Finnabair Style you can do it too!!!

 

Good Morning how are you all? Happy Father's Day for all those special men in our lives. Today marks the last day of me showing Prima’s Sunrise and Sunset range... I have really enjoyed creating with this and I am very proud of the work so far for pushing my creativity.  So with that being said I thought it would be a great time to share with you how to do this Finnabair style of scrapbooking.

 

 

Step 1 and 2: I am doing a front cover of a journal to make it easier to manipulate and create your front cover, use chipboard. Trace around the front cover and cut to the same size as your journal. Find a 6x6 stencil as your main background feature, texture paste it and dry it with a heat gun.

 

Step 3: Using another template picking something that adds interest and doesn’t distract from your main stencil, the new Crafters Workshop Well Rounded is a great choice as it has 9 different styles in the 12x12 size template.

 

 

Step 4: Don’t forget to do the edges in a random fashion with texture paste. When drying with a heat gun remember to also dry on the underside of the piece this will stop the chipboard warping and the texture paste bubbling.

Step 5: Grab a selection of brass charms, washers and any other metal object that you would like to create interest. Don’t forget ribbons and trims are a great way to add texture. Once you are happy with the position of your objects then stick them down with glossy accents and dry with a heat gun.

Step 6: Paint the whole thing with white gesso this will also allow you to focus on the charms and add to it page if you need more don’t forget to gesso if you add more.

Step 7: At this stage you can have two options; paint with a metallic paint as long as the paint dries with a waxy/ plastic look. If you want don’t want it to be metallic jump to step 8.

Step 8 and 9: Once you have dried your gold layer use Dylusion mists and start with your darkest colour (Brown) and mist the centre of your clusters and then the centre of the journal. Then dry with a heat gun it will make dull down and give you an older look to the gold. Then mist with your first bold colour (red) starting in the bottom LHS corner and also in the centre of the top RHS cluster.

 Dry with a heat gun and repeat the misting step with the red again. This allows the colours to be in shades so dull and bright.

 

Step 10: Use your third colour your highlight colour (orange) find an area that you would like to highlight and allow it to dry naturally.

Step 11 and 12: While waiting on your highlight colour to dry if you have a spiral bound journal paint the edge from the spiral and your edges with gold approx. 1cm and then mist with your 3 colours to help blend your chipboard cover to your journal. Dry with heat gun.

Once that is dry time, to adhere your cover onto the journal, using a lot of Glossy Accents.  To hold into position while you are waiting for it to dry use bull dog clips.

 

 

 

 

#960339 Vintage Mechanicals Flowers Roses

Golden Gel Medium Molding Paste 237ml

 

Ranger Dylusions Cherry Pie Ink Spray
 

#twcw384s The Crafters Workshop 6x6 Template Well Rounded

Well I hope that was something that you would like to give a go, we would love to see when you do, just add a link to the Show us your work. 

Pssstttt!!! I know a secret !!! stay tuned and come and visit us here Monday!!!

     

Be Bold.... Be Vibrant !!!!

Good Morning how are you all this Sunday morning? Myself, I am a little bit tired had a 12 hour crop yesterday and when ever I get home from these it takes forever fro my brain to switch off. I wish I could say it was from being productive but at the most I have only ever complete 3 layouts for the 12 hours..... one day I will change that but its great to go and socialize and talk to other adults instead of being interrupted every 2 mins cause you sat down lol.

 

Today I am sharing another layout using Prima's Sunrise Sunset range, and I wanted to make its a vibrant one for you this week.

 

See I told you it was vibrant but there's something nice about the pink and orange combination. And all I did was lift the colours from the pattern paper itself, I went over the top of the design and made colours really concentrated.

 

Sunrise Sunset Celsius Paper

 

If you have singular flower layer some together to make a fuller more life like flower.

 

 

I also added a Crafters Workshop template on the page, just add a little texture paste and mist over the top with your Dylusions mist and bled the colours together.

 

#564001 Sunrise Sunset SIIC Mini Swirls 3x7 inch




Joulee Tropics Fabric Flowers and Leaves 9pc

 

Don't have flowers that you can layer? these would be perfect.....

 

Hope this has inspired you..... so be bold, be vibrant and give it a go, and don't forget to share with us here.

Crazy hour inspiration....

Good morning, Rikki here to share my latest creation using the fabulous Prima Sunrise Sunset Collection.

 

Have you ever had one of those great ideas that you just couldn't pull off? well this is where the layout came from.... I wanted to show off the collection with out all the inking this week, but for the life of me it wasn't happening. But at 5 pm the inspiration hits right in the middle of the crazy hour!!! Then begs the question of what to do.... scrap or cook dinner?
 

 

 

  

I love this sheet of Prima Sunrise Sunset paper, with its bold watercolour effect, and considering it would take a lot of time to create that myself its a great time saver.

 

 

The sewing machine is a great way to add interest and unity in all your pieces of background papers, it helps tie in all the layers. Also keep your scraps, they can make a nice photo corner.

 

 

 

What's not to love about Prima Flower's!!! don't forget to team them with a little bit of KaiserCraft resin.....

#EM969 Blossoms Dahlia
 

Sunrise Sunset Del Sol Paper

 

Sunrise Sunset 12x12 Tiny Alphabet Stickers


 

 

#556471 Prima Allegra Biscuit 2pk approx 1.5 inch

Joulee Quartz Fabric Flowers and Leaves 9pc

 

Don't forget to enter into your monthly sketch for your chance to win a $20 voucher, might come in handy with all the lovely new products in store now!!! 

 

Flu season and I am over it !!! but perfect to create.

 

Morning all.... I am still here just posting late, flu session has kick into gear in our household and I wish it would just hurry up and leave I have given it its eviction notice however we might have a squatter, but enough about our poor health I hope that you are all well.

 

This months kit from Sassy Scrapper's arrived on my doorstep the other day ( middle of being sick, you know that part where you think "just take me out and shoot me"), and I must say it made my day, why wouldn't it? it was a box full of the lovely Sunrise Sunset collection. So prepare to get messy this month, my hands are already a multicoloured mess!!!

 

The best part about this range of papers is the backgrounds give you a guide of how to ink and mist your layout. To start pick your colours out in Tim Holtz Distress Inks and Dylusion mists. When you trim your paper don't forget to keep the off cuts as you can use them as background paper strips.

Theres a number of different charms and trinkets that you can use to layer, and dont forget a trip to hubby's shed or bunnings.......

A bit of texture paste through a template will add interest and when you splatter you Dylusions mist it will make that section darker. This range of pattern papers holds up really well against a lot of moisture from the mists and inks and its beautiful to distress, with your distressing tool.

 

As you can see the Prima Sunrise Sunset range has these beautiful dull gold flowers and you can add you Dylusion mist to add depth in the colours.

 

Paper Roses Gold Mulberry

 

Sunrise Sunset Corona Paper
 

The Crafters Workshop Mini Tile Texture 6x6 Template

 

#960315 Vintage Mechanicals Flowers Medium

Sunrise Sunset Canvas Alphabet Stickers

 

Ranger Dylusions Cherry Pie Ink Spray

Hope you enjoy my share it is based on this months Sassy Scrapper's sketch challenge. Don't forget to enter for your chance to win a $20 voucher in the store.