Bloom Girl Design Team: GDT Anita Rodway

Back in July 2014, I was selected to be a Guest Designer for

Prima Marketing 'Bloom Girl'. Needless to say I was

THRILLED!!!!!

I couldn't believe it. So now it's January & my turn to share with you all my

projects I created :) :) *insert happy dance here.

Here's a bit about me:

"So you know you're an artist if you go through a glue stick faster than a lipstick!? Well that's me!! Hello, I'm Anita . Graphic Designer / Full-time mummy to one boisterous 3yr old boy (with no.2 on the way & enjoying every bit of it!!) & married to my best friend, Chris.

We live in Tamworth, the country music capital of Australia.

My love of art started at a young age & I had choosen my career path pretty early. I have always loved mixed media & the design process. Never shying away from getting my hands messy. I am lucky enough to say the quote “Do what you love, love what you do” applies to me. I started scrapbooking started about 10yrs ago & I haven't stoppped!! I have however since forgotten all the other basics like vacuuming, cooking etc - but we get by LOL. Paper & paint are like therapy to me! It calms me & satisfies my arty desires.

I have been on numerous Design & Creative Teams. I am currently designing for Flutterby Designs, 2Crafty Chipboard & Scrap the Boys. I’ve had layouts published in magazines such as Scrapbooking Memories, Scrapbook Creations & Jot Magazine. I have made many friends & met some awesomely talented people through scrapbooking, that inspire me everyday. I am truly grateful to have met them all.

My blog: http://anitarodway.blogspot.com.au/

'Be You Always'

I LOVE to create my own backgrounds. I find it very expressive & calming

to start with a blank sheet. I primed my cardstock with gesso & stamp my

'summer' image using some archival ink. I then began adding my various

mediums to build up my layers. I used acrylic paint to add detail

& colour to my image. With a knife I cut along one side of the image

to allow me to slip my photo in under it. Then I finished off by layering flowers,

brads, thread, enamel dots & alphabets.

PRODUCTS USED:

Bloom Collection - 'Summer' Cling Stamp

Bloom Collection - Brads

Bloom Collection - Paperclips

Bloom Collection - Flair buttons

Prima Marketing - Flowers

Prima Marketing - Color Bloom 'Gold' spray'Friends'

I had a lot of fun making this one! I started off with some gel medium

& used my 'Free Spirit' stencil. Once that was dry, I put a white wash

of gesso over it to pick up the details. With mix of acrylic paints

& sprays I added in my colour. With a sewing machine & some

hand stitching I added a circular element to draw focus to the photo.

I've used lots of different things to build up my layers - old

book paper, paper doily, flowers, thread & even some of my

packaging from Prima products. I cut up strips of the teal

part of the packaging to create journaling strips.

To make the background image 'pop' a little bit, I used a fine black pen

& traced around the image.

PRODUCTS USED:

Bloom Collection - 'Free Spirit' stencil

Bloom Collection - Brads

Bloom Collection - Metal clips

Prima Marketing - Flowers

'Don't Stop Creating...Ever'

Art Journal Page

This was a quick & fun page to do some creative detoxing with.

I used some embossing ink, black embossing powder & Bloom Girl

stamp to start with & then began creating my background. I've used some

paint pens to add colour detail to the image & finished off with some

brush script.

PRODUCTS USED:

Bloom Collection - Cling Mounted Stamp Two

Hi there all of you Bloom Girl Fans!

Today is a very exciting day. We have our first brand new challenge! We will have a monthly challenge with a new Inspirational Challenge each month. You will be inspired by our amazing design team throughout the month with a variety of different projects.

This Challenge will be open to any type of crafters, whether you scrap book, make cards, paint, draw, mixed media the choice is yours! You don't even have to use a Bloom Girl Stamp in your project to play! How awesome is that!

For our August we have a gorgeous color palate that Jamie has put together.

You can use all colors, some colors or simply tell us how this color scheme has inspired you.