You are Loved | Krisy Podolak

Hi Flutterby Lovelies.

I have a layout to share with you today that I have had the photo printed for nearly a year and have only just worked out how to use it in a way that makes it the start of an awesome layout.

I used the Heart stencil and some impasto paste to create a back ground that I then used water colours matching the colours of the everyday etc cards that I used to matte my photo.  I cut up another to create part of my title and then added a banner flair button to finish it all off.

Here are a few close ups:

As you can see I used a number of patterned Everyday Etc cards to matte my photo but they all work together.  That the great thing about Flutterby Designs the colours work together even if they are from different collections.  Have a look through the shop and you will see how awesome the ranges are and how they work together.

Krisy xx

You are loved...Dumbass | Tamara Buckler

Hey, Hey Scrappy peoples,

Welcome back to the Flutterby Blog today! This weekend seems to be a busy one for lots of our scrappy friends and DT chicks, as they are off enjoying a retreat. I myself am still recovering from the epic long weekend that was #createbythelake2017. Seriously good fun, lots of scrappy time and side splitting laughs with like minded people. The BEST!

I'm back on the blog today to share one of the layouts that I created at retreat. I stumbled across some 8.5 x 11.5 cardstock while I was there, and I can tell you, I am in love with this size!! Its so cute and compact, but the dimensions work in so many ways.

I went pretty hard with the gesso on the background here, and then mixed up some texture paste with the Raspberry Punch Flutter Colour paint through my fave 'I heart you' stencil. I then did the same with the gorgeous new 'Little Big Love' stencil and the Grape Soda Flutter Colour Paint. I then went a bit free range with Aquamarine Dream Flutter Colour Paint, and then watered down some Bahama Blue to splatter all over the page.

I altered one of the wood veneers from the new 'Flawsome' collection with the Aquamarine Flutter Colour Paint, and then inked around the edges to grunge it up. I layered up the 'Flawsome' Everyday Etc Filler Cards behind my pic, but didn't pop my photo up as there is already so much dimension on the page.

To balance off the page, I added some page tabs from the Sentence Enhancers and Mad About You pack. As well as the rad 'love who you are' flair from the Flawsome range.   Finishing touches were the Neon Enamel Dots, as well as some Die Cuts and Snippet Strips.

Thanks for stopping by to check out my layout, I hope you're having awesome scrappy adventures!!

Big Loves,
Tam x

Unicorn, with Ros Madley

Hi everyone.

My page this week features the awesome Flawsome collection, with just a little different use of the set.

I had a lot of fun making this layout which i started with a piece of gelli printed cardstock.

 Some flutter color paint has then been dabbed through a stencil to finish my background.

I used some Filler Cards and cut them in different size squares.   I used this as the base for my cluster.

On top of this I've added a tag that i made a while ago.   It's been sitting on my desk for ages and think it goes perfect with the colours and shapes in the Flawsome set.  The circles on the background have also been cut from a Filler Card.

Super cute unicorn quote has been cut from a Filler Card.   I dusted off my copics and added a unicorn stamp.  On top of this is a little Wood Veneer, coloured with pink texta.

I've used some scrapdots on the heart die cuts to add some dimension.  Page has been finished off with a couple  stamps and a sprinkle of sequins.

Hope you've been inspired.

💙

Sparkle, with Ros Madley

Hi everyone, today I'm back with a page featuring one of my cutie pie nieces and some Mad About You filler cards.

I have used the I {heart} You stencil for my background.  Tropicana Teal Flutter Colour was applied over this with a makeup wedge.

I have stamped some cards with a couple of my favourite stamps and did a little fussy cutting, layering some of them up with coordinating cards.   Some stitches stamps and I have turned them into cute little flowers.

I layered one of my fave flair buttons with the flowers and it just looks like part of the little garden.

Some Enamel Dots have been popped around my sentiment and the Flutter colour has been applied with a paint brush to colour the border stamps.  Putting borders around my focal points is one of my favourite ways of finishing a layout.

Flair Button No. 176

Enamel Dots

I {heart} You Stencil

Mad About You Filler Cards

Tropicana Teal Flutter Colour Paint

Hope you've been inspired.

Creative Chaos Two Ways with Belinda

Hello Flutterby peeps!!

Belinda here today to share my first post for the month featuring the fun and funky 'Creative Chaos' collection

A little birdie told me that there are only a few of these kits left so cyber RUN over HERE to get yours quick!!

You will see how very versatile this awesome kit is with the two layouts I have created in the chaos that is my desk. My first layout is a very soft and pretty layout showcasing the sweet and lovely side of the range. My second layout is the polar opposite and crosses over to the dark side. SPOILER ALERT!! It also features many 'sentence enhancers'.

Firstly, the sweet one.

'Beautiful' Layout

Such pretty, soft pastel colours! I began by adding some texture to my background with texture paste and the I {Heart} You Mini Stencil. I then mixed up my colour with Flutter Colour paints to match the hoodie my daughter is wearing in the photo. I diluted the paint HEAPS to create a watercolour effect on my background and flicked some of the colour over the surface too. I also coloured a white doily with the same colour and added on top.

Next I shuffled around some photo cards and filler photo cards until I had a nice mix and layered them together. A quick staple holds them all in place for me until I am ready to stick down on my layout. Then I added my photo, a frame from the 'Honey' Fussy Cuts, my title and a scattering of cute embellishments.

Here's what I used:

CREATIVE CHAOS:

- Everyday Etc Photo Cards

- Everyday Etc Filler Photo Cards

- Page Tabs

- 'White' Tiny Sticky Quick Quotes

- 'White' Sticky Quick Quotes

- Enamel Dots - Neon

WOOD VENEER:

- Beautiful

- Small Hearts

FLUTTER COLOUR:

- Arctic White

- Orange Goldfish

- Raspberry Punch

Mini Stencil I {Heart} You

'Honey' Fussy Cuts

Next up is the 'dark' one featuring a photo of me!

'Me' Layout

Told you it was dark! LOL I just LOVE that new 'You've Got This' Stencil. I swiped some texture paste over it and then when it was dry sprayed on a whole lot of water and mist to co-ordinate with my photo and the filler cards I had already chosen to use.

I outlined some of the stencilled words using a fine black Posca Pen to make them stand out a bit more and then layered on a whole lot of stuff!

Here's what I used:

CREATIVE CHAOS:

- Everyday Etc Photo Cards

- Everyday Etc Filler Photo Cards

- 'Purple Polaroid' Photo Cut Out

- Page Tabs

- 'White' Sticky Quick Quotes

- 'Blackboard' Sticky Quick Quotes

WOOD VENEER:

- Confetti Circles

- Page Tabs 2

- 'You've Got This' Stencil

- Enamel Dots - Neon

Thankyou so much for stopping by the blog today. I hope my projects have gotten you inspired to create some chaos in your own space!

Cheers

Belinda

LOVE - TURTLEY AWESOME DUDE | Krisy Podolak

Hi Flutterby Lovelies.

Krisy Back for my first share for this month and I am again sharing two layouts using the "Fur-ever Friends" Collection.  As I said in my post last month, we don't have any pets at the moment, so I had to get a little creative with some of my layouts.

So Snapchat is an app that has been real popular on a lot of Scrapbooking Layouts of late and my husband has been snapchatting his work buddies for a while but I never really saw the point of it.  But I needed animal photos and this was the best way to get some with meaningful stories behind them.  The reason I decided to download Snapchat was because my son was having a very hard time adjusting to his older sister starting kindy.  He was very very sad.  I had to try and find little things that he and I could do (and his little sister who was yet to step into big sister shoes) and take his mind off the fact that it was only 8.45am, she had only been gone 15 minutes and he had to wait until 2.30pm for her to come home.

For this layout I created a mixed media background using some Colour Sprays and some Colour Blast Colour Paste in Just Blue and spreading it through the "I {heart} you" Stencil.  Then I added a little stamping.  I created a matte of Everyday Etc Cards by cutting them into strips and adding some Paper Straws in matching colours.  Then it was all about the little details.  There are some Tabs, enamel dots, a flair button that I had to "Alter" a little bit and the title is another Everyday Etc card that I fussy cut the word Love from.

Here are a few close ups:

Here is another layout where I used Snapchat photos.

I made this layout more about the rainbow of colours.  The background is very basic.  Is stamped some clouds using permanent ink then added a rainbow of inks around them.  Once it was dry, I added a matte over Everyday Etc cards behind my photo, fussy cut the turtle off another and added a flair, some snippet strips and page tabs. It is a bright fun layout that makes my son smile.

Thanks for stopping by today.  I will be back later in the month with two more layouts that stretch some of the original intentions of these cards I think.

Krisy xx

Purr-fect Stalker

Hello!!

Belinda here today to share two layouts I have created with the brand new, totally fabulous FUR-EVER FRIENDS collection.

The colours in this collection are so vibrant and bright and a perfect match for the brilliant new Flutter Colour paints! I have had my very first play with these paints and I am super impressed with the results.

Here's my first layout.

'Purr-fect Love' Layout

I started by applying some molding paste through the I {heart} You Mini Stencil. I repeated this until I had enough stencil work to be visible around my central photo area.

Next I chose paints to co-ordinate with the photo cards I was going to use and diluted each one with some water. I spritzed my layout with water around the stenciled area and then flicked the colour over this area using a soft, wet paintbrush.

Next, I cropped my photo cards and played around with the arrangement until I was happy. A quick staple or two held everything together so I could add it quickly to my background without anything shifting. I love using staples this way because I know (from experience) that if I take it apart to add tape to the back I will never get it back the same way. LOL

Next I layered on some messy strands of embroidery thread, my photo and all embellishments.

I created my title by fussy cutting the 'purr-fect' from a photo card. I also cut apart the wood veneer 'Hello Love' so that I could use the 'Love'. I haven't wasted the 'Hello' part though! Scroll down to see how I used that. :-)

Here's what I used:

FUR-EVER FRIENDS:

- Everyday Etc Photo Cards

- Everyday Etc Filler Photo Cards

- Page Tabs

- Die Cut Bits & Bobs

- Enamel Dots Neon

- Hello Love Wood Veneer

- Small Hearts Wood Veneer

- Confetti Circles Wood Veneer

- Page Tabs 2 Wood Veneer

- I {heart} You Mini Stencil

FLUTTER COLOUR:

- Arctic White

- Grape Soda

- Green limousine

- Tropicana Teal

And now for something a little more on the dark side.

'Hello Stalker' Layout

I love this photo of my Burmese cat, Noodle, giving me stink eye through the hole in her activity centre. She is the sweetest natured cat but always manages to look feral in photos.

Check out how beautifully bright the Flutter Colour paints are on the dark background!! And that is after I watered them down for a more watercolour effect. Pretty cool huh?

I created a wash of colour over my background and then splattered a lot of colour over it too using a soft wet paintbrush.

Then I added a little detail with the gorgeous NEW Shake Your Tail Feather Stencil and some molding paste.

Next I layered on my cropped photo cards, photo, embellishments and title. And there is the 'Hello' from the 'Hello Love' Wood Veneer that I cut in half. I couldn't resist using the cheeky quote cut from the photo cards too.

Here's what I used:

FUR-EVER FRIENDS:

- Everyday Etc Photo Cards

- Everyday Etc Filler Photo Cards

- Sticky Quick Quotes

- Page Tabs

- Die Cut Bits & Bobs

- Shake Your Tail Feather Stencil

- Enamel Dots Neon

- Hello Love Wood Veneer

- Hello My Name Is Wood Veneer

- Confetti Circles Wood Veneer

FLUTTER COLOUR:

- Orange Goldfish

- Raspberry Punch

- Sunshine Yellow

I hope you love this collection as much as I do and feel inspired to scrap your own furry friends. I have lots more to come so keep an eye out for my next post later this month.

Cheers

Belinda

Partners In Crime | Krisy Podolak

Hi Flutterby Lovelies.

Krisy here today to share with you a layout I created using the NEW Mad about You range.  When you look at this range at a glance it seems to be all bright colours but amongst all that colour is a few muted neutral colours that can be used to make really sophisticated layouts.

 

This is my layout:

 The photo is of my husband and I at a recent couplesphotoshoot we had done.  I decided that if I changed it to black and white and added a fairly neutral palette the photo would POP! I didn’t want to make the layout to mushy so I decided to use a star patterned paper, a splash of Colour Blast Shimmer Dust and only a little bit of red Fire Engine Flutter Colour Paint with a heart stencil.

Here are a few Close ups:

 The heart is a handmade creation from Charms Creations and I added a little Flutterby flair button to finish it off.  This wood veneer title is also a Flutterby Creation from the previous range – Partners in Crime.  And that it is really.  It was quite a simple layout to create and it all came together quite quickly.  

There is a process video you can watch here.

‘Til next time

Krisy xx

Everyday Life | Krisy Podolak

Hi, Can you believe it is almost Christmas?!?  This layout is throwing back to Mother's Day just because that is how I work.  There is no real order in what I do.  I just make stuff when I feel like it.

This layout started off looking a lot different.  It was pink and gold but then I didn't like it and changed it up a bit.  I looked at the embellishments I wanted to use and decided to draw inspiration from that little grey flair button.  So I drew some lines, pulled out my gelatos and changed up the whole colour scheme.  You can still see a bit of the pink poking through but that it all part of the process right.

Once I had painted my background I layered everything else over the top starting with the placement of my photo and working around that.

I used a fussy cut "Everyday Life" from the Midnight range that I had used the border frame for another layout as my title and added some Tiny Word Snippets.  I left the title white so it would stand out against the grey, gold (I {heart} you stencil) and mucky olive colour of the background. 

This is the flair that was the inspiration behind the whole layout....I propped it up on a Charms Creations DIY heart that I altered in the same colours of the background to make the flair button really stand out.

Act like a lady, Lift like a BOSS | Krisy Podolak

Hi Lovelies,
It's Krisy back again today.  I gave you a bit of a break earlier in the month of the "No Excuses" range but today I am back with another layout using this range.  This time it is a photo of my friend, Sarah.  If you follow my blog I have spoken of Sarah before.  But the short of it is, Sarah and I were best friends at high school that drifted apart and reconnected earlier this year.  I was in the beginning stages of my exercise routine and Sarah had a change in life circumstances that meant she had to start getting serious about her fitness.  She had started in Crossfit and I was looking to step up my exercise routine and was curious so I decided to give it a go too.

We don't train together all the time.  Being a mum and having to work around when my husband is home means I have to go when he is home to watch the kids so sometimes that means 5am and sometimes that is 9.15 or 5.30.  I love it when Sarah and I do train together.  We push each other.  I am a bit better in the cardio side of things - especially running but she is way better at the heavy lifting than me.  This is a photo I took of her to remind her how far she has come.  Six months ago we would both have struggled to lift this weight.  With any exercise you have to remember you are in control well actually your mind is in control.  You mind tells your body what to do.  SO, if you are strong in your mind you will achieve more.

This is my layout....
It is very mixed media.

To start, I created my background using the You Got This stencil and Impasto paste.  Impasto is very much like texture paste only it isn't white and drys opaque.

Over the top I splattered, sprayed, dribbled and painted on some Bubblegum Colour Blast Colour Spray.  Once it was dry, I added my photo and some Snippet Strips words.  I used the orange as it worked well with the photo (the wood has an orangey tinge with the crappy lights at the box) and plus the flair button I wanted to use was orange.

Once the photo was in place, I used my black marker to trace around some of the words from the background to make them stand out.  I then added some tiny details, some small roller stamped words, some black sequins, a hot pink Charms Creations Diamond and some orange thread (to bring in a little more orange).

Finally, I added some page tabs along the top of the photo. I edited the photo in an app to include the "Act like a lady, Lift like a Boss" words as I had sent this photo to Sarah after that particular work out and I knew she had been struggling for motivation.  Once you can see the changes from the outside, sometimes you see things a little different from the inside. Change takes time and persistence.