Explore, Autumn Fun- Scrapbook Layout.

A lovely autumn page using some of my latest kit from Thompsons craft supplies, i also added from my stash but all of it is available from Louise.

Autumn fun

Using the 13arts grungy wall papers-Damaged for my back ground.

  I toyed with adding to to it but the paper was so nice on its own it had everything it needed so i decided to leave it alone.

i added some of the cork, a bit to mount my photo on one corner and then a torn piece as my base.

i used another paper from the 13arts paper range this time from the Summer Rhapsody set- Rose rhapsody, i fussy cut some of the roses, they matched my back ground sheet perfectly.

i added some mdf leaves and my title from the creative expressions range also from Louise, all painted in Fabrica Decoru shabby velour paints in vintage green, i also inked the title a little with black.

i layered all my pieces around my photo using 3d foam pads and 3d gel and then added some paper flowers and some sequins here and there around my central design.

lastly i splattered using watered down prima metallique paint-steampunk copper, i covered my photo while i did my splattering.

Remember the now -Notebook

I am addicted to notebooks, i just love making them, this is a ready made notebook that i have decorated the cover.

using some of my latest kit from Thompsons craft supplies

using the 13arts Grungy walls papers and some other items from Louise's shop, the leaf stencil, the distress ink sprays and micro beads.

firstly i gesso'd my notebook cover, i then tore and layered mypapers to make a decoupage back ground which i then used a heavy body paste through my stencils, when this was dry i then gently brushed over with some watered down gesso .

i fussy cut another of the papers and layered these on using some 3d foam and 3d gel to make some height on my cover, i found an mdf fence and used a paint mix and some ink to colour it, again using the 3d gel to fix it on.

i went over it all with a clear gesso, this then allows me to add my ink and be able to move it around on the page before i dry it.

i dropped on my ink and used a water spray to mix and move it aorund and then dried with my heat gun.

i added  my title and when it was all dry i added some 3d gel and the micro beads, and lastly my flower.

Mixed Media, Altered Art Frame

From my latest kit from Thompsons craft supplies.

using heavy paste through a stencil, some old paint brushes, metal and mdf cogs , mdf cog dragonfly, mdf letters ART

 all stuck on using 3d gel and  all painted using the texture  paint from fabrica decoru.

i then inked to add some shading and waxed.

i added some fabric and paper flowers and then ink splattered to finish off.

EEK-Soon be Halloween

I've really had fun playing with my Halloween kit from Louise at Thompson craft supplies

The fun papers and all the ephemera made it very easy to create,

this time its a mini album, about 8" x 8" 

all the papers and other ephemera are all from past kits, combined to make this kit, you can have one put together  just for you, just give Louise a budget and some ideas of your taste and she will do the rest.

made from scratch no base book, the base is some cardboard from a packing box from work, folded into shape.

scored and folded card make the inside spine where i have then fixed my pages, couple are fold out pages to add interest and extra scrapping space.

lots of fussy cutting and layering on the cover with patterned papers layered onto the black cardstock

which gives a great frame to each page.

added texture from the hessian, ribbons are art grit make it a very tactile cover.

oh and don't forget the splattering!!

inside each page has has been framed with the black and covered with patterned papers, with lots of pockets and fold outs, some added embellishments and its ready to add some photos

and maybe some more embellishments.

oh and can you see the bunting, card and fabric combine, love my Halloween bunting!!

Sunday, cuttin n stickin

well what a fab Day i had with Louise and Kasia 

plotting and planning, cuttin n stickin!!

we were planning a 2020 retreat, making samples of some of the fab new papers in the shop Thompsonscraftsupplies

spending time with fab friends and eating a gorgeous lunch, what more could you ask for.....oh to do it all again soon please!!

these are AB Studio Breeze of the Forest papers, absolutely gorgeous and the quality of these papers is amazing, just loved all the fussy cutting, and layering, one of my fave ways to craft.

started off on the book and i covered the front cover with one of the 12x12 sheets, sanded, inked and sanded again the edges and all over, then i coloured a heavy paste and stenciled some flowers which matched the papers perfectly.

i then went over with a clear gesso.

next was a lot of fussy cutting and picked where my design was going, top left corner and bottom right corner.

i decided on my layering, and then using something to give height to the elements, either folded card, lefteover mdf pieces, those that are left in the sheets or 3d foam pads, i layered up and stuck my pieces in place using 3d gel.

tucking bits behind, lots of overlapping.

then the splattering with watered down white gesso.

when it was all dry i coated it all with a layer of clear gesso to help protect in when in use.

The Gift box

it was the same principles for my box i cut my pieces to fit the tops and sides on my box, using some open scissors i distressed the edges, stuck them down , inked the edges and then covered with some clear gesso which dragged some of the ink into the main paper which gave a lovely effect.

i layered up with some cheesecloth first then the fussy cut elements.

i added my title then covered my title and splattered with watered down white gesso.