March at Scrapmatts

Hello dearest friends of

SCRAPMATTS!

Kim here to kick off the month of March!

The year is moving quickly.....here in Australia March is the start of

Autumn, which is often great news for those of us who enjoy the slightly cooler months.

This month I have a set of 3 cards to share with you, made using 2 of the new products from Scrapmatts.

Let me show you.....

I have used the Damask stencil on a canvas sheet & simply applied texture paste over the stencil.Once dry I added a touch of colour. A touch of machine stitching always adds a nice touch.

Scrapmatts Products Used;

Wildflowers 05 (CB5178)

 

 

Wildflowers 03 (CB5176)

  

Assorted Words 29 (CB6116)

Scrap Words 31 (CB6112)

 

 

Damask Stencil (ST9027) 

 

(I love...love...love this stencil!)

I do hope you like my creations, as much as I enjoyed creating them!

Make sure you head over to the 

SCRAPMATTS STORE

to check out the gorgeous chipboard & the amazing collection of Stencils

There truly is something for everyone!

Also, if you like to be inspired, make sure you check back, here every couple of days, to get a healthy dose of creativity!

Until next time 

Happy Crafting

 

 

Happiness by Lauren Tomecek

Hello fellow chipboard fans! Thanks for checking out my reveal today. I've gone back to basics with a lot of classic pieces, along with some new leaf pieces. I have had a 12x12 sheet of CB8001 Circles 01 for so many years now, and I've used almost all of the 29 pieces up but just had two large circles left. I couldn't resist paring it with this oversized photo I had ordered in the wrong size. 

My title comes from CB6112 Scrap Words 31. The leaf pieces come from CB1246 Leaves 06. They come in a variety of sizes so are perfect to scatter around as accents.

My top cluster uses CB1209 Scrap Words 12, CB1189 Scrap Words 01 and CB4008 Butterflies 01. You can see little bits of Stencil 9017 net poking out of the edges from both clusters. 

Thanks for visiting!

Happiness is knowing you're beside me...

Hello there,
Here we are in September... Now I am not going to even say anything about how close Christmas is getting, but it is getting so close!!!! Sorry I did mention it didnt I??!!

I would like to share with you a layout I created using lots of wonderful SCRAPMATTS products..  I have used a photo of my Hubby and I taken earlier this year..  So without further a do...

some closer views first highlighting the wonderful Scrapmatts..

So many Scrapmatts chipboard pieces layered up...

I love the Hearts stencil... and see the sweet little birdies too!!

I cut out my heart and then used the Stencil Lattice and then added little rhinestones to make a very pretty embellishment for my layout.. and of course I had to use the lovely chipboard word 'love'.

and my layout...

Happiness is knowing you're beside me..

and here is a list of all the Scrapmatts I have used for this layout..

ST5047 Lattice



ST1037 Stencil Bling


ST5035 Stencil Hearts



CB6105 Assorted Words 23


CB5140 String Circles 04



CB1088 Birds 03



CB1202 Roses 02



CB6112 Scrap Words 31



CB6117 Assorted Words 30



CB1020 Card Borders 03



So lots of wonderful SCRAPMATTS products on my page, and lots of ways to use them too.. I hope you come back again soon to see what else the Design Team are up to using fabulous Scrapmatts products.. and dont forget to pop by the SCRAPMATTS STORE and see what is new over there!

Until next time, happy Scrapmatting!!

Remember and Baby Girl - Lauren Tomecek

Hello chipboard fans! I have two layouts to share today. My first is a family photo from my sister's wedding a few years ago. I wanted to go with a bit of a rustic feel with gold bling highlights. The new CB4069 Ornate Frames 26 set was perfect for my flourishes and stunning frame. I've embossed the frame with gold embossing powder but left the smaller background flourishes raw.

The chain pieces (CB6109 Lamps 11 and CB1229 Chains 02) were all embossed in chocolate-coloured powder. I love the effect of the gold texture paste through the ST9006-A5 stencil in the background. My title comes from the CB6112 Scrap Words 31 pack.

The second layout I'm sharing today was created for the CSI: Color, Stories, Inspiration challenge for July, which Scrapmatts is sponsoring. I have used the same background stencil (ST9006-A5) only this time painted watercolours through it for a more subtle effect. My flourishes are actually from CB2003 Page Borders 02, but I've cut it into two quarter pieces to use either side of my photo.

I had been wanting to use the gorgeous rocking horse chipboard piece (CB6057 Rocking Horses 01) for such a long time, so was very excited to finally get the chance. I have left the horse itself raw and painted the darker brown parts with a watercolour pencil, then used a gold pen to highlight the metallic details. The title comes from the CB5135 Baby Boy 01 set. I have scattered words across from page from CB1191 Scrap Words 03.

If you're interested in playing along with the CSI challenge, the Case File is below and it's open all month. I'd love to see what you create. 

Warm Welcome to June at Scrapmatts!

A very warm welcome to the middle of the calendar year, dearest 

Scrapmatts followers!!

The months are ticking over rather quickly, as we hit the mid-point of the year.

I've been creating a lot of Shaker Cards of late, and when I was thinking about what to create this month for my Design Team work, here at Scrapmatts I thought I would make a spin off of the Shaker Card and go with Oversized Shaker Tags!

Making the humble tag just a little more exciting!!!

Let me show you......

 Scrapmatts have a great range of chipboard pieces that can/could be used to create great elements to place into Shaker cards or Shaker Tags!

 To create a little interest on the leaves I simply placed the chipboard in an an embossing folder & ran them through the cuttlebug.

 

 For this Shaker Tag I have used some of the pieces that pop out of the Circle Mesh Chipboard packs.

I also used some seed beads & one of the super cute butterflies from the Leaf Spray pack to place behind the shaker window. I also stuck my Scrapmatts word (Cherish) behind the window.

This is a great way to make the most of your crafty purchases.

The possibilities are endless.

If your heading to the Scrapbooking & Papercraft Expo in Brisbane this year, I will be at the

New Innovation Trends Area, demonstrating how to create Shaker Cards.

Please stop by and say 'Hello'

Scrapmatts products used

(Tag 1)

CB6112 Scrap Words 31 

CB1246 Leaves 06 

 (Tag 2) 

CB5166 Leaf Spray 15

CB1134 Assorted Words 01

CB5130 Circle Mesh 03

CB5129 Circle Mesh 02

 CB5128 Circle Mesh 01

 

I do hope you like my creations & I hope you get some time to create real soon!

Make sure you stop by in another day or two to see more amazing creations from the fabulous Design Team here at Scrapmatts!!!

Happy Crafting

Love & Friendship by Rhonda

Well, 2017 is in full swing and these challenges are enticing

the creativeness from within.

As a result I have a layout and a canvas to share with you all.

Being Autumn here and Spring in the north what better

theme to follow than something with flowers.

The "Garden of Love"

Dropping some texture onto the canvas is always a great place to start

and the creation of a wall for the background using the Bricks stencil

was a perfect match for what I envisaged.

Usually I would use modelling paste but I recently acquired some

Deco Art products and among the goodness was some

white crackle paste and what better to try it on than some bricks.

The background colour was created by adding Deco Art's

Media Shimmer Mister to the crackle paste.

Additional colours from the same products were added by mixing

the primaries to get the shades of green.

 

The central piece was constructed from various layers of distressed

patterned papers, cardstock, calico and muslin.

Atop this I placed a Large Ornate Frame to showcase the flowers

that were to be the focal point.

The Ornate Frame was embossed to give an aged look as were

the butterflies, central flowers, leaves and hearts.

Using the same product on all of these chipboards created both

texture and colour to deliver unity across the canvas.

Little clusters of flowers were distributed, some plain and some sprayed

to compliment the other layers.

The old metal heart along with the numerous smaller chipboard hearts

brings both garden and love together.

Scrapmatts
CB1009 Butterflies 09
CB1115 Leaves 01
CB6090 Ornate Frames 18
CB1159 Hearts 05
ST5013 Bricks

FMS
LSG – Sea Mint Green, Incandescent Copper
Stampendous – Aged Hunter, Aged Teal, Aged Aqua

Shabby Pink, Shabby Blue
Black Ink
Patterned Paper & Cardstock
Muslin & Calico
Metal Heart
Flowers - WOC & 49 & Market St
Distress Stain – Brushed Pewter
Deco Art Media – Shimmer Mister Turquoise, Primary Yellow & Cyan

and White Crackle Paste

Friendship

Is Spending Fun Times Together

Needing an excuse to use some more crackle paste I wasted no time

in setting to work on a layout.

So, straight up I placed some patterned paper on some cardstock

and then set to it with some yummy crackle paste coloured with

complimentary Shimmer Mister Turquoise.

Atop the piece I placed some sneaky metallic silver sticks stencils to

simulate some abstraction of clouds.

Applied nice and thick gave a heavy crackle.

Under the photo I again took advantage of utilising some

packaging scraps to create some depth and adding the String Circles

and netting over them tied all elements together.

Some of the flowers were coloured with the same

Shimmer Mister as the crackle.

The chipboard Gears 01 & 05 and the bottle tops were enhanced

with a little rusting powder.

Chipboard leaf spray flourishes throughout the layout always

are a great addition to fill in blank spaces and in this case I chose

them as I thought they contributed to the outdoors type theme.

Here we can see the effectiveness of the chains as they both fill

in the spaces and compliment the netting by giving an outdoors

and somewhat playful feel.

The underside of the glass pebbles were simply painted with acrylic

After sifting through my stash of Scrap Words this title just jumped out at me and locating it near the ephemera background paper (shhh this was actually some packaging) seemed a good fit.

Scrapmatts
CB4063 Leaf Spray 13
CB5114 String Circles 01
CB1229 Chains 02
CB6112 Scrap Words 31
CB1072 Gears 01
CB1078 Gears 05
ST1021 String
ST1003 Sticks

FMS

Product Packaging Scraps (Ephemera)
Patterned Paper & Card Stock
Glass Pebbles

Rusting Powder
Flowers
Fishing Net
Deco Arts Media – Shimmer Mister Turquoise, Primary Cyan & Yellow
Cadmium Red, Interference Gold, Titanium White
Metallic Silver, White Crackle Paste

Thanks 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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