'hello' Art Journal Page for September Challenge - Lydia

Hello arty friends of Scrap Matrix, Lydia back to share my project for this months Scrap Matrix Challenge. I had a little bit of fun and got messy with this months challenge which is 'Watercolour & Words'. So be sure to head over to the Scrap Matrix Shares Faceboook group to enter this months challenge.

For my project and interpretation of this challenge I had some fun and made a easy art journal page featuring Tim Holtz Distress Inks which you an find in the Scrap Matrix store HERE as my watercolour.

 

So here are some close ups of this art journal page. If you have seen my previous projects for Scrap Matrix you will know the colours I use. I will always have some sort of pinks and blues on my projects with a touch of other colours too. These colours just sing out to me and I find it easy to create with them.

 

For my 'Watercolour & Words' challenge project as  mentioned above I used Tim Holtz Distress Inks in the colours 'worn lipstick', 'tattered rose', 'peacock feathers' and 'mustard seed'. All of these colours can be found in the Scrap Matrix store in both mini and regular size. 

 

Now to achieve the background effect I have here, all I did was use the packing technique. All you will need to a little piece of plastic packaging, with a little bit of ink and a spray of water and than simply rub that on your surface. 

 

As for the word part of the challenge I used a 13 Arts stencil called 'Art Brush' which can be found in the Scrap Matrix store HERE. I just used the words passion, inspire and create with some white texture paste on the background. I also used a wood veneer Heidi Swapp 'hello' from here mixed media Project Life set.

 

 

I love how this art journal page turned out and I have to say it is my favourite project for Scrap Matrix so far. I hope you enjoyed this project and I hope to see you all over on the Scrap Matrix Shares Facebook group entering the challenges.

 

Lydia xxx

 

 

Scrap Matrix Products Used:

Tim Holtz Distress Inks

13 Arts Stencil 'Art Brush'





October's Challenge......Watercolour and Words!

Good morning Scrap Matrix fans

We are thrilled to announce the new challenge for October.  We really love this one.....

It's called 'Watercolour and Words'. 
Create something using a watercolour product (so many choices!) and include words of some sort (stickers, stencilled, chipboard etc)

There are so many options with this.....you could create a canvas, a scrapbook layout, a card, some tags, an art journal page, an off the page project......pretty much anything.

Scrap Matrix has tonnes of options to help you with this (any excuse to shop right?!)
There's Prima Watercolours, Dina Wakley Scribble Sticks, Gelatos, Primary Elements Powders, H20s, Distress Inks... or a combination of course!
and you'll find stacks of word options in this section or in the chipboard word section.

The Scrap Matrix design team have had a blast with this challenge - be prepared for inspiration overload!!!!

So without further ado, here's the Design Team's creations....

Aren't they just stunning! Just love that they are all so different.

We can't wait to see your entries.....so head on over to the Scrap Matrix Shares page and add your creation into the Album Section - October Challenge.  It's not necessary to have a blog, just simply upload your creation. 
The only rule is that you need to use at least one product available from Scrap Matrix. 
Of course we'd love to see more product - the more the merrier!
If you could let us know in the comments section the products you used that would be awesome.

Vicki is offering a voucher, and this is drawn at random, so what have you got to lose!!!

We were thrilled at the entries we received last month, in our inaugural Scrap Matrix Moodboard Challenge and just loved looking over them.  So let's see if we can get more entries into this one. The possibilities are endless.

Don't forget to keep popping back here as each Designer will be back to show you more of their layouts and how they were created, plus we have a special guest designer to inspire you too!