Altered Frame by Tina Connolly

Hi everyone, I thought I'd share my altered frame with you today.  Now unfortunately my computer died so I lost all my progress shots, so I'll just describe what I did.  

I found an old frame and sanded it slightly.  I collected lots of charms, chipboard pieces, broken jewelley, old paint brushes, diecuts, and other found items, which I adhered to the frame using heavy gel medium.  I allowed it to dry completely before covering everything with black Gesso.  

I coloured the frame using Just Blue, Stormy Weather and Deep Water Colour Pastes.

White flowers were sprayed with Deep Water Colour Shimmer Spray and then smeared with Colour Paste and attached to the frame.  The raised edges of the diecuts and metal charms were highlighted using Bling Colour Paste.  Using a lighter colour on the high points creates the illusion of greater depth.

More diecuts were heat embossed using Deep Water Colour  Embossing Powder, then attached using heavy gel medium.

Thanks for visiting today, I hope I've inspired you to get creative.

Happy scrapping,

Tina xx

So Very Grateful - By Lisa Oxley

Howdy Bloggers, Lisa Here with a Colour Blast update .

Today, I have a quick layout to share with you.

I love this Moroccan stencil,oh those classic patterns that NEVER date, how I swoon over thee.

So I took 2 Dylusions paints, oh I love the new cherry pie colour, and roughly spread it onto the page with a palette knife then using a wet one I smeared the paint across the page,through the stencil.

I also added a little white paint on top of the to add a little contrast.

Colour Blast time, Bling Colour Blast Coloured Paste in combo with this fab flower stencil.

3 elements of course, design principles and all that :)

I also spritzed some muslin with some shimmery colour blast shimmer spray 

 A layout for me isn't complete without scribble, stamping and drippy house paint.

 To complete this layout, a little music tissue paper and spritzed muslin, washi tape, a transparency film strip, blossoms, and me and my big ideas chippy pieces .

Thanks for dropping by, See you later in the month 

Two for One

 Howdy Blogger Hoppers,Lisa here with a blog update .

Today I'm sharing 2 pieces.One a simple layout,one a piece I've shared elsewhere but ,its so full of gorgeous lush Colour Blast goodness I just had to share.

This simple background has been created using Colour Blast Texture paste in

 "Envy" and "Apple of my Eye".

Some stamping and doodling to add a few extra details and interest to the background.

Matting the photo with black cardstock,tissue paper,muslin spritzed with Deep Water and Apple of my Eye Colour Blast Shimmer spray add to the basic design layout.

To finish, a little Title work and basic where ,when, who, complete this piece.

This piece was a challenge I completed recently,if you'd like to full how -to go here.

Basically I used the AMMMMMMMazing 

Colour Blast colour paste in combination with a fabulous mandala style CWS stencil, 

to create this groovy Dream Catcher.

Lots of Drippy house paint in lovely bright colours,my signature WOW feather stencil and some stamps,blooms,and font finish this fun cool challenge 

Thanks For Dropping By , See You Next Month. :) 

"Enjoy Life" by Michelle Logan

Hey everyone Michelle back again with another scrappy layout! 

I have included a step by step showing just how I created it, 

I hope you enjoy it and feel inspired!

So here is the page:

Now lets get on with the process:

I have used chipboard as my base as I want to use a lot of wet medium and layers. Glue scraps of tissue onto the base then coat with Gesso. Rub back sections with a baby wipe to reveal parts of the printed tissue. Leave to dry.

Glue down strips of patterned paper where you are going to place the photo or main focus of the page. Add a few pieces of worn washi tape. Choose a colour scheme to suit your photo.

 

Add some scribble with a paint pen over the strips. Using a stencil and Snow White colour paste add some texture.

 

While the paste is still wet, sprinkle around embossing powder one colour of your scheme at a time. Heat to bring out that lovely shimmer and shine.

 

Use some of the shimmer sprays in the coordinating colours to add to the depth of colour.

Layer papers behind your photo ready to pull the page together. I then keep referring to this as I prepare my chippies and embellishments.  

Time to treat your chippies! I always give a coat of gesso while I decide on colour that best suits the project. Here I ended up using a pigment ink pad to colour and then embossed the "LIFE" part of the title.

  

The surfers looked better left white but I added a little shading with more ink. 

Now its time to put it all together. I glue down my photo and layers, then add the embellishments and some thread.

  

Once all is glued down I then added some elements that cross over the background as well as the layers, this pulls all the page elements together creating a cohesive composition. I have used a combination of sequins, and liquid pearls and the thread placement helps to do this too.

The page is now done, here are a few detailed shots:

 

Colour Blast Products used:

Colour Paste: Snow White

Shimmer Sprays: Singing the Blues, Bling & Steel.

Embossing Powders: Bling, Singing the Blues & Steel.

Thanks so much for sticking with me on what turned out to be a long post!

Hope you enjoyed the process, see you again next month!