Egg dairy ... New look

Well accidents happen and it was going to happen sooner or later....

I dropped my journal and dammeged the cover... Not just a small crack..

But the top came off!!! Smashed!!

I was shattered (no pun intended!!) to say the least but then I thought this was the chance to pull it off

And fix up my changes I wanted to make the last time and add some more... Well let's see what I can do before I say some thing that doesn't happen!!!

Evidence of the disaster!!

So I started of by re-sanding the cover and doing a thin layer of gesso and then

Did a second coat of gesso thicker this time.

I then put my eggshells down. Egg shell up and glue it down mod podge.

Once dry I reapplied mod podge and dried.

I then put the colour cream. I again did two coats.

Once dry I applied a serviette. 

I put it one side to dry and took a arch chippie and did a thin layer of glue over

The entire chippie to give it dimemsion. I dried it with my heating tool. Once dried 

I applied gold paint. Dried and then over the top used picked fence distress paint and rubbed with my finger

over the gold to tone down the gold. I still wasn't happy with the colour so I used spun sugar distress paint

over top of the colours I had already used. 

I then took my dress mannequin and sprain with Dylusions -

chocolate, campso teal & turquoise  

I did a paper doily as a skirt and glued it down.

 I left it white and put a silver ribbon over the top.

I then put a piece of lace across the cover and glued it down.

I then glued down my arch that was dry.

I then glued down my mannequin.

I then added more lace to the mannequin which I had sprayed with garnet. 

I found the agent to pink so I added  abit of picket fence over it to tone it down.

I then placed a rhinestone on the centre of the lace and a bit of stickles - pearl at the top.

At the top of the mannequin I added a large rhinestone as well.

 

Super stoked with the final out come and I must say this is more of a ladies dairy.. so between you, me and this blog kinda happy it needed a new lease on life!

 

Happy scrapping Ladies

"Little boy"

       Thanks YouTube this has been my most enjoyable clip to watch and learn from....

"Mother's Love" by lindys stamp gang.

I started of by choosing a black card stock and then glued down old book pages.

I then watered down gesso over the pages. I wanted the black edging on the card stock to show.

I then started sorting through my scrap pattern papers. You will need about 10 variations. I cut them into strips of 0.7cm thick and at least 25cm long.

Before sticking the strips down I mark where I want my photo down.

I then measure 1cm in from from the edge of both sides of the photo marks and 

draw a fine line to start placing my strips down. 

Place them both horizontally and vertically. 

I staggered my layers as I placed them down.

Once they where down I gessoed over my patterned paper. 

And dried with my heating tool.

I then took modeling paste and my circle stencil and did random circles. 

Once I was happy with my circles. I dried with my heating tool. Making sure that the pages well dried. I then took my two colours - poppy red and sky blue. 

I sprayed my page in the areas I wanted my colours to stand out.

I then dried the sprays again.

Once it was dry I took my charcoal pencil and edged all the strips I had stuck down.

I also went around some of the circles. This just makes the images pop!!

 At this point I was so stoked with how it was looking I 

stood back and enjoyed what I had done..... 

I then stuck down my picture with glue, and began to add my embellishments.

I've loved doing this page... I do so badly need to learn how to improve on my 

photography work!!!

From the light to the angles.... 

Happy scrapping guys

XXOO 

Joan 

Garden Bottle

So I wanted to try doing a bottle... It seemed easy and so...

Here goes..

I got an empty sundries tomato bottle and washed it well and removed the Label.

I then did a thin layer of gesso.

Once it dried I applied antique gold -Folk art papier glitter paint 

Over the hole bottle covering the gesso.

Once dried I did a second coat.

Once the second coat was dried I then cut out the images off the serviettes 

 I wanted and then applied with mod podge.

I then got string and strung it around the top a few times and then

Added an image with the bird on and glued it down, so it

Doesn't swing every time I pick up the bottle!

 For my first attempt it's okay... Most certainly would like to try another bottle but this time going to hunt a different shape!!!

Thanks for stopping by

Cheers scrappers stay warm

XXOO 

Mother's Love

                               So ..I had one idea, but as soon as I started my idea was straight out the window and I headed off in new direction...

I started with a 8 x 8 canvas and covered it with tissue paper already preprinted.

I took a piece of lace and adhered it the the base of the canvas.

I then got my "Love" sign and two ticket stubs.

First I sprayed the "Love" sign with Dylusions - bubble gum.

I glued it over the lace and place my two ticket stubs.

I then applied a thin... Watered down layer of gesso over the whole canvas.
I then used my heating tool and dried my canvas.
I then placed my masking tape down we're I wanted it.

I then glued down butterflies that will resist the sprays. 

I took my charcoal pencil and went over the word "love" and enhanced it. 

I turned on my heat gun and.... Well the fun begins!!

Take the heat gun and run the glue over the masking tape

Were you want the glue. You must let the gun get hot before applying the glue or it 

will be thick as it has happened on my canvas.

Once the glue is dry - it dries quickly!!

Choose your two colours to spray.

I started with poppy red. Dry between spraying colours.

I  wiped of the excess spray and dried with heating tool.

I took my charcoal pencil and again went over the 'Love''.

I took wet wipes and placed then over the areas I didn't want sprayed with my next colour.

I took my Burnt umber and sprayed over the areas with masking tape and glue.

Again cleaning off excess spray off the resist butterflies once finished.  

I then dried with my heating tool. And started to decorate with the embellishments I wanted.

I backed my picture with black card stock. Placed a white flower  in the cornor and put rhinestones flowing out the flower.

Hope you enjoyed this new technique as much as I have enjoyed playing whilst learning...

Happy scrapping everyone 

Joan

XXOO                                  

Blue eyes

Hello every one...

This is my favourite page of all...

It's the first page of my journal and I found this ATC card on Pinterest that I love so I turned it into my journal page.

I started of with broken chine - distress stain and dried the page well.

I took tissue paper and covered it with script stamps and made sure that it was flowing and that the staZon ink was consistent through out the tissue paper. 

I modge podged it over the whole page covering the broken china

I then measured the size of card which was 13cm (L)  X 20cm (H).

I covered with oriental script and used vintage photo - distress inks and inked it over the whole page. Until I was happy with the effect I was looking for....it turned out great and blended in with the blue until it made me so happy it gave me goosebumps!!

I took half a face out a magazine and only used the the eye and the lower nose,lips and cheek.
I then tore the part of the lower face and placed it on the right side of the vintage photoed card.
I cut out a butterfly in baby blue bazzil card stock and then stamped and embossed with platinum  pearl. I then split my butterfly down the centre as the eye must be placed at an angle with the butterfly wings coming off the eyes.
Once I was happy with the layout I glued it down.

Really stoked with the out come!!

Happy journaling and thanks heaps for visiting...
XXOO 

All Boy

Great page heaps of work....

I started with my Stanley knife and mat, 3.5hours later I had cut out every square and rectangle

to create the edges on this layout.

With my circle punch I punched out 3 circles for each page in different colour papers to

blend with the tones of the pages.

I did the same with my star punch. 3 stars per page.

Remember to use your Distress ink - Vintage photo

to ink the edges of both the stars and the circles.

Choose your two main photos - one being landscape the other being portrait.

I then using an oval stencil and cut out my second photo as an oval and backed it in green and again edged it with my distress ink - Vintage photo

Joy. joi n. Mummy's  pride and joy

My third photo is cut out in a circle and backed in Orange paper and again inked with distress ink - vintage photo.

Like photo's one and two they are backed and edged in the same manners as above. A green piece of paper  which is square (8cm x 8cm) is placed in the centre of both pages.

I then started the work methodically in placing the pieces of cut squares and rectangles around the edges of the pages. to give it dimension I used foam tape to lift some of the squares and rectangles of the page. the foam tape was used in the same way with the stars and the circles to give it lift.

Handsome, hand' sum Attractive
Handsome

I added a small pocket with a tag so i could journal about my day with my little man Ethan and the rest of the family... but Ethan in my arms is always a pleasure I enjoy! Hes outgrown that.. but the cuddles they will last forever!

I found some rub-on's that will go with this page so I added them and then added the title..."All boy!"

Love how the colours pop...

Hope you enjoy this page as much as I enjoyed creating it!

Love to you all

Autumn

Challenge time...

So we had Autumn colours with a related image for this challenge. I chose only to use the autumn colours and did my journal. I started with torn strips of and old pattern and modge podge it to my page. I then chose my browns and started with my lightest brown then brought in my burnt umber. I the. Dried with my heating tool. I then used serviettes with leafs on and tore them to how I wanted.

 I modge podge my serviettes on in random places. I made sure that when I modge podge I put it over the whole page as it was my final layer. I then tool my vintage photo - distress ink and inked over the whole page to lift the colour. I used distress ink - walnut stain on the edge of my pages.
I instinctively pick up my black Pitt pen and write my saying on my pages.... But then realise it is blending in with my page!!! I go back over the black with my white paint pen to enhance the saying and add stitching to the edging of the page.

Have a great week and enjoy what ever the weather my bring you:)

Happy journaling :)