Scrap Your CRAP! ... Challenge #56: Measure Me Up

A new month means a new challenge over at Scrap Your CRAP!
This month's challenge was to use tape ... decorative (if you have it) or whatever tape you have around the house ... masking, duct, electrical ... just whatever.
I've done layouts using masking tape in the past, but have had the Tim Holtz Nostalgic Tissue Tape in my stash for awhile and hadn't tried it out yet.
I applied strips of it to the lower section of a Maya Road envelope. It's translucent, so the base colour only lightens slightly.
I also folded about a third of it over length-wise (so that there would still be a strip of the adhesive showing) and then pleated it around a punched circle of cardstock to use as a foral center.
Not tape related ... I also punched a butterfly using a Martha Stewart punch from Creative Imaginations Real Wood. It makes for a nice, subtle accent.

I used the June main kit and add-on kit from Up The Street for this layout. The colours were perfect for this sweet beach scene :)

June Up The Street Layouts

I just realized that I hadn't shared any of my June layouts with y'all. Ooops!
I'm so digging this kit. It begs to be distressed. And I loooove to distress ;) I've scrapped this photo once ... almost 4 years ago. But it ended up in my mother-in-law's album and I wanted one for mine.

I wanted to try something with a lot of white space ... literal white space. It's difficult to tell from the photo, but the layout actually has a fair bit of dimension. The white background has the embossed leaf pattern ...

I used a wide strip of the Hambly transparency to matte my photos and attached a length of trim along the bottom of the layout. It's the same colour as the cardstock, but it just adds a little something.

I sprayed the Pink Paislee frame with Jeni B Blu Shimmerz and wiped off the excess.

A very simple layout for me, but I love it so much. You may be seeing more like this from me :)

Head over to the gallery for some more eye candy and to the store if you're interested in purchasing the June kit. There are only a few left.

Scrap Your CRAP ... Challenge #54: Color Me Happy

A new month and a new challenge is up at Scrap Your CRAP. This month's challenge was to use color on you layout ... watercolors, crayons, watercolour crayons, color pencils, acrylic paint, gesso or any other mediums. Use at least 3 colors.
I chose to use gesso as my background. Splattered on and spread around with a piece of cardboard ... leaving ridges and splodges for texture. I need to get a palette knife. That's my next crafty purchase ;) I stamped using Tim Holtz's Fabulous Flourish stamp while the gesso was still wet. Starting in the upper left corner. It pulls the gesso right off. Then, without wiping off the stamp, I continued to stamp on and around the backround. The bottom right corner shows how the gesso acts as a stamping medium on the bare cardstock.
I spritzed randomly with Jenni B Blu Shimmerz Spritz and held it vertically to let some of the Spritz run down the page in drips. It really accents the stamped areas in the gesso. The flower accent above the upper envelope was stamped using the Hero Arts Large Flower cling stamp with Chestnut Roan Chalk Ink, cut out and sprayed with the Jenni B Blu Spritz. Both envelope flaps were sprayed with Creme du Chocolat Glimmer Mist and the upper envelope stamped with the Hero Arts Old Letter Writing stamp in Chestnut Roan.This layout uses the June add-on kit from Up The Street. I had so much fun playing with the gesso. I'm definately going to be using it again :)
All of the stamps I used on this layout are available in the store.

Up The Street Peeks

I just wanted to share some peekies of the June kit (available for purchase June 1st).

Hope you love it as much as I do :)