Trying something New

February inspiration by Cathy McClelland with Green Lorikeets

  This was the painted inspiration for this months challenge over at...

http://artasticchallengeblog.blogspot.com.au/

I love the challenges because it is really up to the individuals how the painting moves them to create.

I immediately thought of the shaving cream technique I have recently viewed online somewhere, and wanted to give it a go.

Step one cheap old shaving cream in a baking dish big enough for your 12 x 12 card stock. Smooth top over with an old shop/credit card.

Step 2 drop some acrylic paint into the shaving cream.

Step 3 smooth the paint down with the shop/credit card and then take a wooden skewer and swirl and move your paint around.

Step 4 lay your card stock onto the shaving cream and gently pat down. Then lift off and set aside to dry.

You can do more than one print from your paint application, just add a couple of different colours and swirl around into different shapes. I even tried different coloured car stock.

The more prints you do the subtler the tones become. Once dry scrap off  the shaving foam with a flat squeegee or metal ruler. 

 Print one, this one I used.

Print two.

Print three, I added some metallic gold paint into this one.

My finished layout

Thanks for looking 

Tracey

Chipboard Inspiration with Kerryn

Good Morning to all our WOW followers. Kerryn here on the blog today to share a few pages with you.

A simple page to start the day with a photo that I took last October while on holidays.

Featuring Nautical Mini Border WOW2238 coloured with red ink and clouds from the Summer Mini Pack WOW2467, the centers are covered with white embossing powder and the cloud outline is inked with blue Brilliance Ink.

This is what vacation looks like

I love my second page but I'm sure I promised no more snow photos in a previous post......I lied! Still had a few snowflakes left, so I have put them to use. Our son and BIL getting a bit crazy on a small patch of snow.

Chipboard pieces Mini Snowflake Pack WOW1681covered with white Brilliance Ink and then a thick coat of diamond Stickles, the large snowflake is from the Snowflake Set WOW900 covered with Waterfall Stickles. The Light Wood Veneer title Like This WV117 has been kept neutral.

Like This

Thanks for stopping by the blog today.

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

InstaLove

Howdy Bloggers , Lisa Here ,with a fresh start to the year and a new blog update.

Lets talk challenges , Did you see the super cool challenge that we are hosting this month? 

check the details in the below post here ..

Oh challenges,to get that creative flow going,well that ain't really my thing.

That said,I have been creating pieces,and this sorta kinda fits the challenge, minus the colour palette. 

Aww this is my eldest with her first real boyfriend, ain't they cute?

To highlight this photo I have used this awesome WOW barbed wire frame that

 I firstly gave a quick coat of Dina Wakely sky acrylic paint ,

then embossed with Colour Blast embossing powder

For the background,I used a 6x6 WOW Chevron Alta Matz ,

with some Deep Water Colour Blast coloured textured paste.

LOVE the thick shimmery Chevron.

oh and its a long shot,but my quote ,made up of words and sticker,goes like this.

"love this ! selfie

special little moments

love laugh live

instalove"

Thanks for dropping by, here's a little blessing for you all.

"I hope this year,Your creativity is on fire,like lightning flowing through your hands."

Lisa 

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

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

Tess's Week - 'Beautiful'

Tess back again with a sneaky Saturday share.... With all of the yummy new release items set to go live, I thought I would break the rules again and share one that is in that release. I had amazing fun with this layout and have been hanging to share it since retreat.

 

Beautiful

Using new release chipboard 'Beautiful', chipboard Narrow Arrow Pack (WOW1893) and chipboard Feather from Feather Set (WOW1562)

 

Lets start with the new release word 'Beautiful'. I have covered it in a layer of white Gesso and dried it. This will prime the surface and make it white.

 

I have then used the same paint that I used on the splats to tie the same red through into the layout.

 

If you haven't used Gesso before, it is a paint like product that simply puts a base onto the product you are using.

 

The chipboard arrows have been coloured with a black sharpie marker.

 

The chipboard feather has been coloured in with a while gel journal pen. I find that there is an angle to hold the pen at where it will put lines into the coating and make it look like a real feather - it gives it texture.

 

I hope you are ready for tomorrow with the amazing new release due to go live. I know you wont be disappointed by this one. There are things in there for everyone and if you are half as excited about this release as our design team, you will love what is coming your way!!

Tess's Week - Tim Holtz OTP

Good morning world of WOW, Tess back again with something a bit different today. I bought this Tim Holtz alarm clock shell a while ago and had all of these great ideas with what I could do with it. I wanted something a bit vintage and pretty.

And can I say, I had a ball putting this project together.

 

This is just to remind you that the Words or Whatever products don't have to be used on scrapbook layouts or cards only!

OTP Alarm Clock

Using chipboard Butterfly and Chicken Wire Small (WOW1767)

 

I knew straight away which piece of chipboard I wanted to use and it fitted the feel of the project perfectly. To colour it, I have used a Vintage Photo ink and sponged it onto the piece. I have then cut it up to fit into the clock face. The biggest bit is on top of the flower, but there are also pieces layered under the flower to give it depth and then the butterfly on the top of the frame.

 

Thanks for calling past. I do have another share tomorrow you might want to call back for.... Its a sneak peek of one of the new release items!

Tess's Week - 'She is Ours'

Tess back again today with another layout to share using the gorgeous Words or Whatever products. Today I have another idea for altering your chipboard.

 

She is Ours

Using chipboard flourish from Mini Flourish Pack (WOW1837) and chipboard Flourish Tag (WOW1307)

 

Todays layout is using good old traditional chipboard. Like many people I am not a big fan of the plain old grey that the chipboard comes in. Its hard to alter with mists as it soaks into the chippy and the colours don't come out vibrant or the exact colour.

 

To combat this I have been using white Gesso to 'prime' the chipboard and give it a white base prior to altering it.

 

 

When I coated this one I was looking for an uneven look on the chipboard to give it some extra character (which is exactly what I got). The mist has still soaked through a little, but the colour of the mist is accurate to what comes from the bottle.

 

 

Thanks for calling past again today. I will have another share for you tomorrow.

A Day with Tess - 'Not all who wander are lost'

Happy Monday to all our Words or Whatever followers, Tess here today. I don't know about you, but this year is flying past and it will be Christmas before we know it. For us in Australia, the temperatures are starting to heat up and it's looking to be a long hot summer.

I had a bit of fun piecing this one together and couldn't wait to share it.

Not all who wander are lost
Using Chipboard Small Birdcages (WOW1541) and Chipboard Mini Clouds (WOW1931)
 



 

The Words or Whatever items on this page are go to items in my stash. I just love the birdcage and how detailed it is. They have been misted with a white mist, then layered with a white glitter, just to give them a bit extra. Unfortunately in these photos you cant see the glitter, but I can promise you it is there (and all over my scrap space!).

 

 

I have always loved the subtle effect of white on white. It just makes some layouts complete.

 

Well thanks for stopping by. There will be more get pages to share this week from some of the other gorgeous DT girls. Make sure you come back and check them out.

 

Don't forget, it you love the Words or Whatever items you see, contact your scrap supplier and get them to order some for you. You will love them!