Tuesday, 19 July 2016

Fat Funeral | Krisy Podolak

Hi Flutterby Lovelies,

It's Krisy here today to share with you my latest layout using the BRAND spanking new YET TO BE RELEASED range - "No Excuses". This range is my new favourite. I am curretnly on my post baby body recovery journey and haven't documented it at all, oh bar the one layout I shared for Flutterby Designs a few months ago. So, be ready, I think I am going to go on an exercising documenting phase and get these details into albums. The whole recovery progress has been slow and I am still yet to see the changes I want so I think that has held be back wanting to document this journey but this collection is just what I need to get started.

This is my first layout using the new collection it was inspired by the Everyday Etc Card that reads: "When I exercise I wear all black. It's like I am going to a funeral for my FAT!" I don't always wear black now but when I first started exercising this was a requirement of my activewear.

On this layout I have used a few of the different Everyday Cards behind my photo. There is a flair button from the new range too oh and the NEW Neon dots. These are awesome!

The background it a bit of mixed media inspired a bit by Neet and her style. I need to add some Flutterby Black acrylic to my collection. The consistancy of this paint is a lot better than mixing cheap acrylic with water (like I did) and the other plus is that the bottle makes it a lot easier to use. You can just squeeze it straight from the bottle.

Over the top of the background I have used the NEW "You've got this" stencil as an old school stencil and just traced the words with my posca pen. It's funny how sometimes returning to old trends can finish a layout nicely without making it look dated. Actually, it looks rather funky and I love it.

There is a process video that goes along with this layout you can check it out on my YouTube Channel: Popleopod.

Friday, 15 July 2016

"Hello Fifteen"- Sharmaine Kruijver

Do you have months of birthdays, one after another, in your family?
We are almost to the end of a run of birthdays here
so you have to suffer another birthday layout from me!!

Created using a mix of the Flutter Colour Paint, "Aquamarine Dream" and "Stormy Grey",
some texture paste and the star stencil.

I then layered up some Everyday Etc Cards, coloured a wood bit
and added some flair and enamel dots.

I also cut out a tiny camera, from an Everyday Etc Card,
and coloured it with some water colour paint.

Hope you have a creative weekend

Wednesday, 13 July 2016

Today Totally Sucked...NOT by Kylie Cornish

Sharing something bright and colourful today.

The family and I where invited to the Indian Spring Festival, Holi.

Here they celebrate the beginning of Spring with a colourful powder fight and they add water just to make it more fun and WET!

The photo on my layout is the aftermath of my hubby waiting his turn to take a shower.

Products Used

Enamel Dots - BOLD

'Blank Palette' - Page Tabs

'MONOCHROME' Snippet Strips

'BOLDS - FILLER CARDS' Everyday Etc Cards

'CIRCLES' Fussy Cuts

FLAIR BUTTON NO.275

Also I popped the camera on and recorded my scrappy process!

Oh how I wish it was Spring right now!

I would love to attend another Holi Festival.

Thanks for watching and popping by :)

Happy Creating!

Monday, 11 July 2016

BE | Sue Plumb

Hi Flutterby peeps!
I am so excited to be here today for my first share since joining the team officially. So to start you all off, (and for anyone who doesn't know me), I thought I might jump in with a layout that features a photo of...me! *gasp* Like many of you, I don't often scrap photos of myself (and when I do the kids are usually in it with me), so I thought I would cut loose with this one...

I started by creating my background on a sheet of patterned paper from Cocoa Vanilla Studio. I used orange Flutter Colour Paint, which I swiped across my page with an old credit card, and then squeezed yellow to create some of the "Anita-style" paint splatters. (I was itching to try this technique with these paints, and I am very impressed with the result - it retains its shape and dimension perfectly!)

I cut out this Dr Suess quote from an Everyday Etc 'One of Those Days' Photo Cards to use instead of journaling. It seemed really appropriate for this layout about me, and I am a huge Dr Suess fan. You can also see where I used the Stargazed stencil to add some doodled stars to my background using a Sharpie pen.

I used some short phrases cut from the 'Cool' and 'Monochrome' Snippet Strips packs to support my title. These are a quick and easy way to add extra words to your layouts by simply cutting them up and sticking them on. (And there are so many to choose from, making them great value too!)

For the layers under my photo, I used a combination of washi tapes; a paper doily; tissue paper; a couple of Page Tabs; and one of the Everyday Etc 'Brights - Filler Cards'. I also used the 'Abstract 4' wood veneer piece (which I coloured black with a paint pen) to the right of my photo to help balance my design.

To finish, I added a cute camera Flair Button (from set #229), which I nested on some cotton thread and a few Enamel Dots. (Because let's face it - what layout is complete without either of those, right?)

Thanks for stopping by today for my first official Flutterby Designs post, am looking forward to sharing many more projects with you all!

Saturday, 9 July 2016

Poppies | Krisy Podolak

Today I'm sharing a Design Team Layout for Flutterby Designs using the new Flutterby paints. I did a DT share a while a go using this technique on a Mail Art Pizza box and I had a request for a process video so I thought, why not kill to birds with one stone. Here is today's project share and a process video.

Once my layout was created (you'll have to watch the video on how to do it) I added some hand made Satin poppies to make it look more like a poppy field. Then added a few embellishments and some journalling. The layout is fairly simple as all the detail is in the background. These paints are so versatile to use so if you haven't committed yet let me tell you - you are missing out.

Here are a few close ups....