March challenge moodboard reveal with the DT

Hi there Crafters

Welcome to Autumn in Australia and our March challenge ...

This month we'd love to see your inspiration feature monochrome + one colour.

Here are some inspiration pieces from the DT

Bev Code

Carole Wright

Deb Pulford

Jae Hee Lee

This month your entries have a chance to win a wonderful prize from our sponsors...

A huge thank you to

Scrapmatts - who will supply $40 of chipboard and stencil from their online store.

Scrapmatts

&

Accent Scrapbooking

who are offering $25 Canadian dollars worth of product from Kareen's Etsy Store 

(winner pays postage)

We can't wait to see your creations.

Happy Crafting.

Louise xo

Dawid's mixed media tag tutorial + video

Hello everyone.

Today I decided make a mixmedia tag. I made a video, where you can see, how I made them.

And my video for you.

Hope you like it,

thank you for visiting

Dawid

Mid month DT reveal - January monochrome challenge

Welcome to the mid month DT reveal.

The team have some really great projects and you've still got plenty of time to join this months monochrome challenge.

Here are three projects to get your creativity flowing...

Candy

Joan

Dawid

This month we thank our two wonderful sponsors:

Great inspo from the DT.

Hope you can play along.

Louise
xo

Louise's monochrome layout with process video

Hi Crafters

Louise with you today ... wishing you a Happy New Year.

January is almost as busy as December but hopefully you will get a chance to play along with our January moodboard challenge.

My layout "The real deal"

The challenge this month is of course to complete a monochrome page - white plus a colour from the moodboard.

My inspiration came from the bright green in my photo and I used stash items to create my title first.

Then I used the chevron wood pieces to inspire the remainder of the background work.

You can hear all about it in the process video.

Thanks for visiting.

January 1st challenge reveal and DT inspiration

Hi Off the Rails Fans

Welcome to 2017 ... Happy New Year!

Lets start this month with a monochrome challenge.

Use White plus any colour from the following image:

Let's see what the DT have come up with:

Luciana

Tania

Louise

So much inspiration!
We can't wait to see your creations.

Happy scrapping!

Louise xo

Monochromatic is the theme this month.. and today Peg is sharing with us

 Hi All

Peg here to share with you my monochromatic layout for this month's challenge. 

I had some fun playing with water colour pencils to make this background, scribbling patches of light and dark blue at the top of my page, misting with water and spreading dribbles downwards using a waterbrush. To hide the blended joins I inked through an awesome WoW stencil designed by my artist buddy Lisa Oxley

I also added a little sparkly texture to my background by applying some Colour Blast paste in Snow White through a Crafters Workshop stencil. I sanded the edges of my photos and matted them on black card, coloured over some foil alpha stickers for the 'Hooray', and added a strip of dymo for a sub-title.

I added an inked resist title, some journalling on correction tape, and a strip of patterned paper along the bottom, then painted around the edge black and added some mist splats to finish it off.

Quick and fun. Gotta love a snow day downunder!

Thanks for coming by, hope you're joining us for our monochromatic challenge this month.

Background Frame Tutorial with Elisa

Hi Everyone,

It's my turn up on the Off the Rails Blog today with a technique tutorial !

You will probably see by now the new June challenge we have going - MONOCHROMATIC, a beautiful moodboard with lots of colours to choose from. Be inspired!

I wanted to show you how i created the monochromatic paper screens which are situated behind my photo.

Here is the layout i created for the Design Team Reveal, lots of teal coloured papers and  Colour Blast Paste, Shimmer Spray and Embossing Powder in the colour called ENVY.

Here is the moodboard for this month's challenge.

First Step - I recycled two chipboard frames, these frames were the extra chipboard that surrounds other pieces of more intricate chipboard that you may buy from a Chipboard retailer. For example the one on the left with the 5 panels actually held 5 pieces of 'film strip' chipboard that i had used elsewhere. Always look for opportunities to recycle and save money...repurpose that rubbish.

I have recycle many things onto my layouts over the years including plastic packaging, netting, jewellery, foam, cardboard, chipboard, ive even used beetroot juice to dye medical gauze.

To cover my new found frames and also the title, i used Versafine ink and Envy coloured embossing powder from Colour Blast Australia. I also used 'Deep Water' embossing powder as a second coat, giving the frames a two -toned teal colour.

Step 2 - Gather your monochromatic papers, using a collection from a Manufacturer really helps with this step as they all go together perfectly, i used Kaisercraft 'Sea Breeze' collection for this layout. Measure and cut your pieces of paper.

Step 3 - After you have cut your pieces, glue them carefully down by running a small amount of the glue around the back of the chipboard and trim the edges for a neat finish, 

Step 4 - As you can see from the photos above i had a bit of a decision to make as to which way my layout was going to flow.... I wanted the beautiful shimmer paste and spray in the background to show through properly so i went with the top photo. Stick down your frames and title and add your extra elements. Again i went with Kaisercraft matching embellishments to keep with the monochromatic look.

Step 5 - Some close ups - so you can see the depth of the frames and texture of the embossed chipboard.

That's it for me today, i hope this may inspire you to recycle some of your chipboard packaging and try to re-purpose products to use on your layouts. I will look forward to seeing your creations linked to this month's challenge...

Thanks 

Elisa xx