A peachy time in November.... Sandi Spink

Hoping you have been able to get some time to create over the last month.This month was a challenge and a half for me...peach...definitely not a colour I use or love...but surprise surprise I actually became inspired by the colour and ideas flowed easier than I thought.

The pages of this journal page were firstly sealed with white gesso. When very dry I used my fingers to combined yellow and pink Dusty Attic acrylic paint to make peach across the pages. Gesso over the heart and clock stencils blended and softened the colour over the page. The patterned edge around the page was created by dipping the edge of the scalloped edged tag into the grey acrylic paint and a burgundy paint being used to cover the 'Time flies' and 'frame' chippie. Black paint mixture in a fine tipped bottle was used to make the black circular lines around the photos. Old lace, gold pointer stickers and paint splats finished the page.

Imaginarium Design products used included:

Clock Face Stencil IDMM003

Heart Stencil IDMM001

Five tags in a board IDS0064

Leah Frame IDFR0034

Time flies when you're having fun IDP0064

It's a journal type of day, here's another.... I used stencils and the chippie negatives as stencils on this background.

I mixed my own peach colour using pink and pale yellow acrylic and smeared it across my gesso covered pages. Gel medium was placed over the cross stencil and let to dry. Using blue and yellow acrylic and the negatives of circles and arrow chippie. Stamping and pen scribbling edging borders the page, circles, arrows and crosses. The finishing touch was adding one of Fiona Paltridges Little Peeps Aall&create stamp sets.

Products used:

Crosses Stencil IDMM006

IDD0036 Nat's Piecharts 5 in a board

Loolabelle's nested Arrows IDDL0018

My last share is a layout using patterned paper, the paper was very bright so adding a coat of gesso in a range of thicknesses softens but not totally covers the pattern. This is a simple page incorporating Imaginarium Designs chippie and layers of paper.

The colours of peach and pink were added using a roller. I constructed layers of coloured and book page papers to place under the photo and the tag with twig chippie painted with brown paint. The title was made with a combination of chippie letters and #wonderful.

Chippie used include:

IDFL0013 twigs

Isobel Uppercase case alphabet IDA009

Isobel lower case IDA0010

IDW0094 #instagram etc.

Hope you have enjoyed my latest ideas and have a go at some of the new ways I have used the chip board and stencils here at Imaginarium Designs.

Febuary's Colour of the Month

Hello Everyone.
It's week two of our first "Colour of the Month" Challenge.
Last week I shared some of our Design Team Members work using our Colour of the Month. Natalie May, Wendy Duwakin, and Sue Smyth kicked it of for us, with some beautiful projects to inspire everyone.

 

 

I also shared the background to our collage of photos.

This week it's time to show some more work from some of our amazing design team.

 

 

First up - is Solange Marques from Brazil.

Solange has use some of my favourite Imaginarium Designs chipboard on her stunning Journal page.

As with all Solange's work, her backgrounds are wonderful. A lot of work goes into them before she even starts the "Front" bit of her project.

This journal page of Solange started as a blank page, everything you can see has been created or added by her.

She has used Lindy's Stamp Gang sprays/magicals to create a lovely red foundation page.

 

 
Solange gave me this description for her pages.
 

I love mixed media art and this month I've decided to do art journal pages. I've applied white and red embossing powder on all of the chipboards. The hearts are perfect for this theme.

 Solange has used one of my favourite chipboard shapes. It is our chipboard Honeycomb 8x8 inch piece. Solange has used white embossing powder in a random way to create a "Rustic" look to her honeycombe chipboard.
Solange also used a selection of our chipboard hearts in different sizes and applied red embossing powder to them. This gives them a deep richness that painting them would not have achieved.

  IDS0053 Honeycomb 8x8 inch.

 

 

IDD0059 Two Hearts with Cross Hatch designed by Louise Nelson.

Solange has added lots of personalized embellishments to her journal pages along with one of our chipboard words embossed with red embossing powder.  Some of Nat's tiny hearts embossed with more red powder add a lovely finishing touch.

 

 



IDW0036 Love, Cherish, Adore (small)

 

IDD0042 Nat's Hearts

 

 There is a whole process to making  beautiful journaling pages like Solange's and I really have not done justice to her work by describing it to you as I have.  She has created a stunning journal page to celebrate "True Love".  What a gorgeous way to record your love for someone special.

Thank you Solange for creating a beautiful journaling page to inspire us.

 

Louise Nelson has also done a mixed media project for us, its one of her beautiful A4 layouts.

 

 

I really love Louise's work. It is quite different to anyone else's. It's her minimalistic approach to her designs that appeals to me so much. Though  this one of Louise's has a lot happening!.

 

 

Louise gave me this description for her layout.

For this challenge Louise has used a muted red palette for the layout background to make the vibrantly painted chipboard pieces and title 'POP"!

So true, but what Louise didn't say was all the work she did to create a beautiful foundation to display her chosen few chipboard pieces and her photo on to. I am only guessing that she use a mask, added some shades of red in a wash and some of her famous flicks to add more depth of  colour.  She also added some hand cut shapes to which she applied more of  a more deeper shade of red. Such a contrast to her white foundation page.

 

Louise chose to use one of our Project Life Style and smaller sized boards. This one has a mix of small chipboard pieces, perfect for Louise's style of scrapbooking. 

 

IDD0019 Chris' small Arrows and shapes Board

 

 

Louse's decision to paint her chipboard pieces and title with a vibrant red paint really works well on this page. The chipboard "pop" of the page and draw your eye to her photo and her strip journaling.

A really lovely page with so many elements to keep your attention and make you want to see more.

Thank you Louise for creating another one of your wonderful layouts to inspire us.

 

So the idea of the "Colour of the Month challenge is for you to come up with a project using our colour of the month, send me some photos and a list of Imaginarium Design chipboard used.  We will show it here on our blog during the month but it must only have our chipboard on it  if you want your project shown.. At the end of the month I will choose two winners. Each winner will receive a bundle of our chipboard worth $50.

 

If you want to take part in  our challenge then I will need your photos by the 23rd of the month at the latest, I will announce the winners on the 25th of the month.

Please email your photos to sales@imaginarumdesigns.net.au

 Every week the design team will be sharing their projects to inspire you. We will also be giving way 2 small bundles of chipboard each month as well. All you need to do to be in the running to win one of these is leave a comment here and on our facebook page. All winners will be announced on the 25th of the month.

I can't wait to see what you do using our chipboard.

I will be back in a weeks time with more projects using our colour of the month from our amazing design team.  Meanwhile the design team girls have been working on projects for their own days on the blog. Looking forward to seeing what they have all been up to.

See you soon.

Jane

Colour of the Month Challenge.

 Hello Everyone

Welcome to our first "Colour of the Month" Challenge.

This month's colour is RED.

 

 Our Photo Collage is made up of my personal photos and photos from our Design Team Ladies.

This months photo's are as follows.
50 red roses from my husband for my birthday.
A little child dancing, taken at my one of my daughters wedding. She is the niece of the groom and is dancing with our daughter Anna.
Lovely red berries from Solange (Brazil).
A London red phone box was taken when three of my girls had a holiday there.
A red fire engine at Disneyland. You can see Josh reflected in the head light. This engine is in the fire station below Walt Disney apartment.

Each month the colour will change.
The idea is for you to come up with a project using our colour of the month, send me some photos and a list of Imaginarium Design chipboard used. We will show it here on our blog during the month. At the end of the month I will choose two winners. Each winner will receive a bundle of our chipboard worth $50.
If you want to take part in  our challenge then I will need your photos by the 23rd of the month at the latest, I will announce the winners on the 25th of the month. Every week the design team will be sharing their projects to inspire you. We will also be giving way 2 small bundles of chipboard each month as well. All you need to do to be in the running to win one of these is leave a comment here and on our facebook page. All winners will be announced on the 25th of the month.

So lets see what three of our Design Team Ladies have come up with.

First up is Natalie May

Nat has designed one of her amazing journal pages to inspire us. I wish you could really see it. There is so much going on in the back ground. The photos here don't really do it justice.  

Here is what Nat has to say about her page.

Red is such a beautiful colour but I always have so much trouble creating with it.... I worry that it might look like I spilt blood or wine on it! lol!
So with that in mind, I opted for an Art Journal page with the boldest part of the image being Red!
I created a collaged background and then hand painted the Poppies using Watercolours and Neocolors. I used my Hand drawn chipboard leaves to add some dimension - I coloured them with Neocolours before using Gel Medium to adhere them to the page!

IDD0045 Nat's hand drawn stemmed leaves (2 in a board)

 Nat is one of our in house designers and the leaves above are hand drawn by her. It is one of the many designs Nat has done for us and is one of  her most popular designs.

Nat has quite a few personal art journals now, she teaches wonderful art journal classes inspiring many ladies to have a go at this mixed media art form.

Thanks Nat for sharing one of your beautiful art journal pages with us today. The red poppies really do "pop" on the page and I love your collage background.

Next up is Wendy Duwakin.

Wendy has been very busy. She has designed two card sets to inspire you.

First up is a cute country set. Here is what Wendy had to say about her cards.

For this month I have done two sets of cards each with a different feel - firstly my country cards. For the chipboard on these I have used Colour Blast Shimmer Dust and actually mixed with glossy accents to create both a matt look and a glossy look.

I love the little details Wendy has done on her card, like the stamping and raffia bow. Also the punched border which looks very effective on the red spot print. The Shiny finish on the chipboard nicely complements the black button embellishment.

I love the way Wendy has incorporated the colour red onto this card. By adding a couple of squares of red prints and a red ribbon, Wendy's card has a real country feel to it. The bee and ladybug is a really nice touch. The glossy look Wendy has done on her chipboard is very effective and contrasts beautifully with her green flowers.  

Wendy has also used some of our chipboard designed by Nat.

 IDFL0018 Sheet of 7 Leaves.

IDD0041 Nat's Pin Wheels.



Next up is Wendy's second set of beautiful cards. This set has a real vintage feel to them.



Here is Wendy's own words to describe her cards.

I decided to drag out some old paper tole kits I had lying around and put them together I really love these retro cards.

Sometimes with the chipboard flourishes I find that I need to cut them down to get the look I want such is the versatility of the product. For the flourish I used Colour Blast colour paste in bling as a base and then to get the look I was after I mixed two embossing powders together being "leather" and "snow white" to give the shipboard a mottled effect.

You can see the mottled effect on her chipboard flourish, and matches perfectly the vintage look of Wendy's cards.

IDFL0014 Jessica Flourish.

  

Just look at all the beautiful flowers Wendy has clustered on her card. The embossed chipboard word is the perfect touch.  In keeping with the vintage feel to her cards, Wendy has tucked some crocheted lace under her flowers.

 A really beautiful card that any one of us would love to receive.

IDW0080 Totally, Adore, Wonderful.

Thank you Wendy for sharing 2 sets of your wonderful cards with us.

Sue Smyth also has created something very different to inspire us.

Sue does very detailed pieces and amazing off the page projects. Today she has done a canvas for us. You can see all the beautiful bits and pieces Sue collects and adds to her work. Again this is another project that you really need to see. Sue has done a lot of work on the foundation of this canvas before she has added all the detail on the top.

Here is what Sue had to say about her project.

Here is a project I created a few years ago using red, it is not a colour I use a lot, though I love it. It can be a strong colour to use with a lot of emotion behind it, it can so easily go all wrong

However for this canvas the feature I decided to use was an old doll face and wooden spoon, along with lots of found objects to create texture, I have used chipboard and trinkets as accents, not sure it worked as well as I would have liked, but it sure taught me a lot about red and mixing it with other colours.

I have double embossed the chipboard brackets with gold embossing powder, (one of my favourite pieces) to give a bold shiny look, this is a great contrast with the red.

IDS0013 Embellishment 4

 IDC0003 Corners with Four Circles.

Sue has used these corners on the foundation of her canvas. You need to look closely to the corners of Sue's canvas to see them. 



IDS0002 Butterfly Large.

The Butterfly has been double embossed with gold embossing powder and Sue has used it as part of the fountain of her canvas. Tucking it under her dolls head. 

IDACU0001 Capital Letters.

With Sue's work you always need to look very closely and carefully or you will miss something.

Thanks Nat, Wendy and Sue for getting our challenge underway. I am hoping lots of you will join in and take part. I look forward to seeing what you all come up with.

Over the next few days, our Design Team Members will be sharing more of their beautiful projects to inspire you.

I will be back in 7 days time to share more of our "Colour of the Month"  projects from our amazing  Design Team. As all the Ladies on our team have different styles, it should be an interesting and enjoyable month of creativity, with something to inspire everyone.

Thanks for looking.

Jane

PS Don't forget to leave a comment here and on face book to go into a draw to win a small bundle of our lovely chipboard. Maybe you can use it to enter next months Colour of the Month Challenge.