Distress Paint Class Page

Hello! 

Just popping in quickly to share a layout I did quite a while ago and I realised I hadn't shared it here.

Actually there are a couple I haven't shared so I may be back with that one tomorrow.  ;)

So, I taught this page in a technique class at Create On Ormond last week 

and we're repeating the class tonight.

It's based on using Distress Paints.

I love the cool marbled effects you get with Distress paints and water.

The Kaisercraft wooden words and flourishes were slathered in texture paste for the title and embellishments.

The Stamping (Dylusions vine stamp) is with black Adirondak ink and the Distress Paints as well,

yep distress Paints are great for stamping too.

And some stencil work (Crafters Workshop) over the distress Paints.

Tip Toes

Friday's here and it's the weekend!!

 And even though that means I work a night shift and sleep half of Sunday I'm always grateful for when Friday rolls around.  

                                                              

 Sharing a layout of my daughter today and her cute little feet.

She always stands on her tip toes!

I used some quite old but still lovely Basic Grey papers. 

I thought they looked good against the bright Dylusions spray ink background.

Loving these Freckled Fawn Dew Drops lately and Flair of course. ;)

Happy weekend everyone.

Paper Stories July Sketch

Hi bloggers,

has it ever taken you three weeks to finish one layout?

Well it did for me with this layout, not so much that it actually took three weeks to scrap per-se.

I actually did most of it about three weeks ago in one sitting and then it just kept getting pushed further and further down the to do list until I could finish it! 

Well I finally had a chance this week to add my title and some finishing touches. 

I created it for this sketch challenge at Paper Stories 

The papers are Simple Stories.

How cute is that camera paper clip?? 

It was in a kit from A Piece of Cake Designs.

The background is created with distress paints and Dylusions stamps.

Thanks for stopping by to look at my work. 

Stampede 'Fun' Run...

Hello bloggers!

I have been messing around with Dylusions Ink sprays again.

Fun! Fun!

Here's the result.

Yes that's me covered in Mud after last years Stampede obstacle course run.

We climbed walls, waded through a waist high ice bath, crawled through mud, swam through a dam, jumped over hot coals and ran through live electrical wires.

Crazy, crazy things we do! 

And I never thought I'd say it but we had a great time! 

Weird I know. ;)

And some close-ups.

That's a Crafters workshop Stencil and texture paste under the Dylusions sprays and some Amy Tangerine stamps.

Stuck Sketch - July

Hi, hope you've had a fab weekend!

I haven't done a Stuck sketch in ages but I did this one last weekend and haven't shared it here yet.

I love the circles on this sketch.

I added some foam dots under some of the circles to give some more dimension to the page.  The messy background is gesso, paint and a crafters workshop stencil

thanks for stopping by to check out my scrappy pages.

Gelatos Sunrise.

Welcome! :) 

I'm here to share a page I created using a Faber Castell Gelatos technique I taught at 

Create on Ormond last week.

I've been having such fun teaching these classes and sharing some of my favourite techniques.

I have some more layouts to share with you using some techniques I've taught lately.  They'll be coming up in the next couple of days.  

I have more classes coming up in the coming weeks, all the details can be found here.

Here's my Gelatos sunrise page!

Using a wet paint brush I painted the Gelatos over this texture paste pattern
 I created with the peacock feathers stencil from
The Crafters Workshop. 

I then blended out the colours to extend over my page using a baby wipe, I find this the best way to blend Gelatos on cardstock, it gives a lovely smooth finish.

That's some gorgeous 2Crafty dandelions on there, I've been looking forward to using these beauties 

for a while now. 

Stay well bloggers, I'll be back with those other layouts I mentioned,  later in the week.

Victorian Scrapbooking Memories Masters Tour - Dates

More tour dates...

Thanks to everyone that has shown interest in our first day of classes at

 Geelongs' Kaisercraft outlet on the 3rd August all the details for that can be found here.

We have two more dates and venues to
announce for our little tour -

24th August, 2013
at

The Imagination Factory

402 Main Rd, 

Ballarat.

Ph 5331 6108

&

7th September, 2013
at

A Fastlane Scrappe Supplies

135 Railway Tce, 

Werribee.

Ph 9742 2000

If you're wanting to book in for either of these dates please contact one of us 

for booking and payment details.

I'll be back later this week for some sneak peaks at the classes.

Cheers,

Leonie Neal-Dawson.

Show Us Your Stuff - July

Show Us your Stuff have a wintery challenge for everyone this month. 

We're asking you to scrap a winter photo. 

Although my photo's not actually taken in winter it is all about an extremely cold day we had last November. :)

My handmade element is a flair button from A Piece of Cake Designs.

Just before I go I want to share a sneak of the technique layout I will be teaching next Tuesday night

at my local Scrapbooking store Create On Ormond.

I've been enjoying these classes over the past couple of weeks, it's been fun sharing some of my favourite techniques.

Dates and details can all be found here for those interested in booking into a class. :)

The Techniques Tour...

Hello Bloggers,

I'm just dropping in to share some super exciting news about some upcoming classes I'll be teaching.

Beck Beattie, Heather McMahon and Myself have got together 

and each designed a technique based class.

Each of us will teach our class on the one day at various scrapbook stores

in Victoria.

Our first day of classes is on the 3rd August at the 

Geelong Kaisercraft Outlet. 

all the details and more can be found at our blog

HERE

It's going to be so exciting to share and teach, I'm really looking forward to it. :)

Scrap Around The World - July

Hello there friends of Scrap Around The World!  

Thank you so much for your support, sharing your awesome talent with us & for your comments!  Keeping in touch with us means so much - we love hearing from you, because we want this site to cater for YOU therefore your feedback is invaluable to us!

On with the show - Reveal 3 ...We present you with our exquisite mood board for July, created by talented Design Team member Keren Tamir, together with a lovely sketch from our resident sketch designer, Jules McKenna-De Lumen!

All you need to do is be inspired by the mood board (in ANY way) & use our sketch as your starting point.  

Our mood boards are for your INSPIRATION only.  

You can be inspired by one of the images, all of the images, or any number of them, or even parts thereof. 

It's entirely up to you!  Be Inspired in any way!!

The above image MUST appear on the blog post containing your challenge entry -you also need to mention that you are playing along with the current challenge at Scrap Around The World & link up to it please,

Please link to your ACTUAL POST - not to your entire blog - to do this you need to CLICK ON THE TITLE OF YOUR BLOG POST then copy & paste that entire URL into the linky tool {you will notice that it is your blog address but it contains an extension}. 

Onto our prizes & sponsors for this challenge!

Our design team votes on all entries, thus selecting a winner & 3 features.

A random winner is also drawn. 

This month we are again blessed with 5 PRIZES!!

We have prizes for the Merit & Random winner AND for all 3 features!!!

AS WELL as winning our first prize, 

the winner will be invited back as Guest Designer for the next challenge.

Our challenges are open to everyone, anywhere in the world

 & all this month's prizes include FREE INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING!!

This month our merit winner will receive the June Kit 'Dreams in Pastel' 

from C'est Magnifique Kit Club, full of Maja Design's new papers, '

'Vintage Spring Basics' plus lots of Prima loveliness...

Wow!!  It looks AWESOME!!!

2nd place will receive paper collection 'Vintage Memories' from Polish company Studio 75!

See their full range here in their online store.

3rd place will receive a $25 chipboard prize-pack from

Scrapmatts Chipboard in Australia,

containing a selection of their latest releases!

4th place will receive a $15 prize-pack of your choice from Purple Pumpkin!

Our random winner will receive this prize pack of assorted goodies kindly donated by Keren!

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

Now on to sharing the layout I created for this month!

My soul inspiration when looking at that gorgeous mood board was the little wooden birdhouses on the bottom right.  They really appealed to me,

I loved the woodgrain and the lovely soft colour.

So I went about recreating my version of that particular image on my layout.

On the background I used Jo Sonas Decor Crackle to create the woodgrain effect and I was really happy with how it turned out.  It was so cool watching that crackle effect appear as the

top layer of paint dried! 

 Who said watching paint dry was boring!! ;)

I added some ink droplets in shades of pink and turquoise.

Being such a soft girly page featuring my daughter and our puppy,

I added some soft pastel coloured flowers, and some Prima lace and Mistables canvas.

The 'love' wood veneer is by Freckled Fawn.

The chicken wire chipboard is from 2Crafty Chipboard and a flair button from 

 A Piece of Cake Designs.

The deadline for this challenge is midnight EST Thursday 25th July 2013. Thanks for stopping by and I really hope you can find time to squeeze this challenge in to  your scrapbooking schedule this month.