Hello Lovelies

Howdy Bloggers ,Lisa Here with fun WOW update .

I've been away scrapping recently with the lovely Suzanne from WOW

 and a few of the incredibly creative Design Team members.

Each year,the fabulous Sandra from Scrapbooking Delights in Dapto,creates an abundant array of seriously awesome challenges, and one particular challenge was to incorporate these coooooool Moroccan pieces into a layout/canvas/whatever.

This is what I created for the challenge.

I started with a canvas board and using glue,secured the chippy pieces and allowed drying time.

Then a little basic painting in pink, orange and a little lemon acrylic.

I've then added some large torn washi pages, and a few pieces of decorative serviettes adhered with matt medium ,plasterers tape, music sheets ....

and dribbled over a little black house paint to finish the background 

  

 Before the black house paint process,

I highlighted the chipboard pieces with a little Inca Gold,in Gold and Pink.

*note to self , get more colours of that stuff..it works a treat enhancing any WOW product.

If you want any of these wonderful Moroccan pieces,make sure you ask you local stockist to send an email to Suzanne to get them in store...

I have creative visions of a large frame or door using them.. swoon !!!

This piece below uses a similar process to the above painting process ,

 using these rad WOW cogs and some funky fun mixed media elements .

Thanks for dropping by bloggers, 

I hope I have inspired you a little to go paint over your chippy

 and to make it part of your background, instead of an embellishment.

A Perfect Page....

I had the most amazing time hanging out with these gals at a Hunter Valley retreat in August. We laughed and cried and shared so many stories and poignant moments that it was hard to do it justice on a scrapbook layout. I spent longer than I normally would on this page and, to me, it shows.

I used a technique on the background learnt from the gorgeous Naomi Cox, with some added stencil work using my new release Boot Stencil and another current fave, Lighthouse Flourish.

The page is also embellished with these chippies - cogs, barbed wire, love this, mini people, a zig-zag arrow, some Prima doodads, a cut file, and Dymo for the captions. I used American Crafts foam words for the title and typed out a long and heartfelt story which is hidden in the envelope.

I poured my heart and soul into this page and I love it so much because it really does completely and perfectly represent my experience at this retreat.

This, to me, is why I scrapbook.

I hope you find some inspiration in this post and have some awesome fun playing with your WoW products. Please come and share your work with us in our new Facebook Group, we love to see what you're creating with WoW!

Thanks for coming by

Another sad Farewell to a departing Design Team Member

Today we are going to celebrate Tess Pretty- McMahon

and say a big thank you for all your efforts and inspiration over your time on the Design Team.
The friendship we cherish and will keep, that you are not taking anywhere girlfriend. xxx

Here are some of my Favourites.

Design Team Layouts Using the October Triple Treat

By now all those who sent there envelopes in will have their Triple treat chipboard to play with this month.

When you have completed your layout can you add it the Facebook page use the link below.

https://www.facebook.com/events/639377122871013/

Introducing New DT members

Tanya Froud

http://itsacreativemess.blogspot.com.au

Tania Ridgewell

http://taniaridgwell.blogspot.com.au/

Peg Hewitt

http://pegsplaytime.blogspot.com.au/

I also used these stencils

http://www.webster-enterprises.com.au/alta154-1?filter_name=hearts

http://www.webster-enterprises.com.au/alta051-6x6-random-circles?filter_name=circles

and this chippy

http://www.webster-enterprises.com.au/rwl9529-whirlicious-57?filter_name=RWL9529

Sandra Wallace

www.backinmycorner.blogspot.com.au

I've deconstructed (it's what I do) the chipboard pieces and 

have included the "1st" from a "1st Birthday" chipboard piece.


Elisa Ablett

www.2crazycrafters.blogspot.com.au

Welcome girls and thank you for your awesome inspiration with the triple treat.

My Final Design Team Post by Sue Smith

After 3 years of being on this wonderful Design Team, I have decided call it quits. I seem to get little time or inspiration to scrap these days, and besides it will be good to see some fresh new enthusiastic faces keep this awesome Team alive and well.

Going on a retreat recently was a good chance to at least get some layouts done for my last post.

This first one is a sketch challenge at the Kraft Plus Challenge blog....

I have used the 'Pictures Of You' title coloured white with a Posca pen and then topped with clear plus sprinkles of yellow embossing powder....
                                                   

Next up a layout of my cute kitty snuggling companion, Dash...

I have used the 'Today' title from the Pack of 10 coloured with Smooch Ink, one of my favourite products to use on my WOW chippy.....

I love this next layout of my daughter and her then fiance in Japan where I 'painted' the background with Glimmer Mist....

I 'Smooched' this gorgeous 'Messy Square Frame' and decorated it with a small piece cut from 'Blossom Branch' and coloured in the detail......

                                 

My final share with you is this layout of my sister's granddaughter, Tayla.....

For the background, I have used one of my all-time favourite AltaMATZ 12x12 'Acid Burn' and finished off with one of the 'Messy Arrow Frames'....

              

Well, that's it....my last post. And now I'm sad. I want to thank all the other Design Team members that I have worked with over the years. I feel privileged to call you all friends. Thank you Suzanne for your generosity and your wonderful product line. Thank you also for being patient with me when I couldn't contribute because of illness.

To the incoming new Design Team members....congratulations on your appointment, and hope you enjoy your time on this talented team as much as I have. 

Project Life Design By Tanya Kember

This 12 x 12 Project Life page is full of techniques and WOW chipboard goodies.

Let's take a closer look.

From the background templates and sprays with stamping accents to... 

Using the chipboard shapes to impress into the gesso background for added texture.

How cool do these new triangles look on this layout.

String and staples to add more interest and texture.

Thank you Tanya for inspiring us with another awesome Project Life Page.

Step By Step By Tracey Henly.

Fantasy

By Tracey Henly

I started my layout on a piece of Kraft card stock, I painted from the centre brushing upwards and downwards, randomly not total coverage, with clear gesso.

 I did this to get better drippage, (spell check doesn't think this is a word PFTTT), with the spray.

Pool your colour of choice across the middle of your layout and then rock it up an down to get the spray to run.

Set aside to dry or use a heat gun if you are inpatient.

Take your chipboard piece, in this case wings, and apply a coat of Tim Holtz crackle paint.

Let it dry naturally.

On your dry background put some pencil marks where your photo and frame are going to sit.

This gives you a guide as to where your next lot of background layers are going to go.

Next I took a template, some clear embossing ink in a dauber, and three embossing powder colours.

Using one colour at a time, I inked some circles through the template then added a colour, shook off the excess, then heat set it.

You can put as many circles as you like.

I used Aged gold embossing powder on the chipboard flourishes above and below the frame.

Back to the wings, I learnt this technique from a You tube tutorial. The lovely scrap booker sharing it I cannot remember her name, sorry. She came across it by mistake but loved the effect and shared it. It makes the cracks really big in the paint.

So what you do it cover your dried crackle paint with dimensional magic or glossy accents and let dry again. 

Once it is dry you apply another coat of your crackle paint and sit back and watch the magic.

When these are dry attach them to your layout and add your finishing touches, some seed beads to the frame and chipboard butterfly using glossy accents.

Sequins to the back ground again I use glossy accents.

I used the background spray on the title letters.

And of cause some flowers.

Thanks for looking

Tracey