We’ve all been there- the moment when you take technique experimentation one step too far .
Such as: (No this was NOT intended. I don’t like the charred ash look.)

The story behind the texture is simple, I didn’t pay attention to what I was using. Oil based spray gesso went on first. While it was still wet (because I can’t wait 1 hot minute) I applied acrylic spray paint and got a drippy messy effect I thought was gory but cool looking. Then this: ”What if I added clear embossing powder for extra shine?”
Oil based gesso doesn’t like heat.
It started to bubble up the second I pointed the heat gun at it.
It looked like the skyline was on fire. ACK!
I added another layer of gesso and some black chalk ink and called it a day.

This page came together in about 35 minutes. I wondered if I should add more detail then decided I really liked it as is. The last item I added was the photo. I chose one I thought would fit the frame and when it turned out bigger I decided to make the discrepancy obvious.
I used the following designs on this page:
Hash corners model #2013079
Around The City wordlet model #2013091 (altered)
City Life frame model #2013095 (altered)
The next projects started at this size:

Several problems with this page which was intended for the blog hop.
1. Sombre color and haphazard mist placement. I love the Pebbles ledger kraft print and the Tim Holtz subway poster stamp I embossed with clear powder. My problem came when I chose my usual red layer and the black mist circles. They distract from the main composition.

2. The tags look great with the twine but they take up so much visual space they make the page unbalanced as there is no corresponding visual equivalent in a smaller quantity at the bottom right hand corner.

3.”Right Now” title is disappearing into the woodgrain backgrounds. I used a small amount of spray paint to lighten the background just a bit in order to get the title to pop more.
My solution was to cut the page down so I minimized the unbalance in the design. This is faster than remaking the page.
I certainly wasn’t about to rip it up (my usual solution to pages I dislike)- too many “favorite” items floating around on this.

Final version looks a little crowded but has a more cohesive design. I found out something really cool when making the mist circles- you can get different effects by altering the spray caps. I have a cap that only sprays fine droplets and a cap that sprays wide “o”s. I wish mist product makers would sell the caps already altered- these effects were made when I either boiled the cap to clean out a clog or by clogged paint- not exactly predictable.
I used the following Scrap FX items on this page:
So the take away is this- mistakes are only failures if you let them.
If you take the project one step further you might find you like the end result.
At the very least you’ll have a new way to finish your Scrap FX chipboard.
Happy crafting!
Michelle
by Amy Lynne Lassiter | 3 Comments
Hello, it’s Amy here today, to share a few projects that helped to stretch my wings a little, and step out of my box!
First up, is the first canvas I’ve ever made with out a photo on it! My family was kind of flabbergasted, in fact they kept asking if there was room for a photo somewhere.

I got the idea for this canvas while sitting in the choir loft at my church.I was sort of daydreaming, and then this idea of a tree growing from a healthy, bright red and swooping heart came to mind. I immediately got home and got to work! The base is just vintage book papers torn into pieces, and decoupaged onto the canvas. I then used the ScrapFX stencil, and created that lovely swirling background with different inks and embossing powder.

I painted the tree and leaves with different natural colors, and tried to make it look as blended into the heart as much as possible. The heart was hand drawn, and then filled in with Art Anthology paint in a firey, sparkling red. I then outline it all with a fineliner.

Finally, I painted the lovely butterfly flourish, and connected it to the heart, to create a flowing movement across the project. I was really pleased with how it came out, especially for a first try!
This ScrapFX project used the following products:
Round Tree, Large 2012016
Butterfly Flourish 2013022
Scribble Heart 2013046
Garden In Paradise Stencil 2013028
My Next project is a BIG new favorite of mine. I created a mini album, that hangs from a vintage embroidery hoop, and is backed with upcycled denim.

The wrought iron corners and circle, as well as the ruffled wing, were fun to use for the cover, which was made of corrugated cardboard.

I could seriously use these gorgeous flutterbys over and over……….they’re so elegant and dainty.



I think this little mini album features these photos of my daughter in a perfect vintage, grungy way, and will be fun to have hanging up during her 8th grade promotion ceremony!
Thanks for stopping by today, and I hope you were inspired to go get grungy with your gorgeous ScrapFX chipboard! For more close ups, and a look at the inside of this mini, visit my blog at www.sparklinggnome.com
I used these ScrapFX products on this project:
Flutterby with curly feelers 2013011
Flutterby I patterned
Wrought Iron Circle 2013085
Wrought Iron Corners 2013084
ruffled wing 2011070
by Elisabeth Bakken | 5 Comments
Finally it’s my turn to be sharing with you again. This time I’ve cooked up something bright, vibrant and messy for you.
No romantic touches this time;) I love yellow..can’t get enough of it, and the whole world falls in to place when I use it on my work.
You can match it with ANY color, honestly!
Here is my layout:
“Sweet”
The background is made with gesso on top of magic mesh, and the yellow is various paint, mist and chalk.
I like to use circles on my layout, and the chipboard piece I’ve used here was the perfect circle:

Graphic Frame
I treated the chipboard with both gesso and pan pastel..so lovely!



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My second layout is made with my second favoritecolor: turquoise!
I even threw in a gold doilie for you, to get it nice and shiny;)
I’ve treated the background again with gesso, magic mesh, paint and mists.
The title says: “Birthday Boy.”
Again I’ve added circular elements: the doilie, the big flower and this chipboard:

Sometimes you look for the extra-extra to put on your page, and I found me this one:

Birdhouse brooche



I hope you feel inspired, the way I am, working with these layouts and the chipboards from ScrapFX inspires me over and over again!
Thank you so much for stopping by<3
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It has begun my friends, we are off and running with our “Get to know the Design Team” Blog Hop!!!!!
Our fabulous Scrap FX Design Team has come together to share their many varied styles of scrapping.
On show from Friday17th May 9.00 am to Monday 20th May midnight.
Join us for an inspirational and insightful ride, I can assure you our talented DT will not disappoint!
You may even win yourself some candy or even the Scrap FX major prize full of chippie goodness!!!!
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Good morning to all!
Claire here for a few layouts…
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First layout on which I used the Chinese Dragon chipboard that I cut to use only the “Chinese” on these pictures of my girl disguised as a Chinese girl…
(I now have to find pictures of dragons to use the other half!! ^^)

I also used a word of the Cherish pack that I painted black.


Items used:
Words Cherish (2013053),
Chinese Dragon (2013110)
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Second layout is more simple, with more white space…

I used the clouds and raindrops stencil to draw clouds next to my pictures. I love this effect.

Items used:
speech bubbles A (2012371),
clouds and raindrops stencil (2012169)
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And lastly, just 2 words of love on this layout to put some 3D on these pictures of my little one…


Item used: words of love (2013050)
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Thanks for visiting Scrap FX blog and have a nice creative day!
Yes we are having a BLOG HOP!!!!!!
Be sure to get back to us later in the week to join in the fun…. we guarantee an inspirational, insightful and creative good time!!!

Want to get to know a little more about our fantabulous Design Team?
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If you have answered a big yes to either one of these questions, you simply must come and join in the fun!
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you could get your hands on the Scrap FX products that they have been having fun with!
The hop starts 9A.M Friday 17th May and runs through till Midnight Monday 20th (Eastern Australian Time),
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Hope to see you all then!!!
Hi all, it´s Maria again. Today I want to share a special Mixed Media Layout and a simple card with you, using our new products from Scrap FX!
First a very simple card for Mothers Day, (for my mother in law).
I used white cardstock and some lace to start with as a background. I then painted the Scribble Heart in turquoise and put a splash of bronze on it. The Love wordlets I painted in white and crackled it with Crackle accents. I sewed all the elements on the card and it was ready to go.

Products I used:
Scribble Heart, small (2013043)
Words of love (2013050)

This Layout was inspired by my wonderful hubby Sascha! He’s a great artist and I love the inspiration we share!
It’s my first Layout without a photo! And I love it! I amm really bad at drawing! Here I have given my best.
The background is made with Tissue paper from Tim Holtz ( I LOVE it
, Gesso, some stamps, black, gold and bronze ink – and of course – stencils. After I drew the face, I altered my chipboards. I put on all chipboards ( Graphic Circles, Graphic Corner, Roman Numerals) a copper priming. Some I have brushed with patina, with shimmering watercolors H2O´s in turquoise and brown. After drying I glued all the pieces on my page.



Products I used:
Graphic Circles (2013076)
Graphic Corner (2013078)
Roman Numerals (2013087)
Thank you for looking and wish you tons of inspiration!
Maria
Hi All! It’s my turn to share with you some beautiful products by the Scrap FX! Here we go, let’s get right to it!
This month’s chippies were beautifully done! I always find masculine/boyish scrapbook elements hard to come by at times, and this release fulfilled my every need
I pulled this paper and thought it’s dramatic pattern would play well with the chipboard pieces. I needed to make a BOLD statement and I found an equally dramatic photo to match my paper and chippy treatment. I took several of the releases and treated them with several different mediums, each building up to the next. I have used a Gesso primer, topped it off with a coat of chalk ink here and there, a coat of misting, and then finally one more layer of Mixed Media Inks. I finished them off with a quick swipe of some black Gesso. I got a really grungy look with the combination of colors- browns, patina, and yellow. Loving the results of the chippy treatment!
Also one of my favorite things to do with the chippies are to adapt them to make them work for me. I have broken most of my chippies into pieces, and placed them in different spots in the composition. Don’t be afraid to cut them into pieces, tear off an end, split it in half or in fourths…. the possibilities are truly endless. The more you think outside the box the more fun you can have with them!
Chippies featured on this LO:
For my next piece, I wanted to have a bit of fun with this awesome butterfly! I decided to play with glitter on this treatment. It turned out quite girly. I played around with it for a bit, deciding what to do with it, until I came up with the idea of adding it to my daughters back, once her silhouette was cut out of a photo. From there I created a fun color palette for the background. A few splashes of some blue art medium and a spool of blue thread did the trick!
I did not want to go too overboard with my color splashes (learning when to say when

) so I simply inked my Wordlet with brown ink pad.
Fun Chippies featured here:
Thanks so much for taking the time to stop in!
Until next time,
Adrienne
Hello, I am here to share a couple LO’s I did using this months new releases.
Jill you did a amazing job again I just love all the chippies!!!!!

The Scrap Fx Chipboard used on this LO:
- Wordlet, Moment in Time (2008155),
- Chicken Wire (2011186),
- Compass (2010346),
- Wings C Feathered (2011071)
- Hash Corner (201379).
- Here is a closer look:

I used walnut stain on the chicken wire.
I cut “Moment in” from the “time” part of the wordlet.
I used walnut stain & rock candy crackle on “Moment” & when that dried I rubbed in Viva Inka Gold Metallic Rub (Old Silver) & (Copper).
On the wings, clock & compass I first applied Perfect Pearls Mists (biscotti) then inked the edges with brown. I also rubbed in some Viva onto the Wings. I glued the clock on to a piece of paper I was working with,then used rock candy crackle in the word in…..

I used walnut stain on the hash corner,then rubbed in some Viva……

On the Time part of the wordlet I used walnut stain,then rock candy crackle & when that dried I rubbed in some Viva….
“No Hard Work”
Here is another LO I did for this month “No Hard Work”. The photo is of my youngest son Tandri, hard at work. We tease him & tell him there is no hard work in his job………..

The Scrap Fx Chipboard used on this LO:
- Graphic Frame (2013077),
- Ruler & Compass (2013080),
- Roman Numerals (2013087),
- Graphic Circle (2013076)
- Fasten it Alpha.
Here are some close ups …..

I first applied walnut stain on all the chipboard.

On the compass & alpha I then applied rock candy crackle. While the crackle was still wet on the alpha I placed numbers & jump rings, then when that dried I applied another coat of rock candy. Once that all dried I rubbed in Old Silver & Copper Viva Inka Gold rub with my finger………..

I used Walnut Stain on the Graphic Frame, Ruler, Graphic Circles & Roman Numerals, I also rubbed Viva into these pieces.
Thank you so much for taking the time to look…..Rachelle
Posted in Design Team
Tags: Chicken wire, compass, DT, Fasten it Alpha, Graphic Circle, Graphic Frame, Hash Corner, Moment in Time, Rachelle, Roman Numerals, Ruler & Compass, Wings C Feathered
Hi everyone Cindy here and today I’d like to share some layouts I’ve creating using some of the fabulous new Scrap FX chippy designs, I just fell in love with the new graphic circles, frame and corner…. just love, love, love them….
So first up I want to share with you “Snapshots” a fun colourful layout using some of those great new graphic pieces…



The Scrap FX Pieces used in creating this layout are:
Graphic Corner: 2013078
Graphic Circles: 2013076
Stained Glass Stencil: 2012159
Snapshots: 2012121
Moments Words: 2013054
Scribble Circles: 2013044
Playground Alphabet: 2012306
Next up is a layout I created “Good Times Together” , loved this new chippy title, perfect for this layout.
I really had fun creating this layout, and spent loads of time playing with the background to get it just right, and set the whole thing off with the delicate touches of the gorgeous chippy ruffled feather…


Scrap FX chippy used in creating this layout:
Ruffled Feather: 2012223
Good Times Together: 2013072
Flourish D: 2006153
And finally, I have for you a quick layout I created “Simply the Best” again focusing on those new graphic designs. In this layout I used distress embossing powders on the chippy to give it a ruff finish…


Graphic Frame: 2013077
Playground Alphabet: 2012306
Graphic Circles: 2013076
Urban Corner: 2013081
Simply the Best: 2012280
Arrow Collage Stencil: 2012130
Arrow Boxes: 20122373
Cogs: 2007184
That’s all from me today, hope to see you all sharing your Scrap FX creations over on the Scrap FX facebook page.
Happy Creating
xC
Posted in Design Team
Tags: Arrow boxes, Arrow collage stencil, Cindy, cogs, DT, Graphic circles, graphic corner, Graphic Frame, Playground alpha, Scribble Circles, Stained Glass stencil, urban corner, Wordlet