Framing your titles...

Like a lot of Australians I was introduced to the art of Scrapbooking by the MLM company Creative Memories back in the 90's. 

One of the key concepts they encouraged was trimming photos down into shapes and the use of fitting frames. 

The idea of cutting my photos never sat very well with me (I like them Big, in the middle, the main focus and the first thing you see! lol) So I had to come up with little tricks and ideas to recycle and use the many frames and shapes that were always left over from my scrapbooking packs

This technique of framing your titles is my all time favourite trick.

I've used a pack of the Scrapmatts frames to show off these fabulous titles and this groovy technique.

Do you have a bunch of chipboard frames in your stash waiting to be used? 

ALWAYS BEAUTIFUL...

Always Beautiful title - CT049

To colour this title I used inks and a glitter overlay.

Ornate Frames 19 ( The smaller one)  - CB60 91

The frame I simply painted with a cream colour and added glitter to.

Love this - Assorted Words 18 - CB6095

- The smaller chipboard words were also inked and glittered up.

Happy - Assorted Words 30 - CB6117

- This word is just glue and glitter ( potentially I was getting carried away with the glitter by this point!!?) 

 

Diamonds Stencil - ST9070

- To create the the diamond pattern in the back ground I first inked with a dark purple ( dusty concord distress ink) and then used silver 'Inka Gold' wax to create the shimmering more dominate diamonds over the top of the inked ones.

ONCE UPON A TIME...

Once Upon A Time Title - CT015

- for this title I used a pearl pen ... I just ran the pearly paint over the chipboard letters and let it settle there and then dusted with a little kindy glitz latter.

Ornate Frames 19 ( The larger one)  - CB60 91

- For colouring the frame I used an array of Inka Gold waxes - antique gold, light green and a touch of pink. I also created highlights around the frame using gold Kindy Glitz.

Bricks 01 - CB5183

The Bricks chipboard sheet is just one of the most versatile in the entire Scrapmatts range! I trimmed mine up into all the segments you can see on the layout and then coloured them with a deep red ink ( Fired Brick Distress Ink).

Hearts Template - ST9050

Just to make sure I picked up on some of the beautiful pinks in this paper I also added a bit of back ground activity with the gorgeous little hearts template and some simple hot pink ink - I love this look - its just so darn cute!! 

WOW + Arrows - Assorted Words 18 - CB6095

These arrows I covered with Fuchsia liquid pearls paint - just to give them a little dimension. 

I often wonder what little techniques people have come up with  along their creative journey to use up spare bits and pieces... feel free to share if you have good ones you are happy to let the rest of us in on 😁

All my best,

Kelly-ann xo

Pretty in Pink ...

So recently I managed to get my hands on some DIVINE pink papers from Coco Vanilla Studio... having 4 girls in my tribe, I'm always on the look out for pretty pink papers and these were just perfect for this fun layout using circle chippies ...

I started out with a set of these gorgeous string circles ... they are cut from white chipboard to begin with which is FANTASTIC and very handy, so I didn't have to do anything beside stick them down! My favourite kind of embellishment!! lol

            

CB5139 - String Circles 03          CB6105 Assorted Words 23

I used a large circle template and some light pink Inka Gold wax to create the shimmering circles you can see on the page ( and colour the words on the arrows) and a smaller circle template and a white pen to do the background circles.

        

Stencil 9007 - Circles A4         Stencil 9071 - Circles A5

 I also used the smaller template to guide me as I added some 

black dot circles to the layout as well.

And these fabulous word expressions I simply stuck on as is - too easy! 

    

                                             CB1251 Scrap Words 34                                              

And just a quick step card to finish off todays share...

 made with the same Coco Vanilla papers as the previous layout, this very simple card used some feathers and arrow tail string circle chipboards to 

create dimension and detail.

          

CB5140 Strong Circles 04              CB1222 Feathers 02

Thanks for having a look all the way to the bottom! lol

Cheers form Kel.

Scrapbook layouts by Kelly-ann

Good Morning All...

What an absolute pleasure it is to be here on the Scrapmatts Blog today.

Now that the chaos of the silly season is behind me I've finally had the chance to sit down and create with these divinely detailed chipboards ...

Be still my beating heart ... or heart shaped template as the case may be!!

To create the embellishments on this page I have teamed up two gorgeous sets...

  

CB5178 - Wildflowers 05 and  CB6117 Assorted Words 03

As well as playing in the background with this divinely simple heart template...

   

Add some simple colours with inks...

I used a white pen and the heart template to create the background, smudging a few of the hearts as I went to give them a solid look.

Another layout done recently used the gorgeous dream catcher set...

CB5186 Dreamcatcher 01

                             

Again I used simple inks to colour the chipboard and then added just a bit of Crystalina Kind Glitz to give it a bit of sparkle :) 

                               

  

A6 Stencil - Diamonds 9070    

CB6112 Scrap Words 31

And just a bit of cotton to add some dimension and extra detail to the dream catcher...

Thanks for popping by for a look.

Cheers from Kel