Bridal Party

 Wow what a wedding day!

As the Bride and her Bridesmaids walked out of the east wing of Abbey Beach Resort in Busselton, the light shower of rain stopped in its tracks as if someone ordered it on cue

  

They all looked stunning especially the Bride in her stunning gown.

With a flood of wedding photos at my disposal inspiration is high

What wedding isn't filled & inspired by dreams so

commencing with a Cotton Candy Dreams patterned paper

seemed a good starting point.

The Plus Signs Stencil symbolises a joining together and the

gold acrylic paint blended in well with the paper, over this

(as well as in a couple of locations) I gessoed some Hexagons.

A small piece of FabScraps Free Range patterned paper

was used as a contrasting layer over which I matted the photo,

lightly edged it with ink & positioned it atop a

combination of Netting 03 & 04.

Radiating out from this both up & down was a selection of Chains.

An array of meaningful Scrapwords exploding outwards from

the photo complemented the dark and light tones perfectly.

Dressing it up with a collection of embellishments filled in some

of the small spaces and a few flowers delivered a feminine touch.

To finish it up I added an art pebble and some Bubble Chipboard and

utilised the Cotton Candy Dreams die-cuts that came with the paper.

Scrapmatts
CB1197 Scrapwords 05CB1229 Chains 02CB5131 Bubbles 01CB5170 Net 03CB5171 Net 04ST1032 Plus SignsST9002-A6 Hexagons

FMS
Patterned Paper7 Dots Studio – Cotton Candy Dreams (Brain Freeze) With Die-cuts
FabScraps – Free Range - Teen

Flowers – Little Birdie Flowers
Gold, White & Light Blue Paint
Blue Momento Ink
Silver Glitter, Art Pebble
Enamel Dots & Sea Creatures

So there you have it, my project for this month...Hope you enjoyed it...

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Keep on Crafting!!!

Another Tag Trio & An Angelic Canvas: DT post for Scrapmatts

I told everyone last month to be on the lookout for more
Junk-It Tags and true to form that's what you get this month...

My second project is an Angelic Winged Heart Canvas that I
did for my fabulously wacky friends birthday.

And as an added bonus this month because Scrapmatts have
sponsored CSI Challenge 233 and after assessing all the evidence
my interpretation can be seen at the end of this post...

Cupids & Chevrons Junk-It Tag Trio

The beauty about these tags is that the Scrapmatts 1000 series stencils

seem to be a perfect match in size and with a vast selection

to chose from and no end to the look you can create.

If you are looking for something a bit larger then look no further

because the lovely duo that is Sofie & Andrew have

created A4 - A5 & A6 to cover all our projects.

Otherwise, yet again this "Junk-It" style is as easy as applying

some texture paste over these stencils and

spraying with a colour suitable to whatever you have gathered

up off your desk from past projects...

You know the ones!!! The bits that never quite got put back away...

From here it is as easy as positioning the bits evenly over the tags

and digging through your stash (of carefully organised and categorised container) of Scrapmatts chippies to the pretty it up...

CB1204 Banners 01
CB1166 Cupids 01
CB5106 Chevrons 01
ST1008 Cracks
ST1009 Paint Drips
ST1025 Feathers

FMS
All other items that where floating about my craft table that

were separated into
3 piles as a kind of chaos inspiration project…

Angelic Winged Heart Canvas

Where does a person start...
OK...In to the repurposing pile I go again for an old frame

and glue in a canvas board.
The dark background is simply some black gesso to help outline

all the wild and wonderful embellishments and

Chippies that were to adorn it. 

Before anything else could go down the stencils were laid and coloured.

The task then of centering the heart and attaching the wings

and leaving it to properly dry before continuing

I had to add a Happy Birthday and a flower for the occasion

and it was job done...

 

CB1009 Butterflies 09
CB1076 Gears 04
CB1222 Feathers 02
CB1243 Scrap Words 29
CB6110 Ornate Frames 25
ST1002 Diamonds
ST1008 Cracks
ST1024 Gears

FMS
Frame, Canvas Board, Black Gesso, Texture Paste
Heart, wings & Topper?????

Micro Beads

CSI Challenge 233

With the scene centred around summer relaxing I thought
it appropriate to incorporate the outdoors...
The subtleness of the 5 colours was difficult to confine myself to
but managed to remain true to them and although green is
not normally one of my favourite colours enjoyed its addition to
this case file.

As well as being able to incorporate a few of

Scrapmatts Chipboards and Stenciling I managed to tick off

more than the minimum pieces of evidence.
Layering/stacking started with the use of the A5 Bricks stencil.

No Scrapmatts project would be complete for me if it didnt

have some form of stencil and adding colour on top of them

always makes them shine.

Here I also faded out the carnation pink

whilst letting some other elements spill into it.

Documenting the moment was incorporated as a border

The product list was a variable one set only by the limitations

of the Case File but apart from that we were free to

use our own crafting style

ST9024-A5 Bricks
2 x CB2003 Page Borders 02
CB6115 Assorted Words 28 (Happy)
CB6116 Assorted Words 29 (Always)

Scheme: Carnation Pink, Pale Sage Green, Sage Green

White, Light Golden Yellow

Evidence: Stripes, V-Pattern, Fruit, Straws, Book Pages

String, Stack Something, Triangle Bunting, Water Colour

Testimony: Document Weekend Ritual, Inspirational Words.
Sketch: Up The Right Way

Thanks for stopping by

Make sure you pop back in a day or two or head over to the 

Scrapmatts Shop

 to check out the Design Teams amazing creations!

If you have creations using Scrapmatts products why not upload
them into the gallery?!

(We would love to see them!!) 

Until next time

Happy Crafting

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Challenge 29 - Creative Artiste DT post

Hello Crafty Friends and Followers

It is that time again ...

Challenge 29 for

Creative Artiste Mixed Media

Our Awesome sponsor this month is

Maja Designs

Enjoy

Using one of the Maja Design, Vintage Spring papers
as a background I placed a piece of lace across the middle
over which I used the second paper after tearing the corners
and joining them to make a square.

The paper that was cut from the centre of the background
was then utilised as a double layer matt under the large
embossed ornate frame and photo.
Bordering this I used an ornate frame that I also embossed
and cut into two.

In the upper section of the layout I used a couple of
inked leaf sprays dressed with flowers.

 

Continuing with the embossed look I positioned 3 large feathers
in the lower section over a swirl flourish along with an
arrangement of string and flowers to create a
Centrepiece Bouquet with colours complimenting the flowers and
die-cut butterfly.

The word "Enjoy" sums up completely the moment
and nestled quietly beneath was the finishing touch.

MAJA DESIGN PATTERNED PAPER

Vintage Spring - 6th & 8^th March

Scrapmatts
CB1146 Leaf Spray 01
CB5083 Leaf Spray 03
CB5116 Feathers 01
CB6090 Ornate Frames 18
CB6117 Assorted Words 30

FMS
Swirl Chipboard Flourish, Material Leaves, Die-cut Butterfly
Centrepiece Bouquet plus Jute & Purple Cotton Tied Into Bowties.
Art Alchemy Acrylic Paint - Sparks - Iris Potion
49 and Market
Shimmer & Shine (lilac Jardin) & Vintage Shades (Orchid Blossoms)

So there you have it, my project for this month...Hope you enjoyed it...

Please be kind and leave me some love,
join in and don't forget to become a follower.

Keep on Crafting!!!

Challenge 28 DT post for Creative Artiste

Hello Crafty Friends and Followers

It is that time again ...

Challenge 28 for

Creative Artiste Mixed Media

Thank You to our Awesome sponsor this month is

Scrapmatts

Blinged Bottle

Who doesn't like a bit of bling?
I am always looking for things to repurpose so when my son

and his groomsmen emptied some Japanese single malt I couldn't help

but see the potential in the empties.

A little trip to my favourite hardware store it wasnt long before

some metalic gold paint had found its way onto the bottle.

From here it was out with all my lovely embellishments and a

big handful of Scrapmatts chippies and it was time to let the

crafter from within free.

Celebrate - Butterfly - Gears

                                                       
                                                          Feathers - Keys - Tools

                                                                            Clocks

There really wasnt much more to it than actual assembly so I

will leave everyone to imagine how it came together.

Bottled Bling
CB1009 Butterflies 09
CB1017 Keys 01
CB1076 Gears 04
CB1079 Tools 01
CB1201 Men’s Accessories 01
CB1222 Feathers 02
CB6063 Clocks 09

FMS
All other items were sourced from my ever growing collection of both new & repurposed embellishments.
Oh…And a little gold paint over the lovely Japanese single malt scotch bottle.

Thanks for stopping by

Make sure you pop back in a day or two or head over to the 

Scrapmatts Shop

 to check out the Design Teams amazing creations!

If you have creations using Scrapmatts products why not upload
them into the gallery?!

(We would love to see them!!) 

Until next time

Happy Crafting

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