Metal Madness with Lisa Amiet

Hello all!

It's Lisa here today to share some more metal madness with you.

I have created these tags for this month's challenge.

A little bit vintage, a little bit grungy :)

I have started with a card base for my tags. 

Cut to size some 

 '7 Dots Studio Lost & Found - Vignette 12 x 12 & Typewriter 12 x 12'

Some 'Finnabair Light Paste' stencilled through my 

'Finnabair Grungy Grid Stencil'

(I love this stencil!!)

Next I have used my 

'Lindy's Starburst Spray - Tibetan Poppy Teal',

moving the colour around.

I have stained some gauze with coffee and used it on my tags. 

Mix up some bits and pieces cut from the 'Fortune Teller 6 x 6 Paper Pad',

along with 'Stickers' and 'Die Cut Elements' from the 'Fortune Teller' collection. 

Layering as I go, I add some 'Sticker Elements', and 'Die Cuts' from the Lost & Found collection,

along with pieces from the 'Sticky Notes' 12 x 12 Paper. 

I have also used some elements from the 'Destination Unknown' collection, 

also by 7 Dots Studio.

For my metals, on one tag I have added two of the 'Leaf #1 Antique Copper White',

layered with a 'Brass Square Large #5'. 

I have then added a 'Clock Curio', from the 'Glass Flair - Hello Set', to the centre. 

 For my second tag,

I have used the same products, 

but layering them a bit differently.

For this one I have used a metal 'Peacock' charm,

Layered with two of the 'Brass Round Medium #1'

I have also added the tree curio from the 'Glass Flair - Hello set',

to the centre of the flower.

I hope that you like what I have created this time around.

I had a lot of fun making these fun tags.

I hope that you will get chance to play along with our challenge,

and I hope that you have a wonderful Christmas. 

Until next time!

Lisa

Shimmery Journal Pages

Hi Everone!  

Once again I'm back with a project for you to have a look at.  

I've had some difficulty trying to decide what I was going to do for my final project.

 I always have trouble finding my creative muse this time of the year. I'm not sure if it's the stress that this time of the year brings or if it's the heat, but I have managed to do a couple of pages for you in my large Dylusions Journal. 
I've grabbed my favourite mediums and just 'played' with them. This is the result. I hope you like them. 

The first page is a nice and light page. I had a particular poem in mind for it, but it had too many lines, so I went with a simple quote.

For this page I used:

Gesso 

Paperartsy Paints - Tinned Peas, Zucchini, Haystack, Gold, White Fire

Faber-Catell Gelatos - Satellite, Metallic Blueberry, Iced Pear, Metallic Mint,

 Gold Champagne, Ice Chai, Iced Rose, Iced Currant

Gloss Gel

Brayer

Carabelle Studios stamp - Leafs

Paperartsy Stamp - ETS28 

TCW Stencils - TCW775s , TCW461s, TCW261s

Ink Blending Tool (IBT)

Ink - Black, Blue, Green, Brown

Quote from Dina Wakley Media Collage Paper

Wet Wipes / Baby Wipes

Faber-Castelle Pitt Pen - Warm Grey

I removed a double page from my journal. I covered half of it with random blotches of Tinned Peas, Zucchini and Haystack.
Once dry I covered them with Gold and White Fire to create my shimmer. 

I then stamped my leaves onto the paper and cut them out.

I gessoed my page and scribbled my chosen gelatos over the page.  Using a baby wipe to moisten my fingers, I smoothed the colours out and over my page.
I then placed the mandala stencils over the page and using a baby wipe removed the colour. This medium is not fixed and will smudge when gluing or brushing anything onto the page. To fix it, I use a brayer with gloss gel.
There are also spray-on mediums but I've never used those, and sometimes it's about working with what you have!

My next step was to grab the 'Art is' text stencil and my green , blue and brown Ink Blending Tools (IBT's).  I used the residual leftover colour on the IBT's to create the words on the page.

I stamped the bunch of leaves stamp onto the top left corner twice then adhered the leaves to the page with gel medium.  On the leftover paper I used the gelatos Iced Currant and Iced Rose and stamped one of  Tracey Scott's butterflies.  I cut it out and placed it along with the quote on the page.

My second page was done in a similar way but I've used black gesso instead. The stamps and stencil was sponged with paperartsy Gold paint and the quote is from 7 Dots Studio.  

I've used:

Paperarsty Stencil - PS156

Paperartsy Paint - Gold

Carabelle Studios stamps - Scribbled Leafs and Textured Circles

- Blooms and Circles Elements 

Well there you go.  That's it from me. 

I hope you all have a safe and merry Christmas.
 I hope to see you in the new year.  

I'm off to find my missing mojo...  It's go to be around here somewhere...

Jen. >^^<

Bling it on! = xmas = journal page!

Hello,

I had so much fun "blinging" this page! Tracy Scott has designed this wonderful stencil which is perfect for Christmas baubles.

DID YOU KNOW.... If you click on the highlighted products in our blogs, this will bring up a link directly to Scrapmatrix and directly to each product that we have used. There are so many wonderful products at Scrapmatrix. Hope this makes it a little easier to find what you like too.

I started with painting a page with  four colours. Paper Artsy Mulled Wine and Gold, along with Dylusions Dirty Martini and Postbox Red. Love the gold for a bit of bling!

Using Tracy Scott Stencil PS159, I cut out some bauble shapes. I have used stamps from Paper Artsy, Tracy Scott set ETS23 to decorate these shapes as well as some free hand shape making with a black marker.

On my journal page, I painted the same four colours in long downward shapes. Once dry, I added a layer of watered down gesso over the entire page. To add bling, I sprayed Lindys Starburst - Opal Sea Oats. I dont think this photo does the shimmer justice!

'Believe' is such a perfect word for Christmas. I stencilled this to the top of the page and the added my own touch with a few zentangles, before completing the page with the baubles.

A touch of bling....

Hello creative ones.

Tam here with a couple of projects. Now these only have a smidge of bling, a spattering.

You see, although I'm a massive fan of sparkles and the magic around Christmas time, I find it hard to add bling to my pages.

As you know I love to add colour and paint - and this is usually matte.

So this challenge had me a little stumped.

Add to this the fact that I've been in a creative rut for a few weeks.

My mental health really needs me to find that damn mojo.

One of the ways I find the hiding spot of my lurking mojo is to crack OPEN something NEW!

I've been hoarding the Dina Wakley Collage Collection!!

I just love Dina's style, and I just wanna flip through the book - NOT cut it up!

But it was time.

My mojo had made sure of that.

So here's my first creation with it.....

Boom!! 

Mojo back!

Let's take a look at how it came together though, because it did take me a while to nab the sneaky bugger.

I began with that gorgeous collage collection and my Dina Wakley Art Journal.

I found myself still a bit overwhelmed at this point so I actually jumped on YouTube and watched a couple of videos. 

One was by Niamh Baly - and that was it - Bam!! I knew what I wanted to do!

Thanks Niamh for helping unearth my creativity again. xx

I think I've discussed before the way I manage you tube.

I only ever allow myself to watch 1-2 videos then it's create time.

Sometimes watching someone else creates leaves me feeling itchy to play and has me running straight for my craft room.

However it is easy to get bogged down and watch video after video.

DON'T LET THIS HAPPEN

It's a time warp.

1-2 then get OUT!!

Ok, so after flipping through the book, I decided to start with some of my fave colours.

I very randomly squeezed out some 'Peacock' Paint.

Then I took to it with an old store gift card.

I then repeated this process adding some 'Lime'.

I tore out one of the faces (as inspired by Niamh).

I love that these pages are the same size as my journal, so I can add them in as extra pages very easily. Perfect fit.

I cut around the side of the face, and then trimmed the right side off a little too.

I then added it to the right hand side using some Dina Wakley washi tape.

Make sure you add some to the inside of the flap too.

Instant extra page in my journal. 

I love these interactive elements.

Ok so now that it's there, I need to bring in that pink that's on the reverse side.

I used 'Fuschia' paint to do this.

Again, random.

From the scraps cut off the face, I cut out some circles and half circles.

I then went in with some white gesso and a baby wipe and that gorgeous leaf stencil called 'Deco Leaves' by The Crafters Workshop. Definitely my current fave.

I also added in a touch of 'Ruby' paint to go with the inner circle on the reverse of the flap, and also a touch of  'Evergreen', just to help blend the colours a little.

I then did the same with black gesso, and added some random flicks and lines.

This is when I felt it all came together.

I then stuck down my circles using matte gel medium.

I decided to add my title using Dina Wakley collage Words - 3x3" set.

I tore it up and placed the words so they were peeking out from under the flap.

Stick this down with matte gel medium.

NOW's the time to add in some bling.

I added swipes of gold to my layout. I used the PaperArtsy 'Gold' Paint.

Tracy Scott introduced me and at first I was all 'oh no I like it without', but now I'm converted. 

Pffffft!

It just adds some depth, some interest.

It kinda lifts the whole project.....

Sometimes you don't need a stack of bling....just a touch of sparkle will do!

I added some scribbles to the page and around my circles using my fudeball pen.

Finally I added some journaling in that circular shape underneath the face.

There you have it.

By the time I was half way through this creation, I knew my creative block was gone! 

Thank goodness...I can breathe again.

Let's take a look at the interactive flap now that the page is finished.

If you haven't seen the Dina Wakley Collage Collective.....it's so worth a look.

Page after page of gorgeous loose scribbly art.

There's tags, die cuts, washi tape looking strips, faces, just so much, and the great thing is they a afterre featured in both thick cardstock and a finer paper - perfect for adhering with gel medium.

I was so happy with the result, I decided to create something else.

I follow Susanne Rose and she often creates circular patterns, adding stamps, die cuts etc. They always look amazing, and when I saw the cute little bird page in the Dina Wakley Collage Collection, I thought I'd give it a try......

(thanks for the inspiration Suzanne xx)

I used Dina Wakley Scribble Sticks for this one, and I added a couple of Tracy Scott stamps from the  NEW ETS35 set

I added a few swipes of 'Gold' PaperArtsy paint and I also rubbed some through the 'The Crafters Worshop Deco Leaves Stencil'. 

After I finished and stepped back, I noticed the outer circle kinda reminded me of a bird nest, and those large circles were a bit like eggs!

That's part of the joy of art journalling - things kinda just happen. 

Once you get in the moment, the art kinda just falls onto the page.

That's it from me!!

I'll see you all again in 2020.

Thanks so much for following along with me this year, and a big hug to all of you who comment either on Instagram, Facebook, the blog or privately.

I love knowing that I have inspired you in some way.

It makes all the late nights (with wine)! typing these up worth it.

So much love, Tam

xxx