Kept her Word - created for Csi & 2Crafty

Hi, Emma here with you all.

 And for today's blog post I will be sharing a page and a video that has been created for this months CSI challenge. 2Crafty are sponsoring for the month of November, which is totally awesome.

I chose to solve Case 301.

  

And here is the result....

 Here are the chipboard pieces I chose also....

Polaroid Assorted Frames
Mini Branches
Clock Face Frames
Light Bulb Word Set1

Here is how I solved the case. For the Evidence section I opted to go for Wood grain, light bulbs, leaves and frames, plus I chose this image from Pinterest as it is really awesome but it had fish as the girls hair and thought it worked well with the Evidence.

For the Testimony Part I chose the Inspiration Words, and chose the word 'home'. And I made it part of my story telling element.

I stuck very closely to the colour scheme and had a lot of fun playing with these tones. Red is a particularly hard colour for me, so I darkened it slightly to feel more earthly. But hopefully it didn't take away from the colour palette.

I hope you join in this month with the challenge. There are 3 to choose from and all very different.

I have made a video for this layout coming together that I hope you will draw inspo from too.

Look forward to more challenges in the future.

Emma xx

A Whimsy Layout with Emma for 2Crafty Chipboard.

Hello 2Crafty friends,

It's the end of the month which means I, Emma, will be sharing with you all today.

I made something a little more feminine for me with this page.

And I love the chipboard pieces used on it too.

The chipboard I chose for this page are.....

4" Mandala No.1
4" Mandala No.2

Aztec Feathers

Delicate and feminine.

I decided to keep the finish on the chipboard very soft and simple also.

I used Finnabair Metallique Acrylic paints on the feathers as it covers so perfectly and with such ease over the chipboard. Plus it has such a beautiful sheen once dry.

 At the completion of my page I scattered some Prills over my elements including the chipboard.

The Mandalas are also painted with the same acrylic paint as the feathers, so that they complimented each other. I kept Mandala No.1 whole but with Mandala No.2 I cut it in half and layered the 2 halves on top of each other. 

Just love how delicate this chipboard is.

Look how much shine comes from the chipboard. Just love this Mandala, it's one of my favourites.

I hope this page has inspired you a little, maybe for an end of month boost.

I will see you all very soon.

Em xx

Beautiful Memories Forever - Farewell from Emma for ScrappingClearly

Hi lovely Scrapping Clearly Friends.

Emma here with you all for my what will be my last time here on the blog as part of this amazing Design Team. I am so very VERY sad to be leaving, unfortunately due to some work commitments I have had to say goodbye. It has been such an amazing team to be on, and Kylie is just the BEST person to work for and design for. And all you wonderful friends are going to be missed also, I thank you all from the bottom of my heart. ARGH I'm totally crying right now!

So instead of me crying let me share my final page with you all...….I decided to play with items that became favourites for me and still are. 

After choosing some paper and tags ect, I pulled out my Distress Oxides. First though I coated my base sheet with clear gesso to prime my page for the oxides. Before I started on the oxides I used the Distressed Lace stencil by TCW and spread a transparent modelling paste through. Then I chose 4 colours to suit my image, these included.... Tumbled Glass, Peacock Feathers, Carved Pumpkin and Cracked Pistachio. I added the colour with the good ol' smoosh effect with a piece of plastic wrapping and dried in between layers.

Once the oxides were dried I then added another stencil this time it was Script Dots by TCW and used  White Crackle paste through it. Dried this off and flicked a little Art Alchemy Romance pink all over. I then stamped. I picked some of my faves, the awesome Studio Light Grunge Smile like a flower stamp and my all time fave Fairy Orb stamps.

In amongst my layers I cut up a sheet of Heidi Swapp Die cut paper and tucked that into my other elements.

This title I chose from an old 13 arts paper, it really spoke to me as I created this final layout. I have always really enjoyed creating for this team and I feel I made some beautiful creations due to the awesome product I got to play with from SC. So it just seemed fitting to add this for my final page.

As like nearly all my projects for SC I added a couple of quotes from Tim  Holtz Small talk stickers and flicked Liquitex Titanium white ink over the final page.

I do have one final video made for you to watch of this page coming together too. I hope you enjoy it.

Thank you Kylie, the team and all you lovely friends for all your kind comments and support and generosity over the past 2+ years. It has been an amazing experience.

I won't be gone forever as I love a good challenge and SC always have awesome challenges and I will just have to join in! 

But for now I say thank you and Goodbye xxxx

Em xx

Embrace the Journey-created for ScrappingClearly

Welcome to the first Friday of August.

Only one more month of Winter....Yay!! Don't get me wrong I love winter, but I'm hanging for some warmer days to just thaw off.

 Today I'm sharing a layout that is inspired by the new moodboard for August.

It's gorgeous, with it's muted soft palette. Here is how I interpreted it.

The corals and apricots add a real romantic vibe.

I also saw the hexagon background in the board and thought I would do a subtle ode to that in my background.

I also wanted to capture that real apricot colour so I used a thick paint and spread it through a TCW stencil - distressed lace this one and put it over the layers as well as the background t get that contrast.

Within my background work I also used a variety of stamps including this adorable Lavinia stamp that was inked with Abandoned Coral Distress Oxide.

My paper layers were tags cut out of a few different sheets of paper from the Golden Days Fancy Pants 6x6 pad. They matched perfectly with the colour tones of the board.

And like all my pages, I need quotes, so I again turned to Tim Holtz Small talk stickers.

These always seem to be spot on with the mood I want to create.

And that's me done!

I'll catch you all again a little later on in the month.

Happy scrapping friends.

Em xx

Journey - Created for 2Crafty chipboard

Hi Friends,

Emma here with you all today on the blog, and today's layout is Steam punk inspired.

Here are the awesome Chipboard pieces I used....

Clock Face Discs

Fancy Clock Hands Set 2 

Element Set 1
Mini Travel Words Set1

I really wanted the chipboard to illuminate off the page so I went with a simple technique.

I painted all my chipboard with black Gesso first.

Then I started to apply Prima Wax's to them.

Using a variety of the colours in the Metallique range which gave the chipboard that aged effect.

Plus plenty of shine and shimmer.

I really love the feel of this page, it really feels like me and how I feel I truly scrap. 

I hope this page can give a little inspiration, thanks for joining me here on the blog today.

Em xx