Mid Month Inspiration

The March challenge has two components this month, a mood palette and a sketch. Are you fingers getting itchy just thinking about what you can create? If so why not look below for inspiration from the design team and then get creating. We would love to see what you create.  

Romain

Sanna

Catie

Sandi

Rose

Fiona

January Mid Month Reveal

Can you believe that it is coming to the mid point of the month already. This means that we have more amazing inspiration from our very talented Design Team. 

Sanna

My take on this moodboard is slightly different to my usual style, but I absolutely loved creating this layout with these colours!! This is one of my favorite colour palettes of all time :)! I´ve gone totally flowery and romantic with glitter and all with this one. Had a great time creating this one - hope you will too :)!!

Tina

Sue

Luciana

Gayle

Catie

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Vibrant, Fun and Stunning

You are in for a real treat, I mentioned in my last post that I was excited to bring you the some more inspirational projects that the design team have created and here they are.

Sanna

This is not a colour palette I´d normally choose to scrap with - I have very little purple in my stash :). I therefore chose to use ink sprays to create the background. I luckily had one ink spray in my stash that matched the colour palette´s purple ;-) !!! In the end I was really happy about how the layout turned out and actually totally happy there is a hint of purple on this page :)!! Fun challenge!

xoxo, Sanna :)

Sandi

The Mood Palette for November is bright and vibrant and was a lot of fun to do although I'm not used to using such vibrant colours. This is what I created, hope you like it as much as I do.

 This layout is dedicated to my amazing friend who lost her battle with cancer this year, like this mood board she loved bright colours and had a vibrant personality and outlook to life.

Catie

Sue
I was inspired by the yellow & green tones from the palette, as they suited this photo of my daughter perfectly. I was also inspired to include the quote as my title and some gorgeous flowers too.

Happy Creating

Black Gesso, Gelatos and Geometric Shapes

Hi everyone!

Today I'd like to share with you an art journal page I've created using black gesso, metallic gelatos and geometric shapes. 

The Process

1. I painted the whole page with a thick coat of black gesso.

2. Using a fine tip Posca pen and a ruler, I randomly ruled lines for the geometric shape effect.

3. These are the gelatos I initially selected, but I ended up swapping a few for the metallic ones as the colour and shimmer showed up better on the black gesso.

4. Random colouring around the page with the gelatos, leaving random shapes around the page black for more visual interest and a striking effect.

1. You can see here how it looks with the colour added, and blended with a sponge.

2. I then used a thicker-tipped Posca pen to go over the lines again and make them stand out.

3. I used this opaque white crackle paste with a stencil in various areas around the page.

4. Then went over the rest of the background with this clear crackle paint.

1. Here's what it looks like with the white crackle paste...

2. And with the clear crackle paint.

3. I then dabbed some Tim Holtz distress ink on the white crackle paste.

4. Which gave this effect.

1. Next, I used some Shimmerz Texturez paste with a fine circle stencil...

2. as you can see here...

3. and silver Texturez with a rings and puddles stencil...

4. as seen here :)

1&2. Then to add another layer of depth (cos I can't help myself!) I used Versa Mark ink and embossing powder to stamp around the page. 

3&4. Then some Dylusions ink spray over the page in black.

1&2. Finally, I used white Dylusions ink spray to splatter the page a little.

I added a little quote ("Don't sacrifice your peace trying to point out someone's true colours. Lack of character always reveals itself" Mandy Hale) with white Posca pen, and voilà! There you have it:

I felt this quote rather suited the way this page turned out with the pops of colour peeking out against the black background. It's a quote that I've liked for some time. 

I hope this has inspired you to try something a little different, or to experiment with some mediums you may bit have used before. 

Thanks for looking.  Catie xo

Video Tutorial from Catie

Hi again!

Today I have a little video for you of a gift tag I made, using mica flakes, glitter glass and glass beads.  So much fun using these fiddly little things, and huge wow factor!  Enjoy :)

Thanks for looking,

Catie xo

http://youtu.be/ndotMK-XT4w

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Using Colours Outside Your Comfort Zone

Hi everyone! It's Catie on the blog today and my turn today to share a project with you. I've done an art journal page using colours that I'm not naturally drawn to. I tend to lean towards blues and greens, so this time I've mixed it up a bit by throwing in some pink (I REALLY don't like pink!), yellow and orange.  Here goes!

1. I didn't prime my pages this time... Just raw, blank pages 😊

2. Gelato goodness!

3. Colour blocks of gelato around the page - the beauty of gelatos is you can just go crazy with colour, and it all looks fab!!

4. Blend using a wet wipe.

1. Put some gold gelato around the edges of the pages.

2. Blend for a subtle border.

3. Define the areas of colour with black gelato.

4. Blend/smudge with wet wipe.

1. Water colour stick...

2. I coloured the edges of the blocks of colour on the pages, then...

3. Using a water colour brush...

4. ...blended the water colour into the gelato.

1. Mixing some colours to get a shade more suited to that of the gelato.

2. And blend.

3. The water colours subtly add a bit more colour at the outer edges of the blocks of colour.

4. Then, using stencils and white gel pen (which I later went over with Posca pen so it can be seen!!)

1. I just coupled circles around the pages...

2. Then added a little detail to them to make bubbles.

3. Then some stamping... 

4. ...and some doodling.

1,2,3: more stamping and doodling.

4. Adding some more definition to the bubbles with silver pen.

1&2. Sharpies for the title work.

3&4. Stencils and whipped spackle for some more dimension on the page. 

1. Stencil work and stamping.

2,3,&4. Water colour paint splatters.

And, voila!

Hope you've enjoyed the process for creating this page. 

Thanks for looking xo

Just Us

Would you like to see how Catie created her layout using this month's mood board

Follow the link below and all will be revealed.

http://youtu.be/h8rR3zFg2Vs

Colours of Gold and Blue

Winter to Spring, Summer to Autumn where ever you are in the world the seasons are changing. I love watching the world around me change.

But some things never change and that is the amazing work that is produced by our talented Designer Team here at Off The Rails Scrapbooking.
This month we have a a gorgeous Mood Palette that was cleverly put together by Fiona. Thank you so much Fiona, it certainly has inspired our designers and I hope that it inspires you.

Sanna

Hi, this is my take on the lovely gold and blue colour palette for September. I have used a The Crafter´s Workshop stencil in combination with transparent modeling paste and loose glitter on the background. I then added patterned paper elements that match the colour palette and finally decorated with some wooden embellishments and word stickers.

The layout is about surrounding yourself with the right kind of people, not with ones that drain you and pull you down, but with ones do you good. Thus the silly face too :).

Happy scrapping,

xoxo, Sanna


Wendy

Sandi

Here is my take on the fantastic 'Free yourself' mood board for Sept.

My daughter Bec inspired my layout, the colours were a perfect match with the mood board palette. 

Bec had the amazing opportunity to dance in the OzScot Australia Highland Dance Display Troop at the Basel Tattoo in Switzerland last month and  'Free yourself' was very appropriate to describe this incredible journey where she was 'Living Her Dream' to dance overseas and represent her country. 

Catie

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