Messy Mondays

Art Journal 

You Bring Colour to My life

Happy Monday lovelies ... Hope you had a great weekend

It's that time of my week again where I get to share my art journal journey with 

The Scrappery Blog.

This entry into my art journal was super fun to make and I used items from 3 different TCK.

Each week as well as learning new techniques to add into my art journal i have been teaching myself to blog. I am still finding what format I like the best so please let me know in the comments below what you think of how my Blogs come together. This week I am going to try not to  chit chat  so much and just make it more to the point with how my art journal entry was created.

This art journal entry i used 

American Crafts DIYshop gold acrylic paint from the 'Belle' TCK

Kaisercraft 12 x 12 template - Crosses from the 'Olivia' TCK

Tim Holtz Distress Paint - Blueprint Sketch from the 'Skye' TCK

all of these colour kits are available in The Scrappery Shop

I tore up some old book pages and used gel medium to randomly stick them all over a page from my disc bound art journal.

On a scrap piece of mixed media paper I traced a sun burst pattern from another kaisercraft stencil i have in my stash and did a coat of white gesso.

After I let the gel medium dry on the page with the book page background I also did a coat of white gesso on that to dull the print on the book pages.

Waiting again for the gesso to air dry, I then used a small cheap make up sponge from my stash to dab the gold acrylic paint ( belle TCK ) through the crosses template ( olivia TCK )

which I placed onto the page on an angle to make the crosses look like stars.

I was really happy with how the template worked with the acrylic paint which has a shiny finish when caught in the right light ( as you can see in the photo above )

Next step was to cut out the sun burst pieces I had covered with white gesso and to paint them with rainbow colours of Tim Holtz distress paints including the blueprint sketch.

( skye TCK )

I thought that the colour blocks looked great but with it being an art journal page I decided why not go a few steps extra ... i used a newsprint stamp with versafine black onyx ink and my favourite faber-castell black brush pen to do some doodling. I then took a random circle punched piece of card stock sitting on my desk covered it with some scrap book page added some white gesso ... finger painted some of the gold acrylic paint around the outside and stamped ' You Bring Colour to My life ' with the versafine ink. I glued all the sunburst pieces in order on the art journal page and placed the last minute circle embellishment in the centre and I think this completed this art journal entry nicely.

So what do you guys think ? Please do not be afraid to leave you're opinions in the comments below, feed back on my art journal journey and also how I am going with the blogs would be gratefully appreciated.

Until next Monday (Happy Mail Monday) have a fantastic week

💙 Stacy

"Beautiful You" Layout

Hi There

Lisa here today sharing a layout using the gorgeous "Belle" kits.

This time I got a little bit messy - with a mixed media background for my layout.

Here is the finished layout.

As you can see I used a cut file on my background, it was a freebie I got from Paper Issues.

Here are some close ups...

Here you can see the detail & embellishment cluster...

I thought I'd show you some close up of the background as well. I did prepare my cardstock with clear gesso & dried that off first. 

I did the packaging technique for the Kaisermist, I just get smooshing it until I was happy. 

I did the same with the gold paint, liquefying it a bit by spraying water on to the pain blob on  the cellophane packaging. I also added some teal/mint spray from my stash  & just randomly flicked it around for some contrast.

These 2 mixed media products were included in the MM kit! Along with a stencils set.

I went quiet crazy (for me - lol) on the Mixed Media background, knowing that I would be covering it partially with cut file & the photo etc

Thanks so much for stopping by, I hope you've enjoyed my share.

Go & check out our fab kits here.

Lisa XO

"So Cute" Layout with Lisa

Hi there

Today I am sharing a 12x12 layout I have created with the "Jade" kits with a real difference.

It's a more masculine layout! So many pretty soft pastels & florals in the kit - which I love to create with! Sometimes you just need to look outside the square (or at the reverse of your patterned papers - lol)

One of the Kaisercraft papers in the kit was orange with lighter orange polka dots - what a great background piece!

I knew that I wanted to feature this under the white American Crafts die cut sheet.

When using a bright colour like orange boldly like this - I like to keep the embellishing to two other colours. In this case black & white.

Here are some close ups...

I used washi tape from the kit, I cut sentiments & word strips from the Cocoa Vanilla papers.

A few black pearls & sequins to complete the look.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you've enjoyed my share.

Make sure you check out our kits & what else we have in store here.

Lisa XO

Project Life Spread using the "Jade" kits

Hi there

Today I am sharing a Project life spread I have made using the gorgeous "Jade" kits.

I'm my albums I usually combine 12x12 layouts with Project Life spreads, depending on the photos I have used.

Do you remember this layout I shared a couple of weeks ago?

Here are some close ups...

As you can see the photos are from a similar series of photos, with the same theme.

I bought as many similar colours, patterns & bits of ephemera back in to this layout to make it all cohesive.

Thanks for stopping by, make sure you check out our kits if you're looking for an Aussie based kit club - that is fabulous value for money.

Lisa XO 

You + Me = US Layout with Lisa

Hi there

Lisa here today sharing a layout using the new "Jade" kits.

Once again Ronelle has made sure we have got lots of fabulous product in these kits.

This is a photo of my daughter in a snapchat selfie. Such a great photo & filter!

My daughter checked out the kits & loved the gold glitter polka dot speciality paper from Kaisercraft.

I didn't want to use the whole peace of paper, so I used it to frame the layout then snuck a bit more in under the photo layers.

I used the geometric heart stencil to create the base of the background, using a banner style design across the page. I mixed some texture paste, the Kaisercraft pink paint & the Pink Kaisermist spray from our colour kit to get the desired colour.

I used a range of pink & coral Gelatos from my stash with water & used my finger to gently apply a soft water colour look around the white border of the page as it needed something to bring it all togetether.

Here are some close ups of the layers & the embellishments I used.

The die cut leaves & pretty sequin mix in the kits were such a beautiful way to embellish the page whilst still keeping it soft & pretty.

Not all mixed media has to be grungy! 

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you like my share, Make sure you check out our kits & other 

goodies in The Scrappery Shop.

Lisa XO