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Month: November 2018
Scraplifting Missy
Hi all! It’s Tuesdae here with a Scraplift It! I am excited to share this with you today because Missy is one of my favorite scrapbookers and I just couldn’t wait to find one of her yummy layouts and scraplift it to inspire you!
Recently, I viewed one of Missy Whiddens Youtube videos for the Hip Kit Club and knew it would be perfect to re-create. I started with mixed media, of course. A bit of Shimmerz Paints sprays and some new Cosmic Shimmers I thought would make a good background. I kept the colors bright and colorful, just like Missys.
I tried to follow her layout as close as possible, but of course had to put a little touch of my aesthetic on the page as well. I can’t ever seem to not follow the rules! Basically, I arranged the papers in a grid style and sewed them down to the background. In hindsight I should have just sewn the edges to each piece and then stuck them down on the page because I wanted to stamp and tuck ephemera under the papers. 
I did use a stamp set from Cheeky Studio and some Hero Art Ink and Distress Oxide ink to go around the grid formation. I used clear gesso on the background so it didn’t stamp perfect, but that’s okay. Messy is best! I also pulled some ephemera from my stash, an older set called Love & Adore from Simple Stories to embellish with lots of flowers in clusters around the page. If you watch me on Youtube you know I LOVE flowers!
I finished with a couple of labels and made my title from Crate Paper Oasis collection. Sprinkles of Shimmerz Paint in Don’t Rain on my Parade” added the contrast to finalize. I think it turned out lovely. I encourage you to find inspiration from others and scraplift, use sketches, find mood boards and participate in challenges. You just may find a whole new style you like. 
Happy Scrapping!
Tues
XOXO
Sketch It (Lyne Blodgett)
Hey crafty friends! I’m so very excited to be joining you for my first project. It’s totally not how I planned since my video footage was lost during file transfer, but I wanted to share the layout with you anyway.
I used a sketch from Scrapbook Generation one page sketch book volume one, but my layout came out NOTHING like the sketch. The biggest difference between my layout and the sketch is that the sketch called for four photo, but as you can see I used two. There was also nothing on the right hand side, but I felt it was to white and added he strips and stickers.
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I also used the mood board for the month as inspiration for my photo. I know you’re thinking how in the world does this tie into the elegant board we have for the month. Well…see that cupcake in the lower right hand corner. There you go! The tie in is that I’m posting on Michael’s 8th birthday.
I also used the lined paper as inspiration and used the notebook looking green paper from my kit. This is an old Echo Park Kit called That’s my Boy. I’m really trying to kill some of the stuff I have so I can’t say how much new product you’ll see in my future projects.
Ok, I better run. I have things to do before our little family birthday gathering tonight. Thanks for checking my creation out!
SCRAPLIFT IT: LOVE (Crystal Barrett)
Hello Everyone,
I am SO excited to be part of this amazing group! There is so much talent here! I feel so blessed! Our focus for the month of November is Stamps. We also have this beautiful Mood Board.
I am using the blues and floral’s as my inspiration for this layout. The stamp I chose was from Maggie Holmes Willow Lane Collection. I stamped with Distress ink in Faded Jeans and Fossilized Amber and black. Then fussy cut them out while watching fellow You Tubers.
I found a beautiful layout on Pinterest. This layout was done by @noicsizmadesign and this layout was done by CZAKO-RADVANYI PIROSKA. I love all the floral’s, sequins and stitching.
And here is mine. I do have a process video over on the Crafty Maven YouTube Channel.
Please let me know if you have any questions and remember to wear your crown.
Crystal Barrett
AKA Pineapple Papers
Let’s Focus on Stamps!
Our focus at the Crafty Maven Getaways this month is stamps!
Tuesdae here for the design team! I thought I would pull out stamps from Cheeky Studio and Heidi Swapp and used black Archival Ink to stamp on Close to my Heart smooth 12×12 white cardstock. It stamped beautifully. I thought if I stamped solid black images and outlined images that would yield a good balance on my layout and allow me to add color to the outlined images so I could control colors. 
Previous to stamping I did prepare another 12×12 white cardstock with gesso and allowed it to dry. I wanted to get messy with some Shimmerz Paints! Once dry, I used the packaging technique to apply 3 colors of Vibez in Princess, Pop Art Pink and Glorious Day. I did not use those colors for the painting of the stamped images. For that I used Artist Loft watercolors. I like the mix of shimmery ink and chalky watercolor to add depth of color.
I trimmed down the background cardstock and gutted a piece of 12×12 Cheeky Studio Autumn Beauty #8 paper and used it behind the white cardstock to create a frame. I also grabbed some scrap papers from my scrap bin and backed my two photos, then, proceeded to add my stamped images in three clusters around the photos and paint on them as I stuck them down.
I finished up with a label from Cheeky Studio’s November kit exclusive cut aparts from the Autumn Beauty collection and some cork embellishments and ephemera from that same kit. A few splashes on additional paint around the page tied everything together to look cohesive. I think the final layout turned out beautiful! You can see the Youtube Scrapbook Process video on the Crafty Maven Getaway Channel HERE
I hope you enjoyed this blog. I loved creating the page and hope that it can inspire you in some way. Please make sure you like and subscribe to the youtube channel so you never miss a video and so that others can find us!
Happy Scrapping!
Tuesdae Hubbard
Scraplift-It: Beautiful (Jenn Gagne)
Hello, Jenn here with my first project for the Crafty Maven Getaway and I am so excited to be here 🙂 For this project I decided to scraplift the amazing Missy Whidden and her Amazing layout! I just love how this layout turned out, with it’s beautiful mixed media and colours.
I had a Paige Evans cut file that I had cut in the summer, using pattern paper, and I pulled it out to try my hand at recreating Missy’s layout. I started with the mixed media in the background by mixing some watercolours to match my cutfile, then smooshed them onto my background with a stamp block. I also used a few spray mists in matching colours to splatter over the watercolours. I decided my cutfile would look better over to the left of the page, so all of the background colour is on the left of the page. When it was dry, I used my palette knife to scrape some white acrylic paint over top of the colours to mute them a little bit so they wouldn’t compete with the patterns in my word!
While my background dried, I built up some layers behind my photo. In true Missy style, I kept my layers subtle, with just a peek of the colour around the edges of the picture. I didn’t have any tissue paper, like Missy often uses, so I opted for a square doily, which I think suits the picture really well. When my background was dry, I adhered my cutfile and my photo, then started to build up flower clusters. I pulled out all the flowers I have from my Pink Paislee Paige Evans collections and mixed them all together to create some fun flower embellishments clusters around the photo and on my cutfile word. The trick to mixing and matching collections is to make sure you spread out the colours and styles of each collection into every cluster, that way everything looks purposeful and nothing stands out too much.
To finish the layout, I added some Simple Stories tiny word stickers and some thread into my clusters, then splattered some Heidi Swapp Color Shine in gold. This layout was so much fun to do. I really enjoyed channeling my inner Missy Whidden to create this beautiful layout! Thanks so much for stopping by, and be sure to check out the process video so you can see exactly how this all came together 🙂 Until next time, Happy Scrapping!!!
Jenn