Mystical Scrapbooks August Challenge

Hi there

Today's layout is for the August challenge at Mystical Scrapbooks.

The theme for this month is Sketches and the featured product is "all things sparkle".

You will find the challenge here

and all of the sparkle products are on sale here.

This is the sketch I have used for this layout.

It is from PageMaps

and this is my layout

I have made a couple of slight changes. 

I have used one photo instead of two.

My embellishments are on a diagonal from top right to bottom left, 

the sketch has the embellishments on the right hand side of the layout.

My title is under the photo, the sketch has the title above the photo.

I have used a paper from the Bee Arty - Bee The Sunshine range

this paper is Painted Honeycomb.

I have used an assortment of Washi Tapes to create the strips across the layout 

and the small cluster in the bottom left of the page.

 I have covered the "all things sparkle" by having lots of sparkle in the washis.

I added a row of lace to the strips for a little added texture.

I also added sparkle with 28 Lilac Lane's Premium Sequins in Golden

These were scattered diagonally across my layout.

A little more bling with some tiny pink gems amongst the scatter.

Five butterflies from Memory Maze - Linda's Scribble with Butterflies chipboard

were painted white and added to the layout.

I die cut the title from black cardstock using Uniquely Creative's 

Small Lower Case Alpha dies

and Die-Namics Little Numbers die.

A double scribbly border using my fountain pen finishes this layout off.

Here is my process video

I hope you enjoy watching it.

As always, thank you for spend part of your day here with me today.

Till next time

Stay safe

Hugs

Julie

Mystical Scrapbooks June Cyber Crop.

Good morning

Today I am sharing the layout I created for the June Cyber Crop at Mystical Scrapbooks.

The theme for this month is sketches and my layout uses this sketch

This is a nice clean open layout and here is my take on it

I added foil to the background by putting Deco Foil Transfer Gel through Dusty Attic's Criss Cross stencil.

Once that was dry I rubbed gold Fab Foil over the top of the Gel.

I used Cocoa Vanilla Daydream papers for this layout.

The yellow/orange paper is Daydream - Sun Shower

I cut it to 5" x 12"

The grey spot is Daydream - Garden Variety

I cut it to 7 1/2" x 6 1/2"

The rainbow paper is Sunkissed - Summer Lights

I cut it to 2 1/2" x 8 1/2". I cut a fishtail into one of the narrow ends.

The tag was cut from Daydream - Stepping Stones.

I cut the tag using Uniquely Creative Tags, Tops & Tails die.

The title was cut from black cardstock using Sizes 662667 Alphabet die.

I attached the title with glue and coated it with Glossy Accents.

The photos were matted onto black cardstock.

Cardboard was attached to the back of the photo matt before it was attached to the page.

Final touch was to add a scribbly border to the page and the patterned papers.

Here is my 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

Retro TV Program Competition at Mystical Scrapbooks

Good morning

Today's layout is for week 5 of the Retro TV Program competition over at Mystical Scrapbooks.

You will find the competition here.

The program for this week is Friends.

The colour palette is rainbow, the required item is a Coffee Cup / Champagne Glass, 

you must use glitter on your page and the bonus item from the optional kit is a fabric heart.

Here is my layout

As you can see I have got the rainbow of colours as the background of my layout.

I used Simple Stories - Hello Summer papers for this layout.

I gutted a piece of black cardstock leaving a 1" frame.

My 11 1/2" square piece of Life is Good was attached to the frame using double sided tape.

I watered down both black and white acrylic paints and used my fan brush to create splatters all over my background.

I trimmed my 7" x 5" main photo to 7" x 4 1/2" and filed around the edge 

of each of the three photos with an emery board to add a fine white border.

I cut a piece of Oh Happy Day 8" x 6" and tore along one of the 8" edges.

After inking around the edges I attached my large photo to it.

I wrapped some black & white Twine around my photo three times and tied a knot at the front.

The two smaller photos were matted onto Catching Rays with a 3/16" border on each side.

I added cardboard to the back of each of the photos and attached them to the layout.

I painted my coffee cup chipboard with white acrylic paint. 

When this was dry I added a liberal coat of Art Glitter glue and pressed 

Dress my Craft Rainbow Glitter onto it, making sure it had a nice thick coat.

I added the coffee cup and the fabric heart to the layout using Art Glitter glue

To create the title I used Sizzix 662667 Alphabet die and black cardstock.

I attached the title using Art Glitter glue and my reverse tweezers

To finish the layout off I used my fountain pen to draw a double scribbly border around the page.

You can see my process video here.

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

DT layout for Off the Rails Scrapbooking

Good morning

My layout today was created for the Moodboard over at Off the Rails Scrapbooking

This is the Moodboard

This is my layout

I have used Kaisercraft's Now Boarding and After Five patterned papers.

They are very old and I don't think they are still available.

I have trimmed the mustard coloured cardstock for the background to 11 1/2" square.

I trimmed the bottom of the mustard cardstock on an angle from the bottom left corner up about 1" on the right hand edge and backed that with a piece of Now Boarding - Terminal patterned paper.

The mustard background was attached to black cardstock.

I used TCW Chevron Tiles stencil and Ripe Persimmon Distress Ink, applied with my domed blending tool, to create a pattern on the mustard cardstock.

I also ran around the edge of each of the squares on the stencil with a fine black pen to outline each shape.

Now Boarding - Cabin Crew was trimmed to 6 1/2" x 8"

After Five - Corsage was trimmed to 3" x 10 1/2" A fishtail was cut in each end

Now Boarding - Boarding Pass was cut to 2 1/4" x 9 1/2" A fishtail was cut in each end

All of these were then matted onto black cardstock that was cut a 1/4" larger, 

giving a 1/8" boarder all around.

The photos were also matted on black in the same manner.

These were attached to the layout. The largest piece of patterned paper and the photos were 

attached with cardboard behind them.

To embellish the page I used a tab from the collectables pack and several items that I had stamped, heat embossed and fussy cut using a Kaisercraft stamp set. 

I can't remember the name of the stamp set but I could look it up if anyone would like to know its name.

The title was printed on Now Boarding - Boarding Pass and attached between the two photos.

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

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