'Let Me Fly' By Elisa Ablett

Hi Scrap Matrix Fans,

My turn up on the Scrap Matrix blog today with my first inspiration for the month of April.

I wanted to create a fairy garden for the photo of my 'great' niece who is often the subject of my scrapbooking pages. I  wanted use all different types of materials including acetate and alcohol inks plus those AWESOME Art by Marlene Stamps which are becoming my firm fav. Distress Oxides ink pads made their way in to create the background, love that they can either be as bright or more mellow depending on your technique !

The April Challenge over on the Scrap Matrix Shares facebook page is to - 

Such a great challenge, there are so many great quotes out there, 

so get your thinking caps on and enter in our challenge this month.

Here is a round up of the major products used in the layout 

and can be found at Scrap Matrix - 

 

http://scrapmatrix.com/shop-by-category/stencils/paper-artsy/

http://scrapmatrix.com/distress-oxides/

http://scrapmatrix.com/stamp-set-47/

http://scrapmatrix.com/art-by-marlene-flowers-small-stamp/

http://scrapmatrix.com/brands/13-Arts.html

Let's take a closer look at the layout!

To create the flowers, I dabbed alcohol inks over an acetate sheet, then sprinkle Alcohol Ink blending solution to create some lovely patterns and blending. I then waited for it to dry then stamped the flowers, stems and leaves in Staz On Jet Black ink. Then fussy cut once dry.

To create the background I used Distress Oxide Inkpads and a smooshing technique on a craft mat along with spritz's of water. Then drag your paper through the liquid and dry between each layer. I also smoothed Distress Oxide Inks over Paper Artsy Stencils using a blending tool, just to give the background some depth.

Add some stamping using an Aall and Create Stamp #47  and your quote.

I used an old 13 Arts sticker sheet (the wings) to add underneath my fussy cut photo which i mounted on 3D foam tape.

And your finished!

Thanks for stopping by the blog today,

Hugs xx

Elisa 

'No beauty shines brighter than that of a good heart' by Elisa Ablett

Hi everyone,

Elisa here from the design team for Visible Image with my latest mixed media projects featuring one of the NEW and exciting Written in the Stars - Zodiac stamp sets that have just been released by this AWESOME UK Company. These stamps are so versatile so far the team have made cards, tags, mixed media projects, a wall hanging, journal pages - so you can see they are well worth it!

I am featuring the Capricorn Stamp Set on a galaxy art journal page along with the Believe in Unicorn stamp set and a texture background featuring water colour crush powders plus wax kitchen paper.

I also have a second project on offer featuring the same stamp set! a mixed media tag with alcohol inks and acetate and gold foiling.

Here are some close ups of my Art Journal - Capricorn Galaxy page and my Alcohol Ink and Acetate mixed media tag!

Some of the techniques used on this art journal page include - wax kitchen paper collage, embossing, watercolour wet on wet and gold foiling using a glue stick!

Water colour powders called Colour Crush by Tinby Designs in Australia were used to create the colours in the background.

Some of the techniques used on my tag - a monoprinted background with a gel plate, alcohol ink on acetate and gold foiling on acetate.

Here are the awesome versatile stamp set - Zodiac Capricorn, the link is below underneath the stamp set. 

https://visibleimage.co.uk/product/zodiac-capricorn/

That's it from me today! 

Check out my social media links - follow along to see all my new projects!

http://2crazycrafters.blogspot.com.au/

instagram.com/elisa_ablett/

Thank you for stopping by the blog, make sure you hop over to the shop and have a look at the new releases for 2018 including the Zodiac Stamps.

'Just Be Happy' By Elisa Ablett

Hi Crafters,

Another New Reveal from Visible Image!!

'Elemental' and 'Create your Calm'

I have another project up on the Visible Image blog today featuring the amazing new stamps which are being revealed day by day this week.

I have created a mixed media scrapbooking page using the 'Organics' and 'Elemental' 

 stamp sets. The Organics stamp set I stamped onto Acetate with Staz On ink to create visual interest on my background.

With the Elemental stamp set I stamped over the background and hand coloured some of the circle elements. 

Both of theses Stamp Sets are so versatile, great for creating backgrounds on cards and scrapbooking pages and also with mixed media projects. These stamp sets will be 'must haves' in your collection.

Here is my layout :- - 

Here are some close ups!

Here are some of the other products from Visible Image that i used - 

Geometric Maze - Stencil

Just be Happy - Stamp Set

That's it from me today,

Hugs xx

Elisa