More 'Just because' Scapping

Good morning fellow crafters!!

Popping in to share a couple of layouts I made after a little experimenting..

First up is one I made after playing around with a new Prima stencil. I used a couple of Tim Holtz distress inks in random places of the mask until it was full of colour. Once it was dry I debated as to if I would cover the entire page with vellum to dull down the colour, but ended up just using a piece of it layered with pattern papers, a doily and a couple of embellishments.. A splattering of black ink, veneer and enamel dots and the page was complete.

The next layout was made after reading a blog post at Studio Calico.. I liked the watercolour effect Geralyn showed on the city names paper so I thought I would give it a go. I also liked the way she had set the page out, so I lifted that and made it more my style with a few extra layers. Im not 100% happy with the GO.SEE.DO title, but the page is done, another photo is documented!

Thanks again for stopping by, more to share again soon.
Michelle

Cupcakes are fun!

Hello crafty readers!!

Today Im sharing a few layouts Ive created using the May Cupcake Kit from A Piece of Cake Designs 

First up is another scrap lifted layout - this time I was inspired by a layout created by Gina HERE

PLAY DATE

 I loved the gesso, ink and mist splatters that Gina had produced within her layout so I knew I had to scrap lift her page. It was so much fun!! Can you tell?

Up next

ARTIST IN THE MAKING

This layout is all about the layers

Layers of white cardstock and pattern papers as a base for the page

Layers of gesso rubbed with yellow gelato and splattered with distress ink 

Layers of vellum, doilies and pattern papers as a photo mat

Embellished with sequins, stickers and alphas from the kit

PERFECTION

And last but never least

BOOK WORM

To make the background.. I splattered the distress ink over a section of my craft mat, then sprayed it with water. This made the ink bead up and instead of stay in 1 puddle. I laid the cardstock over the beading then held it upright to let the ink and water run down the page. While it was drying (because I was impatient) I drew over the inked areas with a yellow gelato and wiped some gesso into random spots. Then I let it dry, for almost a week while we were busy enjoying life.

Once I found my mojo and some spare time, I came back to layer up papers, washi and a doily, while still trying to work out what photo to use. Yes I do create my base pages prior to having photos ready lol

To finish the page off I scattered a few sequins from the kit, added a title with some Heidi Swapp alphas and my handwriting, stamped the date (more than once) and called it done. 

I love how these have all turned out. 

More layout shares to come over the next few days! 

Let me take a Selfie

Hello crafty friends, another scrap lift to share today. 

This one was lifted straight from a layout Raquel made with the Camelot kit from Studio Calico

I loved it that much I needed to lift pretty much all of the layout :)

You can see her layout HERE

And this is mine 

More layouts coming up in the next couple of days..

You are my Sunshine

Hello scrappy friends

Another day, another scraplift

Super Inspired by others lately and techniques they have been sharing

Today Im sharing a layout that I first saw HERE created my Charmane Koch

I loved the rainbow hearts background and thought it was perfect for this photo of Leila

Charmane owns the store Charms Creations and that big black and white star.. Made by her :)

All other embellishments on the page are from my D-Lish stash

Back tomorrow with a Blog hop with a difference..