Hi its Bridget here.  I am really excited it is school holidays as I can usually squeeze in some extra scrapbooking time and also do some fun arts and crafts with my children.  So today I thought I would share a couple of our creations. First of here is my scrapbooking layout.

 

What you need:

watercolor

stamps and ink

Helmar Tacky glue

gilding flakes

Firstly go crazy with your watercolor, there is no right or wrong way to go about it.

Add some stamping, a little bit here and a little bit there.

I recently got some gilding flakes and I couldn't wait to try it.

I brushed a little of the tacky glue onto a stamp. then stamped it onto my page. I didn't want the glue to dry on my stamp so I quickly washed it.  This allowed my glue to dry and be tacky.

Then carefully I added my gilding flakes. these things blow away easily so be careful. press down firmly onto your tacky glue and then brush away with a dry brush. So pretty.

I did this a few times across my page just to get a splash of gold.

Using Helmar Professional Acid Free Glue I added a Mat to my photo.

and then added my embellishments, including shells we found on the beach.

It was really fun playing with the gilding flakes and bringing a little bit of bling to my page.  I can't wait to try another project.

Now for the kids craft. this is super easy and super fun

Homemade puff paint.

What you need:

Kids school glue

Shaving cream

paint or food coloring if you wish.

glitter if you wish

 

Combine your glue and shaving cream and paint.

A equal amount of glue to shaving foam is needed, but its fun squirting the shaving foam and the puff paint still works .

Using the Helmar kids school glue, we glued a cardboard cone onto our piece of paper

Then with our puff paint we painted our icecream. You can apply this any way with a brush,a piping bag or even with your fingers.

even after the paint drys it still is puffy and fun to touch. Here is a close up.

Thanks for joining me and I hope you have enjoyed out school holiday art.  Happy crafting!