Colour Blast DT project

Hi Lynn here, This is my first post with Colour Blast and I am so excited to be a part of this fantastic group and to get to play with these wonderful products.  Today I have created a cover for my art journal cover.  I have done a small photo tutorial for you.

I started by painted with the texture paste.  I added a bit of matching Colour Shimmer Spray to the paste to make it more like a heavy paint.  I have used Singin the Blues, Royalty and Apple of my Eye randomly on the cover.

I have then used Colour paste - Sunshine through a Prima circle stencil.

Some more stencilling work - this time with Dusty Charcoal and Snow White paste

For the chipboard title, I have covered the chipboard with gesso and then applied Colour Embossing Powder - Lipstick.

For the final touch - which is a little difficult to see in the photo, is the stunning shimmer that I got by spraying the entire cover with Colour Shimmer Spray Bling and Snow White.

Here is the links to the wonderful products that I have used from Colour Blast

Colour Pastes
Colour Shimmer Sprays
Colour Embossing Powders

and you can head over to their blog here and check out the other projects

I will be back later in the month to share a 12x12 scrapbooking layout.  Until then, stay tuned for the other wonderful projects the other Design Team members have for you.

Canvas Corp Project

I am excited to share my first project since becoming a Canvas Corp Crew Member.  I made a few cards using  a variety of their products.  I will list and link the products at the bottom of the blog.

I have used a large piece watercolour paper and applied TCW stencil - Mini Time Travel and Tim Holtz stencil - Measured.  I them covered the paper in gesso.  Once dry I have applied inks - Chalkboard Mist - Valencia, Pot of Gold and then Glimmer mist - Pomegrante and Dragonfly.

Once dry I randomly applied Chalkboard Mist - Iron.   I then covered with a light coat of art basic heavy gesso.

Once dry I cut the paper into card sizes 15.5cm x 10cm

I stamped using the glimmer mist lid white gesso circles randomly on the cards.  I  randomly stamped with 7Gypsies wood stamp - Distressed words.  I cut the Canvas Corp Burlap Fringe in half lengthwise and adhered to the card.  On top of this I added 7Gypsies Global Paper Tape and I piece of music sheet.

I painted the Blue Fern Chipboard with Glam Glimmer Paint - Ocean Spray and added some sparkle embossing powder.

I then added a Green Tara flower, flair, cotton and trinket to each.  Stamped the sentiment and attached with foam tape.

Nothing is complete without bling - so final touches with glass,micro beads and glitter.

Some close ups:

Links to the Canvas Corp Products used:

Chalkboard Mist - Valencia, Pot of Gold, Iron

Glimmer mist - Pomegrante and Dragonfly

 Canvas Corp Burlap Fringe

7Gypsies Global Paper Tape

Glam Glimmer Paint - Ocean Spray

7Gypsies wood stamp - Distressed words

Thanks for stopping by and til next time Happy Crafting.

More Than Words January Challenge

Well I am not sure where January went, but it has just about gone.  2016 is going so much faster than I want already.   I did however have time to complete a layout for the new More than Words Challenge.  This was about personality and a selfie - two things that I found difficult.  I could not think of a word to describe more - I could think of lots of bits of me but not a complete me.  And I DO NOT do selfies.  But here I am with a selfie and a word!!!  I chose Dedicated as my word.  When I commit to doing something I am dedicated.  Whether it be my work, motherhood, my hobby, a promise to a friend, my family.

Here is this months awesome moodboard -

I have created this layout using Blue Fern Studio Love Story Paper - such a beautiful paper to work with.  I have created the background using a Stencil Girl Stencil and Colour Blast Paste - Lipstick as well as a Memory Box stencil and again Colour Blast Paste - Bling (this would have to be favourite colour!)

I covered the Memory Maze chipboard circles with the same colours I used in the paste, but with the embossing powder range.   The flowers are from Petaloo and Green Tara.

Once everything was glued down, I splashed some Colour Blast Colour Shimmer Spray (in the same colours again!) around the embellished areas.

I hope you like the layout and had a chance to enter this challenge (good luck!).  I have provided a link below for the colour blast products and their blog and the More than Words blog.


Colour Blast Products                    - link
Colour Blast Blog                           - link
More Than Words Challenge Blog- link


Til next time - Happy Crafting.

Lets Get Sketchy Week 3 Design Team Reveal

Hi there - time for another reveal at Lets Get Sketchy and I loved this weeks sketch designed by Laetitia.   This will be my last layout with Lets Get Sketchy.  I have thoroughly enjoyed my time on this team.  Here is my layout:

I have rotated the sketch 180 degrees to create my layout.  This is the sketch:

I have used the new Kaisercraft Provincial Collection - Hydrangea paper.  On the lower third I have use 3D Gell through a prima stencil and then sprinkled Art Basics Glitter.

The paper behind the photo is old dictionary paper and Kaisercraft Collectables - Provincial Collection.  The flowers are Prima and Petaloo, and I have pulled apart a Kaisercraft Rhinestone flower and tucked the pieces behind the flowers.   The ScrapFX Chipboard title has been covered with gesso and painted with water colour paints and a sprinkle of glitter.

Final touches with Liquid pearls on the bottom half

Some close ups:

Thank you for stopping by and dont forget to head over to the Lets Get Sketchy Blog here and check out the other designers layouts and have a go at this awesome sketch.

Til next time - happy crafting -  and a very Merry Christmas as that is just around the corner :)

Off The Rails - Design Team Reveal

Hi all

Super excited to be here with my first layout for Off the Rails Scrapbooking.  I have created a 12x12 scrapbooking page based on the mood board:

this is a christmas photo of my dad's dogs and cat (Cocoa the cat, is actually the retired actor from the TV show Neighbours)

Here is the mood board:



I have used Kaisercraft Paper - Silver Bells.  I will give you step by step instructions on how I made this layout on my tutorial due to be up on the blog on Christmas Day.

In the meantime here are some close ups:

Dont forget to pop over to the Off The Rails blog here and check out some of the other Design Teams layouts and have a go at the mood board.

Merry Christmas to you all and happy crafting

NEWS FLASH!!!!!! COLOUR BURST

I am so excited to reveal that I have made it onto the design team of Colour Blast.





This awesome Australian made company has coloured texture paste, embossing powder and sprays.  You can check out their products here

Marta Łapkowska has also done a product review and her video link is here

Looking forward to 2016 where we can showcase these awesome products

Lets Get Sketchy DT Reveal - December Week 1

Well the festive month is upon us and I have created a Xmas layout of my son and mum using the mood board and sketch by Brenshevia

I have used paper from Fancy Pants - Christmas Magic and the strips behind the photo are from My Minds Eye - All is Bright.

I adhered strips of paper cut to the shapes in the sketch in the centre of the paper and then applied texture crackle paste through a 7 dots demask stencil and whilst still wet sprinkled with red glitter.

Once dry I have sprayed with Mica Powder - Green Opal and Gold Opal  (loving these products at the moment!)

The photo mat was created with pullouts from My Minds Eye Lost and Found Christmas accessory sheet.  I added a Prima Christmas bead stem and some assorted flowers from my stash.  Gold embosssed the 2 Crafty chipboard title and added some white gesso flicks.

Here is this weeks moodboard and sketch:






Thanks for stopping by and dont forget to head to the Lets Get Sketchy Blog here and check out the other Designers layouts and have a go :)

Til next time - happy crafting