Love Your Life, a Coffee Break Layout

This Saturday on Clear Scrap blog post, I've done up my very first Prima layout using the Coffee Break collection together with a couple of Finnabair's new mixed media range of products...

I've been cafe hopping since last year and my most hops was over 20 cafes within 2 weeks!!! So here featuring is one of the Lattes I had when I was visiting Kith Cafe last August... The clear gesso certainly works on acrylic especially when I do not want to cover the entire surface with white gesso yet creating a "teething" surface for me to work on... And this actually allows me to use normal water based sprays which is great!!! I created this coffee spillage mess on the background before I "sat" my "latte" on it... Finnabair's texture paste certainly gives this layout a more 3D look, though it took a much longer time to dry...

Here is a list of supplies used to create this layout...

• Prima Coffee Break Collection (Fill it to the Rim, Cup O' Joe, Aromatic Blend & Coffeeology)
• Prima Colour Bloom (tea stain & soft teal)
• Tim Holtz Alcohol Inks (latte, aqua & cloudy blue)
• Finnabair's Elementals Bubble Stencil
• Clear Scraps Flourish Embellishments
• Clear Scraps XL Deco
• Clear Gesso
• Texture Paste (white sand)
• Glass Glitter (copper)
• StazOn Midi (ganache)
• Bo Bunny Stained Texture Stamp

Enjoy!!! And happy crafting!!!

Learn... Me... Explore Journey... Believe... Life is About Creating Yourself...

Abstract elemental art, clean aqua teal colours... One of the shabby-grungy look I've created as a design team member for The Technique Twist challenge, using a sketch and a mood board from Once Upon a Sketch and Scrap Around the World as an inspiration...

Mood board from Scrap Around the World..

Something inspirational... Something about life... About creation... About life journey... Exploration and believing... I love the sea... The breezes... And fresh air... I wanted a layout that depicts about my life, from all the life lessons I've learned - big and small... To get a shabby grunge look, I used quite a number of Ingvild Bolme's Junkyard Findings water pipes, frames, typo bulbs and various chalk inks and mediums for this mix media project; all inspired from the various elements and colours from the mood board... So here is the final look....

I actually used a mini altered terracotta pot here...

My hand-written journaling "Embrace the greatest
Lessons given, grow and make a difference..."

I'm using part of the elements from the Periodic table,
which are the basic elements in Life... 

Here is a list of supplies I've used for this project... Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely day ahead...

Technique Twist Challenge; Bubbles Background

It's another Saturday and for this week Technique Twist challenge, its all about bubbles. Check out the blog in how to get this done. Here is what I've done as part of the design team, using IndigoBlu bubbles background stamp for this mix media project.

I've always love Ingvild Bolme's designs and I've quite a number of her Junkyard Findings collection which I always wanted to create a more junky shabby 3D art. As I'd like to have more dimensions, I actually did this layout on a 12 X 12 canvas. I wanted to have this abstract art with a variety of mixed elements but keeping to aqua and teal clean finishes. I started by creating some cracks texture at the corners using some modelling paste, and painted over them with various mediums. Did some splashes and splattering to go with the bubbles background... Thanks to my hubby, whom had helped me to create a T-bone line to hang the frame down.

Altered those floral chipboards and used a terracotta mini pot as well...

Bubbles background...

Another close-up view on the bubbles background...

Supplies:

• Gesso
• Modeling paste
• Script and bubbles background stamps
• Prima 12 X 12 crackle stencil
• Martha Stewart pearl acrylic paint (jet stream, mother of pearl)
• Liquidtex soft body acrylic paint (iridescent rich gold)
• Tattered Angels Glam (mermaid) and Glimmer mist (curious)
• Tim Holtz distress stain (peacock feathers)
• Ingvild Bolme chalk inks (teal damask, shabby tote)
• Tim Holtz distress ink (tea dye)
• Zing! metallic finish embossing power (gold)
• Bo Bunny Gabrielle paper (gabrielle cameo)
• Jillibean Soup Stired Elements paper (atomic soup)
• Dusty Attic floral frame set
• Melissa Frances resin frame
• Prima Ingvild Bolme Junkyard Findings (metal pipes parts, water pipes frames, typo bulbs)
• Prima Finnabair Mechanicals (plate and labels)
• Tim Holtz Idea-ology (word bands)
• Mini terracotta pot
• Vintage dictionary papers

Thanks for popping by and do join us for this challenge.. Have a lovely day ahead!!!