Bringing the mini back

Bringing the Mini Back…. I bet you started to hum the tune to that Justin Timberlake song ‘bringing sexy back’. 

I'm going to start my blog post off with a bit of a story… hopefully it won’t take too long.

A long long time ago A2Z Scraplets created these amazing chipboard mini albums that were put together as words.  Do you remember the ones – they had titles like baby, smile, beach & family to name just a few. These mini albums were a great way to show off a few photos and also have some coffee table art in your home.

I remember my very first one – the beach album… I was lucky enough to have it published in a couple of magazines, it was even featured in a mini album mag. I was so impressed by these little albums that I knew then that I wanted to be a part of the A2Z Scraplets team and that my friends is where my love of chipboard products began.

These fantastic albums have not been around for a while and so after acquiring one (because I know this great lady who makes all this fabbo chipboard stuff) I got to work and created my very first chipboard mini album for 2013 and I know its not going to be the last one for this year either.

My first step was to prime all my pages with gesso. I have then given them a thin coat of aqua paint and have let that dried.

I then started to add more color layers to the pages before I added my photos and embellishments. Here I have used the Masklet Chevron 2. After spraying the mask I have used the remainder that was left on the mask and pressed it onto other pages to give a more grungy look. 

Next I chose my photos and the accents I wanted to use. I find that you do not need to add too much to the album as your photo or photos will take up a lot of the page. I try to keep embellishments minimal. Washi tape is great for this and small stickers and small metals. I also like to use twine or wire and beads on my pages as they do not overwhelm the photos.

 

Also think about using your masks and texture paste after you have added your pictures. Here i have used Stencil Flourish 2 to add a little more interest and tie together the photo and the page.

Above I have masked off part of the album and used a small part of the Flourish 2 stencil. This is also a great way to add interest without making your pages become to 'chunky' 

My final step before putting the rings in to hold it all together was to ink the edges and then add some stamping. I have also outlined all of the pages with a black pen which helps define them.\

So here are a few of the finished pages....

 

 I hope this has inspired you to create a mini album of your own... I am hoping to do a few for Christmas gifts.

tracey

xx

Blind Challenge Entries & Winner

The Scraplets Challenge for September 2013 was a Blind Scrap Challenge Set by Design Team member Amy Prior. What you had to do was create a layout using instructions set by Amy (can be seen HERE)

Here are the entries received.

by Sandra Scott ...

by Julene Matthews ...

by Victoria Warren-Mears

by Morgyn Mlinarek ...

by Buffy Esser ...

by Rebecca Daly ...

by Amanda Baldwin ...

by Lynne Joncas

by Sue Smith ...

All entries were absolutely amazing. Considering we all followed Amy's instructions, each layout has its own spin on the interpretation. Thank you to ALL that entered!!

The Winner of this challenge are: 

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SUE SMITH

Congratulations Sue !!! Send me your details to:

challenges@a2zscraplets.com.au

and I will get your prize out to you. 

Don't forget to check out this months awesome Sketch Challenge. Caz has chosen a beautiful Page Maps Sketch for us all to try.
The information can be found here or at the top right of the blog page. 

... Until Next Time ...

... Happy Scrappin' ...

Sweetness and fun.

Hi, its Kerry again back with a couple of shares today. This first layout Sweetness, i have used my favouite technique using scraplets....white ink and crackle paint. When dry smudge a bit of brown ink over. It is my most used method, though am about out of crackle paint...the bird in the tree is soooo gorgeous.

This next layout i done last night and is based on the scrapfriends sketch of the month.

I have used the scalloped border, painted it and done a bit of doodling...

Thanks for looking and now im going to enjoy this beautiful day.

Kerry xx

Different Background

Hi Belinda here to show you how to make a background using an A2Z Scraplet Stencil and gelatos. I did this layout for a challenge last month (Flourish With A Bling)

For the background I got a plain cardstock, gessoed it and with the Brick Stencil and Vera Mark Watermark Stamp, I roughly stamped over the stencil. I moved the stencil all over the page.
I then put clear embossing powder over it, shake off the extra and using a heat gun set it
With the gelatos I put the blue around the edge and yellow in the middle. I added water to it and blended the colours in making the yellow green

The leaves here are from A2Z Scraplets, I cut them up to put on either side of the photo. I used Gelatos to colour them in

And this is the title

I hope this inspires you to try out the vast range of Stencils that A2Z Scraplets have. Head HERE for the range. And don't forget to enter into this months sketch challenge.

Thanks for looking

Belinda

Hello Again...

Well the first week of holidays has been and went...now for the second half. I have been working every day of them...maybe I will need a holiday after the kids go back to school...LOL.

Todays share is a "Just because layout" of my eldest daughter Kayley. She takes the most deep in thought photo's of all my 3 girls.

I have used this doodlet:

I have just inked to make it stand out, so that the materials and pattern paper show through.

Here are a few closeups to show you the layering on my layout:

Thanks for stopping by today. Do hope you can join us this month with the fantastic sketch challenge.....