathers 01 (CB5116) 

Feathers 02 (CB1222) 

 Assorted Words 30 (CB6117) 

Damask Stencil A5 (ST9027) 

I hope you have enjoyed looking at my Scrapmatts projects?

Scrapmatts has a fantastic range of chipboard products as well as stencils, why not head over 

***HERE*** 

and check out there awesome ranges!

The Design Team post regularly here on the Scrapmatts blog so make sure you pop back in a few days

to check out even more inspiration from the team

Until Next Time

Happy Crafting

Kim

  

Welcome to November @ Scrapmatts!

Hello, hello.....dear friends of Scrapmatts!!

Kim here to kick off the month with a few of my recent creations!

Today I will be sharing a layout & a few cards!

The layout I am sharing today is one I had planned on entering into last months (October) challenge over at Kraft+.......The Challenge was called: I Can See Clearly Now

It involved using something see-through on your layout.

As most of you would know, I have been creating a lot of shaker cards & shaker tags lately, so I thought 'Why not do a sort of, Shaker layout???

Here is what I came up with.

 Love this photo of my grandsons, Flynn & Angus

(photo taken by Hannah)

 Scrapmatts Products Used:

Splatter Stencil (ST5010)

Plus Signs Stencil (ST1032)

Stars 03 (CB1223)

Assorted Words 30 (CB6117)

Assorted Words 18 (CB6095)

 

Next I have a Shaker Christmas card!

 With Shaker cards & tags you can add even more Scrapmatts,

 behind the window!

Scrapmatts Products used;

Christmas Shapes 01 (CB5145) 

Assorted Words 19 (CB6097) 

Christmas Ornaments 14 (CB1228) 

Stars 03 (CB1223)

 

A Birthday card

Scrapmatts Products used:

Ornate Frames 18 (CB6090) 

Scrap Words 29 (CB1243) 

Circles Stencil (ST5011) 

  

 And finally a Halloween Shaker Card.

Scrapmatts Products used:

Hinges 02 (CB1125) 

The little spider is from the

Australian Federation Screen Doors 03 (CB5068) 

I do hope you have enjoyed looking through my creations?

Make sure you pop back every couple of days 

to see what our other Design Team members have been creating....

I'm sure you will be seeing some amazing inspiration & with Christmas just around the corner I am

sure you will be inspired to get your Christmas craft on, whether you are creating Christmas cards or making your own decorations make sure you check out the awesome range of Christmas Stencils & Chipboard at 

Scrapmatts

Love & Hugs

 

 

Man of Steel - Lauren Tomecek

Does anyone else feel a sense of joy when they know they have the perfect photos for a particular challenge? As soon as I saw the challenge guidelines for this month's CSI challenge, I just knew I had to use these photos of my son with Superman that I'd taken just a few days beforehand.

Being on the Scrapmatts DT, sometimes Sofie sends out surprises for us to play with. These are normally new products that aren't even listed on the website yet so it's always very exciting to receive these. In my latest package I was lucky enough to receive a couple of the new larger sized stencils and I've used ST9008-A5 for some white-on-white texture in the background.

Chipboard used: CB1233 Film Strips 06, CB6095 Assorted Words 18, CB1162 Assorted Words 08 and CB5138 String Circles.

This is the June challenge over at CSI: Color, Stories, Inspiration. Scrapmatts is sponsoring so you could win a great chipboard prize pack if you take part. For my layout, I've obviously been inspired by the superhero characters in the scene. My evidence includes the white background, speech bubble and stars. My testimony uses the inspiration words.

Scrapmatts May creating with Helen - a layout and a card

Hello and welcome back to Scrapmatts.

It's Helen with you today.

First I'm sharing a bath time layout; 

the bubbles stencil and chipboard seemed just right for this page. 

This little Bubba loved his bath. No matter what mood he was in before he hit the water, he instantly became angelic in the suds.

I used my favourite embossing powder on the wings and the string circle frame.
It's Aged Ivory from Stampendous.   The Bubble chipboard was just swiped with Gesso and I used Liquitex texture paste through the stencils.

Scrapmatts products used:
ST1004 Stencil Bubbles 
 ST1003 Stencil Sticks 
 CB1120 Wings 01
CB5131 Bubbles 01
CB4071 String Circles 07
CB6095 Assorted Words 18
CB1198 Scrapwords 06

Next up is a vintage style card

This is a tent style card, so that I could attach a ribbon at the top.
I decorated the inside as well. The paper is from Pion.
I inked the spray of Roses and added shine with Glossy Accents.
The ornate frame was wet embossed with Aged Ivory from Stampendous.

Scrapmatts products used:

 CB1202 Roses 02
CB1028 Butterflies 18

CB6090 Ornate Frames 18

CB1244 Scrap Words 30

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Feel free to upload your Scrapmatts projects to the gallery, 

so we can leave you some love.

Welcome to April!

........and BAM!!!

 Just like that it's April!

Hello dear friends of Scrapmatts.

Kim here to kick of April with a few creations.

The first is a very special card created for a special young couple who begin life as husband & wife, today!

 Wishing Keira & Zac a lifetime of happiness and I hope you both have a truly wonderful day!

I kept the design quite simple. 

Scrapmatts products used

Stencil Hearts (ST5035)

Assorted Words 28 (CB6115)

The next 2 projects are from last months Guest Designer spot over at

 CSI Challenge Blog 

The first layout was for Case File #225 

 

[Time to Fly]

 Loved creating this layout using the awesome prompts created by CSI along with the wonderful sketch!

Our middle daughter, Madison has started at university this year.....Time for her to fly on her own now.

 Scrapmatts Products Used

Stencil Stars (ST5042)

Stencil Alphabet (ST5018) 

Stars 03 (CB1223)

Flags 02 (CB5101)

Wings 01 (CB1120)

 Assorted Words 18 (CB6095)

Assorted Words 16 (CB6088) 

 My last share is my layout for Case File #226

[Love is Homemade]

This layout is of my two gorgeous grandsons, Flynn & Angus.

I truly adored the visual prompt for this Case File and I used it as my inspiration.

Scrapmatts Products Used;

Stencil Alphabet (ST5018)

Stencil Hearts (ST5038)

Flags 02 (CB5101)

Diamond Mesh 02 (CB5126) 

Butterflies 06 (CB1006) 

Thank you so much for stopping by be sure to check back

 here in a couple of days and see what the other Design Team members have been creating.

 

 

Ahoy There

 Ahoy There Me Hearties!!!

Wow I can't believe that we are in November already. This year really has gone way too quickly. 

I hope your Christmas plans are coming together....mine haven't even started!!

I have had time to do a little scrapbooking and this is my latest project that I would like to share with you all.

This layout features photo's from a cruise my husband and I took last year through South East Asia with Princess Cruises.

The wheel was the perfect frame for our photo.

I have also used the CB6095 - Assorted Words 18.

With these clusters of collectables I have used the CB6071 - Assorted Words 07 for the titles.

 The lighthouse, compass, life ring and steering wheel (sorry don't know the technical term) are from the CB4059 - Nautical Designs 03 set.

To create this look on the background I have used the ST1016 - Tyre Track Stencil.

These are the chipboard pieces I have used on my layout.

CB6105

ST1016

CB4059

CB6071

CB6095

Thanks for stopping by and please take a look at the other wonderful projects from the design team.

You can find all this wonderful chipboard at www.scrapmatts.com.au

You can also pop over to my blog for further details about this layout

http://bonjodiliciousscrap.blogspot.com.au/

You can also find me on facebook

www.facebook.com/bonjodiliciousscrap

See you all next month and remember to always

Dream * Create* Inspire

JD

xx

2016

 

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.

Shadow Box & Layout

A bit late, but hey it is still the 16th!

 

I met the lovely Sofie and Andrew at the Paper & Craft Show at Penrith last month.  Sofie gave me a challenge to use a shadow box (1E).  This is not something I generally do but I had lots of fun putting this together so will probably do more of them.  

 I really didn't want to use orange as my background as

 that seems to be go to colour at the moment, but it fitted (and it's nice and bright).

I then used a couple of stencils ST5011 circles with yellow paint & ST1019 flannel flower with 

texture paste but unfortunately you can't see it very well in the photo.

I then went to town with Scrapmatts Chipboard and some flowers.

CB1146 Leaf Spray 01

CB5137 Ornate Toppers 01

CB6113  Scrap Words 32

CB6105 Assorted Words 32

CB1003  Flourishes

I have used Brilliance Inks to colour the chipboard (except Together) to blend them into the layout.  I used Platinum Planet (arrow & Us), Lime (ornate toppers & leaves) & Rocket Red Gold (flourishes)

 

I completed this layout for a challenge, but forgot to enter it!

I love the retro squares stencil (ST5020) and chipboard (CB5142) so I used both on this layout. 

And of course lots of other chipboard

CB1236 Scrap Words

CB6106 Assorted Words

CB6095  Assorted Words 18

Hope you have found some inspiration from my shadow box and layout.

Happy Scrapping

Lisette