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Scraplifting Missy

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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.

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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. IMG_20181120_153603

 

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!

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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.  CYMERA_20181120_153835

Happy Scrapping!

Tues

XOXO

Scraplift-It: Beautiful (Jenn Gagne)

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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.

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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.

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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