Mystical Scrapbooks May Cyber Crop

Good morning

The May Cyber Crop is on this weekend over at Mystical Scrapbooks

You will find it here.

The theme for this month is 1, 2, 3. and there are three challenges.

The challenge my layout is created for is to use 1 piece of chipboard, 2 photos and a 3 word title.

Here is my layout

I have used Colour Blast Limited Editions and Love & Grace papers for this layout

I cut two 2" x 12" piece of Limited Edition - Real Deal

and tore a piece of Love & Grace - Portia to approximately 12" x 10"

Using the Portia paper I applied Modelling Paste through Dusty Attic's Criss Cross stencil

I sprayed Tattered Angels Chalkboard -Teal High Heel to three areas of the paper

and added water to help it to spread out over the page

A light spray with Docraft's Artiste Spritzing Ink - Mint 

adds a little visual dimension to the sprayed colour.

Using the Mint ink and DoCraft Spritzing Ink - Black Night, I added splatters to the background.

Once all of the mixed media was dry, I used StayzOn Jet Black Ink and 

Kazzaz - Life's Moments Background stamp 

to add random stamping to the layout.

I distressed and inked the two pieces of Real Deal paper and 

attached them to the top and bottom of my 

background piece to build it back up to 12" x 12"

I used the Black Night Spritzing ink and a brush to colour a frame 

from Memory Maze Junky Frame & Arrows chipboard pack.

I also sprayed the chipboard with Tattered Angels Glimmermist - Iridescent Gold.

The chipboard is attached to my layout using Art Glitter glue

I have used an emery board to file around the edges of my photos 

and matted them onto black cardstock.

Scrap cardboard was added to the backs of the photos 

before they were attached to the layout overlapping the chipboard.

To create the title I used Kaisercraft DD700 Alphabet Upper Case 

and Die-namics High Rise Numbers dies and black cardstock.

The final touch was to add some white splatters to the background. 

To do this I watered down some white acrylic paint and used my fan brush.

Here is my process video

I hope you enjoy watching it

Thank you for spending part of your day here with me today

Till next time

Stay safe

Hugs

Julie

Off The Rails Scrapbooking May Challenge

Good morning

Today I am sharing the layout I created for the May challenge at Off the Rails Scrapbooking

The challenge for this month is Black & White with only one other colour.

I have chosen blue as my other colour

I have gone with a simple clean layout for this challenge.

The minimalist look seems to be appealing to me at the moment.

I have added Modelling Paste through TCW Chevron stencil 

to the centre section of my white cardstock background. 

I have not been too particular with this application 

as I am looking for a random type of feel.

My colour is added by spraying Tattered Angels Jazz Blue Glimmermist 

at the top of the page and using extra water spray 

to help it run down the centre of the layout 

over some of the Modelling Paste.

When everything was dry I used Kaisercraft's Grid stamp 

and StayzOn Jet Black ink to stamp randomly over the background.

The patterned paper is from 2007, it is by Imaginisce and is 

Striped Sophistication from the Black Tie Optional range.

I tore this into strips using my Deckle edged ruler.

I inked the edges of the strips after I had torn the edges down 

to create an assortment of lengths then 

attached them to my background using Art Glitter Glue

My black & white photos were printed with the white border and measure 3" x 4 1/2".

I have attached pieces of cardboard to the back of the photos before attaching them to my layout.

To embellish the page I have painted 

Scrapmatts CB5156 Triangles 01 chipboard with black acrylic paint.

I cut the chipboard into three pieces and attached it to my page along side each of my photos

I used my fountain pen to draw a double scribbly border around the page.

A little more detail was added to the background by splattering some of the 

Glimmermist and black acrylic paint lightly, mostly to the central area of the layout.

The title was cut from black cardstock using Kaisercraft's DD735 Uppercase Alpha dies.

Once it was attached to the layout using my t ruler, reverse tweezers and Art Glitter Glue

I coated it with Glossy Accents. This gives a beautiful glossy finish when it is dry

Here is my process video. 

I hope you enjoy watching it.

Thank you for spending part of your day here with me today

Till next time

Stay safe

Hugs

Julie

Art Journal Page

Hi there

Today I am sharing my latest art journal page.

I have used two pages from my Happy Planner notebook.

I have glued them together and given one side of the page a coat of white Gesso

To colour the background I have applied Gelatos and blended them using my finger.

I have used 

Lemon

Gold Champagne

Tangerine 

and Grape

My next layer is random stamping with StayzOn Jet Black Ink 

and a background stamp that I don't know the name or brand of.

You can see the stamp in the video if you are interested to see what it looks like

Next layer for the background is Modelling/Texture Paste through a Mandala stencil

To create the hearts I applied Paper Mill Alcohol Inks to a sheet of Gloss Photo paper 

and used my air puffer to move the ink around.

The inks I used are

Lemon Yellow Shimmer

Burnt Orange Metallic

Silver Metallic

Gold Metallic

Rolling Waters Metallic

Purple Sequin Metallic

Silvery Metallic

and Penny Loafer Metallic

Once the inks were dry I used my Cutterbee scissors 

to cut an assortment of sizes of heart shapes from the card.

These were attached to my page using Matt Medium, being careful 

not to smudge the background, as I had not sealed it.

Watered down white acrylic paint was splattered all overt the page next

I drew a sketchy line just inside the edge of each of the hearts 

and a scalloped decorative border around the outside of each heart.

A sketchy boarder was also added to the edges of the page.

The quote is from the internet, I printed it onto copier paper,

trimmed it and added it to the page using Art Glitter glue.

I used my black Fudeball pen to draw a sketchy border around the quote.
 

Here is my process video

Thank you for spending part of your day here with me today

If you have any questions or suggestions please leave them in the comments

Till next time

Stay safe

Hugs

Julie

Mystical Scrapbooks March Challenge

Hi there.

Today I am sharing the layout I created for the March challenge over at Mystical Scrapbooks.

The theme over there this month is mood boards and there are two of them to choose from

 or maybe even create a layout for both of them.

This is the moodboard this layout was created for.

This is my layout

The background for this layout started life completely different to how it links now.

I gave my white cardstock a coat of white Gesso.

Originally I used Distress Inks and plastic packaging to colour where the red is now. 

I used Barn Door but when it dried it was more pink than bright red.

Not happy with the colour I used a sponge to dab red acrylic paint over the top of the ink.

I then splattered white acrylic paint over the red.

The flower frame is a cut file from Page Evans

I stamped a text stamp with StayzOn Jet Black ink all over the cut file.

I used Distress Ink Mustard Seed and a wet brush to colour the cut file and then

Carved Pumpkin and a fine brush to add a little detail to the centre of the flowers.

I punched a few circles from white cardstock, stamped them with the same stamp and ink

to fill the holes in the centre of the flowers.

I used Art Glitter glue to attach the cut file to the page 

so it sat over the painted section of the background.

I am using a 6" x 4" photo, I filed around the edge of the photo with 

an emery board before matting it onto some orange cardstock.

I also added some cardboard to the back of the mat.

This assembly was then attached to the layout.

I used Heartfelt Creations Daisy Patch Flowers to stamp and heat emboss three layers of the flower.

I used Mustard Seed and Barn Door Distress Inks to colour the flower.

I also stamped and heat embossed Picket Fence - Flowers for the Picking.

I used my flower shaping tools to shape all of the flowers.

All of the flowers were attached to the layout with liquid glue.

I trimmed my white background down to 11 1/2" square and matted it 

onto a 12" piece of black cardstock to give it a nice dark border

The title was die cut from black cardstock using my 

Kaisercraft DD700 Alphabet Upper Case dies

and attached using my t-ruler and liquid glue.

I used my fountain pen to draw a double scribbly border around the page and the flower centres

I have a process video you might like to watch

Thank you for spending part of your day here with me today.

Till next time

Stay safe

Hugs

Julie