Documenting You

Hello and happy Friday!    How many of you scrapbook about yourself? I know I am guilty of not documenting about myself enough.  So, I created a layout telling random facts about myself.  I used My Mind's Eye's new collection Cut and Paste.

 

 

 

 

I used my typewriter for my journaling then added small embellishments such as paint splatter, enamel dots, brads, and wooden veneer shapes.

 

 

I used one of the coordinating Cut and Paste cardstock stickers to place my title.  I wanted to use a variety of letters, as well.

 

 

 

So, this weekend I challenge you to create a layout all about yourself!

Thanks for stopping by!

-Jennifer

www.livethemoment-jen.blogspot.com

 

Products used: patterned paper, cardstock sticker, arrow stamp, enamel dots, brads: My Mind's Eye, wood veneers, random stamp: Studio Calico; chipboard letters, journaling pen: American Crafts; letter stickers: Basic Grey; flair: {a flair for buttons}; misting ink:  October Afternoon, Tattered Angels; ink: Ranger



 

 

 

 

Getting Messy with Masks, Mists, and Splatters

Happy Monday, Practical Scrappers!  Remember how fun (and messy) fingerpainting was when you were a child?  Well today, our On Trend team is showing you the grown-up equivalent of finger-painting fun to create beautiful layouts.  How?  By getting down and dirty with masks, mists, and splatters!   

Practical Scrapper Wendi Robinson used gesso over her mask.  She then created a second layer by misting over her mask.

Practical Scrapper Mary Pat applied her mists onto a Studio Calico mask to create the large sunburst on her layout.

Practical Scrapper Jenn C used digital splatters on her layout to create a water effect!

Practical Scrapper Charissa used white mists over a triangle mask to create a subtle background on her page.  She then splattered an iridescent mist to add a water droplet look across the layout.

 

Practical Scrapper Julie used modeling paste with her mask to add dimension to her layout.  She then misted her layout with Ranger dylusion ink.

Practical Scrapper Caz Hancock used a Studio Calico mask to make her back ground.  She achieved her colour by mixing an iridescent medium with silver metallic Martha Stewart paint. She then added spatters using her Mister Huey mists from Studio Calico.

Practical Scrapper Malika Kelly used a mask and two different-colored mists.  Then she splattered drops of ink in a third color onto her layout.

Practical Scrapper Audrey Yeager used a mix of watered down mists and dripped them from a sponge brush onto her page.

 Practical Scrapper Nicole Laha went crazy with ink splatters to create the appearance of rain. She also sprayed a bit of mist onto a craft mat, using a paint brush to pick up the ink and color in the stamped image.

Practical Scrapper Danielle de Konink applied a yellow mist to a confetti mask by The Crafter's Workshop to create the background of this layout. This mask has splatter and heart shapes.

Practical Scrapper Marcia Dehn-Nix applied distress ink to jar lids and bottle caps and stamped rings on her background. The grass background was also stamped using the same distress ink. Then she splattered misting spray by uncapping the spray bottle and flicking the ink off of the plastic tube.

Practical Scrapper Lanette used Dylusion  mist with a mask to create her background.  She then added a few splatters to accent the page.

Jazzing up Plain Card Stock

Hi everyone! Practical Scrapper Alison here with a couple ways to help you get more out of your card stock. If you're anything like me, you've got a ton of card stock in your stash that looked cute in the store (or was part of a rainbow package!) but once you got it home you couldn't figure out how to make it work with your other products. I am here to help with a couple ideas using things you may already have on hand.

First let's tackle that "unloved" piece of card stock. It may be that the colour is too bright or not quite the right shade for the rest of your stash. Whatever the problem, I have come up with a solution that is so easy and fun!

Here is a lovely piece of purple card stock from my stash. I'm not sure why, but I just don't scrap with purple. I think at one point I thought I would scrap with purple, but ... well, I'm still waiting for that day to arrive! What's a scrapper to?

PAINT IT!

There are TONS of types of paint you could put onto paper, this is just the one I decided to use today. If you were going to be adding more colours or mediums on top of the paint I'd recommend using gesso first. But that's a discussion for another day!

While the paint is still wet, take something with texture (I used the piece of corrugated card board pictured below) and press it onto the paint.

Now you're left with fabulous texture and only limited glimpses of the original card stock that you didn't know what to do with.

From there just make a layout!

Because of all the texture on the back ground, you don't need a ton of extras. A picture, a title and a few circles punched from my scraps and it's done! To see more examples of using paint to transform "ugly" card stock please visit my Flickr stream here and here.

Okay, now for something a bit different. There are many scrappers out there who love to start with a white card stock back ground and I'll admit that my style is changing a bit towards this vein. But sometimes white can feel a bit boring so here is a fun and easy way to make it more exciting!

SPRAY IT!

I may or may not have a few Mister Huey mists (insert sheepish grin here). For this example I decided to use 6 of them to make a rainbow. 

Simply spray a splotch of each colour at the top of your page and then mist with water.

I use this little mister from Stampin' Up but any craft mister will do. Hold up the paper to let the colours run down your page as much or as little as you like. Once you're happy with the results, and everything is dry, make a layout!

I used my rainbow paper to help tell the story of my niece's 4th birthday party which featured a "real life" fairy. Again, scraps from my scrap bin and minimal embellishments were needed to complete my layout.

I hope you've been inspired to go out there, get a bit messy and create a completely different look and feel to your card stock. Thanks for visiting!

Misting with Caz and a give away

Hey ladies, its Caz here and i just want to thank you all for joining me today. For my post i have chose to talk to you about misting, i LOVE it and i just think it adds so much to a page. The reason i thought i would do this post about misting is that so many people are scared to try it but it is so so easy to do.

First of all i would love to share with you my mist collection. I have a wonderful friend who has an equally wonderful husband who was nice enough to build this awesome mist holder so that i can have my mists all in front of me at all times, i love how handy they are and that i do not have to go through them all to pick a colour. 

 Isn't it fabulous, I love it so much :)

Back when i first tried to mist i hated it, my page always warped or was super wet and it just didn't look nice, Then Studio Calico brought out Mister Huey's and wow they are amazing, they have a lesser water content so they dry super fast and also the page does not seem to warp like the previous brands i tried, so if you are having the same issues i did then honestly go try out the Mister Huey's.

Remember before you mist you should put your layout inside a box or take it outside otherwise you will have a mess LOL I use an old Studio Calico kit box to do this as its free and free is good right, more money to spend on supplies. I just leave all my masks in the bottom of the box (far to lazy to have them organized though i have something in mind to do this) 

Here is my box, beautiful huh!!

Here are a few ways to use mists

1. spray - You can do one colour or maybe mix lots of colours, you can see that there is heavier spray in some places, this is where i misted up close whereas the thinner coverage is from holding the mist about 12 inches from paper

2. splatter - I find i do this on about 99% of my layouts, it is great for filling in some white space but not over crowding if you know what i mean? To do this you just give the bottle a shake then remove the lid, i then just use my index finger to tap it, I really LOVE this effect.

3. masks - I use masks all the time, i make my own from my punches or my cameo but the ones i use the most are my Studio Calico masks, they are fabulous. One of the things i like to do is once it is dry i will sew around the outline to help it pop of the page, though if you are not a sewer then faux stitching is also great and so so easy.

Mists are also fabulous for using with wood veneer,  ribbons, doilies, chipboard and they work really well on the new Heidi Swapp Colour Magic papers and embellishments , just so many different options.

I thought i would leave you with a couple of my layouts that i have misted on, thanks for joining me for my first post on the blog.

 

 

So to say thanks for joining me here on my first blog post i thought it would be nice to have a give away, don't you agree?? Well the lovely ladies over at Studio Calico have given me some silver mist and beautiful exclusive hexagon thickers for one lucky lady to own. All you have to do is like us on our Face book page and leave a comment on this post telling us what you love to do with your mist. I would also really appreciate it if you could maybe go say thanks to Studio Calico over on their Face book page for just being so amazing

A peek at the prize package

I don't have a picture of the hexagons as they are not for sale but i can tell you they are awesome for stamping and misting on

THE GIVE AWAY WILL CLOSE ON MAY 8TH AND I WILL POST THE WINNER ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE SOON AFTER
THANK YOU

Cards Using Masking/Misting

It's Monday ladies and it's time to get down, get busy, and get messy with some misting and masking.  There are lots of fun products out there to play with when it comes to these techniques...masks, screens, templates, inks, paint, sprays; whatever the combination clean up is always interesting.  So, are you one of those scrappers who won't give these techniques because you can't handle the mess?  We have the perfect solution for those of you who cringe at the though of cleaning those shimmer mists and paint off your walls and floors.  Here's what you do...
Step 1:  Get (or make) yourself a box that 14"(length) X 14" (width) X 6" (height)
               * I say 6" because that's what I prefer.  I've found that with misting on cards and layouts this distance allows for a more even spray (if I want splotches I move it closer, and if I want more shimmer than color I move it up higher than the 6").
Step 2:  Lay your paper inside the box and spray or splatter away!

Very simple, easy, controlled mess--there is no clean up (you can just let the over-spray/splatter dry on your box) except to put your box away for the next project.

Now that you don't have an excuse to not give some misting and masking a try, here's some card inspiration to get you started...

Practical Scrapper Michelle

   Rachel Kokes