Spring has Sprung here at Scrapmatts!

Hello, dear creative friends!

Kim here to kick start the new month.

It's the start of Spring here in Australia are I'm sure we are all looking

 forward to some warmer days....although our farmers are hoping for a lot more rain as it's been a dry Winter for them here in NSW.

Today, I have two large gift tags to share with you!

The first is a Father's Day tag.

I've kept it rather simple.....

 To create this tag I used basic cardstock. Between the base layer and the bird layer I have stuck a piece of thick corrugated cardboard, (cut from a box). To add some height to my tag.

 The Marine Life chipboard was perfect for my project.

Stencil Circles

  

Stencil Birds 

Marine Life

  

Lately I have really loved projects using dark/black backgrounds, so I thought

 I would create a tag using black cardboard as my base.

Here is my 2nd creation for you today!

 With a great majority of Scrapmatts chipboard, when purchasing you can select which colour you would like the product to be in. With the Mini Frames on my project I had these in white mist. This is a great selection as it allows you to add colour of your own choice.

Stencil Stones 

  

Mini Frames

  

Scrap Words 29

  

I do hope you have enjoyed looking at my creations as much as I enjoyed creating them!

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to see what our fabulous team have been creating.

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Wishing all the Dad's out there a very 

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY

 for Sunday 2nd September

Until next time 

Happy crafting

 

Scrapmatts creating in August - One layout and two cards

Hello again and welcome back to Scrapmatts.  It's Helen with you today.

I recently had the pleasure of meeting Sofia & Andrew at the Craft fair in Adelaide.

Thanks for the chance to be part of the hustle and bustle of a busy stall, 

I really enjoyed it.  It's an honour to be part of this friendly team.

First up is a layout about one of my Grand daughters.

The paper collection is from Cocoa Vanilla, "Wild at Heart".  A bit like my girl!

I enjoyed using one of the newer stencils, ST9012 - A5  patterns,  to create interest down the right side of the page, before splashing on some Tim Holtz Oxides distress ink.

This cluster at the bottom consists of:- 

Flowers - CB1161 Flowers 11

Leaves CB4070 from the string Circles 06 Roses, treated with gesso, 

before adding water colour paint and some tiny beads to the centre of the flowers.

CB1038 Dragonflies 06 was heat embossed with gold.

The sweet title is from CB6117 Assorted words 30, just a touch of white paint to make it pop against the navy floral paper.

The pink and white twine and the locket are also available from Scrapmatts.

Can you see the little birds at top left?  I pushed several thick layers of texture paste through 

ST9020 - A6 Bird Stencil.

Next is a vintage style card for a friend's Birthday.

The vintage image called for some vintage embellishments and I created the peach background with a stencil similar to This one ST9025 - A6

The leaves looked lovely with the At Deco theme, I used Distress Oxides and Wink of Stella to dress them. CB1235 Leaf Spray 14

I scattered a few Prills at her feet and the 

 trim across the bottom was treated with crackle medium and gold paint.

CB2001 01 Page Border

The tiny butterfly is from CB1028 Butterflies 18

Finally a Father's Day card for a special event coming up soon.

The background was created with texture paste through another new stencil, 

ST9024-A5 - Bricks

Then I added Tim Holtz Oxides Distress inks, to create a patina on the bricks.

The gears were already painted black, as were the words.

CB1072 Gears 01

CB1191 Scrapwords 03

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