Dream Big Fly High - art journal page by Lynn

Hi everyone, Lynn here to reveal my second project for this months Challenge - Use "fly" in a quote.

I have created another art journal page:

I started this page with a background using Dina Wakley Paints - Turquoise, Lemon, Fuchsia and Sky followed by white paint added by using a brayer.

This sat on my desk for a while cos I love the look of it and didnt know what I wanted to do going forward!   I find created backgrounds so soothing - maybe I will make an art journal full of background pages only!

I decided to add some more colour over top of the white and then traced through a Paper Artsy Stencil the pattern.   

Using my Black paint and black posca pen in the smaller spaces I coloured around the stencil pencil marks I had made.

I have then added white doodles and marks all around 

I have used ALL and Create stamp #47 to add some bees and the title.  The bees were getting lost in the "busy ness" so I have used a Tim Holtz Splatters stencil and black gesso behind them.

Here are some close ups:

Thats it for me today.  I have linked the products used below.

Dont forget that you can enter this months challenge, simply by adding your photo to our Scrap Matrix Shares Facebook Group and telling us at least one product that you have used that is available at Scrap Matrix Store

Products Used:

Dylusions art journal

Dina Wakley Paints

Brayer

Paper Artsy Stencil PS125

Black Posca Pen

White Posca Pen

ALL & Create #47 Stamp

Tim Holtz Splatters Stencil

Black Gesso

Reveal for February.......

Hi everyone!

A new month means a new challenge, and we have another awesome one to share with you today......

How creative can you get with a limited supply of products?

Can you make LESS into MORE?

Whether you are art journaling or scrapping, we can sometimes get overwhelmed with the idea of how much stuff to use... so this challenge is about stripping it back, using less and stretching your supplies in different ways.

 There's a whole stack of reasons to create with limited supplies.

You may be attending a crop/creative session and not have the space for stacks of stuff.

You may be brand new to the whole mixed media world and not have a lot of supplies at your disposal yet.

You may be scrapping at a friends or attending a crop.

You may be travelling (lucky duck).

You may want to push yourself creatively. 

Have you ever sat down to create and been at a loss of where to begin?  You just move and shuffle things around without actually achieving anything?  Yes, we have all felt this way. Limiting your supplies is a great way to refocus you, give you some direction and push your creative spirit to think outside the box.

Try it, you just might be surprised!!

That's what happened for the Design Team this month.

Each DT member was sent a pack of limited supplies and asked to show creative ways to use them, ensuring that both their projects looked completely different yet with the same products.

Each received:

2 paints

1 spray

1 stencil

1 stamp

You are just gonna LOVE what they created, so let's take a look:

Aren't they amazing??

You can see that it really kicked their creativity into full speed!

Tomorrow on the blog, the Guest Designer for the month will show her amazing first product, and then each of the Design Team will share their project in detail, so keep popping in.

A bit later in the month all of the Design Team will share another project using the same limited supplies.

We can't wait to see your projects, to see where this challenge takes you.

It's so easy to enter.

Just head to our Scrap Matrix Shares Facebook Group and find the February - Limited Supplies folder, upload your creation and in the comments just let us know what limited supplies you used (paint, spray, stencil, stamp).

You can add other items - pens, embellishments, patterned paper etc - those basic supplies are required to create your background.

It really is that easy.

There is no need to have a blog!

You could win a voucher to the Scrap Matrix store (guilt free shopping!!), or the opportunity to Guest Design with us!!

Have fun!



2019 - Make Time to Enjoy by Elisa Ablett

Hi everyone,

My turn up on the blog today with my second share of the month, 

based on the challenge for January 'A Year in Review' 

Instead of sticking with 2018, i was inspired by the word reflection in the challenge graphic. 

I thought about writing myself some 'things' I would like to take the time to enjoy in 2019.

After a busy and somewhat turbulent year in 2018 for myself and my family, I decided to concentrate on what I thought would make my heart sing in 2019.

After brainstorming and a bit of Pinterest scrolling through Art Journalling, Inspirational lists and Bible Journalling posts, I came across a few inspiring pieces.

I wanted to journal on half of my page and I love colour, so with a bit of inspiration from a project from Pinterest ( Author Unknown - so if you see it let me know so i can give credit where credit is due) and a design in mind, i set about creating my art journal page.

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.2339778656042088&type=3

Here are the products used from Scrap Matrix:

http://scrapmatrix.com/shop-by-category/stamps/paper-artsy/?sort=newest&page=1

http://scrapmatrix.com/dina-wakley-heavy-body-acrylic/

http://scrapmatrix.com/idea-ology-cling-foam-stamps-24-pkg-cutout-floral/

http://scrapmatrix.com/6x6-13-arts-triangles-color-basic/

http://scrapmatrix.com/posca-paint-marker-white-2-5-mm-tip/

http://scrapmatrix.com/aall-stamp-set-8/

Here are some close ups of the finer details!

That's it from me today, I hope I have inspired you to write a 'to enjoy' list for this year.

Hugs

Elisa xx

Tam's got Mail......dear Mama

Hi everyone, Tam here today to share my layout for the current 'You've Got Mail' Challenge at Scrap Matrix.

 

I love this theme......so many options.  As soon as I saw it, I knew what I wanted to do.

 

You see I've had these precious letters that my daughter wrote to me a couple of years ago. They are just beautiful, heartfelt and so very precious to me. I actually carry a copy around with me in my purse at ALL times.  I often sit and read them, and I think they bring a tear every time.

 

Anyway, I really wanted to preserve these letters, and now I have!!

 

Here's my layout.....

Yep, in that hand made envelope sits the letters.

So let's see how this came together......

 

I began with a gorgeous paper from 7Dots 'Writer's Block' Range.  The script feel is just perfect.

 

I knew I would add lots of colour.....yep it's gotta have colour, so I added a thin coat of clear gesso to act as a barrier/sealer to protect the paper.

Whilst this was drying, I grabbed another sheet from the 7Dots 'Writer's Block' Range.  I chose a darker colour, as a contrast to the  background.

I grabbed an envelope that I had laying about the place, and I opened it up, and used this as a template.

I traced it and cut it out

 

 

 

I then taped it back together.....such a simple way to have a perfectly co-ordinating envelope.

 

 

 

 

 

Now it's time to add some colour to the layout..... you know how much I LOVE colour!

 

 

 

 

For this part, I used the 'clear packaging' technique.

 

I began with Dylusions 'Polished Jade', and spritzed some onto some old packaging, I also added some water.

 

I then turned this over and splodged it onto my layout. (super technical hey!)

 

 

 

 

I then repeated this process with Dylusions 'Lemon Zest'.

 

Then just a hint of  Dylusions 'After Midnight'.

 

*Make sure you dry in between each colour*

 

 

 

 

I then added some string to my page.

 

 

 

 

You will notice that these are vertical on the page, however, on the final layout they are horizontal.

 

When I got to the very end of the layout, I changed my mind and decided that this needed to change!

So I swapped the string to vertical.

I just felt it 'tied' in with the layout more (he he see what I did there)

 

 

 

 

I then added a few stamps to the background. 

 

I used AALL & Create #60. I used the circle/script/word section of this stamp.

 

 

 

 

I grabbed a Dina Wakley flower stamp and stamped this onto white cardstock using an Archival Black Ink.

 

I again used the 'clear packaging' technique to add colour to these stamped images.

 

 

 

 

 

I cut these out and began layering and tucking in and around my photos using both the flowers and lots of 7Dots Tags, again from the 'Writer's Block' collection.

 

 

 

 

For my title, I decided to use a tag I made from 7Dots paper.

 

I stamped onto it using these very cool Idea-ology Alpha Stamps.

 

I added some hand-writing, so that the tag read 'Dear Mama, Love Paige'

 

 

 

 

I then attached this to the envelope, making sure it could still open and close.

 

 

 

I added a few embellishments, including some 7Dots die cut elements from the 'Air Mail' range, a gorgeous German Scrap Pen Nib, and a cute metal envelope charm.  This just finished off the tag perfectly.

 

 

 

 

Aren't the pen nibs just gorgeous!!

 

 

 

 

Now it was time to add in more layers.......embellishments, tags, stickers, pen nibs, and the stamped flowers and leaves.

 

 

 

I added some journaling to a 7Dots tag, and some word stickers from 7Dots too.

 

 

 

 

Here's the word stickers and embellishments I used.

 

 

 

 

I then spritzed some of these little white flowers in the Dylusions 'Vibrant Turquoise' and 'Lemon Zest', and scattered these amongst the layers too.

 

 

 

 

Love the colour combo, and the overall effect.

 

 

 

 

This layout has a special place in my heart, and I'm so glad this challenge was set as it forced me to create a forever keepsake.

 

What special keepsake/ephemera could you scrap, thus preserving the memories forever?

 

Head on over to our Facebook Shares page to add your entry, and let us know what Scrap Matrix Product/s you used.

Just pop it in the 'You've got Mail' Album.

 

Here's a reminder of the challenge:

 

 

 

That's it from me today.

 

I hope this has inspired you.

 

If you'd like to see more of my work head to my BLOG.

 

I will leave a list of the products used below.

 

See you again soon.

 

 

Scrap Matrix Products used:

 

7Dots Writer's Block Paper - Epilogue

7Dots Writer's Block Paper - Sincerely

7Dots Writer's Block Tags

7Dots Writer's Block Word Stickers

7Dots Air Mail Elements

7Dots Lost and Found Word Stickers

Dina Wakley Stamps

Idea-ology foam Stamps block lowercase

AALL & Create Stamp #60

Dylusions Ink Spray - Polished Jade, Lemon Zest, After Midnight. Vibrant Turquoise

Mini White flowers

German Scrap Pen Nibs Black

Envelope Metal Charm

String

Clear Gesso

Black Archival Ink