October 'Charming' kit

Hello there. It's Heather with you today to share my layout I made using the absolutely gorgeous 'Charming' kit from Scrappy Chat Designs. This kit has such a fabulous range of products in it!

Here's my layout:

I loved experimenting with the very cool products in the kit like Sticky Barc, the Shimmer Mister and the wooden shapes. I used all of these products to make a butterfly feature in one corner.

Those of you who are Scrappy Chat Designs members will be receiving a technique sheet shortly showing you how I made all the features on this page. If you're not a member, here is the information on how to become one:

Scrappy Chat Designs Kit club Membership

 (e-mail us to purchase):

This lasts for 3 months is $135 and includes 3 kits at 5% off and postage for all 3 kits (they are released monthly).  As a member you get additional 'Technique sheets' showing you more techniques you can nail with the product in each kit from the talented Arty Chics. You are also guaranteed the kits which do sometimes sell out VERY quickly.To receive the next kit, you need to pay the membership fee by the 30^th of the month prior.

 Just email orders.scrappychatdesigns@gmail.com

I really hope you are able to join in our fabulous Scrappy Chat Designs community!

Happy scrappin'!

Heather

Going Our Way?

 

 

Hello!
Sandra here again with my third layout using the Charming kit.
and it is a great kit don't you agree?
I decided to have a bit of fun with this layout and experimented with the back ground.

I'm not sure if you can see it in the above photo but the technique I tried does give a fantastic affect full of texture

 

To achieve the look all I did was gesso a 12x12 piece of white cardstock (I just lightly wipe gesso over it with a baby wipe)

I then randomly added some texture paste with a stencil



 

(sorry about the photo quality... I took this with my phone)

 

Then once dry I added WATERED DOWN

Turquoise  DecoArt Shimmer Spray and mint gelato

 

 

(I also concentrated the gelato onto the texture paste by applying it directly onto it, this helps make it stand out)
I added a spritz of water everywhere (yes this is a WET technique!!)
I then placed a piece of cling film on top of it and with my fingers massaged it around, making creases and blending it all together.
Then I put it aside to dry.. This is VERY important.
Do not be tempted to lift the cling film off until it is completely dry.

 

I left mine to dry overnight.

Once it is dry, carefully peel off the cling film and enjoy the results.

 

 

I added some gold flecks of ink.

I trimmed my layout to 8.5 x 11 inches and with the left over piece I altered the chipboard circle and created a button with it.. and also punched out some other circles to add some extra interest.

 

 

(I gessoed the chipboard circle and used it for my journalling. )

and altered the butterfly with a Uni gold pen.

 

I had a lot of fun creating the background.. why not give it a go yourself?

 

 

If you're interested in finding out more about these kits email orders.scrappychatdesigns@gmail.com or check out the website here.

 

 



 

Blessed X2

Hello!
Sandra here again with another layout created using this month's

 Charmed kit.

 

 

 

I watered down the  Turquoise  DecoArt Shimmer Spray that is in the kit and used it as a watercolour for the background, along with some orange gelato.

I altered the alphas for the title with a Uni gold paint pen

 

 

I LOVED the Teresa Collins sticker sheet in the kit. I covered one of the wooden circles in the kit with the circle sticker from the sheet, filing the edges to make it smooth.

 

Then I used it as the centre of my main flower.

I punched out some small heart shapes, inked them, and layered them behind the circle.

 

 

 

(this is when I thought... ooohhh lets make the circle a button.. *sigh, yes, it would of been easier to make the button BEFORE sticking on the punched hearts. ;) )

 

I used a punch and a hammer to punch out two holes

 

Then I simply added some twine and adhered it to two large punched flowers which were layered on top of each other.

 





 

 

It really was a fun and easy flower to make!

If you're interested in finding out more about these kits email orders.scrappychatdesigns@gmail.com or check out the website here.

See you next week with my next layout!!
Take care of you

 



 



 

 





Swing!

Hello! Sandra here again.

Love it when we get to share with you what we create with the new ScrappyChat Designs kits. This month it is my turn to share with you three layouts I have created with the new Charming Kit.
This kit is chockablock FULL of goodness. It truly caters for every style.
Gorgeous papers, stickers, alphas, DecoArt Shimmer Mister, doily, sequins.. etc etc ;-)
AND
X-Press It Sticky Barc!

Before I share my first layout, I would like to share with you a couple of things I learned when I first started playing with this stuff.
The Sticky Barc is REAL wood.. it is a very fine layer,  but it is real wood. With wood grain. I learned that the hard way.
My first thought was.. ooohhh.. wooden flowers!!
ba bouw --- wrong.
(that was supposed to sound like the depressing “wrong” sound from a game show.)
The Sticky Barc is very strong willed, so when I tried to turn these gorgeous die cuts from Spellbinders into blooms it didn’t work, they kept on unwinding.
*sigh

(if anyone knows the trick to this please share with us!! ;-) )
So...Hmmmm.... what next?
Aha!! A faux bow!
So I cut out a couple of ovals and also some rectangles and .....
Ba Bauw.... another mistake!
I forgot that the Sticky Barc has woodgrain, and I had mistakenly cut it out wrong, so that when I tried to fold the oval in half to make the “bow” it went against the grain and it snapped.
*sigh
Can you see how I have cut it wrong?? You will have to look very carefully.

hmmm.... well.. I will just cut it so that when I fold it, I fold it WITH the grain....

and then staple them together.. making sure not to crease the folded end.
I embossed one of the wooden circles that come in the kit with
 Beck BT Tinby Designs Metallic Melts in Gold Nugget (you can purchase it in the online store)
I then assembled the bow.
By first stapling the folded oval to the base.. like this

(it looks a bit rough huh?)

and then repeated with the other oval and base.
And then I peeled back the adhesive backing (cool!! ) from the base ...

and stuck it onto the layout with the gold embossed circle as the centre.

 I then assembled the layout.. using the DecoArt Shimmer Mister and the same Beck BT Tinby Designs Metallic Melts and some ink and a stencil to create the background. And (finally!) here is the finished layout....







If you would like more information about this kit or to order any of the Beck BT Tinby Designs Metallic Melts, check out the website here.   We also have a kit club membership which lasts for 3 months and you are guaranteed not to miss out on kits as they are released, e-mail orders.scrappychatdesigns@gmail.com for all the info.  Don't forget aside from all the yummy products, you get three instructional videos, written instructions, photos of each layout (including detail photos) with each kit!