Capture Beauty

Hi Everyone,

 Emma here with you today,

 sharing a page with a boho/vintage vibe.

Again I was inspired by an image I found on Pinterest, oh how I love Pinterest.

These are the chipboard pieces I chose for this layout.

I really wanted to make the Leafy Shrubs pop from this page so I painted it in the beautiful

Art Alchemy Metallic paint in the gorgeous Patina colour.

I love the Shimmer it leaves on the chippy.

Stunning shine hey?

For the Leafy Silhouettes I decided to emboss them in a chunky white emboss to add extra dimension and rusticness. (is that a word? it totally should be.....)

For my Title words I decided to keep them subtle only inking them with a Distress Oxide to compliment the yellow in and around my image.

I have a little process video showing exactly how this page came together.

I hope you enjoy it and inspires you somehow.

I'll catch you all next month with more.

Till then, Em xx

  

Escape under the Stars

Welcome everyone to my first share this month.

Todays share is totally inspired by the image, my love of all things Star Trek and sci-fi.

Here are the chipboard pieces I chose to bring this layout to life.

Because Star Trek is iconic I decided to go with a bit of a retro feel as this particular artwork is of the original Spock.

Hence this is why I chose the retro squares for the background. I Painted the chippy in an Art Alchemy acrylic first and then once dry stamped over it with a white ink.  The stamped image is the same one as I what I stamped directly on my layout.

The Circles I sprayed with a Dylusions ink spray and I chose a purple, a colour I very rarely use as I just don't like it, but felt this page would do purple justice, you know being spacey and all.

The arrows I painted in a Sparks over them being inked in black first.

I also painted the decorative disc under my arrows in the matching shade of purple.

My title word from the Mini word set is also in the purple but with an Opal metallic over the top to add extra sheen.

Over all I feel I have captured the essence of Space and beaming up into it.

I hope you can see where I was going with it anyways.

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

Till then I hope you are inspiring and being inspired.

Em xx

Keep the Wild In - ScrappingClearly

Hi there.

Today on the ScrappingClearly blog I'm sharing a page that I created inspired by this months moodboard.

Here is my layout and the board...….

I can not express how much I love this moodboard!

The colours really speak to me plus it's got a couple of shades that are my personal faves.

I started by using a piece of Kraft card, and then getting straight into the background using a couple of stencils and a texture paste to form the shape I was going to make.

Once dry I then started adding my Colours.

I wanted it to be rich in Colour so I used Silks acrylic Paint first, this was my 'dark' element.

Then I went in with a Distress Oxide in Faded Jeans,

My third colour is a Dina Wakley acylic in Penny.

I Flicked some Dina Wakley acrylic in Turquoise to 'lighten' the effect a little.

I proceed to stamp across the area in the same oxide as on the base and also in Vintage Photo to compliment the layout.

My chipboard I sprayed with a Dylusions Ink spray in Ground Coffee, and once dry applied Prima Wax.

The Fabric Tag you can see has been dragged through some activated oxide in the faded jeans to match the background.

   

The choice of embellishments for this layout were simple but bang on.

My title is from the Pink Fresh 'escape the ordinary' fabric die cuts.

The hearts are also from Pink fresh.

I finished my page with a couple hearts from the Prima Mechanicals, and played with the Prima Mega art stones.

I flicked a little of the dylusions ink around to tie the whole page in together.

And my page is complete.

I really look forward to seeing what you create with this moodboard.

I have been inspired by it for my next share later in the month also.

Till then,

Em xx

us - ScrappingClearly

Well Hello there ScrappingClearly friends.

Today as promised I'm sharing another layout inspired by this months Moodboard.

I just can't get enough of it!

Have you had a play with it yet?

 This is what I have come up with this time...…

 And as a refresher here is the Moodboard.....

This page I actually used a Photo of me or US!! Woohoo amazing I know!

I really wanted this page to feel slightly romantic, choosing Distress Oxide in Vintage Photo as my base colour, this meant the navy and turquoise tones could really pop.

The stamped image has been stamped with Distress Oxide Faded Jeans, and then I watered the ink down and flicked it around the page.

I also watered down Dina Wakley Turquoise paint to do the same flicking.

 with the Turqouise Paint I also painted a couple of my chippy pieces with it, and the other in the Vintage Photo.

The real pieces I wanted showcased is the awesome Metals on this page. I used Prima Mechanical tin hearts, and embellishment flowers. A few of these I also rubbed prima wax over them to give a nice sheen.

And I also used Some Tim Holtz metal adornments in amongst my clusters.

The cards behind the Photo are a few of the Heidi swapp Colour Magic Notes, that I have inked with the Distress Oxides to compliment the colour tones.

And I have also tucked in a few Tim holtz Rubons in amongst my stamped background, to add yet another point of interest.

So that's it for my share today. I hope it inspires you to go try this months moodboard, there are still a few days left to play.

I'll catch you all soon,

Till then, Em xx

Escape - Em's first August Share

Hi 2Crafty friends, 

Emma here today to share my first creation for the month of August.

I used 4 different pieces of chipboard for this creation.

And here is how I used them......

I had fun getting a little messy with this one. Letting the ink drip down my page and seeing the different shades of colour come through the distress oxide.

My chipboard elements were simply 'inked' with distress oxides and then sprayed with a resist spray to get a different finish on them.

The 'escape' title piece I left just inked with no other finish on it.

 Same with the Tiny frame, I left it inked only. I love these frames, I chose to cut this one in half to use in 2 places rather then use them as a frame in full.

 If you look closely you can see the dots the resist spray creates on the chippy. I love the slight grunge feel it gives, plus a slight sheen too.

I hope the colours and chippy inspires you to create and I will see you later in the month with another share showcasing the epic 2crafty chippy.

Em xx

The Best - Layout for ScrappingClearly

Welcome to Thursday everyone!

Emma here with you all.

Today i'm sharing a layout that features this picture I found on pinterest of the ever cool YODA.

This layout features the awesome Elle & Viv paper as my base sheet.

then I coated it in a Transperant Gesso, allowed to dry and then using the Twisted Citron colour in the distress Oxides, smooshed it in the area I was hoping to apply my elements.

It was not quite bright enough once I watered it down and made the drips, so using the same technique, I applied fresh lime acrylic paint from Dylusions.

For the words on my photo, to sort of sound like Yoda, I cut up a couple of the Snarky quotes from Tim Holtz small talk Stickers, then repositioned them to make its own sentence.

The very cool embellishments used on this page are mostly from the Pink Fresh Fabric die cuts, and pennants.

The awesome metal Embellishments are a combination of 2 packs. The star is from the Mechanicals Barn stars range and the cogs from the Steam punk gears pack. How epic are they!!!!!

 A bit of twine, some liquitex carbon black ink flicked around and this page is finished!

I hope it inspires you to get a little Scrappy.

I'll be back later this month to share a page that was inspired by this months moodboard.

Until then, Em xx

Adventure Rebel- with Emma

Hi everyone, 

Emma here today on the 2Crafty blog. 

Today’s layout was inspired by this Pop Art image I found on Pinterest of Carrie Fisher mixed with a little  David Bowie.

I chose the Red background to match the stripe on Carrie's face. 

Then to get the space vibe I chose the square collage panel and cut it up to sit behind my image, I inked this with a Distress Oxide ink and then with my finger applied a Prima wax over the top.

To mimic the pattern on her face I used part of the squiggle border which I painted with  Dina Wakley paint and again went over it with the Wax. I think this is my new fave product. Plus it smells so good 😉

The ‘adventure’ word I inked with black archival ink and left it as it was.

Here are the products I used......

I really had fun with this layout, taking my time, creating layers and just enjoying the process. 

I look forward to seeing you all next month. 

Until then, Em xx