Fun Times Mini book | RamblingsofGeo | Mixed Media

Hello everyone,

Today i am bringing you a mini book with mixed media pages. Its a slight cheat as i had a pre-made scrapbook in a tin which i bought from everycraftsapound.com at the Farnborough Craft Show. 

There is also a process video linked below for you :)

I'm using this minibook to document my recent trip to the Gogo getaway retreat that i went on with a few of my friends. I thought it would be a great way to document the trip! I have also used some bits from my left over kit for the mini book as another reminder of the weekend. 

I used a Heidi Swapp Colour shine in Teal for the back grounds, my technique was spraying it onto a damp piece of plastic, smooshing it around and then pressing it onto the paper. 

I then mixed up some Shimmerz Dazzlerz paste in Spun Sugar, with some Shimmerz paint in the colour Going Peach Side. Once this was mixed i pushed it through a Bramble Fox stencil  which has a mixture of little Stars, which i used on the pages, also has circles and stripes etc.

You can see that i also added sequins for some extra texture, the sequins used were from Spiegelmom scraps. I had a pack called Tweaky Teal, and a pack called Bursting Sunrays. I love how they add extra sparkle to my book.

On a few pages i used the Shimmerz texture paste that you can see below, it was so easy to mix up to make a coloured texture paste, i think i am going to be addicted to using texture paste to all my layouts now!

I hope that this mini book gives you some inspiration to use mix media on some layouts in the future!

Click here to watch the process video!

Trouble | Terri Morris | Stamping

Can you quite believe we are in November? It seems like only yesterday that we were complaining about the hot summer weather.

This month here at UK Scrap Addicts we are focusing on stamping. I'm sure many of us are guilty of having a neglected stack of stamps that we rarely use. Our challenge to you is to find them out and get them down on your layouts. The team have loads of different ideas of using them on their pages.

I stamped this beautiful cat on to a piece of card that I had used with my gel plate to create a funky background. I stamped it on to 2 contrasting colours, fussy cut the cat and wings separately and then stuck them together. Adding stickles for a little bling!

Not only did I stamp the cat embellishment but I also added stamping to the background in co-ordinating colours. The painted background was created using the packaging technique and spray mists.

To add some texture I added the foam stars with nuvo drops in 3 different areas.

I love to use stamps on my layouts as they are so versatile. I intend to try and get me use out of them over the next few months.

Don't forget to show us your pages over on the Facebook group and tag us on Instagram.

Happy Scrapbooking!

The Last Jedi | Giselle Homer | Monochrome

Hello everyone,

Giselle here with my first Blogpost for UKSA, I'm really pleased to have been chosen to join the team and I'm looking forward to getting to know everyone who visits the blog!

Following this month's monochrome theme, I have used a white base and then different tones of blue for my page. I used a cut file from the Silhouette store and placed a couple of stars on the base before spraying it with Heidi Swapp Colour Shine Ocean.

I also sprayed a spare piece of card with differing strengths of blue and used it to back fill some of the stars in the cut file. The other stars were backfilled with coordinating patterned paper.

I placed a couple of tags behind the photo, plus some enamel stars and dots to highlight it. I tucked a double circle tag behind them for the date and place.  

Finally I added the title using a Pinkfresh Studio puffy alphabet in navy blue.

I hope you're all enjoying the monochrome theme and hope you'll join in and share your layouts with us on our Facebook page.

Happy Scrapping!