SplodgeAway – Say It With Flowers by Karen Wright

This week it’s all about flowers, whatever way you want to create them there are many ways, some of which will be shown this week.

I’ve created mine using hearts cut from a cricut, however if you don’t have a cricut you can still draw them free hand and cut them out.

As you can see I’ve cut many hearts in varying sizes.

After removing the hearts from the mat I slightly crumpled and shaped them.

Taking the SplodgeAway mat and walnut distress ink I coloured all the edges of the hearts before layering and assembling them into a flower shape, a brad was added to the centre.

Taking a piece of mint green card I stamped a thanks sentiment by stampin’ up, distressed the edges  and matted this onto some brown spotty card available from Suzicraft, I then assembled the card and finished it with some leaves cut on the cricut and edged parts in stickles and liquid pearls also available from Suzicraft.

I too am waiting to see what other creations the design team come up with.

Thanks For Stopping By

Karen Wright x

SplodgeAway Floral Mirror

This week at SplodgeAway we wanted to share some inspiration about how to use your mat to create some gorgeous looks for creating your own flowers. Ladies from Maria's workshop will recognise I have added some more flowers to the mirror!

Project By Annette Lee

Some of the flowers used on the mirror were cut from the Cricut but I decided I needed a little more so here's how I made the distressed blue flowers.

Collect your crafty stash. You will also need a selection of flower punches 

 I used two DI to splodge and blend to colour an A4 piece of Easy Ink Card.

Next use your Splodge-A-Mask and Grand Calibre to emboss your card.

Hightlight the areas of embossing with a graphite pencil and punch out your chosen flowers.

Use your scraps - all the flowers made were taken from one A4 sheet of card.

Lightly spritz your larger flowers with water and scrunch up. Leave to dry or carefully open them up and dry with a heat tool - remember DO NOT USE HEAT ON SPLODGEAWAY MAT

 I used a hot glue gun with a tiny amount of glue to stick layers together. Bling and Cosmic Pearlescent Glue was added to the centre of the flowers.

Thanks For Looking

Annette x

New York New York

Welcome to all our new followers here on SplodgeAway - hopefully we will get to know you.

I just wanted to post a message here to say that due to the demand over at SplodgeAway.com for the SplodgeAway products the web site has gone into melt down and is currently receiving First Aid. Once the life support has kicked in - normal service will resume.

Annette x

Our theme for this week is 'Put A Song in It' Here's Sue's take on the title...........

Today's card for the 'Put A Song In It' theme is based on my trip to New York and of course my hubby's favourite song 'New York New York'

I basically used the hearts and cogs mask, this was ideal because I wanted a huge heart. I embossed it twice on easy ink paper and cut them both out...then distressed them in four different colours of distress ink using the 'can't do without' SplodgeAway' mat which just goes to show how they blended together beautifully.

The first heart was covered with Versamark ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. The second was distressed around the edges and then sprayed with cosmic shimmer Vintage Gold Mist and torn in half. The added wrapped shoe lace adds a touch of humour (as you walk miles in New York...... LOL)

I then added some words of the song and some pictures of skyscrapers and the good lady herself. All of this was added to an 8x8 card the background I had inked through the mask and also used the shimmer spray.

Happy Memories.... now hope you're sing the song along with old blue eyes himself.

Happy Splodging

Susan x

Something Useful

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We a putting out a DT call for papercrafters and scrappers to join the SplodgeAway Design Team. We are looking for people with a creative committment who can submit 3 projects a month and when required additional trade samples.

What you need to do is send the following information to annette.lee@splodgeaway.com

• Full name, address, email address
• A short biography on why you would like to be part of the SplodgeAway Desigm Team
• Links to your online blog
• A List of any other Design Teams you have been with or are still with
• Submit 4 photos of your work. The projects must show that SplodgeAway has been used for the majority of the projects. One project must include a tutorial write up

The closing date is 20 July and winners will be notified by the end of July

Best of Luck

Annette
DT Co-ordinator

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Something Useful

Project By Sam Crowe

This week the SplodgeAway DT were asked to do a colouring project. Well, I racked my brains, this should have been easy for me, I love colour, I got a Distinction in colour in my Interior Design course.... I SplodgeAway ALL the time!!! BUT NO, NOTHING CAME TO ME? Then I realised I was putting myself under too much pressure. Colour is everywhere, Suzicraft sell some gorgeous Distress Inks, Adirondack Inks, Cosmic Shimmers. beautiful coloured card and paper, everything you need, and I have most of it! But you don't have to try to use it all at once. A little mix up here and there is great, or just using separate mediums on their own often produces some lovely effects.

I decided to make something useful. I didn't have to even think about the project because everything I do has colour in it, my SplodgeAway mat never leaves my side!! So this is it, A peg stuck to the back back of a lovely stamped image (well I think so) a good old Splodge of colour with my distress inks, a bit of colouring with my Spectrum Noirs and a splash of Cosmic Shimmer on the pegs and there you have it - A note holder, a book mark or simply a little something to keep your receipts together in your handbag. Simple, Pretty!

Thanks for Stopping By

Sam x

Splodge n' Distress It plus DT Call

Splodge n' Distress It

Project By Annette Lee

As part of our 'colour' week here at SplodgeAway I thought I'd share a project I've actually made as part of out upcoming free Demo Weekend on Sat 28th July - so if you're about please come and see us. For this project I used the ever invaluable SplodgeAway Mat to create my own paint palette to scribble inks onto, add a spritz of water, mix and use as a watercolour paint to add hint and tones of colour into some beautiful Kay & Co papers. The stamped background and focal points were stamped onto Easy Ink card and then watercoloured and distressed. 

Colours Used: Tattered Rose / Worn Lipstick / Crushed Olive / Forest Moss / Scattered Straw

Stamps are from Creative Expressions

All Products are available from Suzicraft

In my opinion the SplodgeAway Mat is great to use as a palette because you can actually see the colours you are laying down due to the colour of the mat - have fun!

Hope to see you at the Demo Day

TFSB

Annette x

'Colour It!'

'Colour It' by Karen Wright

The theme this week is all about colour and how we achieve it. That doesn’t just mean using your pens to colour in cute images (although I will admit that’s one of my favourite pastimes.
I’ve used colour in the form of inkpads.

PROJECT BY KAREN WRIGHT

Firstly I took my SplodgeAway mat  and cut a piece of SplodgeAway easy ink card, I added a little distress inks (peacock feathers and squeezed lemonade) onto the mat and picked up the ink with a brayer then applied to the easy ink card.

Using black memento I inked up a crafty individuals stamp and stamped it on the cardstock I had previously coloured. I matted this onto brown spotted card.

I then cut some teal card and distressed all the edges with walnut stain on the SplodgeAway mat, I also cut the teal card for my sentiment which is by creative expressions.

After the card was assembled I added glossy accents and liquid pearls in a dot formation again adding interest and a little more colour dimension.

TFL
Karen x

SplodgeAway Design Team Call

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This is going to be an AMAZING week for us here at SplodgeAway. Firstly let me tell you that 'SplodgeAway' is making it's first appearance on Create And Craft on  Thurs around 12 noon with Maria Simms and Mr SplodgeAway himself.... but more on that later in the week

Today we a putting out a DT call for papercrafters and scrappers to join the SplodgeAway Design Team. We are looking for people with a creative committment who can submit 3 projects a month and when required additional trade samples.

What you need to do is send the following information to annette.lee@splodgeaway.com

• Full name, address, email address
• A short biography on why you would like to be part of the SplodgeAway Desigm Team
• Links to your online blog
• A List of any other Design Teams you have been with or are still with
• Submit 4 photos of your work. The projects must show that SplodgeAway has been used for the majority of the projects. One project must include a tutorial write up

The closing date is 20 July and winners will be notified by the end of July

Best of Luck

Annette
DT Co-ordinator