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Happy Monday Everyone

Hello Crafty Friends, Followers and Visitors...

Today I thought I would start by sharing with you all my very recent 

Scrapbook Layouts, 

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Marine Life Trio DT Project for Scrapmatts

The pages of the calendar flip by with much speed

and I have again been industrious in the craft room.

This time I have a 3 in 1 project to share that

is a set of marine inspired tags using again

some lovelies from Scrapmatts

Marine Life Tag Trio

I found some patterned paper that would suit a

marine theme and stuck them to both sides of the

Scrapmatts CB3009 Tags 05

The idea here with these stencilled backs took me back

to a time in my life fishing on boats. ST1022 String Beads was sort of

an abstraction of the extreme weather conditions, ST1030 Clouds

was very symbolic again of what to expect miles from

the mainland whilst ST1006 Stars is reminiscent of

days since past where fishermen used them for navigation.

Here is the reverse side of the tags and after applying

paper I stencilled using modelling paste.

I was so impressed with the stencils that in the future

I intend to further showcase the texture of a wide range from

Sofie's wondrous and very diverse stencil collections.

I first placed a piece of left over coloured gauze over

patterned paper to set the marine look.

Following that I utilised 3 stamps that I coloured & glossed

whilst creating a bit of depth by adding a border to each,

these were positioned on the tag to best enhance

the Scrapmatts CB5056 Twigs 02 & Seaweed from

CB1221 Nautical Designs 04 and the inclusion of

actual shells gave the 3 dimensional feel I was looking to capture.

Again, the gauze was used to give a fishing net appearance

over the patterned paper but this time the stamped images I

used were cut out and coloured with a sort of scientific

labelling of each and each were clear glossed.

I tried to tie the tags into the theme by utilising similar products

on each by way of using marine flora & fauna.

Scrapmatts was on the ball again here to help me

with a fish out of CB4067 Marine Life 02 and CB1146 Leaf Spray 01.

Often with nautical themes you find stars and star fish so

a little CB1223 Stars 03 was included.

A few micro shells finished the tag off nicely.

There was no gauze on this one but the checkered

patterned paper background seemed sufficient to me

and also allowed me to better showcase the fact that I used

seahorses in each tag with different techniques.

This time by applying a clear gloss over select parts.

With every boat there always has to be seagulls somewhere

nearby and both were sourced from CB1221 Nautical Designs 04...

I also added the licence number on the hull for a realistic look.

Also from the same pack was the seaweed.

ScrapmattsCB4067 Marine Life 02, CB1221Nautical Designs 04
CB5056 Twigs 02, CB1223 Stars 03
ST1022 String Beads, ST1030 Clouds, ST1006 Stars
Dew Drop – Starlight Silver, Moonlight White,
Galaxy Gold & Graphic Black
Dew Drop – Pearlescent – Lavender, Purple,
Orchid, Thyme, Sky Blue, Crimson & Chocolate

FMS

Gauze, Paper Pack – Sea Breeze,

TH Ocean Stamp Set, Hemp, Ocean Shells

Thank you so much for stopping by!

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

Scrapmatts Gallery

 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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Creative Artiste DT Challenge 17

 Challenge 17 DT project for 

Creative Artiste

Hello Crafty Friends and Followers

It is that time again ...Challenge 17!!

Our Awesome Sponsor this month is 

Stamplorations`

Our Awesome Sponsor Sherry Russ sent our talented 

DT members Stencils each to use.

Our Challenge this month is still

Anything Goes for anyone that wants to join in.

So to be in it for a great prize of products,

 get Crafty and go to...

Creative Artiste Mixed Media.blogspot.com.au 

...check out the Challenge Rules and become a Follower if you are not already!!

Here is My Entry for this Months Challenge!!

  Leaf Card Set

The main thing I concentrated on with this set of cards was to

add a little of each to all the cards...

Each card has the leaf Stencil, Flowers, Metal, Birds,

Lace/Ribbon, Crowns & Verses.

Even with all these similarities they each have their own individual look.

The texture of the leaves was created using

Colour Blast Paste in place of the usual

texture/modelling paste for a different look which is important

to me as I like each of my creations to be originals.

Charms
Craft Charms – Bird
Metal Crown, Metal & Enamel Flower, Cameo on Metal Frame
Resin Bird, Tiny Crown (FMS)

Stampin Up
Stamp - The Sky Is The Limit
Card Stock – Blackberry Bliss, Wisteria Wonder (Retired)
Coastal Cabana, Whisper White

Free Stamps from Simply Cards Mag
Sending You Love & Best Wishes

FMS
White Organza, Cream Seam Binding, Blue Paint
WOC Recollections Flower Set
Stamploration Leaf Print
La Carta Paper & Craft – Slate Cardstock
Lemon Craft Patterned Paper

Colour Blast Paste

I would like to enter these into the following challenges

Stamplorations.blogspot.com/2016/08/stencil-sunday-august

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

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Happy 60th Anniversary Box card

     Hello Crafty Friends and Followers,

Today I have a project I have created to share with you all.

I was commissioned to create this Card Box of Everlasting flowers for a my friend Stella, as it was her friends Mum and Dad For there 60th Wedding Anniversary

Frontal View

 Left hand side view

 Front Bottom view

 Righthand side

Full Frontal

Back

As Stella wanted me to write on the card for her before I had constructed and was laying flat it was easier to write on, she told me what to write and I Wrote it for her...

Full Frontal view

So there you have it. 

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July's creations DT post for Scrapmatts

Hello happy crafters, Rhonda here again and another month has passed us by which means I have again spent some productive time crafting away.

This month I have another 2 projects to share...

The first project is a Printers Tray added to our DT stash by the lovely Sofie no doubt to challenge us all just a little.

 Memories last forever and ever.

I started off by giving the top layer 2 coats of white, then the back layer I painted a soft ocean blue.

Behind the lighthouse I used the ST1021 String and behind the words I usedST1030 Clouds with micro beads, down the centre strip I used ST1016 Tyre Tracks with Shells & Beach Sand.

In the bottom left corner I used CB1220 Ornate Frames 22 with a few shells around it and under the frame. 

As I did under the right centre CB1221 Nautical Designs 04

and the bottom right corner CB1221 Nautical Designs 04,then the righthand corner CH036 Ships Wheel

Memories Last Forever and Ever

ScrapmattsCB1220 Ornate Frames 22
CB1221 Nautical Designs 04
CB5161 Printer’s Tray 06
CB6113 Scrap Words 32
CH036 Ships Wheel
ST1016 Tyre Tracks
ST1021 String
ST1030 Clouds

Tim Holtz
Distress Paints – Picket Fence

FMSArt Ingredients – Micro Beads – Silver,
Gel Medium, Modelling Paste, Gesso,
Watered Down Aqua Acrylic Paint,
Shells & Beach Sand

Scrapbook Layout

My son & his lovely girlfriend were in the spotlight

this month for my 2nd project and as such

featured in this layout.

YOU & ME
"Makes Me Happy"

My inspiration was the waterfall in the background and

creation of water elements such as blue and

bubbles/circles was where my lovely stash

of Scrapmatts goodies took me.

I cut some brick shapes out of a Free Range (Bricks)

paper and glued them onto a Graffiti paper

from the same Fabscraps range to give an

industrial feel that would compliment the male aspect

against the lighter feminine tones.

I cut CB5152 Circles 02 background into 3 pieces

and splashed it with white & blue paint in a

random fashion.

I did this same technique on the gauze that is

positioned behind the photo.

I talked in my introduction of this layout of them

being in the spotlight so thought what better

opportunity to use CB6109 Lamps 11 to which I

double embossed it to give it an antique copper look.

And I couldn't find a better title if I tried than the one

that was part of CB1208 Scrap Words 11 in

"You & Me - Makes Me Happy"

ScrapmattsCB1208 Scrap Words 11
CB5152 Circles 02
CB6109 Lamps 11
CB6103 Scrap Words 21
ST1037 Bling

FMSGauze, Acrylic Paint (White & Light Blue),
Modelling Paste, Embossing Liquid,
Brown Embossing Powder & Stampendous Fragment Powder Blue,

Twine, Hemp Twine,
Kraft package from an old package I had saved,
Double Sided Self Adhesive.

Fabscraps
(Teens Collection)
Hash Tag C80 008 (Graffiti)
Free Range C80 007 (Bricks)

Thank you so much for stopping by!

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

Scrapmatts Gallery

 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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