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Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Scraps of Elegance - Guest Designing for Scrap Around the World

August 2014 Challenge 16 - An Elegant & Textural Mood Board by Marilyn Rivera, http://scraparoundtheworld.blogspot.gr/2014/08/august-2014-challenge-16-elegant.html

This month we as Scraps of Elegance Design Team were invited as Guests Designers by the ever popular Scrap Around the World to use their Mood Board as a starting point to design a page. As we are one of the permanent sponsors for them, I am feeling very honoured to join their Team for this challenge...

Authentic Memories

My inspiration came from the top left photo...I just loved the weathered look of the walls, the tall window in the back and knowing I had this photo of Michelle on the stairs sparked my imagination! Using paper by Marion Smith's Mad Tea Party 'Wonderland' from SOE's July kit 'Chasing Rabbits' and Lindy's Stampgang Sprays from the colour Add-on I set to work to create some awesome textures on the frame and paper.

I have had this frame in my stack ever since I stared scrapping and found great use for it now...have another one, might use it in another 5 years time...To achieve the rusted effect I first gesso'd it, then applied a thick layer of textured gel medium. After it dried I sprayed layers of Lindy's Flat Fabio's; Cafe-au- Lait and C'estla vie Cerise...Also dabbed some Rusty Hinge and Black Soot Distress Paint.

A metal ornament, Prima Junkyard findings and an adorable metal door handle received as a gift from Ingrid Gooyer add some interest to the frame.

I layered several of my Petaloo flowers under the frame, something I love doing to add some dimension and interest to my pages.

Absolutely adore these new Textured flowers from Petaloo...so much detail in them...

I wanted to add more feathers because the image of the lady with the hat was also a favourite...but in the end just used a few here. The black spatters are from Imagine Crafts Irresistible Texture Spray from an older kit.

My brick wall is a Prima Stencil with texture paste embossed with Ranger Antiquities Cement and Brushed Corduroy Distress Embossing Powder.

Do take the time to visit both Blogs for amazing inspiration by both Design Teams!!!

Scraps of Elegance

Scrap Around the World

You are a piece of the puzzle of someone else's life.
You may never know where you fit,
but others will fill the holes in their lives
with pieces of you.
~Bonnie Arbon~

Thursday, April 25, 2013

Remembering... April 2013 PPP

The Prima Product Pick and colour challenge for April really took me out of my comfort zone...I am Greens and Browns and earthy colours and now I had to work with these Spring colours!!! But I did enjoy playing with something out of the ordinary for once...Although this page in the end had a mind of its own! I had my photos, design and papers all set out, even had al the paper mats cut and positioned, and then I started with the texture and misting...lol...and everything changed! By the time I was done misting, nothing worked any more and I had to do a roundabout on all of it!!!

In the end I used this photo of my three kiddies taken in 1991..at least their clothes matched the colours of the palette as well...

I started by white washing the background paper, a sheet of Prima's Script Pad with Gesso and a wet wipe. Thereafter I added a border with some Gesso. I applied Seedless Preserve Distress Stain with a sponge, misted with water and dried with my heat gun. Then I spritzed some of the same colour on with a mini mister. I made the blobs with Peacock Feathers Distress Stain.

I also used Squeezed Lemonade Distress ink and a Prima mask to add the yellow dots. The punched elements were part of a mat that I cut and ended up being used as elements tucked between my flower clusters.