My Queen - Designed By Emma Zappone for 13@arts

Hello Everyone,

Today i share my final Guest Design project and i used plenty of awesome products by 13@rts.
 It has been an honor to design for this incredible company and be a part of a fantastic group of artists. Here is my final project.

 I started by using 'Secret Letters' from the Rosalie collection as my base sheet. I then chose the stunning Summer Rhapsody stencil and used modeling paste mixed with black acrylic to become the base of my composition.

I tore pieces from the same 'Rosalie' collection and used these as layers in and around my image. I also used a couple of sheets from the A6 card set in among the layers.
Fussy Cutting some of the big Roses out of one of the sheets of paper made a nice contrast from the torn elements and then I chose specific pieces of Ephemera from the 'Unforgettable' collection. These 2 collections work beautifully together.

Once the composition was glued down and i was happy with the arrangement i chose to use A Color Glow in 'Fire Opal', this product is truly amazing, watering it down and applying to my background in a watercolor fashion. I also decided to use it dry and rubbed over my resin elements, which gave them a very pretty shimmer.

Thank you for your support over the last 3 months, i truly want to thank Aida for this amazing opportunity to play and share her awesome products and business. I look forward to continuing to draw inspiration from this extremely talented design team, as i'm sure you will too.

Thank you and happy crafting.

Em xx

13@rts Products Used:

Rosalie Paper Collection
Rosalie A6 Card set
Unforgettable Ephemera pack
Clear Gesso
Modeling Paste
Black acrylic Paint
Color Glow - Fire Opal
Summer Rhapsody Stencil
Baroque Victoriana Stamp Set

Keep Breathing - designed for 2Crafty Chipboard plus VIDEO

Hi everyone,

Emma here with you today and I'm excited to share with you my latest creation for 2Crafty.

 And i'm also very happy to say i have put a little video together for this one also.

Here it is....

Here are the wonderful chip board pieces i used....

Clock Face Discs
Hinges Pack
Doily Disc Set 1

If you follow me you will know that i adore chipboard and use it pretty much on every scrapbook page i create. And you will also know that i like to keep me chipboard finishes quite simple yet complimentary to the layout as well as the actual chipboard piece.

I decided to emboss both hinges and 1 doily with no primer or paint. Keeping them more raw like.

Then with the Clock Face and another doily i primed with white gesso and again colour embossed them. On the final Doily i painted it with a metallique acrylic. These were my finishes. Simple but effective.

I had lots of fun creating this page especially while using this fun image i found on Pinterest. It played the major part of my inspiration.

I hope you get to kick back and have a little time to watch the video of it all coming together, and see the chipboard pieces come together.

Thanks for joining me today and i will see you again soon.

Em xx

Adventure with Emma - Created for 13@rts

Hello again from Australia!

This share i must admit was lots of fun. I decided to create a wood canvas.

I chose to mix up a few of the collections, which works very well with all the 13@rts products, so really this wasn't too much of a problem at all.

Playing with plenty of texture was really my main focus. I managed this by layering Splash Inks & Chalk Mists first onto a pre-gessoed background.  Blending them as i went to create a 'beachy/summer' feel.

Once dry I added a coat of Gel Medium and then placed the transparent foil - The Journey over the top. I wanted more texture so i mixed modeling paste with the Rainbow Color Duo - Turquoise and used this through the Vintage Newspaper 6x6 stencil.

Behind my image I built layers from sheets of 6x6 Travel the World paper that i cut into 2 different sized tags.  Layering with with a few of the 'Travel the World' chipboard pieces also. Some of these are inked and some are embossed.

Painting the 'Adventure' title with just 'Black Cat' acrylic paint and nothing else really made the word a stand out among the other components.

My final touches were a few quotes from sticker collection 'Victoriana', a scattering of 'Black Square Glitter' (oh my this is some awesome glitter) and a splash of White 'Splash Ink'. This just tied everything together nicely. 

I hope this has inspired you to create and use different products/collections together and really make a project your own.

Look forward to next time, Emma xx

Products Used:

White Gesso
Gel Medium

Modeling Paste
Splash Inks - Blue Light & Yellow Light
Ayeeda Chalk Mist - Yellow Amber
Ayeeda Chalk Mist - Turquoise Light
Travel the World 6x6 Paper Pad
Travel the World Chipboard
Transparent Foil - The Journey
Splash Ink - White
Black Square Glitter

Rainbow Color Duo - Turquoise
Stickers Collection - Victoriana A5
Acrylic Paint - Black Cat

Vintage Newspaper Stencil 6x6

Live your Dream with Emma for 2Crafty Chipboard

Hi Everyone, Emma with you all.

I hope everyone is doing ok and are safe in this unusual time.

Today I hope I can inspire and help take your mind off the outside world for just a small time.

I really enjoy Steam Punk themes and so today's layout is a 'pretty' version of that, using awesome chipboard to compliment the theme.

Chipboard used:

Harlequin Clumps
Decorative Dangling Bits Set1
Steampunk Cog Strips

Fancy Clock Hand Set2

The perfect choice for this theme!

Most of the chipboard is painted white and then coated with 3 different emboss powders.

A chunky Pink one and a smooth shiny pink one, mixed with a smooth silver. And I love how the soft pink looks against the green, they really compliment each other.

The Harlequin clump I coated with a distress oxide and then I clear embossed.

I just love the Fancy Clock Hands so much, will need to add these to my stash so I never run out. They are perfect with any layout but I love how they look on this one especially.

I hope this has been a small distraction and inspires you to have a play in your scrap room at some stage.

 Stay safe everyone and I will see you all very soon.

Emma xx

Destination Freedom - Created for 13@rts GDT

Hi everyone,

I'm super excited to be joining you all as guest designer!!

It was so awesome to play with beautiful products.

I'm from a country town called Clare in South Australia's wine region and have been scrapping for 14 years. Mixed media is my go to and a personal fave as I love getting my hands dirty.

Plus there are so many cool products out there to use. 

 My first project share with you....

I used the awesome Moonflowers paper from the Under the Stars collection for my base sheet.

I chose the perfect pieces from the Ephemera pack to compliment this awesome artwork I found on Pinterest. The background work was done with the Star Alliance acrylic stamp, that I gold embossed.

It is such an honor to play with these products.

I painted a few of the embellishments with 13@rts black gesso and Gold Pearl acrylic Paint.

after my composition was complete I then mixed Royal Gold Satin Pearl Pigment with a splash of water and then painted around my elements creating a shimmery border around my whole composition.This pigment is so awesome.

 I finished with a few On the Wall text and some Splash white ink.

I hope you enjoyed my first share and I look forward to joining you all again soon.

Till then, Emma xx

Materials Used:

Moonflowers Paper Under the Stars 12x12

Clear Gesso
Black Gesso
Under the Stars Ephemera

Gold Pearl Acrylic Paint

Royal Gold Satin Pearl Pigment
Splash Ink - White
On the Wall Tiny Text

Destination Go - created for 2Crafty Chipboard

Hi friends, Emma here for my first share of 2020!

Today I used up some left over products in my stash and incorporated awesome Chipboard to my layers. 

Here is the amazing chippy I used.....

Flower Set 1
Checkerboard Clumps
Mini Travel Word Set 1

I really wanted to make the checker pattern extend out from the photo so I chose to use the checker plate chippy. For the finish in this, I painted in black gesso first and then went over in a green rust effect paste. Once dry I then added a ranger emboss powder to make it have contrast from all the green but also shine from the paper elements.

The flowers I continued with the same process as the checks. I really loved the effect it gave. 

My title words I kept simple but I feel are still striking in a simple black gesso with clear emboss over the top. 

That’s it! Chipboard that certainly pops and compliments the layers of papers and elements of my layout. 

I hope it has inspired in a small way and I look forward to sharing agin with you soon.

Emma xx

True Beauty - created for 2Crafty Chipboard

Hello 2Crafty friends,

Emma here with you all for my last project of the year but also 2Crafty's last blog post for the year. So I feel very honored to finish 2019 in this way. I have truly enjoyed being a part of the design team this year and can not wait to be a part of it all again in 2020. So lets see how the awesome chipboard inspired me this month.

Here is the amazing chipboard in the raw......

Element Set 1
Mini Word Set 1
6" Funky lines Panel

I often like to keep the chipboard pretty simple so it really becomes the focal feature without getting too lost in all the other paper elements.

So with the chosen chipboard for this page I opted to use a bolder colour to 'pop' from the page and I did this with Rust effect pastes.

This is probably one of my most fave ways of covering my chipboard as I adore the texture. I wanted it to feel earthy to match the tranquility and awe of the image I had chosen.

After the Rust paste had dried I lightly rubbed over them with a Prima wax. This really added highlights and showed up more of that texture that I love.

With the title 'beauty' I only rubbed over it with the wax, no other preparation involved. Again this is why I love 2crafty chipboard as it is so easy to use with various mediums. 

 I must admit one of my other favourite elements on this page is the little watch. My 12yr old Son Asha loves watching me create and likes to help me choose embellishments for me for some of my layouts. He put together all the little prills, hearts and flakes together in the fob and I loved it so much. It made the layout of course!

I wish to thank all you 2crafty supporters and readers for all the love you have shown over the past year and I look forward to sharing with you all in 2020.

Happy creating friends.

Much love to you all.

Emma xx