Showing posts with label Pink Fresh paper. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pink Fresh paper. Show all posts

Friday, 7 September 2018

Scrap Matrix DT September 2018 - You've been framed.

Welcome back to the Scrap Matrix challenge where this month
the theme is You've been framed.   You can use any kind of frame, or multiple frames, big, small or in between.

They can be in clusters or lined up in rows. 
Have you been framed for something you didn't do??  
We'd love to hear all about it, using frames of course!


Take a look here to see what the rest of the team 
have created to inspire you.

I've attempted a double layout, something I've not done for years!

None of this series of photos is strong enough to use on it's own, but as a group, I think they tell the story of our family's love of Summer, the Beach and Cricket quite well.




The idea for the design began with this stamp set from 
I was inspired by the frame which I planned to use for journalling and also the naive clouds, the suns and the summery, beachy words.






The left side page.


The right side page.



I chose two sheets of paper from Pink Fresh studio, 
and cut out the centre to form a frame for each page.


Still on the framed theme, and using a die from my stash, 
I cut four frames for the four small photos on the left page.


Next, I hand drew some frames around the landscape shaped photos, 
I was inspired by the stamped journal frame.



The title is from Mambi Chips. The one I used is not in stock right now, but click on the link for something quite similar.


 

I stamped the little clouds onto some water colour paper and used 
blue and white water colour paints from my stash to colour them.


I coloured the little circles around the borders with 
Tim Holt Oxides distress inks, Twisted Citron and Salty Ocean.

To tie the two sides together, I added a small green stamped tag on the right of the photos using Tim Holtz Archival Ink, Jet Black.

I added stamped words directly onto the photos. 



To emphasize the stamped titles, I swished a bit of water colour paint through the words, hoping that it would't go everywhere!


The black chipboard circles are also from Mambi.

I stitched around the the frame with white thread, to add another frame and some definition to the page. 

As the pages were in the great outdoors with a natural theme, I wanted to keep them crisp, clean and simple, so I mostly avoided mixed media in the background and just added stamping.

Thanks for calling in today, I hope you find time to play along, 
just add your entry to the Scrap Matrix Shares page in the corresponding folder; don't forget to let us know what Scrap Matrix products you used and what inspired you.  You could be in the running for a $30.00 gift voucher from the generous Vicki Christensen and perhaps a Guest Design Team spot down the track.

Sunday, 27 May 2018

Scrap Matix DT - "The point is" May 2018

Welcome back to the Scrap Matrix challenge where this month
the challenge is "The point is."

Use triangles, stars, arrows, chevrons, diamonds... 
maybe make it about your "point" of view...

Use your creativity and imagination, along with the moodboard to make your point! 

So let's get to the other Point.........here's the inspiration from the Design Team, and as usual they are 
ON POINT!

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I was inspired by the triangles and the chevrons, as well at the greys and black.



This graphic paper also lead the way to using crisp lines with lots of angles.



To emphasize the points, I trimmed a couple of big triangles from this paper 
and mounted it on black to suit the black and white photo.

This looked too stark, so I added a few smaller triangles 
and fiddled around with placement.  



I made a few pencil lines around the edges, 
as I planned to add some mixed media under the photo
and some stamping along the bottom.





The Prima Rustic washers were added to draw the eye to the photo.



The title was cut from a different paper collection.  
I love the way it combines with the image on the hoodie.



I tucked a couple of extra triangles in to balance the design.

The journalling is on the back of the page and it reads:-
At almost ten years of age, one of your favourite things to do is to draw maps, especially all the inlets along the coast lines.  You make a point of being accurate and trying to learn the capital cities of all the countries on the world map.  You like to test our knowledge  of really obscure countries and are quite chuffed if we make a mistake!  Another of your passions at the moment is jokes and riddles and we make sure to memorize a new batch before we see you.  I love that you now have a finely honed sense of humor and appreciate the subtleties of word play, often going off on a new riff of your own. 
 Such fun to play with words - love you to the moon and back big boy - 
that's the whole point of life.   Photo April 2017, Journalling May 2018.

Thanks for calling in today, I hope you find something to inspire your creativity. 
We'd love to have you play along.  You don't need a blog to join in and we'd love to see where the "points" take you.   Just pop your project in the folder named 
"The point is" on facebook.   Don't forget to let us know what Scrap Matrix products you use, and what inspired you... to be in the running for a $30 gift voucher - and maybe a Guest DT spot in a couple of months!

Here are the links to the products I used which are available at Scrap Matrix.