Dusty Attic DT - # beautiful

Hello Dusty Attic fans!

Today I am super excited to share with you my very first Mood Board Challenge as a Dusty Attic Design Team member.

First of all, have a look at this stunning mood board!

I do love a challenge that is dripping with gold!

And check out the stem of that stunning cake plate in the top left. It's aqua! My favourite colour. So I have created a layout with a gold, white and aqua colour combination.

Here's what I created.

'# beautiful' Layout

I snapped this photo of my daughter while we were visiting a plant nursery. It's just a phone shot but the light was so golden and lovely which matches the gold theme of the mood board perfectly.

I used some Golden Light Molding Paste with the beautiful Creative Script Stencil to add a little more interest to my background. Once it was dry I used my white Posca Paint Pen to colour it a little more.

I love the Hashtag Sayings set so I have used one for my title and given it a couple of coats with my white Posca Pen.

The rest of the gorgeous chipboard pieces have been altered with a gold Posca Pen.

I even added a little gold to the flower stamens.

Dusty Attic products used:

DA1494 Creative Script Stencil

DA1802 Mini Tabs # 5

DA1597 Hashtag Sayings # 2

DA1342 Leaves # 2

DA1569 Paisley # 3

DA0805 Dusty In Bloom Bridal Veil

Thank you so much for stopping by the blog today to check out my take on the mood board. I do hope you get a chance to play along too.

Cheers

Belinda

Flutterby Designs DT - Dec 25 Christmas Cheer

Hello Flutterby Designs fans!!

Belinda here today to share my very first projects for the new year featuring the awesome Fair Dinkum Chrissy collection. I am so very happy to be back for another year of scrappy fun at Flutterby Designs and I am very grateful to Anita for having me back. I am so looking forward to creating alongside the new team of awesomeness.

Anyway, onto the shares!

My little family and I quite often head to the beach on Christmas Day so this is just the perfect range to scrap our family beach Christmas tradition.

'Dec 25' Layout

For this layout I was really drawn to all of the gorgeous silver elements in the Die Cut Bits & Bobs as well as the filler photo cards. I especially couldn't wait to use the stunning silver glitter acrylic 'Dec 25'. I swiped some silver acrylic ink across my white card stock base and let that dry before adding a little stamping. I flicked some of the silver ink as well as black and white Posca Pen paint over the background too.

I kept my colour scheme simple by using neutral black, white and silver. This colour scheme really made my darling daughter's red Christmas dress pop in the photo.

I created lots of layers as always with messy embroidery thread, page tabs, wood veneer and die cut elements.

I coloured the wood veneer with the black and white Posca Pens.

Here's what I used:

FAIR DINKUM CHRISSY:

- Everyday Etc Filler Photo Cards

- Page Tabs

- Wood Veneer

- Die Cut Bits & Bobs

- Acrylic Title

- Frame 49

- Page Tabs Blackboard Notes 3

- Page Tabs Jolly Season

- Snippet Strips Monochrome

- Sticky Quick Quotes

- Speech Bubbles 3 Photo Cut Outs

To keep things fair, I have also scrapped a photo of my sweet son from the same Christmas Day at the beach.

'Christmas Cheer' Layout

For this layout I have reverted to type and used my very favourite Tropicana Teal Flutter Colour Paint diluted to a watercolour consistency on my background. I swiped some texture paste through the Bubble O' Fun Mini Stencil to add some dimension and interest.

I cropped some of the Filler Photo Cards to create the layers under my photo but that beach scene one is my absolute favourite so I just had to use the whole thing.

I finished off with some twine, wood veneer bits, flair button, page tabs and some cute stars that I fussy cut.

Here's what I used:

FAIR DINKUM CHRISSY:

- Everyday Etc Filler Photo Cards

- Page tabs

- Wood Veneer

- Flair Button

- Frame 49

Mini Stencil Bubble O' Fun

- Flutter Colour Paint Tropicana Teal

- Snippet Strips Monochrome

- Stars Photo Cut Outs

- Tickets Brights

- Bright Directions Tabs 3

- Page Tabs Blackboard Notes 3

Well I hope you have been inspired by my first projects for 2018. Have you had a chance to scrap some Christmas photos yet with this fabo range? Please remember to add your awesome layouts to the Flutterby Inspiration HQ group. I really love to see what you have made.

Thanks for stopping by!

Cheers

Belinda

Darkroom Door DT - Tropical Flowers 1

Hello Darkroom Door fans!

 Today I have two projects to share with you featuring the stunning new Tropical Flowers Rubber Stamp Set from Darkroom Door using my favourite watercolour stamping technique.

‘Aloha’ Card

Supplies used:

DDRS182 Tropical Flowers Rubber Stamp Set

DDRS025 Butterflies Rubber Stamp Set

DDLA005 Strawberry Lady Line Art Stamp

DDBS012 Scratches Background Stamp

DDBS042 Fallen Leaves Background Stamp

RANGER Archival Ink:

- Jet Black

- Rose Madder

TIM HOLTZ Distress Ink:

- Wilted Violet

HERO ARTS Neon Ink Neon Purple

FABER-CASTELL Watercolour Pencils

And here is a little bonus project for you!

‘Tropical Girl’ Art Journal Spread

One of my favourite things to do right now is practice drawing faces in my art journal inspired by the stunning art work of Jane Davenport. I have in fact been learning to draw faces again in her fabulous workshops which you can find on her website HERE. I was totally inspired by the beautiful Tropical Flowers Stamp Set to create a ‘Tropical Girl’ in my journal

Supplies used:

DDRS182 Tropical Flowers Rubber Stamp Set

RANGER Archival Ink Jet Black

TIM HOLTZ Distress Ink:

- Carved Pumpkin

- Festive Berries

- Picked Raspberry

- Squeezed Lemonade

JANE DAVENPORT Mermaid Markers

JANE DAVENPORT Sparkle Markers

JANE DAVENPORT Art Journal Small

Sharpie Fine Point White Paint Pen

I hope you love this fabulous stamp set as much as me and you are inspired to create your own Tropical style projects.

If you would like to find out how I created these projects, please head over to the blog post HERE for step by step instructions.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today.

Belinda

Darkroom Door DT - Tropical Leaves

Hello Darkroom Door fans!

 Today I have a couple of projects to share with you featuring the stunning new Tropical Leaves Rubber Stamp Set using my favourite watercolour stamping technique. The leaves in this set are so beautiful and lend themselves beautifully to a watercolour look.

‘Enjoy Nature’ Card

How cute is that little cat peeking out from behind the leaves?

Supplies used:

DDRS1832 Tropical Leaves Rubber Stamp Set

DDRS153 Gardening Vol. 1 Rubber Stamp Set

DDRS132 Gum Trees Rubber Stamp Set

DDFR025 Boxes 3 Up Frame Stamp

DDES032 Sitting Cat Eclectic Stamp

DDSS007 Boxes 3 Up Small Stencil

RANGER Archival Ink Jet Black

TIM HOLTZ Distress Ink:

- Lucky Clover

- Mowed Lawn

- Peacock Feathers

- Twisted Citron

FABER-CASTELL Wtaercolour Pencils

‘Happy Birthday’ Card

Supplies used:

DDRS183 Tropical Leaves Rubber Stamp Set

DDRS143 Happy Birthday Rubber Stamp Set

DDES030 Bold Arrows Eclectic Stamp

DDES003 Compass Eclectic Stamp

RANGER Archival Tree Branch

TIM HOLTZ Distress Ink:

- Lucky Clover

- Mowed Lawn

- Twisted Citron

If you would like to find out how I created these cards make sure you stop by the Darkroom Door blog HERE. You will find the Darkroom Door blog is an endless source of inspiration with step by step instructions for all of the projects. 

Don't forget you can order all Darkroom Door products and more direct from the website. Check out the products HERE or follow the links above.

Thank you for stopping by my blog today to check out my projects. I hope you are feeling inspired to create your own cards using this gorgeous stamp set.

Cheers

Belinda

Kraft Plus DT - Hot Date

Happy new year!!!

My first blog post of the year and I have my DT layout to share for the KRAFT PLUS CHALLENGES January Challenge.

Kraft + inspired by COFFEE.

'Hot Date'

I had a lovely time making a big spilt coffee like mess on my background kraft cardstock. I used a Kaisercraft Kaisermist called...wait for it...COFFEE!! How convenient. ;-)

I used some fabulous DARKROOM DOOR Stamps too;

the Coffee Stain Eclectic Stamp

and the Paint Splats Rubber Stamp Set.

Here's a couple of close-ups.

Oh and because I didn't want to give a certain fast food joint a free plug I covered up the logo on the coffee cup with a cute  coffee scratch and sniff sticker.

I do hope you will find some time to be inspired by coffee and create your own kraft based entry.

Oh and check out this exciting news:

We have an exciting addition to our monthly challenges! 

Are you a Cardmaker? 

Each month we will have a special prize from Paper Flourish just for CARD entries  (including tags and atcs)  

And seeing as we allow multiple entries.. that means you can win more than one prize.
Why not create a layout for the challenge and then create a card, tag or atc with the scraps on your craft table and enter that as well?

(Still with the Kraft and the challenge criteria of course)
Thank you to Paper Flourish for their support and generosity.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today.

Cheers

B