April creating with Helen - two layouts and a card

Hi there Scrappy friends, welcome back.

Today I'm sharing some projects for the SCRAPMATTS Design team.

The first two pieces were also combined with CSI challenges,
 as Scrapmatts was generously sponsoring them.

Scrapmatts products used:-

 CB1028 Butterflies 18

CB1239 Scrap Words 25

 CB1161 Flowers 11

CB4060 Ornate Frames 17

 ST5030 Stencil Flowers 

  

I used one of Laura Whitakers sketches from March 2016 - thank you Laura.

The second project, was also a combined challenge for CSI/Scrapmatts

The Scrapmatts chipboard circle was wet embossed.

The Title was painted with distress ink and clear embossed
and the heart was randomly dabbed with a water colour wash.

Scrapmatts products used:-

ST1002 Diamond stencil

CB6115 Assorted Words 28

CB5138 String Circle

CB1071 Hearts 04

Finally I have a masculine card inspired by my friend Margaret Mifsud.  I was honoured to receive one of her fabulous cards at Christmas time and loved the double front fold.

I used one of my favourite new stencils. ST5046 - Latttice
with some Gold Colour Blast paste on the background.
The chipboard flourishes were wet embossed. CB4069 Ornate Frames

And the CB1244 - Scrapwords 40 were left cream.

Thanks for visiting today, I hope you will look out for the next
SCRAPMATTS design team post in a day or two.

Scrapmatts sponsor CSI during March

Hello Scrappy friends, welcome back, lovely to have you visit again.

SCRAPMATTS

is sponsoring CSI this month and the Scrapmatts team have been invited to Guest design for CSI.  Thank you Debbi Tehrani, your challenges are fun and make me think outside the box.

It’s easy to play along, just use all five colours, at least three of the evidence clues 
and at least one of the testimony clues.

I used gesso on the white background before applying texture paste through the diamond stencil and splashing some ink around.

I love the fabric flag from Charms creations

and the Flair is from Funky Flair Studio, it seemed perfect for a pregnancy photo.

The Scrapmatts chipboard circle was wet embossed.

The papers are from Heidi Swapp, "September Skies" and Studio Calico "Wanderlust"

The Title was painted with distress ink and clear embossed
and the heart was randomly dabbed with a water colour wash.

Evidence

Stars, Stitching, Diamond shape, (the texture paste),  Circles (the flairs and the chipboard), Washi tape, Bunting.

Testimony

I chose to journal about Adventure.

It was a hot day when this photo was taken in December, about six weeks before you were born.  Mummy and Daddy were off on another Adventure, not travelling this time, but an adventure into parenting.  I’m sure it will be as exciting, memorable, exhausting and rewarding as any previous holiday. Something they’ve planned and longed for and something which will fill their hearts with love.   I hope you are a calm and happy Baby like your Daddy was and I know you will call them both to their higher selves, as parenting is the most important job they will ever have.  We can’t wait to meet you little one.   

Love Granny 10 February 2017

Scrapmatts products used:-

ST1002 Diamond stencil

CB6115 Assorted Words 28

CB5138 String Circle

CB1071 Hearts 04

The second project I made as a special gift for my DIL.
It's on canvas, because I wanted to use a lot of mixed media.

First I chose a mixture of sprays, acrylic and water colour paints to create
the ombre shading on the background.
The textured effect was achieved by applying crackle paste through one of the new stencils.  ST 9002-A5, before over spraying with mists.

The large circle is String circle was wet embossed.  I liked the symbolism it created.

The butterfly was a gift from my kind friend Marilyn,
when the one I had planned using was just too big.

The flowers are a mixture of older and new products, mostly Prima and K&Co.
I love the heart sprays peeking out from the clusters.
The stamp set is from Ranger, Dina Wakley quotes.
The flair is from Funky Flair studio.

Scrapmatts products used:-
String circle CB4071
Heart Spray CB1109
Stencil ST9002-A5

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String Circles Showcase by Lauren Tomecek

I loved the original string circles when Scrapmatts first brought them out. Then Sofie and Andrew made them better by bring out new designs with dots, stars or arrows on the circles. Last month they expanded the range again to release a pack with larger sized circles! I fell in love and knew I had to play with them right away.

My circle for this layout looks a bit more like an oval, because I actually chopped it in half to open up that inside area a bit more. It doesn't go all the way around under the photos or the flower cluster. I love cutting up my chipboard to make it last that little bit longer or get it to suit my layout better. I've done the same thing with the leaves and the diamond background pieces. 

Chipboard used: CB4071 String Circles 07, CB6117 Assorted Words 30, CB1153 Leaf Spray 08, CB5125 Diamond Mesh 01, CB1209 Scrap Words 12. Stencil: ST1002 Stencil Diamonds. 

My second layout is actually the one I created first, so it used the largest sized string circle and I haven't cut this one. I had a lot of fun creating that background circle with Gelatos but it did warp the page a fair bit. Some chipboard butterflies made the perfect scatter embellishments.

Chipboard used: CB4071 String Circles 07, CB6115 Assorted Words 28, CB5144 Layered Poinsettias 01, CB1158 Butterflies 20.

Don't forget, you can share your string circle creations with us on the Ning Gallery or Facebook page.

Picture Perfect and a Card

Helen with you today.  Welcome to the New Year.   

I hope your festive season has been filled with Joy and Peace.

Well we are off and running with another year of creating 

and today I’m sharing two projects for the Scrapmatts DT.

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I’ve used 49 and Market paper for the background, the Vintage Artistry collection, "Botanical Press".  The paper is sturdy enough to take lots of mixed media.

I used all sorts of left over bits and pieces of papers to form the mats.

I love this stencil which I used with texture paste and LSG spray

Star Stencil ST5041

The Honeycomb chipboard was treated with Lindy’s Stamp Gang “Moon Shadow” mist

CB 5124 Hexagon Mesh 03

The Leather look Chipboard words matched the papers well without any treatment.

CB1239 Scrap Words 25

The journalling is on the back of the page and it reads:-

This is one of my favourite "little bubba" photos of you Oliver.  It shows your happy nature and your twinkling eyes.  It also shows that you still have your front teeth, so it was taken before they got knocked out.   Not long after this, you had a bit of a fall when Mummy took you to the play ground and you knocked your teeth right up into your gums.  The dentist said they might me OK and they did gradually come down again.  But one day when we were looking after you, you tripped and knocked them right out!!!  Oh no!  I was mortified that it happened on my watch. It was late in the day, we couldn't phone a dentist or get hold of your parents, who were on their way to pick you up.  The perils of Baby sitting.   Now at almost six, you still have a big gap in the front. 

The perils of Baby sitting!  Photo taken 5th March 2013

The card was created on water colour paper.

The diamonds on the background were created by using crackle paste through

ST1002 Stencil Diamonds 

then rubbing distress ink into the cracks.

I used alcohol inks on acetate to create the butterfly. 

      CB1243 Scrap Words 29 
add the finishing touch to an all occasion card.

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Family Affair by: Rhonda

Yep, I'm back again with some more delights

for you all and this time it is the usual two creations

jam-packed with some awesome

Scrapmatts chipboards & stencils.

The first is a canvas that features one of my

life's loves in that of my Son and the other is a layout

featuring another love being my Daughter (with her partner).

Live Life

& Make The Most Of Today

On the blank canvas I used ST1002 Diamonds as well as

ST5033 Triangles and ST1024 Gears on the

front and side to give a bit of texture.

On these I sprayed colours to enhance the stencilling.

Next I layered hessian, paper & corrugated cardboard (all

of earthy colours) to match the design I was

looking for as a background for the photo.

Added to these background components I also

applied colours like I did with the canvas

Under the photo & backing I placed CB1232 Film Strip 05 with

CB2006 Page Border 05 at the bottom and a

piece of that same border at the top alongside

a hand crafted barbed wire.

The rounded arrowheads of CB5140 String Circles 04

wasn't big enough for what I wanted so I adapted two.

CB5132 Chains 01 was round but I stretched it

into an oval to highlight the subject.

I am never at a loss with the massive selection Scrapmatts

offer when it comes to matching Scrap Words with

my creations and on this occasion CB6112 Scrap Words 31

was where my search ended for the canvas title...

Scrapmatts
CB1229 Chains 02
CB1232 Film Strip 05
CB2006 Page Border 05
CB5132 Chains 01
CB5140 String Circles 04
CB6112 Scrap Words 31
ST1002 Diamonds
ST1024 Gears
ST5033 Triangles
Dew Drop - Graphite Black, Galaxy Gold,
Starlite Silver & Mediterranean Blue
And Pearlescent Chocolate

LSG
Time Travel Teal & Don’t Eat Golden Snow

FMS
Mont Marte Canvas 10”x 12”,
Burlap, Corrugated Card, Jewellery Wire,
2 x Patterned Paper, Texture Paste,
3D Gel Medium, Foam Mount Squares


You & Me

The base of this one starts like many layouts with a

piece of patterned paper over cardstock.

The purpose of placing the bulk of the work to the

lower section was to create space for the lamp

and for it to look like it was illuminating the image.

Scrapmatts Frame 02 CB4007 was the perfect match

for the picture I had chosen and the sheer size of it

meant it was going to be the main focus point.

Behind this I placed a bit of coloured gauze and

littered the page with an accompaniment of

flowers and embellishments.

A little depth was added to the photo by placing a

small scrap of cardboard behind it.

This close up gives an idea of how the gauze was

layered and how well it worked and

softened the edge of the stencils

ST1032 Plus Signs & ST 1037 Bling

A very much appropriate CB6105 Assorted Words 23,

married well with the overall look & theme

Without these two large flowers the layout was looking

bare & unfinished and I was pleased with

the fullness they afforded.

Scrapmatts

ST1037 Bling, ST1032 Plus Signs
CB4007 Frame 02
CB1090 Clocks 06
CB1238 Scrap Words 24
CB6105 Assorted Words 23
CB6109 Lamps 11
Dew Drop – Graphite Black
Dew Drop – Pearlescent Purple

LSG
Pointsettia Red Gold
Tea Pot Purple
Baby Eyes Blue

Prima Marketing
Odette Almond, Fleur De Prima, Metal Trinkets
Grungy Butterflies – Medium
Shabby Chic Treasure Hearts

WOC
Mini white Roses

FMS
Dusty Attic Crackle Medium & Gloss Varnish

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Make sure you pop back in a day or two or head over to the 

Scrapmatts Gallery

 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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