Thursday Tute with Tracey Henly

We are working with Prima butterfly papers on this layout.

WOW2284 butterfly heart

WOW229  butterfly border

WOW1380 square frame

3 x white paper flowers

heidi swapp raspberry colour spray

large and small retro flower punch

stampendous aged rose embossing powder

clear embossing ink 

distress ink tim holtz aged mahagony

stickles fruit punch.

Spray your large square frame with the raspberry spray and set aside to dry.

Heat emboss the butterfly heart and border with the aged rose embossing powder.

Heat emboss your title of choice in aged gold embossing powder.

I have fussy cut out some of the graphics from this paper range to use as accents. eg. the fairy and the butterflies.

cut your mats for the photo one 7x6, one 7 x5, one 5 x 8. pick the colours that suit your photo as they are double sided.

layer your pieces and mat your photo, raise your photo with foam tape or chipboard scraps.

with your scrap papers punch 1 large retro flower  and 4 small. Assemble flowers using bling brads for the centres.

assemble all your accents to your liking. I added stickles to the flowers to give a liitle more sparkle.

Have fun creating.

Here are couple of recent layouts I have done as classes at Pages2scrap.

If you are in the area come and see me.

Don't forget our monthly challenge there are prizes to be won.

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thanks for looking

Tracey

Almost a Teenager

Hello folks, hoping you are all well.

Peg here to share some WoW goodness today.

I have done a boy page using some new release chippies for November as well as some tried and true favourites.

I started by misting my white card using the 12x12 Moroccan chipboard as a stencil, rotating it clockwise for the second colour. This is also available as a stencil and both in 6x6 too.

I then stuck some cogs, from the 12x12 nesting set, in the corners and added some leftover cut-outs from the Moroccan chippy (these are a bit of a special treat as they are not yet stocked in the shop). I rubbed all the chippy with some Inka Gold- Graphite to give it a metallic look.

It didn't look quite right though, so I used a paint dauber to add some blue.

Next I layered some tissue paper, some New Release chipboard treated with Inka Gold-Graphite, my photo, and a title from my own design range painted to match the cogs. Journalling with Dymo - my fave.

And I thought it was finished so it went on my desk-top easel until I had time to get it into an album.

However..... the more I looked at it the more unfinished it appeared.

So I added some subtle diagonal stripes by sponging

black ink through the 4-in-1 Design 2 Altamatz, as well as adding a swirl border, from the New Release summer pack,

above my title.

Ahhhhh, now it's done!

 So, have you checked out our inaugural monthly challenge, it's a beauty. You still have a few days to play along, anything goes as long as you use Wow products and post your creation on our FB page.

This is the page I created for it.

Thanks for coming by, have fun with the challenge, see you next time

Welcome to Thursday.......

Welcome to Thursday and some more WOW inspiration for your week.

This week I've had a play with some texture paste. I love playing with this stuff!

Start painting it on your chipboard and keep adding until you get the desired texture.

Once it has dried (you can speed it up with your heat gun), you can paint, ink or finish however you desire. I have chosen a cream paint to finish it off.

If you want to add a little bit more dimension, once the paint has dried, give the piece of chipboard a light inking.

I've also incorporated a WOW flourish into the layout.... I've finished it with some Twinkling H2O's.
This is how both pieces look on my finished layout......

This pic is my Dad with my gorgeous little nephew at my brother's 30th Birthday. Dad absolutely dotes on him!

Needing some further inspiration? Don't forget to keep an eye out for some further inspiration from the rest of the DT, both here on the WOW blog and over on our individual blogs.

Happy scrapping!

xx Renae

time flies when you're having fun

For those who don't know me I am a mixed media and experimental techniques artist and I just love getting my hands dirty! I love all things rusty, aged and distressed and you will see a lot of that in my work. I'm really fortunate in that I get to travel all over Australia sharing my art and ideas.

I'm a freelance artist and am thrilled to do some product designing for WOW, which you can see HERE

Some of my designs may seem a little odd but they are created with the daring artist in mind.

It's no secret that I love  to play with chipboard and here I am with some lovely Words Or Whatever pieces...

To create these elements you need:

• black acrylic paint
• old book page
• rust coloured acrylic paint
• gold metallic paint pen
• black ink pad
• ink applicator (latex makeup sponge)
• vintage photo distress ink
• PVA
• silver metallic paint pen
• Cuttlebug/Big Shot embossing machine & embossing folder

"Time Flies"

FRAME SET

INTRICATE CLOCK

SHELL PHOTO CORNERS

• use the same faux rust technique as I have on the clock and frame.
• torn and inked strips of book pages make great arty feathers to create wings.

1. paint frame with gold paint pen
2. emboss frame
3. swipe frame over black ink pad to highlight embossed pattern
4. squeeze a small amount of rust coloured paint on to a palette and use your finger to roughly dab and tap the paint onto the surface
5. cover back of frame with book page
6. use silver pen to colour clock face
7. use gold pen to colour clock frame and hands
8. dab rust coloured paint over frame
9. when dry use ink applicator to blacken edges of the frame and a little over the surface 

SCREW HEAD SET

1. paint black
2. when dry smear a little silver paint over the surface roughly
3. emboss
4. swipe across teal ink pad or paint
5. swipe across black ink pad
6. ink edges with sponge and black ink

have fun, make a mess!

Linda Baldock

atclindab@yahoo.com.au

http://atclindab.blogspot.com/