Sit Back, Relax and Just Breathe.....

Well the school holidays are winding up here in Australia and I've had a very relaxing time. I hope you got a break too!

I'm in that relaxed, holiday mode so I thought I'd share a holiday pic. This one was taken on a previous holiday but there's still that same relaxed feeling about it. Because it's holiday time here, the team at Scrappy Chat Designs thought it would be a good time to show you how you can use up the leftovers from your various kits.

I went back to the Sea Breeze kit but also added some items from a number of other kits. Here's what I came up with:

I love how the soft colours add to the relaxed feel of the photo. I created the background with various mediums and stamps. All the details will be sent out to Scrappy Chat Designs members.

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Happy scrappin'!

Heather

Loolabelle

 

Hello! Sandra here again with my last layout of three using the gorgeous Seabreeze kit.
Now, I have to be honest here. I struggle with the colour purple and I must admit to thinking.. EEEK!! purple!! when I saw the purple cardstock and the lavender re-inker.
But as one of the girls has already said.. the inclusion was a stroke of genius by Beck.
It took me out of my comfort zone.. making be think hard and then I just decided to PLAY with it.
And now I just love the neutral, aqua and purple colour combo.

I was inspired to create a different background after watching a video tutorial by

 Donna Mays AKA
The One Minute Muse.

All you need is string and ink.!!

The link to the video is here.. and seriously.. the video is only one minute long! love it!

string technique video

 

And this is the background I achieved.
Different and unique.



I then created the layout, using remaining strips of paper. I created my own flowers which I lightly enhanced with the Tinby Metallic Melts that comes in the kit.
Using the lavender ink I altered some generic white flowers to purple flowers.. (easy.. just dip them in! mind you they do take a while to dry. ;-) )

 

Don't you just LOVE the butterfly that is in the kit? Divine.

Using the Tinby Metallic Melts I created a "patina" affect.

 

I love the end result. Proving that Tinby Metallic Melts can be used on anything!

Loving all the different layouts created by the DT  from the one kit..

showing how versatile

 Scrappy Chat Designs kits are.
They really do cater for all different styles of scrapping.

Until next time!




Captain Seaweed

Hello again!!
Another share with you using the fabulous Sea Breeze kit.

This is a layout of my son on our boat...and Captain Seaweed?? Well that is the name his dad calls him out on the water. :-)

For this layout I used the chipboard pieces as stamps to create a bit of interest to the background paper.

and then, when I had finished using them as stamps, I embossed inked them gold and then embossed them with the Tinby Metallic Melts.

 I loved the affect it gave.

I added a bit of pumpkin Tinby melts as well to give it a brassy hue.

To create the embossed dots I used THIS technique I used on a previous layout

I also added a little peek a boo tear and tucked in the ships wheel.

LOVE how simply adding a bit of Tinby Metallic Melts gave texture to my layout.

Fly! Be Free!!

Hello again everyone!
Sandra here with my share using the totally gorgeous Sea Breeze kit.

This kit is definitely one of the favourite kits amongst the Scrappy Chat Design Team.
The gorgeous sea tones in the kit and the beautiful Prima papers made me think of BEACH straight away and they inspired me to create a layout using one of my favourite beach photos.. again! (This will be the third time scrapping this particular photo, do you scrap the same photo more than once?)

 

I wanted more birds on my layout than were in the chipboard pack that comes with the kit, so I created some more, using the negative from the pack and some texture paste.
 I marked with a pencil where I wanted them to go and then added the texture paste.

 

 



As you can see I have cut out a section of the background paper that will be hidden by the large photo, I can then use this piece of paper for another project.. waste not! want not! ;-)





I then assembled my page. I inked the chipboard birds and lighthouse white, the shell celadon and left the sea grasses natural.

Then it came time to create the title.
I used generic alphas for the Fly! Be part of the title part, but I wanted a more free flowing font for the Free part. ( and gosh darn it.. I had run out of the letter E .. again!!)
“Oh gosh”   I thought  “ I would really love a silhouette machine right now”
*sigh
But I have the next best thing.
A computer and a printer and a piece of white cardstock.

I created the title in Word Art
I found a font I liked, made it “Bold”
flipped it horizonally so that it was backwards and then printed this on the BACK of the white cardstock.
This way, when you cut it out you won’t see any print marks on your title.



 

 

Fussy cut your title out, making sure your craft knife is sharp and adhere to your layout.

And your layout is complete!

I hope this inspires you to create a layout using a LARGE photo.. it comes together really quickly.
And if you don’t have that font you want in your alpha stash.. create your own!

Until next time.. when I will have another share for you using this beautiful kit