Scrapn With Flair Mini Album and Masking Technique Tutorial!

This is my first tutorial and my third creation with the Scrapn With Flair June Kit this kit is full of fantastic goodies from FabScraps (paper and a min-album) and I am Roses (flowers) plus some other add-ins like an assortment of trim and lace.  At last check with Leanne at the store there are still some left so be sure to click on the link above to purchase one before they are all gone...

I have featured the Mini Album finished product first and the tutorial on masking will follow...

Cover

The chip board FabScraps Mini Album came bare with the cutouts you see here and the decorative chipboard die cut on the lefthand side.  I covered it with the paper from the kit.  Everything you see in the next series of photos is from the kit with the exception of the stamps, the ribbon on the album rings (left) and the cutie pictures of my ballerina!  Everything else came from or was made with the products in the kit!

Detail of embellishments, flower and trim.  I just love the metal accents :)

This is the inside of the first page, there was not much to work with on the inside of the cover so I covered it with gesso and stamped a script stamp randomly around the page, then when dry I added some ink to provide some colour in the script impression.  The silhouette is from the masking technique which I will cover later in this post!  The fan flower is provided in the kit (some assembly required...glue dots are your friend!)

Detail of the I am Roses that I coloured with Lindy Stamp Gang mist, I added a second colour with a  bingo dauber applicator connected to a different Lindys Ink to get the more red tips.  I also made a paper flower by cutting a spiral out of some scraps of paper from the kit.

Page 3 and 4: The pearls, trim, jewels and stickers you see here all came from the kit.  The ribbon on the tag did not.

Here is a close-up of the tag I made using some paper scraps from the kit.  The stamped images of the dancer and phrases is all from a Close to My Heart stamp.

Page 5 and 6: Again some great embellies from the kit including yet another fan flower, more trim, and jewels!  I carefully covered the faces of the dancers for their protection.

A detail of some more tags, again the ribbon on the tags are from my own supplies!

This is the back cover!

TUTORIAL ON MASKING

An age old technique in scrap-land but one that can be used again and again, and often gets forgotten.  So  lets back up the train to simple for the next few photos and see how this simple technique can really make a scene!

First: lay stamp down on the page or area that you want to mask.

Then you use any type of mist, for this, I used Lindy Stamp Gang.  It has some great colours and wonderful finish with a nice shine to it!

Spray on the mist.

Then remove the stamp, let it dry.

For this next step I am going to proceed on a different page of the book, where I used this same technique on a paper page, vs the textured page on the previous image.

So here you see the silhouette of the dancer, this image shows how it looks when the mist is dry.

Next step, stamping in the shadow left from the mask technique.  Take the same stamp used for the mask technique place it on a block and get it inked up!

Stamp the inked image in the silhouette left from the masking. Centred

And then you have a stamped image with a glow around it!
Beautiful.

I used this technique throughout this book!  Go to ScrapnwithFlair to order yours!

Proud of My Hockey Star

Challenge #5 at Color-me-scrappy.blogspot.com has some great colours for you to try.  This one was not my "go-to" colours so certainly a challenge to make it work!  I used a couple snips from an old batch of Authentique.  Most of the paper and the brads are Karen Foster, JillyBean Soup chipboard letters and a hockey stick all from a BoysRule hockey themed kit I picked up at Scrapfest! LOVE IT!  I added some ribbon from my stash some CTMH twine, stamp and tag.  I hope you can all be challenged too at Color-Me-Scrappy, try out a challenge and win a prize, it is seriously fun to try to work with a colour palette, so try it out!

Sweet design for Challenge #4

I really loved this colour palette.  I had the perfect photos from our strawberry picking adventure last summer to put with it.  Check out the other design teams work at http://www.color-me-scrappy.blogspot.ca/ this challenge due date is May 31st, and the prize to win is so lovely, be sure to click the link above and check it out and play along!  

I used Echo Park This & That it has such great summer colours! I added a small slice of Authentique, some Basic Grey stickers, BoBunny brads and Close to My Heat acrylic stamps and ink

I picked up these banners at scrapfest in Kitchener in April and sprayed them with ink, they curled up a bit so I had to tug on them a bit but I love the weathered look as well.

Also found this canvas flower and prayed it too, so cute!

Challenge #2 Color-Me-Scrappy

This challenge was tricky!  I had to really think about the colours, I used Basic Grey

designer papers and embellishments from their April Page of the month lit, also added

some Harmonie chipboard and Close To My Heart

Cardstock and Creative Memories Enchanted Jewels. 

A close-up of the chipboard, I added some colour by sponging
some deep purple and black ink.

Check out the blog www.color-me-scrappy.blogspot.com
and participate in the challenge too!
The prize is pretty from KI designs and if your page is picked you can win!

Eggs-cellent Easter

These photos are from last year but perfect timing to scrap them

I played around with a workshop on the go by CTMH, this cutie

is called Lucy, and comes with some adorable rub-ons that have sparkle...so cute!

Making 3D paper flowers from cricut cut outs is not so easy the first time

I have found when rolling them a small dot of liquid glass about every
3cm is veryhelpful in keeping them together in just the right way.

Then finish off with a big dot at the end and hold it down top to bottom till set!

Have fun with them they are so adorable!

Challange #1 for Color-Me-Scrappy Design Team

My first design team has launched, I am so excited check out the other ladies work by clicking on the link!  The concept is so much fun, take a colour palette and make a page from it! It truly is a challange but it really makes you think outside the box.  Go to www.color-me-scrappy.blogspot.com  check there often for new challenges twice a month!  You can play along and there are prizes to win..yaye!

I used Bazzil cardstock, American Crafts paper, Little Yellow Bicycle post card and tickets, CTMH wood shapes and stamp, unknown flowers, Phrases and CTMH Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridges.

Color Me Scrappy Design team inspiration spin off!

This was the second layout I did for the color-me-scrappy.blogspot.com design team, the first one will be posted on their blog!  I loved the idea of a colour challenge we had 5 colours in a pallet create a layout that contained all the colours.  What great fun!  I used a mix of basic grey and close to my heart products in this one!

ATV'n....and button clusters

I am on this crazy kick with clusters of embellishments, and once you learn to get it just right, look out clusters here you come! I love how these chipboard elements came together with the buttons, so much fun!  Not to mention the photos are pretty funny too!  Yikes that helmet was heavy for Sienna!

Fun with Buttons and Banners

I was having some fun with some leftovers of some old product and my new cricut!  This is what I came up with!  I love colour core paper and what you can do with it!