My Creative Scrapbook Album Kit

Hi There!

It's time to share my projects using the My Creative Scrapbook November Album Kit.

I'm really interested to hear your feedback on some of these projects as they step away from my usual style. My work is usually girly/pretty style but when scrapping my Son I like to dabble with some funkier styles & a bit of mixed media. Do you like this style? Do you think I should stick to girly/pretty or is it OK to mix things up a bit ????


So this kit is filled with Fancy Pants A good Life. There a LOADS of chipboard stickers to play with & some fun tags & embellies.

You can find my tutorial on how to make these rolled roses on my sidebar

A tutorial on how to create this background will be on the My Creayive Scrapbook blog throughout the month along with some great tutorials from the Mixed Media Team

I created this weekly family planner for my Hubby. All the scalloped circles are stuck down with velcro dots so you can move or add as needed. Hubby drive me nuts when he calls & says where are you? UM well it's Wednesday 3PM so we are at swimming just like every other Wednesday honey. But he does it every time. He has no clue of mine & the kids movements so now he will know HE HE!!
I'd just like to quickly add a little toot that I have had 2 pages featured over at Bird Is the Word & a page featured at Imaginarium designs!

Thanks for looking!
Cheers

Mixed Media Graffiti style Tutorial

Hi There!

This month I created a fun tutorial on how to use different mediums to achieve a Graffiti style background. It was on the blog at My Creative Scrapbook a few days ago.

Are you interested in having a play with different mediums but unsure of where to start?  This step by step tutorial is a great way to try it out & give something different a go!  This is how I created the grungy/graffiti style background on this page.

First of all you will need these supplies

This is a 12x12 Crafters Workshop Chevron mask template. you don't need a 12x12 size though you can use smaller. Other patterns that would help create the same effect are bricks, waves, swirls etc

-Gesso

-Texture Paste

-Dark Blue Mist (Tattered Angels Saphire)

-Light Blue Mist (Generic from my LSS)

-Black ink (Versa Magic Midnight Black)

-Dark Brown Ink (Versa Colour Pinecone)

-Bright/Dark Yellow (Prima Coltsfoot)

-Navy Blue Ink (Prima Farmer Jeans)

-Teal Ink (Prima Teal Damask)

-Stamp (Kaisercraft grid stamp)

I have done this tutorial on come cardstock so you can see the texture paste better.  For my page I used the We R Memory Keepers paper from the Main Kit.

First up use your fingers or a popcycle stick & rub some texture paste in 2 areas.  I have done the top right hand corner & bottom left hand corner.  Try not to be perfect when applying.  It is better to get an uneven look.  Let the texture paste dry.

Get your Dark Blue mist & undo the nozzle.  Flick the spray nozzle onto the page so that it leaves splat marks

Now take out your Light Blue Mist & spray randomly around the page

Use the Teal & Yellow inks. Roughly smudge some ink over the texture paste

Use the black ink & stamp the grid patterns on top of the texture paste

Use the Dark Brown ink & roughly ink around the edges of the cardstock/paper

If you have a go at this I would LUV to see it!!

Thanks for looking!

Cheers