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This is my design team layout for this month's challenge over on the Scrapology Blog. The challenge is to use a mixture of different medium on your layout and follow Emilie Chamel's sketch. We are scraplifting our very own design team member LINDA this month with this stunning layout.

 

We used Emilie Chamel's super sketch, which was featured in a challenge on The Merly Impressions Blog earlier this year. Please follow the link to read more about it.

Mixed media, in visual art, refers to an artwork in the making of which more than one medium has been employed, thus we chose 'M is for Mixed-Media' for the challenge.

Here is what I used and what I did:
I used a 12" x 12" sheet of greyboard, and plastered some texture paste randomly across the middle of the sheet. Once dry I coated the whole board with white Gesso.

To add colour I sprayed with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists in Black Cherry and Bell Bottom Jeans colours. I removed the lid and with dripped some more of the mists randomly on the page and let these drips run.

With some Bo Bunny Double Dot papers I cut three pieces 4" x 4", one in each of three colours -  Frost, Slate & Boysenberry. I rounded the corners with a corner rounder punch and stuck them to the centre of the layout overlapping one another.


I chose a photo Alan took on his mobile, of me taking a photo at Lacock Abbey last October. I cut this down to 4" x 4", and rounded the corners again and this was mounted on top of the papers.

Next I added the embellishments. Two paper roses were inked and stuck to the right of the photo together with a gardenia (all from Wild Orchid Crafts). 



 





I took a 6" x 6" piece of ivory spider's web, gathered and tied it in the middle with the twine and the ribbon (a short length of purple baker's twine and narrow plum satin ribbon). I added a white leaf shaped decorative pin. This was all stuck down to the bottom right of the photo, just below the roses.

To the bottom left of the photo I added three labels cut from spare papers with a Stampin' Up decorative label punch. I also cut four fronds using a Marianne Die, the spare papers and a piece of vellum, they were only glued down at the bottom end.

Finally I added a little journalling to one of the 4" x 4" squares and a title to a label with American Craft Thickers alphabet stickers.

The challenge closes at midnight on 5th August 2013 so pop back to the original blog post on the Scrapology Blog dated 1st July for details for this challenge.

If you are interested in purchasing a kit for this layout through Cardinal Colours (using the products Lynn and Linda have used) Please email to see if there are any available. 

Thanks for looking.

Lynn x

English Rose

One of the photos from Catherine's recent photo shoot has a union jack as the backdrop, so I dug out the remains of some papers I had for last year's diamond jubilee layout. The are Papermania's Portobello Road.

Here is what I used:
Cream Puff Bazzill
Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist on the background paper.
Making Memories glitter alphabet stickers with some Liquid Pearls added. 
Martha Stewart border punch
Ivory crochet lace
Ruby Slippers Stickles
Flat backed pearls
All My Memories Twill Alphabet stickers.
Distress Inks
Decorative Pins
Pearl rose cabochon embellishment, and sweetheart blossoms from Wild Orchid Crafts.
Ribbon
Charm
Dusty Attic Chipboard ornate corner

Thanks for looking.

Lynn x

I want to ride my {sister's} bicycle

It's some time since I made a layout with more than one photograph, but I was inspired to have a go at this week's CSI challenge. It's also quite a while since I had time to take part in a CSI challenge. I find these challenges excellent for making me use up my existing stash and for mixing papers from different collections. It is more of a challenge when I'm away from home and have limited papers etc. with me, but more time to take part.

 
Here is the case file (71) we were challenged to solve as a scrapbook page.

Colour Scheme - All colours used:
Summer Sun - Yellow Bo Bunny Barefoot & Bliss papers, buttons.
Cheery Cherry - Baby clothes in photo, paper from Magnolia, buttons, Basic Grey letter stickers, nail head stickers, twine.
White Whistle - Bazzill Glazed Cardstock, white Bazzill.
Blue Birds of Happiness - Bo Bunny papers as above, papers from October Afternoon Farm Girl collection, Tattered Angles Glimmer Mist - Bell Bottom Jeans, buttons.
Concrete - Tattered Angles Glimmer Mist - Black Magic, Basic Grey letter stickers, Basic Grey papers from Scarlet Letter collection.

Evidence -
*Circles - photos and Sizzix doily and doily border dies
*Birds (on Glazed Bazzill)
*Ink splatters - Glimmer Mists
*Fiber/Twine - American Crafts Premium Ribbon
*Doodling/pen work - Doodling around letters, tag and shapes


Testimony - Song title - The one and only Queen – “I want to ride my bicycle” with a twist to suit the photos.

Journalling - The tag pulls out and contains the story of the bike and my my brother (in the photos)  eventually inheriting it from me and my sister. I remember going to buy the bicycle with my father and choosing it at the bike shop in Penge High Street. The photos were taken in 1969 and were colour slides which have been converted.

This challenge runs until Sunday 19th May.
Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

This challenge is now closed and I made the 'On The Watch List'!

Wedding Canvas

My brother, Rob married the lovely Elaine in Brazil back in May 2012. I made them a canvas for Christmas, but am only able to give it to them today as they have been away over Christmas and the New Year.

I used a 16"x16" deep canvas, and the Basic Grey Serenade collection. I picked out three papers - 50 Pence, Peacock and Chemise together with some alphabet stickers for the date. I made the base by painting the canvas with Opal Jo Sonia's acrylic paint and tearing, inking and arranging the BG papers.

The photo was 20 x 25 cm, but trimmed down. I used a Buzz and Bloom 'On the Grapevine' large die cut chipboard frame, this was also painted with the opal paint and then spritzed with Cosmic Shimmer Mist - Ancient Copper and Tattered Angels Chalkboard Glimmer Mist - Teal High Heal.  There are a few splodges of Tim Holtz Distress Stain, on the frame and papers.

I added three clusters of paper roses, cherry blossoms and leaves - these were all from Wild Orchid Crafts.
My title was made with Amy Tangerine American Crafts Everyday printed chipboard alphabet stickers.

To the flowers and frame I added some Glitz Stickles - Ancient Copper. I used a few flat-backed pearls and some pale blue organza ribbon with a heart hat pin.

I added a few very tiny blue flowers with leaves here and there on the chipboard vine frame.

Congratulations to Rob and Elaine, thanks for looking.
Lynn x

'Twas the Night Before Christmas ....

... and all through the house, not a creature was stirring ...

This is my 'T is for Tags' layout for this month's scraplift challenge over on Scrapology.

To start off the new year we are scraplifting this stunning page by Elaine Rolf.  Many of you will know Elaine from Scrap 365 magazine, Paper Arts Shop and her blog The Distressed Scrapper.
Here is her original layout:

and the sketch 

Here is how I made my layout:

Cut several clock faces using the Tim Holtz Sizzix die  from scrap card to use as masks and lay them on the cream base cardstock, spray lightly with sprout Tattered Angels glimmer mist. Leave to dry, remove masks.

Cut several clock faces from green bazzill. Make tags in various sizes from Authentic Festive collection patterned papers, punching a small hole in the top of each one. Ink the edges.

Cut photos to sizes required.

Arrange everything on the page and when happy with the arrangement stick in place. I stuck some things down flat and others were raised up with 3D foam pads. 

Where the clock hands show attach with a gold brad.

I wound some twine in and out of some tags and made ties for others.

With the Cheeky Alphabet stamps from The Paper Trunk add a rhyme, or long title around the outer edges of the layout. 

Please pop over to Scrapology to find out more about the challenge and the prize.

Before You Go!

A layout I made after the Cardinal Colours retreat.

Together with Linda, I assisted in SJ's class when she taught this page, but brought my kit home to play afterwards.

The class was called 'White Space'.

The glazed Bazzill cardstock is spritzed with two colours of Tattered Angel glimmer mists, then the xcess mopped up to show off the glazed pattern.

Patterned papers are from an 8"x8" pad by Glitz Designs, from a collection called 'Afternoon Muse'. The flowers were cut from these papers and the patterned strips were cut and trimmed with border punches.

The text photo mat was taken from an old gardening text book, crumpled, torn and inked.

The green glittery alphabet stickers are from K and Co.

I used a random selection of buttons from my stash.

The tag s made from patterned paper, it has hidden journalling and is attached with butcher's twine.

Most of these items are still available from Cardinal Colours.

My photo was taken on the day before my daughter Emily returned to Nottingham for her second year of university. The journalling tells of how I wanted one last photo before she went away again. She is pictured with her treasured possessions as a student of creative and professional writing - her notebook / diary, kindle, Filofax and beloved camera.

Missing you Emily x

This is SJ's original page: