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MASKING TECHNIQUE - 2

Guest Creative Team member Louise Nelson has put a great spin on the technique of masking.

Whilst masks are fabulous for just that; masking, they are also fabulous as 'stamps'.
To achieve this it is just 3 simple and easy steps......


1. Place your mask on a protective background and spray with desired mist, ensuring you cover the mask itself completely with mist.

 

2. Gently and slowly lift up the mask, ensuring no mist runs off, and flip over onto cardstock background.
Leave the mask on the cardstock for about a minute and then gently peel off.

 

3. Allow to dry and then complete your layout as desired.
What you are left with is a 'stamp' like image from the mask that can be used to create a layout background pattern or background to frame your photo.

 

For this particular mask I coordinated my embellishments to the pattern of the mask.

 

 

Thanks for a great tutorial Lou and for putting such an inspirational spin on "masking"

HAPPY CREATING EVERYONE

~Shazz~
xo

MASKING TUTORIAL - 1

Creative Team member Kym Cowan created this tutorial on masking.

 

 

 

 

And here is the layout that Kym used her "masked" tag on

Thank you for this great tutorial Kym

HAPPY CREATING

~Shazz~
xo

 

NOVEMBER TECHNIQUE CHALLENGE

This month's technique is the fun technique of "masking"
Masking is the opposite of stamping.
Grab your paints, inks, glimmer mist, etc; something to use as a mask (either store bought or home made - that's where the fun part comes in) and then you simply cover the area with the mask that you don't want painted, stamped or misted.
The range of masks on the market is huge and what you can find in your stash to use as a mask is really only limited by your imagination.

The Creative Team busied themselves with the packs provided by this month's sponsor
ScrapFriends

and grabbed their paints, mists and inks and this is what they came up with.

Kym

Louise

Louise


Jody

Close Up of Jody's Mask using Chicken Wire

So what can you find that is interesting and innovative to use as a mask...???
We would love to see your project.
Upload it into the gallery and be in the running for a prize pack or voucher at the end of the month.

HAPPY SCRAPPING
~Shazz and the Team~
xo

 

NOVEMBER SKETCH CHALLENGE

Hello and welcome to November on The Lounge.
It's hard to believe that Christmas is just around the corner.....I swear we only took our tree down a few months ago.

This month the CT sponsor packs were supplied by one of our newest advertisers, ScrapFriends

Angel has such a gorgeous range of flowers for sale along with so many other gorgeous products.
You really need to pop over and check out the site.
And The Lounge girls who have placed orders with ScrapFriends have been mightily impressed with the customer service.

This month we also welcome the amazing Louise Nelson to The Lounge as our guest Creative Team member.
It's no secret that I just LOVE Lou's unique and inspirational style and the examples that she has created are just stunning.
Thanks Lou for being a part of The Lounge team this month.

SKETCH CHALLENGE
This month's sketch was designed by CT member, Kym

And is how the team interpreted the sketch......

Jody

Kym



Louise

You can upload your interpretation of the sketch here by midnight (NSW time), November 30 to be in the running for a prize pack or voucher.
We would love to see how you interpret the sketch

HAPPY SCRAPPING

~Shazz and the Team~
xo

CREATIVE TEAM CALL

The Scrap Lounge is looking for THREE new creative team members to join our team.

As part of our Creative Team you will be expected to do the following:
- maintain a regular presence and actively participate in the forum and gallery, if not on a daily basis, then as close to it as possible.

- Complete at least THREE projects (layouts, cards, ATCs, OTPs) each month using the product packs provided by the sponsor for that month and based on a sketch and a technique/style
These MUST be uploaded by the first of each month.
Packs will contain approximately $15.00 worth of product from our sponsor.

- Help host and participate in, our monthly cybercrops by setting challenges, designing a sketch or hosting a game of bingo.

- Vote for the winners of our monthly challenges and cybercrop challenges.

- Contribute to the “Scrapping Question of the Day”, “Question of the Day”; Birthday/Anniversary Announcements areas of the forum.

- Contribute to The Lounge blog on a regular basis – sharing Lounge news, promoting sponsors/competitions/challenges, etc and uploading step-by-step projects, etc.

- Promote The Lounge through your blog and other social networking sites (Twitter, Facebook, etc)

If you think you would like to be a part of our team and join one of the friendliest forums on the net (well we think so), please send your application to shazz@scraplounge.com.au by
midnight, Sunday, November 6

The following MUST be included in your application
Your name:
Address:
Phone:
Email:
Blog or website address (if applicable)

Images of 5 recent projects that you have scrapped that you feel gives us a “feel” for your style
(these images can be from other galleries, The Lounge gallery or feel free to scrap new projects)

Answers to the following questions…
1. Why do you want to be a part of the Scrap Lounge Creative Team?

2. Are you currently on, or have you ever been on, a design/creative team before?
If so, which ones?

3. What qualities do you think you can bring to the Creative team?

4. Do you regularly frequent other sites?

So.....if you think you would like to be a part of our team, please send in an application.
Should you have any questions about your application or what is required, please do not hesitate to contact me at shazz@scraplounge.com.au 

~shazz~
xo

PLEASE NOTE: Successful applicants will be notified by November 30 and the new Creative Team will be announced at The Lounge Christmas party to be held on
Monday, December 12.

RUBY ROCK-IT DESIGN TEAM CALL

Here is the Design Team call from "Ruby Rock-It"
Hope some of you will give it a go....their product is gorgeous.

Ruby Rock-It is looking for a new Design Team!  We are looking for a variety of crafters:  simple design, clean design, mixed media, altered arts, gift, packaging, home decor, wedding invitations, cards....the possibilites are endless. 

As a Ruby Rock-It design team member you will receive:

• A package of Ruby Rock-It lines every 3 months including new product before it is released.
• Your name, bio and photo on the Ruby Rock-It blog and website.
• Sponsored product for blog hops, blog features, social media or other.
• U.S. and International exposure on blog, social media and website.
• Elibigle to create designs for trade shows, website and social media.

We are accepting both U.S. and International entries.

What are we looking for in a design team member?

Ruby Rock-It lines and products are vintage style papers and richly textured embellishments.  We want our team members to be able to design layouts, altered art, home decor and cards that are sure to compliment the product to the highest quality.

Social media and blog:  Designers must also be very savvy to blog and participate in social media to help represent Ruby Rock-It in a varitey of online outlets.
Photography and presentation is a plus!

Easy enough, right??!!
Don't be shy, we want to see your amazing designs.

What does it take to apply:

Please send a total of FOUR projects to:  Rachel Carlson at rachelcarlsonviarubyrockit@gmail.com

Projects to include:

1 layout
1 card
1 altered project (mini book, small gift project, etc)
1 home decor project

We want to see how each designer does in each category so put your best designs forward.  Designs must be never-before-seen, non-published and contain at least 50% of Ruby Rock-It product. 

Please also include:

• Full contact information.
• Name, home address, phone number, email address, blog/website/social media links.
• Online gallery to view past designs.
• Any companies you have designed for in the past and who you are currently designing for.
• Please share a little bit about yourself and what you feel is your best design qualities.
• Finally, why do you want to join us on the Ruby Rock-It design team?

 

Deadline to apply:  All entries must be received by October 20th and designers will be chosen on October 31st.  Please direct any questions to this blog entry or email me directly at the aforementioned email address.

We are SO excited to see your designs.

Ready, set, GO...and good luck!!

Creative cheers,
Rachel

You can find more information over on the "Ruby Rock-It" blog
Good luck girls

Have a happy, scrappy Friday
~shazz~
xo

"BE INSPIRED" - September 1

For those of you who haven't been over to The Lounge in a while we have had a new fortnightly challenge happening for a while now.
On the 1st and 15th of each month a new inspiration is uploaded.

Our lovely Creative Team member, Jody (aka "scrappyjo"), has been finding the most gorgeous inspirational prompts for us each fortnight and asking us to scrap a LO/card/OTP based on what inspires us from that fortnight's prompt.
This fortnight's is no exception.....

(click on the image to enlarge it)

Isn't it just a gorgeous photo...???
Makes me think of summer and the beach and I love the little lace bag.
And that red definitely gives it the "wow" factor.

So if you would like to enter the draw for a RAK of goodies from Jody, all you need to do is scrap a layout, a card or an OTP and upload it to The Lounge gallery by midnight, September 14.
We can't wait to see what you come up with.

Wishing all the Dads, step-Dads, Grandads, uncles, brothers, sons, out there a very happy Father's Day.

And a happy, scrappy Sunday to the wonderful women behind these wonderful guys.

~shazz~
xo

IS THERE ANYBODY STILL OUT THERE...???

Hello...???
Is there anybody still visiting our poor negelected blog.
Life gets so busy sometimes.....things get put on the back burner and our poor blog was a casualty of my busy life.

Hopefully this is the first of regular blog posts to keep you up-to-date on things happening on The Lounge - and there are some BIG things happening in the coming months.....
STAY TUNED...!!!!

This month's sketch challenge was designed by our wonderful Creative Team member, Miss Danie.

I just LOVE this sketch....it's so versatile and you can move the elements around the page and still be "true" to the sketch.
Here is how our Creative Team and our guest CT member, Mel McKenzie interpreted the sketch.

 
Danie's Example

Jody's Example

Kym's Example

Mel's Example

Aren't they all just stunning...???
All the girls used elements from kits they received from this month's Creative Team sponsor, My2Angels



Tracy sent the girls each one of her newly launched "Embellish Me Kits" which you can subscribe to each month.
These kits are chock-o-block full of embellie-goodness and sell out quickly.
And they are fantastic value for money.
Let's face it girls.....one can NEVER have too many embellies in their stash now can they....???

The girls also had to scrap a LO using the technique, "Paper Tearing and Scrunching"
I am sure this is THE perfect technique to do after a frustrating day dealing with grumpy little ones, husbands and partners and demanding bosses...LOL

Here are the LOs that the girls designed using this technique.

Mel's Example

Kym's Example


Jody's Example

Danie's Example

All the girls used embellishments from the kits provided by My2Angels on their technique LOs.

So....why not give one of our monthly challneges a go....???
Upload your interpretation of the sketch or an example of the technique of paper tearing and scrunching, into our gallery by midnight, September 30 and you could win yourself a prize pack valued at $15.00.
You can scrap a LO, a card or an OTP.
Go on....be adventurous.

Wishing you all a very happy, scrappy start to Spring

~shazz~
xo

 

STAMPING TECHNIQUES

CT member, Jody ("scrappyjo)") has kindly shared some stamping techniques that she has used on her LOs.

Rock 'n' Roll


For this technique you will need a solid stamp (not just an outline) and two inks in different shades.

Step 1
Ink your stamp with the lighter of your two colours.

Step 2
Then with the darker colour, "roll" the edges of your stamp on to the stamp pad.

Step 3
Then stamp on to your page or cardstock ready to cut out and you will have a lovely two toned image.

Using a glue pad
You will need: solid stamp image, glue pad, glitter.

You could then ink the same solid image (stamp) using a glue pad (this is like a stamp pad but it has glue instead of colour) and stamp directly over the top of the stamped colour image. Then using some glitter, sprinkle over the top of the image, and then tap away the excess. You will then have a shimmery stamped image.

Kissing
For this technique you will need one ink and two stamps - a solid image and a patterned image.

Using a solid stamp image, ink well with a colour of your choice. Then take your patterned stamp and using NO ink, stamp directly on to your inked stamp (which will remove some of the colour). Then stamp on to your page or your card stock ready to cut out the image.


Stamping with bubble wrap or other household items
In my Minx Layout below, I have used some bubble wrap to stamp with. How I do this is i wrap the bubble wrap around an acrylic stamp block
(but you could use a piece of cardboard or timber if you don't have a stamp block)
ink up and stamp!
It really is that easy!



I have also used in other layouts: the protective packaging that nashi pears are wrapped in (example coming soon), cotton reals, material, tissue paper - the list is endless.
Think outside the square and get stamping...!!!!

Thank you Jody for sharing those tips with us
~xo~

FEBRUARY ON "THE LOUNGE"

Hello everyone and welcome February on The Lounge.

Well what a month or so it has been......from the devastating floods in QLD and Victoria to the bushfires in WA and this week the destruction left behind in the wake of Cyclone Yasi and a heatwave in certain parts of the East Coast....Australia certainly is a land of extremes.
There have been so many appeals set up to help those that have been affected by these natural disasters.
I hope if you have been unaffected by these disasters you have been able to help out in some way through one of the appeals.
The Lounge is supporting the "HEART CARDS" appeal - and many of you have already contributed.
You can get more information and updates on the "Heart Cards" appeal here

We have a busy month ahead on The Lounge.
Hope you get the chance to pop by and say hello and maybe join in some of the fun.

This month's challenges are well underway.
And the Creative Team - Ann, Danie, Jody and Kym have done some simply gorgeous examples using a product pack provided by me.

This month's sketch was designed by CT member Kym

And here are the girls examples - both layouts and a card.

Danie

Jody

Kym

and finally the card Ann created based on Kym's sketch.....

Aren't they all simply gorgeous....???
You can see what our Lounge Ladies have come up with using Kym's sketch as inspiration here
All entries in the sketch challenge this month are in the running for $15.00 voucher from our newest sponsor, Chocollo Cards and Crafts

This month's technique is stamping and embossing.
And here are the examples that our Creative Team have come up with.....

Jody

A very cute little card designed by Danie.
We will have a "how-to" up here on the blog in the next few days.

Kym

Ann

Another lot of stunning examples from our very talented Creative Team.
You can see what our Lounge Ladies did with their examples here
And again, our wonderful new sponsor, Chocollo Cards and Crafts, is providing a $15.00 voucher for this challenge so why not upload an entry to the gallery...???

This month's cybercrop will take place from Friday midday, February 11 to Monday midnight, February 14 and I feel that there may be some LOVE in the air this month....LOL
Keep and eye out here for some clues from the Creative Team in the days leading up to the CC - they are always such a tease with them.

I hope that you all have a fabulous weekend and that wherever you are in this beautiful country of ours that the weather is being good to you.

Have a happy, scrappy weekend
~shazz~
xo