Hello Everyone
We really do have a very exciting challenge today! We have some amazing Guest Designers and an awesome prize! So you really don't want to miss playing along with this challenge! ;-)
So to tell you about the challenge, it is "Chipboard with a Difference" and it means you need to use some chipboard on your layout, card or altered piece, but cannot be left raw and must be altered. This challenge is hosted by the lovely Ada Nicholls.
So to tell you about our prize, we have an amazing new sponsor this month.7 Dots Studio.
We are a team of creative women who cannot image their world without paper, glue and the creative process. Scrapbooking is our passion and we love to share our passion with other scrapbookers. For this reason, 7 Dots Studio exists. The quality of our products is our top priority. Our collections are made from thick (250gsm), acid-free, lignin-free, archival scrapbooking paper. We also offer high quality cardstock stickers.
7 Dots Studio has so very kindly given us a wonderful new collection as a giveaway prize. Check it out.
So you get the whole collection, as well as the 6x6 paper pad! Isn't that so fabulous?! Thanks so much to 7 Dots Studio and Tusia Lech
I am suddenly very jealous, as I would love to have this collection too! ;-))
I am thrilled to introduce our very Special Guest Designer, she is the owner of 7 Dots Studio - Tusia Lech.
She is an amazingly talented lady and really one of the nicest ladies ever!!
I love all kinds of media –
if I would have to define my style, I would say that media are the only
constant thing. My favourite colours are fresh, bold greens, blues and pinks,
but at the same time I just love delicate, pale hues of beige, rose and white.
However there is something in my projects, what can be found always – a
positive, feminine style.
Scrapbooking fills my whole life – it is all around me – in my private life and
in my job career. I love the process of creation – I have created things since
early childhood – all kinds of handmade things always attracted me. I cannot
imagine my life without making some art. Even if I leave for a weekend, I
always take my small “art-bag”, filled with art-journal supplies. I am lucky
enough to be a designer in a few very creative places. I love drinking coffee,
reading books, walking through the forest, watching flowers on the meadow, basking
in the autumn sun and being deep in my inner world. I can say that I am happy
person and wouldn’t change a single thing in my life.
Tusia created this beautiful card for the challenge. It is so absolutely gorgeous and stunning!
How I altered chipboards - text
- I have used plain, white chipboards from 7 Dots Studio Nature Walk
collection. I embossed them with Lindy Stamp Gang embossing powder, than I
paint them with Gelatos from Faber-Castell and at the end I have embellished
them with Liquid Pearls.
Thanks so much Tusia, for your amazing card! Please pop along to Tusia's blog and the 7 Dots Studio to see more of Tusia's work! You will not be sorry! ;-)
Ekaterina created this beautiful and amazing piece.
I made mix-media panels. I used the chipboard on the background, heart and words "you&me" in russian. The heart I covered in crackle paint and gold acrylic paint. Words - acrylic paint, gesso and Perfect Pearls Mist.
Thanks so much Ekaterina for this beautiful and wonderful piece! ;-)
To wow you even more, the 7 Dots Studio Design Team, also designed some wonderful projects for this challenge and you are going to really love their work. Here is their amazing inspiration.
"Captured
Moment"
"This
picture depicts another wonderful day. The kids got to fly their kites at the
beach downtown. I used lots of stamping again behind the photo to create
texture and movement."
"I
love capturing these moments in time. These beautiful snapshots of life will help
me remember how my kids were then"
Altered
Chipboard:
"I
used some Blue Fern Studio chipboard for this challenge. The chipboard icons
"Captured" and "Click" were simply inked in Black Coal
fluid chalk ink. The Honey comb chipboard was painted in black acrylic paint
and while it was still wet, I added some fine glass micro-beads on top to
enhance the texture"
Product
list
7
Dots Studio 9th Wave- Stormy sea
7
Dots Studio 9th Wave- 12x12 Elements
7
Dots Studio Wonderland- Stickers
I
have used the Domestic Goddess collection in this one.
My chipboard alphas are gessoed, misted and stamped!
This is a mini project, a CD wallet perfect for
presenting.
The detail of the chipboard arabesque : I cut
and texturized using the Sixxiz machine.
I used gold metallic paste and applied some patina techniques using white paint.
stickers 6x12 Domestic Goddess
paper Deep Water- 9th Wave collection
I
altered my UmWowStudio layered circles, using a layer of copper paint, followed
by a circle confetti mask and heavy body paint, and finally I stamped the
chipboard using metal stamps, for the heavily embossed word "fly" on
each piece.
I made a card using
the newest 7 Dots Studio collection - Cold Country.
I altered the chipboards with gesso, gel medium, glass filler and two kinds of
mist.
Thanks to all those media it looks like it is rusty.
Sandi Smith
I
just love the versatility that chipboard gives to a layout and I tend to use
them on all my projects! All the chipboard used here is manufactured by
Scrapmatts and has the option of coming in a white mist finish. The frame,
compass and lighthouse received some textured paste, mists and embossing
powder. The grass chipboard was soaked with brown mist and I peeled apart the
layers to give a more dimensional effect. The fence also received a coat of
mist and I then added some gesso for a whitewashed effect. I simply inked the
edges of the gorgeous butterfly as it was beautiful just as it was!
"I covered the brand
new 7 Dots Studio chipboards with two coats of embossing powder. For the first
coat I used semi-opaque pearl powder and for the top layer four different
colors of embossing powder added here and there. While the powder was still
hot, I sprinkled some extra glitter on top."
Thanks sooooo much to the 7 Dots Studio Design Team! You absolutely rocked this challenge! ;-)
Each project is beautiful and gorgeous and the altered chip boards amazing! Certainly, so very inspirational!
But the magic doesn't stop there, check out our Design Teams projects too!
I covered my chipboard with a Tim Holtz ink pad then glued microbeads onto it :)
Some of the chipboard flowers were embossed and some more stamped first and then embossed.
I used a beautiful chipboard swirl and lightly painted it with some Tim Holtz distress ink.
Erica
Altered Maya Road banner pieces using pattern paper and the Prima 'love' title with Gesso.
I embossed the chipboard first and then added the colouring using alcohol inks and perfect pearls mists
This little valentines album has chipboard covers that has been painted around the edges and then dipped into glitter. The inside also contains a lot of chipboard that has been painted, glittered, inked and even had some rub ons applied. It will also be a Valentines give away on my blog.
I used one of my favourite techniques on my chipboard...layering. I wet my chipboard and divided it into three sections, drying it with a heat gun makes the chipboard curl, giving lovely dimension to it. I then painted it with several colours of Distress Paints, and also did some stamping on the flower and leaves. I finished it of with some Rock Candy Distress Stickles.
Valerie
Super work from the Design Team, as usual! ;-)
So we really hope you are super inspired and feeling super creative after seeing all these amazing projects and will play along! We really would love to see your work.
Please link up your projects by 28 Feb.
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