Hey Peeps!! Anita here with my WOW for this month & I'm passing on a

technique that the awesome Ebony van der Starre showed me a few months ago -

 Tea Bagging!!!!

 I love the tea colours, but was thinking out aloud to the girls at my table & I said 

"Wouldn't it be awesome if they made coloured tea bags?!"

They laughed & thought I was joking - but I was quite serious LOL.

With using the tea bag - it's best to leave it to go cold & scungy

(so that the colour gets really deep).

But as I said - I wanted to have coloured tea splats!!!

So I have developed this technique a little bit...

 

You will need:

- Some rubber gloves (unless you don't mind coloured fingers)

- Dylusions Ink Spray (whatever colour/s you like)

- White cardstock 

- Heat gun

- Green Tea bags (I know you'd all have some in the cupboard - cause if your like me you     should be having that instead of the 3rd cup of coffee to keep you going LOL - you'll have plenty!!)

I worked out that by using Green Tea bags & not letting them sit & go scungy,

 I can add a few drops of Dylusions Spray Ink to make 

COLOURED TEA SPLATS!!!!!!!!!

So get yourself all set up & ready. Add some warm water, your tea bag & a few

drops of whatever Dylusions Ink you'd like. Give it a bit

of a mix around with the tea bag & SPLAT AWAY!!!

Give it a dry with your heat gun. You could always pat it dry with some paper towel,

but I like the effect you get with the heat gun & giving the it time to dry. It kinda of

creates layers of colours. Give first colour a good dry before adding another colour

to you page.

 & repeat...

Here's the finished product!!

 I love how the puddles pool & when they dry have lots of depth to them.

Below are a few samples of this technique...

(L) is just straight Tea & (R) is the above technique.

So if you don't have any Dylusions Ink Spray in your scrappin' stash - 

head on over to the shop & grab some!!!!

SHOW US YOUR STUFF!!!!!!!!

Flutterby Designs are the OCTOBER SPONSOR over at the challenge blog

 

 The October challenge is to use multiple photos & arrows on your layout!!

How easy is that?! I'm sure everyone has more photos than

they know what to do with & how trendy are arrows at the moment?!

The whole DT are creating layouts using Flutterby goodies - so pop over for

some great inspiration from the girls!!!

Why not have a good at it & you could win a $20 prize pack from me :)

If you haven't stopped by the shop to get your own goodies to play with click HERE to get to the Flutterby Design Store

Thanks for stopping by...

 OCTOBER CHALLENGES OVER

AT SFS

So it's October already (I know, I can't believe it too)!!!

This month at Scrapbooking From Scratch,

it's my turn for the quote challenge & here it is:

Here's my sample layout I did for it. This layout

cracks me up!!! This was my first B&S Ball

& I did in fact have a ball LOL. I used a wet tea bag & dylusions to create the background.

TIP: if wanting to do colours rather than tea colour,

use green tea bag with a splash of Dylusions Ink.

It seems fairly approriate given I am covered in

food dye myself LOL.

 

 Some close up shots...

 

 I have used all products from SFS, apart from

the Flutterby flair & photo tab, & the Hybrid card I printed

out myself.

Here is Donna's sketch challenge





Here is Charm's Colour challenge

Remember to head over to the SFS shop for

all your scrapping supplies!!!

Simple Stories - 'Say Cheese' kit from SFS

So the lovely Peta over at 'Scrapbooking From Scratch' sent me up the cool

new range from Simple Stories 'Say Cheese'. 

I love the colours of this range!! It is however based on Disneyland - 

& as I do not own a passport & have never left the country, I show you how

to make use of the kit without that aspect :)

'You Make Me Happy'

(Please note I have added enamel dots & washi tape to this - which are not in the kit)

'Here's To Never Growing Up'

(Please note I have added Flutterby Flair & washi tape to this - which are not in the kit)

'Love These Girls'

(Please note I have added Flutterby Flair & a extra sheet of white CS to this - which are not in the kit)

So make sure you swing by the SFS store & grab this kit to play with!!!

Thanks for stopping by :)

So it's my 'WOW' again over at SFS & this time I've decided to show you

all how to make a confetti pocket for your Project Life albums / Mini albums

(or really for whatever you like.

First you'll need a 3x4 PL card to trace around & a normal everyday

A4 plastic sleeve. Trace around the PL card to give you a size to

work off. Don't worry about the pen marks - they will be cut off later!

Then using your sewing machine, stitch the 2 sides & bottom about

(leave top open for now) 1/2cm in from the

traced edge (to ensure it's going to fit in your PL sleeves).

Grab some goodies to put in it, like wood veeners, sequins, glitter,

small punched shapes etc.

 

I recommend using a sheet of paper to work off - making it easier to funnel

your bits & pieces in when your ready. Once you have everything in

- stitch the top up with your sewing machine.

 Then trim around cutting off the traced area - but not too close to the stiching.

And then Ta-Da!!!! Slide into your PL album. You may need to give the things a little

wriggle so they sit nicely in your album.

 Thanks for popping by :)

 So have you heard about...

 They are challenging you all to a game of Monopoly! SBT50 scrappy style of course! :) Check out all the details and sign up to get on the board, in the forum: 

http://scrapbookingtop50.forumotion.net/f298-sbt50-monopoly

  Flutterby Designs are a Prize Sponsor for this challenge - so why not play along?!

& I will also be Guest Designing...

 Thanks for stopping by :)

Sept Sketch Challenge at SFS

Hi Scrappers!!!

So this month it's my turn for the sketch challenge over at 'Scrapbooking From Scratch'

& here it is - my half dodgy drawing with a few elements added while editing :)

 

Here is my sample layout

' New Glasses' 

 So pop on over to the SHOP & grab some supplies,
& have a crack at this month's challenges!!!

You have till the end of the month to have a go at this challenge & upload your layouts to HERE

TERMS & CONDITIONS: A new layout must be created for each challenge.
There will be 1 $20 voucher awarded to 1 lucky entrant as long as there are 15 entries over all 3 challenges.
Some months will be "bonus months" where 2 vouchers will be given out.
The monthly challenges are as follows:
Colour Challenge: use the colours provided to inspire your page
Sketch challenge: use the sketch to copy exactly OR use it to inspire your page
Quote challenge: use the quote in your title, as part of your journaling or just as an addition to your page
If you also upload your layout to Charm's Creations with a Charm's Creations embellishment, you will be in with a chance to win a $20 voucher to use on Charm's Creations products.

   

Thanks for stopping by :)