The Mad Scrapper Blog

I recently watched a YouTube tutorial by Emilia Tapiola  (on the Finnabair design team) for a winter white tag. It was very pretty and I was inspired to do a similar (but different) project for myself. Rather than doing a small...

Hello all,   I'm here today sharing my project for The Mad Scrapper Blog it's a fun Halloween hanger. I am using one of those inexpensive ply pumpkin shapes which I picked up in a bargain shop for £1.   I'm using...

Hi Guys, Today I'm sharing a 12x12 layout using some bits from the Cocoa Vanilla Daydream kit!  The kids are back at school, the weather's changing and getting a bit colder and I can almost see Autumn just around the...

Hello!   Here I am sharing with you all a 1st for me, it's an altered frame. I have seen many of these done but mostly using embroidery hoops I didn't have one to hand but I did have this...

Hello Mad Scrapper! Today I have a mixed media piece for you that was inspired by a bottle of distress spray. The colour name of the spray is Blueprint and it made me wonder how I'd go about recreating a...

Hi there everyone. Today I have three projects to share to show just a few ways of using the lovely chipboard poppy border from Dusty Attic. Those who know me will know red is not a colour I use often...

Hi there folks. Back in April, the talented Lori shared three ways to colour resin mould casts. I thought it a great idea to focus on a single product like that and give different ideas on how to use it....

Hello Mad Scrappers! Today I have a little altered bottle for you with a cheat for stencilling on non-flat surfaces!  Firstly, make sure your bottle is nice and clean and then give it a few thin coats of white gesso to...

Hello Mad Scrappers! Today I have a mixed media canvas for you using lots of lovely paints and textures combined with Dusty Attic chipboards.  I started by giving my base a quick coat of white gesso and then used paper paste and...