'Blossom and Shine' By Elisa Ablett

Hi Everyone,

Elisa here from the design team with my latest layout based on this month's 

Metals and Petals challenge. 

The Challenge details and album can be found in the Scrap Matrix Shares Group  on Facebook, join today for inspiration and keep up to date with the new products coming into the store!

I utilised the gorgeous papers from the 7Dots Studio Garden Party collection again for this challenge and the gorgeous Berry Jane Davenport Inkcredible Ink.

I also tried my hand at sewing on my layout!!!

Products from Scrap Matrix Store :-

    

http://scrapmatrix.com/6x6-13-arts-his-hers-memories/

http://scrapmatrix.com/ecutcheons-1-white/

http://scrapmatrix.com/eclectica-ets21/

http://scrapmatrix.com/just-unpacked/paper-ranges/

http://scrapmatrix.com/ayeeda-splash-inks/

http://scrapmatrix.com/distress-oxides/

http://scrapmatrix.com/prima-mechanicals-grungy-butterflies/

Here are some close ups of the finer details.

Cover your metal butterflies in gesso, then splatter ink over the top and let dry. If you have a sewing machine or like hand sewing, add grungy sewing and threads to your layout by sewing your German Scrap Medallions onto tags and then glue to your layout.

Spritz water into small puddles onto your page and then drop ink into the puddles and let the ink spread causing crystallisation around the edges. 

Let dry and then stamp over the top to create grungy flowers. 

Snip your quotes into smaller pieces to fit with your design!

Use a distress tool to smooth ink through stencils over the whiter areas of your layout. I used a couple of colours from the Distress Oxide Range including Bundled Sage and Black Soot.

That's it from me today, make sure you leave me some love in the comments and I hope to see you soon over on the Scrap Matrix Shares Page!

Elisa xx

Lynn's second layout

Good morning, today I would like to share my second layout using the Tic Tac Toe board - and the colour I have chosen is brown to go with my heritage layout.  This is a photo of my Mum and her parents - A great photo being mothers day today!

Here is the board

and my layout - I have chosen across the top - buttons, stamp and patterned paper

I began by colouring the lace and flower with 13 Arts Ayeeda Paint Rainbow - Brown and left to dry.  (I love this lace has the name of my grandma in the photo - Freda!)

I have used  Maja Design paper from the Vintage Autumn basic collection. I have torn the paper and used the back on the bottom and the front on the top.  Plain brown cardstock in the middle.  

The edges have been inked with Distress Ink - Walnut Stain.

I have used a 13 arts stencil and clear crackle paste around the areas where the photo will be.  Once dry I have lightly sponged over the top with Distress Ink Walnut Stain and Vintage photo

(doesnt look that wonderful at this stage!!!!!)

I have die cut the frame to go behind the photo and using this as a guide I have stamped behind the photo and under the brown lace with Blue Fern Studio Stamps and Stampendous Embossing Powder - Pearl

It was then just a matter of putting it all together with the flowers, adhering the buttons to the metal leaves and adding the title from 13 Arts Secret Letters collection

Here are some close ups:

Products Used

Maja Design paper

13 arts Stencil

Clear Crackle Paste

Distress Ink - Walnut Stain & Vintage Photo

Blue Fern Studio Stamp - Shabby Edges

Blue Fern Studio Stamp - Vintage Edges

13 Arts Ayeeda Paint - Rainbow colour - brown

Lace - Cream

Lace - coloured

Flowers

metal buttons

metal leaves

Title - 13 arts Secret Letter Sticker

Ornate Buttons

You still have until midnight tomorrow to enter the challenge - all you have to do is create a project - page, art journal, card, tag and upload it into our album on the facebook page Scrap Matrix Shares - and dont forget to name one thing that you have used that is available in the Scrap Matrix store.  Easy peasy! 

'Forever' By Elisa Ablett

Hi Scrap Matrix lovers!

Elisa here from the design team with my latest layout based on this month's awesome Tic Tac Toe/Monochromatic Challenge and I have a process video for you on how to complete this layout step by step! I am still new to Youtube and process videos so be kind :-) 

This layout I chose a Red, Black, White and Grey colour scheme and of course my usual mixed media and stamping!

If you haven't joined in the challenge this month there is still a VERY small amount of time left - head on over to Scrap Matrix Shares to add your photo.

Here is my process video :-) 

https://youtu.be/PwTMLBoh4uY

Here are some close ups for you !!

Products used from the Scrap Matrix Store

 http://scrapmatrix.com/northern-lights-clear-stamps/

http://scrapmatrix.com/6x6-13-arts-xoxo/

http://scrapmatrix.com/aall-stamp-set-12/

http://scrapmatrix.com/secret-letters-a-letter-to-you/

http://scrapmatrix.com/ayeeda-water-ink/

That's it from me today, I hope you have enjoyed my process video, make sure you leave me some love  and subscribe to my channel if you would like to see more!

Elisa xx