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

Me - layput designed for Scrapping Clearly

Happy weekend SC peeps,

Today I'm sharing a page that is again inspired by this months moodboard.

I chose to use flowers, the painted stripe background and some of the colours.

To start this layout I chose a sheet of Heidi Swapp pineapple crush paper in good vibes.

And then using some light paste stuck down ripped pieces of Postale Tissue wrap by Tim Holtz.

Now to get my colour, using 5 different paints (these included Dylusions Rose Quartz and Mushy Peas, Art Anthology Dimensional Paint in Baby Blue Eyes, and Art alchemy Opal magic and Sparks Unicorn Hair) I dotted along the area I wanted colour and then spread them across the tissue paper with an old credit card.

I wasn't going to stamp but I really didn't like how square it felt so I just stamped lightly with 2 stamps.

It also added a little interest to the page.

Now because I had decided on flowers, most of mine are white, so I sprayed them with a few matching sprays (an old Heidi swapp colour shine, A Kaiser Mist, and a Dylusions ink Spray in Vanilla custard for a bit of yellowy contrast).

And then proceeded to do the same with the chipboard, using the same paints as on the base paper.

Now to start creating the layout.

Firstly I foamed up the photo, so that I could put flowers and fabric up under.

Then I placed my flowers...

  

I also cut and tucked in the chipboard in amongst the flowers.

The whole time I was creating this page I knew I was going to use a few of the Tim holtz small talk stickers I have, I have the Snarky ones cos I kinda think sarcasm is funny.

So I added some of these around my page, plus for my title 'me' I used some Heidi Swapp glitter letter stickers.

I also tucked in a flair from Heidi Swapp, a page sometimes is not complete without one.

 Then to finish it all off, I got some Gesso and watered it down and painted over some of the brighter flowers and over the stickers, to blend it all together, and then I watered it down a little more and flicked it over everything.

That's it! Page complete!

There is still a week left of this month, so still plenty of time to play with our moodboard. I would love to see what you create and to see what inspired you from the board.

Have a fabulous weekend and I'll catch you all next month.

Happy scrapping, Em xx

Admit Weirdness with Em

Happy Wednesday Scrapping Clearly friends.

Firstly I want to say a huge WOW to the amazing scrapbooking that

 I am seeing come in from the Cyber Crop.

I love a crop and this layout im sharing today was inspired by Kylies moodboard.

Here is the awesome moodboard....

so cool hey?

For this layout I decided to really play the blues and try a few different ideas.

I made a video for this so you can see more how it came together in more detail.

I prepped my base paper with Clear gesso so the inks would run nicely.

I then started using 3 Distress Oxide inks, I chose Broken china, Salty Ocean and Blueprint sketch to layer and drip down my page.

Then I stamped, this time I thought I would use one of the Interesting Faces from Dina Wakleys cling stamps.

I stamped the same image across the page. Then used another stamp to add crackle and script texture.

I played with another medium I had never played with before and that was 

an antique wax by Finnabair.

This medium works amazing on metals, I also rubbed some over the flowers to make them look slightly distressed and old.

Once all my embellishments were glued down I proceeded to add Glass pebble rocks 

in Jen Aqua. These are so super cool to play with.

Finally I added some flicks of Liquitex titanium white ink over my page and then 2 quotes from Tim Holtz Small Talk range, but these particular 2 from the snarky Stickers, and I rubbed over them with my finger a bit of the Distress Oxide in Hickory smoke to finish them off and bland into the page a little.

I hope you continue to be inspired by the Cyber crop, you have until this Sunday to complete them.

Some super cool prizes to be won as well as our monthly moodboard challenge running as well.

I hope you enjoy my little video as well.

                       

I will catch you all very soon,

Em xx

Wander aimlessly- with Emma

Hi 2Crafty beauties, 

Emma here with you on the blog today. 

Today I’m sharing a layout that excites the traveler or the wanna be traveler (that be me). 

I long for the need to escape, find new adventures and breathe in the air of excitement. I found the image I used on Pinterest and it made me want to explore, dare I say to great heights 😂😂 

So I couldn’t adventure physically so I did on my page instead. 

My adventure made me play with Red, not a colour I usually am drawn to but I did love the feel of it on the page. 

The chipboard pieces I chose this time I kept simple to stand out. Do I opted to only paint them. 

I used a Dina Wakley acrylic paint for some, a distress oxide for the title so that it had a different shade and for the arrows I used a Dylusions ink spray. 

I loved the vibrancy of the red bouncing off the blue and white just like lady in the image. 

And wow those chipboard pieces are just perfect! 

Here are the pieces I used...

Please tap on the links to find where you can get your hands on these goodies and more. 

It’s been a joy to wander through my blog post with you today and I look forward to when our paths meet again. 

Em xx

Art with all my heart- by Emma

Well hello there SC peeps, 

Emma here today to share with you a very easy quick layout. 

It is roughly based on the colour scheme of this months moodboard. And I guess to some degree I was loosely inspired by the ‘stripes’ on the page also 😜 

I’ll show you what I mean.......

As you can see the colours are there and then the stripes are the washi tape I used. 

I started the whole thing by choosing a sheet from Heidi Swapps Pineapple Crush range in Breezy. 

So to get started with colour I used some Dylusions Rose quartz paint first as my base ingredient. 

Then once dry I tore strips off 3 of the tapes you can find in the Dylusions washi tape pack. These totally rock!! 

Then came a little bit of stamping around the area already created. 

This page I chose to use only a couple of ripped pieces of paper from pink paislee memorandum pad up behind my photo. 

And then to use as my ‘embellishments’ I used a sheet out of that same pack but cut out all the imaging and letters. These also became layers in my washi tape and as my title. 

I also added some random pattern by using liquid paper pen to doodle (inspired by the ever awesome Lisa Oxley)

And a few of the Tim Holtz rub ons in amongst the washi and as part of my title. 

I didn’t care if when I flicked the Distress Oxide around it went on my photo as it was to really showcase art. 

I chose to use hickory smoke for this so that it didn’t over power the image. 

And then I flicked the carbon black liquitex ink once I covered by photo. 

I’m pretty happy with the outcome. What do you think? 

It’s not perfect but hey that’s ART! 😜 

I really look forward to seeing your interpretation of this months moodboard and I’ll be back later on this month to share another layout inspired by the moodboard. 

Catch you then, Em xxx

Beauty- share and video with Emma.

Hi 2Crafty friends, 

Today I’m sharing a layout that was inspired by my friend Kelsey's watercolour portrait of an image she found 😜 

She inspires me and is creating some cool art.

I really loved it and felt inspired to create with it. 

I used some cool chipboard for it and really felt I wanted to play with a circle theme. 

These are the pieces I chose.....

I also chose to use a colour tone that isn’t my go to but wanted to try something different for me.  Again I drew inspo from the image and this time her lips. So I chose a lindys starburst spray in magnolia magenta gold. 

And  so then for the a couple of the bubble clusters I purely just painted them, and painted them in a colour tone to fit my page, I used a Dylusions in pomegranate seed. 

And for the other bubble clusters and The dotty clusters I coated in an oxide ink but this time a muted tone using iced spruce. 

The gorgeous hibiscus flowers I embossed with a chunky white emboss powder, I really wanted them to not be ‘perfect’, so this is why I chose the chunky emboss, as it heats up it seperates and you can see through it. 

And finally for my title piece I again simply embossed with a novo powder. I love this black shimmer it really makes the title stand out. 

I really hope this has inspired you in some way. I have a little video for this one too I would love you to check out and hopefully inspire just a little more. 

I’ll catch you all next month. 

Em. Xx