Fun | Amy Kattenbelt | Monochrome

 Hello UK Scrap Addicts, Amy here today to share my example Monochrome layout. I've decided to use Green as my colour, and have gone for a mixed media based layout as I love creating these style of layouts in Monochrome.

I used a fee shades of Distress Oxides pads in various greens, especially my favourite green called Cracked Pistachio. I used both the packaging technique and also a sponge applicator through a stencil. I also used the Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide Spray to make some splatters (I had to let this dry overnight!). I also used my finger to make smudgy shapes with the darker share of green ink.

To add more texture and details I ripped up tiny slithers of a green triangle patterned washi tape and randomly stuck them to my background vertically.

I used a Bramble Fox leaf die to cut various scraps of green patterned paper and layered them up, mainly at the bottom right corner of my photo. I also used the diagonal net type die in a green paper behind my photo.

I pulled out random pieces of ephemera and stickers in matching green shades and added them to the layout. I added my title from green stickers. I finished the layout off with some little green gems

Thanks for coming to take a closer look at my Monochrome layout, they are really fun to create and a great way to use up scraps and random ephemera.

Take care, and stay safe.

Loves These Moments | Jackie Ashton | Monochrome

 Hi Crafter, Jackie here with my layout for this months theme ‘monochrome’ 

This layout is for my Lockdown album, so its 9 x 12 format.

The collection I used is Pink Fresh Studio - Let’s Stay Home to document that we can still enjoy a walk around the Botanical Gardens after the restrictions were lifted over the Summer.

I choose a grid format so it help my layout come together quickly.

Layering some patterned papers underneath each photographs and distress the edges of the pattern paper to add some texture.

This was a project life card which I added a stamped phase at the top, and added some puffy alphabet stickers to form the title.

I love how this layout came together, and hope that you join us over on our Facebook page with your monochrome layouts, we would love to see them.

Daydreamer | Sam Ball | Monochrome

When it comes to monochrome, it’s a common belief that it only applies to a colour combination of ‘black and white’! 

In fact, it actually means a single colour and tones of that colour, often made darker or lighter using white or black, and it’s one of my personal favourites!

 

Having looked through my stash, I found some Websters Pages papers that were based on single colour themes – there was one for every month and of course I’d bought them all! August was based around teal and aqua, one of my all-time favourite colourways!

 

The photos were from August 2010, taken on the back of a cruise ship, and ones that I’d never scrapped. I’d paired them with the Websters paper and simply never got round to scrapping them!

 

After pulling together more stash from Crate Paper and Pretty Little Studio, along with some flair and embellishments, the layout came together really quicky!

 

I can’t deny to a little ‘cheat’ in terms of the gold accent, which appears on a couple of the chipboard pieces and more obviously on the background.

It’s one of the fabulous Vicki Boutin pre-done backgrounds, which always seems to help kick start my scrapping, rather than me sitting staring a blank piece of white cardstock!

 

Whilst most of us tend to scrap our most recent photos, it’s always nice to find an older photo or two! Not only does it evoke wonderful memories, but it also reminds us just how much cameras and their photo qualities have evolved.

 

What’s the oldest photo you can remember scrapping? Perhaps, now’s the time to dig some of them out, and maybe even create a monochrome layout using one? Afterall, sepia or black and white photos certainly hide a lesser quality image and will co-ordinate with virtually anything!

 

And if you do take part, don’t forget to share your layouts over on our Facebook page, or tag us on Instagram if you’ve played along this month? It’s a great way to use up old stash whilst enjoying new collections too!

Love is in the Air | Sheena Rowlands | Monochrome

 Hi there UK Scrap Addicts!

It's Sheena here again and for our challenge for you for this month is to create a monochrome layout. I was looking forward to making this page as when I break up a collection or kit I store the left over bits and pieces by colour. So once I decided on my colour choice I just covered my desk in the packets containing that colour.

Love is in the Air.

I took this photo of my daughter & her boyfriend over the summer & had been waiting for an opportunity to scrap it.

A lot of my pink / red supplies are love themed so I started by digging out any tags to use as my base layer.  As we are allowing both black and white to be used with our colour off choice I found this old Studio Calico paper to use as my background. I added a little pink ink under and around my tags plus a few black splats too.

I dug out lots of bits and pieces that I liked and tried to add them to the tags, not all made the cut but it felt good using up odd bits.

I am pleased with how this page came out & I will certainly try this challenge again in another colour way.

Don't forget to share your challenge layouts with us over on our facebook page, or tag us on Instagram with # UKScrapAddicts if you've played along this month?

This challenge is a great way to use up those last few bits from a kit or collection.

Till next time x

Life is a Journey | Claire (ScrappyNerdUK) | Monochrome

Hey everyone. 

I can't believe we are into October already?! Where is this year going?!

So, since it's the 1st of the month it's time for us to focus on a new theme. This month we are working with monochromatic colour schemes on our layouts. 

Monochrome doesn't necessarily mean to use only black and white. Monochrome means the use of a single colour. Now, to only use 1 colour on our layouts would be super challenging so we have mixed things up a little and working with a single colour but with the addition of black and white. 

For my layout, I decided to "shop my stash" and find tools and supplies that often get forgotten. I was desperate to use embossing folders on this layout. So, I cut 9 3x3inch squares from white cardstock. Some of these I put through my BigShot machine using an embossing folder and others I used some black texture paste through a stencil to add textured hearts. 

I love the stark contract of the black texture paste on the white background and I cannot wait to use my embossing folders again on more of my layouts. Look at the text it created!! 

I splattered some white paint across my background to give it some more interest and then stuck down each of my 9 squares in a grid style. 

I only added adhesive to the middle of the squares which enabled me to run my nail around the edge of each of the squares to distress the edges which helps to create some shadowing behind. 

I was really going for lots of different textures on this layout so I added some pom pom trim under 3 of my squares and also used foam pads to pop up some of my embellishments. 

I rarely start a layout with a photo in mind. I just start creating the layout and then find a photo that would work. 

I found this Snapchat photo from last year and the colours and theme of the photo really worked!

I used some white and pink Thicker words from my stash to add my title to the middle square. 

I had the most amount of fun shopping my stash in my room to find all the stickers and embellishments that were pink and I started adding these within the squares, building up different layers as I went. Lots of word stickers, die cut hearts, stickers and enamel dots. It felt great using some older stash!

And here is the finished layout. I just love the soft pink colours and the pop of black and white really works well together. 

There is a process video here too if you want to watch the process of this layout come together  - https://youtu.be/L9nloNCGARs