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PLEAT FLOWERS

Hello everyone and welcome to another wonderful "how-to" designed by Lounge Admin member, Kym.

I am sure that you will agree that Kym's tutorials are wonderful and easy to understand and can help you add gorgeous handmade embellishments to your projects.

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And here are the flowers Kym made used on a project....

Don't they look great.....???
Kym has used her flowers on a more heritage-style LO but by changing your papers and the centre piece I am sure that you can make flowers to suit your project.

Thank you Kym for another great tutorial

Wishing you all a happy, scrappy Wednesday

~Shazz and the Team~
xo

HERITAGE SCRAPPING

I am finding with the advances in technology these days, copying and re-printing "old" photos is a lot easier than it was even 10 years ago.
Recently my Dad had his Mother and Father's (my grandparents) very damaged wedding photo restored and now there is a gorgeous print of my Nana and "Old Bean" on their wedding day, minus the torn edge, the water marks and the acid staining.
It's a precious memory to have of two people who were very special to me.

So where do you start to scrap a heritage photo...???

After looking through a lot of online articles I found a very good one with great ideas over at Scrapbook.com

Their suggestions include:

• Keep it simple at first...don't go overboard with embellishments and ephemera (collectable items not originally intended to last for more than a short time, such as tickets, posters, postcards, or labels)

• Use distressing techniques - walnut stain, sanding, inking, etc
  Distressing will make your page look more authentic and "aged"
  If you have a piece of patterned paper that you want to use but it's too bright, distress it with walnut stain, inks or some paint to "dull" it down.

• Don't be afraid to make a mistake - sometimes a tear in the side of a photo (especially a print of an old photo) can age it perfectly for your page.

• Heritage photos are traditionally darker.
  You can lighten your LO by using pastel tonings with your papers and embellishments.

• Journalling is important.
  If you can, find out as much as you can about the people in the photo and add it to your LO.
  Heritage journalling should be all about the who, when, what and why.
  Just like you are intrigued by who the people are in your past, so will future generations when they look through your albums.
  My biggest regret is not asking more questions of the older people in my family before they passed on - so many memories are now lost and I can only speculate about the people in the photos that I now possess.

• Include embellishments such as ephemera from the era that you are scrapping (lots of online images are available), laces, buttons, stitching, etc

 

Here are some gorgeous examples of heritage scrapping that I found when I was looking through The Lounge gallery.....enjoy...!!!

Layout by Julie

 

Layout by Ruth

 

Layout by Kath

 

Layout by Kym

 

Layout by Shazz

 

Layout by Kathy

I hope we have inspired you to go and find some heritage photos, do some research and scrap a precious memory that will last for generations to come

Wishing you a happy, scrappy Tuesday

~Shazz and the Team~
xo

 

ACCORDION FLOWERS

There is something very satisfying in looking at the embellies on a LO and thinking
"I made those myself"

One of my Admin lovelies and previous CT member, Kym has put together a tutorial showing you how to make your own accordion flowers.....and they are just gorgeous.
Try stop at making just one.

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And then you add your beautiful accordion flowers to a LO and stand back and admire your handiwork :)

What a gorgeous layout Kym has created.
We would love you to share your projects with us using the accordion flowers that you make.

Wishing you all a happy, scrappy Sunday

~Shazz and the Team~
xo

 

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

 

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~

Stamping on clear plastic / acetate

Since April's Technique Challenge here at ScrapLounge is 'STAMPING' I thought it would be a great opportunity to share with you a few little tips for stamping on plastic.

Firstly, you don't have to go out and buy sheets of acetate that have been specifically designed for stamping.  As long as you have an alcohol based ink such as StazOn or Tim Holtz Alcohol inks your ink will stamp nicely onto any clear plastic. 

Why not use some left over packaging that would otherwise end up in landfill?

That's exactly what I've done with this first step by step...

STEP 1

Place your chosen stamps onto your stamping block (if you're using clear stamps that is)

STEP 2

Ink your stamps by dabbing down directly from above.  Lots of small, fast dabs works best I find.

 

STEP 3

Gather your plastic.  I've used the window from an Easter Egg box.  Position your stamps over plastic before pressing down, then firmly press stamps down making sure you don't move them while they're on the plastic because let's face it, no one likes smudgey images!

 

STEP 4

Admire your brilliant work with that steady hand of yours! ...or chuck it and start again if your hand wasn't as steady as it needed to be

 

STEP 5

Cut out your images and get cracking on a layout so you can use them

STEP 6

Pat yourself on the back...good job!  You've just created your very own 'transparencies' that you otherwise would have paid big $$$ for in the shops.  Now go create that layout so you can upload it to the Scraplounge April Challenge Gallery and possibly win a $20 Gift Voucher from Stick 'n' Giggle!

ALTERING CHIPBOARD - PT 2

Welcome to another tutorial on how to alter chipboard, kindly put together by the lovely Miss Jodi

The technique challenge for February is to alter two pieces of chipboard and to use them on a LO.
"Your layout must include two pieces of chipboard that you have altered in some way. It can be: painted, glittered, inked, covered, dimensional magic on it and so much more. The chipboard must be altered by YOU. It must not be pre-altered chipboard"

In this tutorial, Jodi shows us how to enhance your chipboard shapes by wrapping them in wire and adding beads.
By combining the techniques from this tutorial with the this technique, you can really make your chipboard pieces mini works of art.

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Don't they look great...???

Jodi has given a few extra handy hints for creating these little "chippie" masterpieces

• use a fine jewellers wire that is really malleable - the one I use is so soft I barely use the pliers (just use them to finish off)
• make sure you're chipboard is already painted, inked, stamped or otherwise - you won't be able to do this after you have wrapped it with wire! {in this tute my letters are painted had rub-on's applied and finished with DM before I start}
• this could probably work with embroidery floss, thin strips of fabric or yarn too!!!!

Once you have created your altered chipboard pieces using this technique, we would love to see your creations in The Lounge gallery

If you enter the monthly competition, who knows....??? - you may even win yourself a prize.

Happy creating.

~shazz~
xo

ALTERING CHIPBOARD - PT 1

Hi everyone.

I hope now that all the kids are settled back in at school, you are managing to find some "me" time to get all inspired and creative.

This month's technique challenge over on The Lounge is to alter two pieces of chipboard and to use them on a LO.
"Your layout must include two pieces of chipboard that you have altered in some way. It can be: painted, glittered, inked, covered, dimensional magic on it and so much more. The chipboard must be altered by YOU. It must not be pre-altered chipboard"

You can then upload your LO to the gallery and be in the running for a monthly prize.

The wonderful Jodi has put together a fabulous tutorial on altering chipboard using paint, dimensional magic and rub-ons - it's very easy to follow and the results are, as you will see, amazing.

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And here is Jodi's gorgeous LO using her altered chipboard pieces...

and a close-up of Jodi's altered chipboard dragonfly...

Happy  chipboard altering...!!!

~shazz~
xo

Free Handmade Flower Class at Chook Scraps Tomorrow!

The lovely Sue-Maree from Chooks will be running a class this Sunday, 24th January at 4 pm WA time.

It will be a LO featuring the teabag folded flowers similar to the one she has used on this card:

For further details of this class and materials requirement list visit the

Chook Scraps Forum