Dreams Imagined, 25yrs.

Hello
Sandra here again!
How awesome is the Dreams Imagined Kit?

I fell in love with it as soon as I opened my happy mail from Beck,  the colours are just divine.

For my first layout I went for quite a simple look.
I had some fun with the background and tried something a little different with the awesome piece of Twiddleybitz lattice chipboard

Here is how I created it.

Firstly I trimmed the grey cardstock to 29.5cm x29.5cm.
I cut out the centre of the IMAGINE paper and used this to matt the grey cardstock.

Using the Kaisercraft stamps I first randomly stamped the edges and the layout with white ink.
and then I repeated this with black ink.
I added some white, orange and aqua watered down water colours splats to add a bit of colour to the background... they look awesome against the grey!

Next I created the chipboard flower.
I painted the entire chipboard piece with white matte  spray paint.

(you can use which ever medium you like.. I am an impatient person and I find that spray paint gives great coverage and is also fast drying )
Then.....



1.       Cut out your 5 diamonds from the lattice (I only used 5 because I knew that the flower would be tucked under the photo.. but to make a complete flower cut out 6 diamonds.
   2.  Glue the diamonds onto the piece of Imagine paper that you cut out earlier.

3.  Fussy cut around the your flower.

4.  I found a plain white button in my stash and embossed it using the silver  TINBY METALLIC MELTS in the kit.

I then assembled the layout as seen in the photo.

To help the title stand out I outlined it with white gel pen



Next I created the butterflies.
I simply used the gorgeous butterfly stamp that is in the kit with  Staz on Ink and stamped it on the piece of white card in the kit.

then...

On an acrylic block I added some mint gelato and then sprayed it with water. I blended it with a paintbrush and then simply painted the stamped image, blotting any excess water with a baby wipe.
Then I fussy cut the butterflies and added them to my layout.



Added some journaling ...

And my layout is complete!



I hope you have fun creating with your new Dreams Imagined Kit.
And I do hope you share what YOU create with us over on the ScrappyChat Facebook page.
We love to see what the members create using the kits!





Little Me - Step by Step

Hi There Scrappy Chat Friends,

It's Renee here, to share with you a layout I have made using the April Kit.

This is my second layout, out of 3 that I have made using this super trendy kit!!

Love the colors I got to play with in this layout.

Thought I would make this post a step by step for the background.

As you can see, I used the patterned paper as the backing sheet, but I cut the centre out to mat the photo.

Then I cut 10mm off all sides of the Kaiser cardstock.

Step 1. I used white gesso to create the start of the background.  I used a sponge to begin with.

Making the pattern as per the picture below.

Step 2.  I was not happy with the color that I ended up with.  I found the color from the cardstock

ran into the gesso and it came out orange instead of white. 

So I decided to try a fixative on the page to stop the color running.

When you spray the fixative, make sure you go outside, it is really strong.

Step 3.  You only need to let this fixative dry for 10 minutes.

Not happy with the sponging, I decided to use a paint brush to get a more even 

shading of the white gesso.

I allowed it to dry.

Some of the color still ran and it was a little orange still, but I was beginning to like where it was going.

I then thought it may be a good idea to incorporate the light pink into it.

I used a Faber Castell gelato - (the color was guava).

I used it like a crayon over the white areas.

Then with a wet paintbrush, I blended it in.

Step 4.  I thought it was time to bring some black into the background.

I decided to use black gesso (but you can also use black paint) and textured paste.

I mixed them together to get a paste.

And using the stencil, I made the following pattern.

Now this was all trial and error.

My paste was too thin and it smudged into the pattern and under the stencil.

Allow to dry.

Once it was dry I thought that it looked a little funky and I was happy with the outcome.

Step 5.  I wanted to make some shapes on the background, to give the layout some shapes.

I used some square shapes and drew around them with my Faber-Castell black PITT big brush pen (but you could use a sharpie).

I used the cardboard from the back of an October Afternoon 7 x 7 paper pad.

I also used two acrylic stamp blocks as well.

Step 6.  I used black ink to go around the border of my patterned paper background. 

Then my layout background.

Then stick the background onto the patterned paper.

Step 7. Matt photos and use all the embellishments that I had cut out of the patterned paper from the kit.

And black ink around those borders too.

Step 7. Adhere all the paper pieces.

Attach your title.

Journalling is on the bottom of the background.

And I added some Shimmerz spots at the end.

And you are done.

Here are a couple of close-ups.

Had loads of fun making this layout.

I was tested a few times as I thought I had wrecked my layout a couple of times.

But you can always make modifications to adjust it if you need to.