Boots – Travelers Notebook

March 15, 2019Leave a comment

Hi all,

Cynthia back today with a TN layout using my stash!! Its always good to get into your stash and rediscover some goodies.

If you haven’t already you can check out the process video here.

As always I used the monthly inspiration piece as my starting point. From this months piece I’ve drawn inspiration from the vivid greens, purples, the circle element and the animal reference.

I started with a cut file as it reminded me of the circle. I pulled out my stash of scrap papers, selected a mixture of colours and backed the file. I ended up settling on a bright green for the leaves and a mixture of purples for the flowers.

I used two different pattern papers for the background but both had the same “feel” to them and also stayed within the colours from the inspiration piece.

I added a circle element to the left hand page which helped balance the layout and I also added a chipboard ephemera to bring the purple across to the left side.

To finish the layout off I added my title with fresh green alpha stickers and ensure I repeated these on the other page as well.

Thanks you for reading and I hope you all have a wonderful day.

You Are Enough – Art Journal Page

February 12, 2019March 20, 20262 Comments

Hello fellow Crafty Mavens,

You can watch the full process video of this page coming together here

I had so much fun with this months inspiration piece. I totally love the purple, red and blue tones!! I also manged to included some yellow and stamped/drew some circular elements too.

To start with I took my Distress Oxide inks and smooshed three colours onto my pre- gessoed page. I didn’t want the whole page covered in colour so I love how the wrinkles in the paper prevented the ink colouring the page where the dips occurred.

Once I had my background sorted I flipped through a Daphne’s Diary magazine to find a page with colours I thought would work well as leaves/branches. I grabbed a die from my stash and cut a whole stack out. I wanted these to represent leaf litter on a forest floor.

I think I cut the girls from a old Frankie magazine sometime ago and had them in my stash just waiting for the right page to come along. I placed the figures on the leaves holding hands as if standing strong together.

I finished with lots of outlining, shading and white highlights to add details.

Thanks for taking the time to read this. I hope you pop on over to watch the process video.

Everything Connects

October 21, 2018November 28, 2018Leave a comment

Hello all,

I love playing in my art journal so when this months theme was to use a cut file along with the inspiration piece I knew I would have fun.

I don’t have a machine that cuts file but I do receive one each month as a part of the kit I received from The Wild Hare Kits so I grabbed my October file and set to work.

My first thoughts when I saw the file was science and green!! I then looked at the inspiration piece to see how I could make it work. I was pleased to see reds, oranges and yellows, which I knew would be good contrasting colours for green.

I started by added modeling paste through a stencil that would complemented the cut file I planned to use. Then using a number of sprays and gelatos in red, orange and yellow to created the background colour.

I then used the cut file as a stencil and added more modeling paste through it. However this time I tinted the paste with some green spray, but I felt the green wasn’t vibrant enough so I sprayed directly on top of the modeling pastes which made the green really pop.

I also added some of the file it self which keeps the same shape but at the same time create a visual interest.

I finished off by adding some white highlights and shading to my hexagons and adding a simple quote.

The full video process can be found here

Oops

October 7, 2018November 21, 2018Leave a comment

Hello Lovelies,

this months inspiration piece made me think of my husband as one of the images on the rights looks like waves and my hubby works on the water.

This was perfect as I had just found a selfie of him on his phone and when he told me the story behind it I knew I wanted to document it.

I dived into my stash and found a nice diagonal stripped papers that had all the colours of the inspiration piece. I also grabbed the wood grain paper as it was a nice natural yet could be seen as a more masculine paper.

I wanted the layout to have a comical feel to it, with speech bubble and solid pops of black. I think with the ephemera separated (not clustered) this helps with that feel as well.

I also used a bright green zigzag paper behind to photo to extenuate this vibe. You can see this better in the process video.

Most of the ephemera is from the pink Fresh Studio “Case of The Blahs” collection including the big black Oops title, which brings the whole page altogether.

If you would like to see how the spread come together you can watch the process video here. Oops

Great Memories

August 22, 2018November 21, 2018Leave a comment

Hello my lovelies,

This Sketch It Out Thursday layout is one of my favourites in a long time. I love how the small triangles all lead the focus to the photo.

I have created 3 small clusters in the corners which also help lead your eye around the page.

All the papers and embellishments are from The Wild Hare Kits August kit and include Pink Fresh Studio collections Simple and Sweet and Case of the Blahs papers and fabric labels, Crate Paper Here and There chipboard and puffy word thickers, and Paige Evans Pick Me Up papers.

Once I had all the papers laid out as I liked I lightly glued them down before stitching through them all with yellow thread. I love this little detail.

I popped the photo up to give its some dimension and to help it standout on the page and backed to whole layout on a black Kaiser Craft paper,which helps bring it all together.

All in all I love the way this page came together and I would love it if you popped on over to watch the process video. Great Memories

In Your Pocket Tuesday – Melaluca Adventure

May 29, 2018Leave a comment

Hello all
I’m a little late posting my layout but here is this weeks In Your Pocket Tuesday spread. I did a double page layout about a recent air trip we took. Sorry but I don’t have any photos but at the end of the video i do a real time close up of each pocket.
I hope you enjoy it and thanks you for watching.

Our Hero – Free Flow Wednesday

April 24, 2018November 21, 2018Leave a comment

Hello all, Cynthia here from NB Pretty Papers back today with a Free Flow Wednesday layout. As always the inspiration piece is gorgeous and there is so much one can pull from it. For this layout I went for a black and white layout with lots of stamping.

I hope you enjoy the process.