MEMORY MAZE FRAMED LADY & BICYCLE FUN

Good day Ladies,

Here in Victoria,  the children are now back at school and we all know what that means......yes more time to get playful and try something different in your scapbooking.  Having said that, let me show you what I decided to create for you.

THERE LIVED A BEAUTIFUL PRINCESS

Firstly, I started with this lovely new lady, 'Jans girls' from Memory Maze

I then set to work following a technique which I had picked up from the wonderful Cindy Porter and that is to cover your area with PVA Glue, like so......

and then dried with a heat gun, which produces a very different effect. 

A thin coating of Gesso was then applied all over

and then the fun started .......I used my new Gelatos and blended a few colours

I have used a 3d picture frame and then used Memory Maze Tribal Flourish  

which I applied with Gesso and some Gelatos.

and finally some Memory Maze Bling around her dress and the frame and here is the result.

YOU AND ME

For my next project a Layout using the Memory Maze Bicycle, 

which I treated with Gesso and then applied some Liquid Pearls.  I really love how easy the Liquid Pearls goes onto Memory Maze Chipboards.

Well there you are, I hope I have inspired you all to have some fun with your chipboard pieces , until next time ladies, happy scrapping.....regards Liz

ARTastic CHALLENGE APRIL

  Hello Ladies,  It is nice to get back into doing some scrapping after sorting out computer issues, along with setting up my new Blog.  Now all things have been sorted out, would love it for you to join along and become a FOLLOWER.

Over at ARTastic this month their feature was

  this delightful work by Roy de Maistre called Frozen Music.

and here is my submission

Thanks for taking the time to look and also to become a FOLLOWER.  Until next time, Happy Scrapping     ........Liz

ARCHISCRAPS APRIL CHALLENGE

Hello Ladies,

Firstly a big 'THANK YOU' to Julene for taking my entry.   Last month was 'Computer' month for me, as I had to set up a new Blog amongst other things computer related!!!!!!!!! and also thanks for the win.  New Blog now up and running and would appreciate some followers to mark the event.

Well how the months are flying past!!! The good thing is that now there seems to be a lot more time to scrap those photos we have taken over the summer months.
Over at Archiscraps this month they have used this photo for our inspiration.

So with the criteria to put something on an angle on my page here is my submission.

Thanks for taking the time to look and hopefully leave some love :)  Until next time.......Happy Scrapping  Liz

CUTTING UP YOUR CHIPBOARDS with Liz Hocking

Thanks for joining me today for a bit of fun with some of your chip boards, that you think you will not use.

I was supplied with some great chipboard  from Memory Maze, firstly the  'Baby Set' (S0142),  'A little dirt never hurt' (kw005) and finally 'Uncle' .

I sat looking at them  for sometime thinking , how can I best utilise  these chippies?  Then in a light bulb moment I set about cutting them up.

Little Ben Layout

You can see that I used the 'e' & 'n' from (Uncle) and wait for it......the handle of the dummy as the 'b'.  The word 'little' was taken from ­­­­­­­'A little dirt never hurt', these are teamed with 'cute teddy bear' and  MM flourishes cut into bits.  I have also used the 'flower' stencil from MM with some Impesto.

The impesto was given a blast with the heat gun to give it that bubble effect.

Then a light coat of Gesso over the whole page.

 I applied some glimmer mists, silks and topped off with 'Inka gold' orange and buffed up to give it a lovely shine.

...and here is the finished result.  I hope that you enjoyed this post and it inspires you to look at your chip board pieces in a different light.

For my next work I have created a layout of my little granddaughters.





MY SISTER




 This time I have used 'Sister' (SO399) and 'Gates' (LO166)chip board from Memory Maze.

I first painted 'Sister' with Gesso and then 'pretty pink' paint.  When dry I then applied some rub on flourishes and applied Dimensional Magic to give the special effect.

I cut up some of those lovely gates and inked in 'pinecone' and threaded flowers and vine through them

 ...and here is the end result.

Thanks for taking the time to view and if you would like to see more of these beautiful chip boards etc. you can visit here @ Memory Maze

until next time,


 Happy scrapping ...Liz
2015 Memory Maze Design Team Member.

MEMORY MAZE MARCH POST (1)

Hello Ladies,

Liz here again.  Well here we are with Autumn underway in the Southern Hemisphere.  Great time to be trying new techniques on your work.

Have you ever thought of playing around with some of your kitchen supplies?    For you today I have played around with some Aluminum Foil.
Firstly I started with MEMORY MAZE 'Uncle' word.

I slightly crumbled the foil and then crumbled it out and worked it around the MM chippie

Then I had fun getting messy with some Maya 'gold', emerald and Cacao paints

 Finally, I applied my favourite Inka Gold 'orange' and then polished it up and here is the result.

I decided to make a card and use the Memory Maze 'Uncle' on it.

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Now for something a lot more feminine ladies.
I decided  to create a layout for my granddaughter's album.

Here I have used
Memory Maze Fence LO 166
Memory Maze words 'Cute as a button'
 Memory Maze words 'I love being'
Don't be afraid to cut up your chipboard pieces to suit your layouts it opens up a whole new look at chippies for sure.

Crackle accents really adds a vintage effect to your chippies and is so easy to apply and let it work its magic on your favourite chipboard piece.  On the Memory Maze fence, I first applied some gesso, dried and then applied crackle medium and left it to work its magic.
Now for the completed layout, I was so pleased with the way that it all came together.

I hope now this gives you a new look on how versatile your Memory Maze chipboards can be.
Thanks for taking the time to look.....until next time....happy scrapping....Love Liz

MEMORY MAZE DESIGN TEAM POST

Hello girls,

Well to say that I am very excited to join Memory Maze's Design Team and work with a wonderful group of girls is an under statement and I can't wait to show you some of MM fantastic products.

Firstly, I decided to have a play with Memory Maze's heart stencils.  Although we don't celebrate Valentine's Day here in Australia, I could not resist making a card for my dear Hubby Ray.

So I set to with some water colour paper, sprayed with a little Tattered Angels Vintage Pink Glimmer Mist.  Then the gorgeous MM heart stencil with some Impasto and dried with a heat gun.

 I then applied some Tim Holtz Distress Ink 'Dusty Concord'.

I love how this looks at the moment and you could stop here, but why????? It is a lot more fun to extend your work don't you think??  I decided to apply some Gesso over the whole area, just patchy

and dried with the heat gun once again.

Now for the fun part.............I embossed the hearts you could do this with clear or coloured embossing powder.

 So now all the play is over, I set to dressing up the card and here is my final result.  I used another heart stencil from Memory Maze to cut out the centre purple heart. and layered some of the original hearts and dressed them with Inka Gold Blue.

Now for a layout girls, here I have cut up the Memory Maze's Flourish, which I have spread with PVA Glue, then dried with heat gun to make it bubble up, looks great when it bubbles up. Then spread gesso over the top and dried with heat gun.  Sprayed with Tattered Angels Glimmer mist, which caused a dotted effect.

For the Memory Maze Anchor I covered it with Gesso and applied some Silks 'warm gray' and some Inca gold to give it an aged look.

Now for the final result..........................................................

Thanks for taking the time to look and don't forget to check out the wonderful array of goodies at Memory Maze
and until next time........Happy Scrapping   Love Liz.