Friday 27 September 2013

Scrap FX Mood Board Challenge

Today I am sharing with you my take on the Scrap FX Mood Board Challenge...


this was the mood board for the challenge created by Michelle Logan ...

There was so much on that board that I related to, love the doily image, the clock, the birds, the feather and I was inspired by the quote..."do more of what makes you happy" it was such a fun challenge...

Keeping that quote in mind lead me to create my piece a mixed media canvas with loads of Scrap FX pieces and loads of Lindy's Stamp Gang products.....


For my canvas I first used the palm frond stencil and modelling paste to create my background texture, then flooded the canvas with Lindy's Stamp Gang sprays...


Once I was happy with the background I stamped and embossed the Doily Stamp with black embossing powder... I love the look of the doily clock in the mood board so decided that the doily stamp would be perfect to create a clock on my canvas (did you realize that each flower is in the perfect position for the clock numerals!!! how cool right!) ... 
the creating of the clock then lead to my choice of title...


I love the Scrap FX bird of flight and this seemed the perfect opportunity to make it shine! I painted it with LSG products and made sure I flooded the wings and tail making them nice and wet, to ensure that when I hit them with the heat gun they would curl beautifully to add even more dimension to my project.... I loved the result...


I used the ruffled feather stamp to emboss a pattern onto my "create" word in the title... this stamp is amazing for providing a great flourish type pattern.... I love it....


Here is the list of Scrap FX products I used:
Freestyle Alphabet lower case: Model: 2008007
Playground Alphabet large: Model: 2012305
Playground Alphabet small: Model: 2012306
Chisel Large, Uppercase: Model: 2006114
Bird of Flight: Model: 2012217
Me Time: Model: 2012020
Happiness, midi: Model: 2013209
Doily Stamp: Model: 2013245
Ruffled Feather Stamp: Model: 2013250
Clock Hands Antique 10cm: Model: 2008131
Palm Frond Stencil: Model: 2012164

I hope you enjoyed my take on the mood board and hopefully I have inspired you to have a go... please share your creations with us and maybe win yourself a guest spot on the Scrap FX blog and some great Scrap FX goodies... click here for full details on the challenge...  I hope to see you sharing your creations on the Scrap FX Facebook page here....

till next time
Happy Creating
xC

Friday 20 September 2013

Do you love a Challenge!!

Do you love a challenge???
Over on the Scrap FX blog we have been having fun creating our next challenge for you all.... 

a MOOD BOARD CHALLENGE!!!!!

Photo: We have been having fun creating our next challenge for everyone.... a MOOD BOARD CHALLENGE!!!!!

If you have trouble interpreting a board, hop over to the Blog now and see how our DT have done it and they have even given some tips on how they got to the end result!
http://www.scrapfx.com.au/blog/?p=9610

All the details are on the Blog post but basically you have till the 17th of next month to create anything based on the board. The only requirement is to include some type of stamping technique!
By entering your creation here on our FB page or leaving us a link you are in with a chance to be featured on the Scrap FX Blog and an awesome prize pack including our newly released stamps!
What more could you ask for ???? So off you go get inspired and we all look forward to seeing your designs!!


All the details are on the Blog post here, but basically you have until the 17th of October to create anything based on the board.  The only requirement is to include some type of stamping technique! Easy right!!

If you need some inspiration or help interpreting the board, hop over to the Blog now and see how some of our Scrap FX DT have interpreted it and their advice and some tips on how they got to their end results!

By entering your creation on the Scrap FX FB page here, you are in with a chance to be featured on the Scrap FX Blog and win an awesome prize pack including the newly released stamps, which are absolutely awesome!!
So what more could you ask for ???? 
Off you go, get creating and I am looking forward to seeing all of your creations!!

Till next time,
Happy Creating
xC

Friday 6 September 2013

Scrap FX Stamping Heaven!

Wow I am in Love with these new stamps from Scrap FX... those of you that know me well know I love a good foam stamp because of their versatility, and all I can say is these Scrap FX stamps are fantastic... they stamp wonderfully using all sorts of mediums.... I have played with them with distress ink, embossing ink and paint with great results and to top it off they are so economically priced.... with the cheapest of them only a few dollars...  They are just awesome and everyone should have a few in their stash....

Ok rave over... here are a couple of things I created while testing out the stamps...
First up I have "Follow your Heart"


for this layout, I use the new doily stamp and stamped and embossed it with three different colours of embossing powders, before spraying with a few colours of glimmermist... 



I painted my title and scroll with glimmermist



and finished them with a small amount of gold Precious Metal Colour from Viva...

Scrap FX products used to create this layout:

Next up is "Capture the Moment"


For this layout I had fun with the feathers stamps....  I stamped them onto the background I had created with the hexagonal stencil and sprays...


and then I stamped the feathers onto some cardstock outlined them with a fineliner and cut them out so as to provide some extra dimension on the page...

Scrap FX products used to create this layout:


Finally I have a card I created with the new Surfing Santa Shaker Dome.... it's just so Aussie, I had to use him... 


I used the doily stamp to create a background on the card, and used the ruffled feather stamp and embossing powder to create some extra waves for Santa...


 Scrap FX products used to create this card:

Hope you enjoy the new stamps as much as I am...
Till Next Time
xC


EDIT:  This post has been highlighted on the Party Time Tuesday Blog where a wonderful Design team posts daily to inspire you. On Tuesdays they have weekly challenges offering prizes for participants. Go check Party Time Tuesdays Your Daily Dose out! Your going to love it!