Be YOU!

Hello everyone,

I have been busy...busy...busy lately....
But I just cant keep my hand off of crafting...

When I am busy...I start a layout and create it bit by bit...whenever I get time....
Have you seen the inspiration pic for Create Something Catchy challenges this month.?!?!
Its just lovely...love the colour scheme in the pic
And then I saw the sketch at Stick It Down this month...and I knew I had found a match...

           

So I started cutting a lot of hexagons...and I tried my hand at a lot of different techniques on these hexagon tiles....I used homemade modelling paste on some...emboss resist on some...stencilling on some and doodling on some...I used Archival inks on the edges of these tile...smudged the ink on some tiles...
I also clear embossed the doily with a script stamp(though it isn't visible much) and coloured it with gelatos...

I took some wooden alphabets and covered them in gesso and then black acrylic paint...and then I scratched them with a sand paper...It gave a very cool effect...

I assembled everything together and I did some stamping using gelatos with my Bo-Bunny texture stamps...

And in the end I had some splatter fun as usual (just cant resist doing it :P )...

I am also entering this scrapbook page in the Scrap Our Stash challenge this month:

E - Embossing (Hexagons and Doily)

M - Marker (for doodling and writing), Mod Podge (for gluing and sealing the hexagons and doily)

B - Bo Bunny stamps (in the background)   

O - The letter "O" (in Be You)

S - Stencil (on the Hexagons)

S - Script stamp(around the doily) , Splatters

Crater Lake

Hello everyone,

I recently came across the innumerable Scrapbook Challenges that are available in blogland.
These challenges are a very good guide for a beginner scrapbooker like me...

I made another scrapbook page recently...for our trip to Crater Lake...
It is a beautiful place...the combination of Snow covered mountains with lake water is just ethereal... so peaceful and serene....

The Stuck?! Challenge has a lovely sketch this month...Its so much easier to create your layout when you have a sketch to follow...
Also the ScrapMuch? Challenge has a beautiful colour theme this month...I chose the three colours... dark blue, light blue and beige from the theme....

I created a circle with words that came to my mind when I thought of Crater Lake...
I drew concentric circles around this with light blue gelatos...to give it more interest...

A peek at the different layers and elements of the layout...

The blue paper in the background was coloured with dark blue watercolour  and torn.
The beige colour paper is a pattern paper from a local store...
Finally added some sequins and wooden embellishments...

The colour theme and the sketch:

        

Hope you all like the layout....
Your comments and suggestions are most welcome...

Patience

Hello everyone,

With everyday hectic life, we forget to stop and breathe sometimes.
I made this art journal page on one such day recently...

Some cool beachy colors and white...very soothing...

I tried many new things on this page....
I covered the page with a script text and then covered it with some homemade gesso...
Then colored the page with gelatos...and wrote the text with White Paint marker....
The stars were drawn with the help of a stencils....

Linking this page to the following blogs:
Art Journal Journey - Inspired my the colours of the sea and beach
Balzer Designs

Sea World

Hello everyone,

I am back with yet another scrapbook page...
I take a lot of time to create one page...but I guess its better to be slow and have a satisfactory outcome than to hurry and just make something...

For this page I combined a few challenges....
I was inspired by the sketch from the Sketchabilites Sketch Challenge....the colour scheme from the Scrap Around the World moodboard for this month and the elements from the Scrap Our Stash - Stash Challenge

The sketch at Sketchabilities is simple and gorgeous...so I started by layering my photo with different papers from my stash...I took 2 patterned papers and one stencilled paper...When I was happy with the arrangement of the papers, I went around the edges of the papers with black Archival Ink....

Next came in the colour scheme....Scrap Around the World has a beautiful moodboard this month... I took inspiration from the cool colours and started adding colours to my white page...some splashes...some splatters...I also added a starfish from the moodboard....

Now, I had to add some more elements to the layout to complete the page...this is where the Stash Challenge of Scrap Our Stash came in handy...
I added the following elements to my page:
S - Sequins, Stencil (for layering), Starfish charm
T - Thread (for sewing)
A - Alphabets (chipboard)
M - Marker (for date)
P - Pattern Paper (for Layering)

Entering in the following challenges:

      The Mood Board                                    The Sketch                                   The Stash
        

Adorable Minions

Hello everyone,

Here comes my second scrapbook page...
I struggled a bit as it is the first time I made a page following a sketch....

As compared to my first page, this page has many elements, techniques and mediums..... stamping.....layering...splatters...gelatos...doily...alpha stickers...

Some more peeks...

I have incorporated the colours from the photo inspiration in the splatters as well around the centre cluster...

Linking this page to the following challenge:
Scrap Our Stash - April Sketch
Monday Mood Board - Inspired by the vibrant colours