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Thursday, November 12, 2015

The Girls layout with Sherry

Hey ladies and gents, Sherry here with more crafty goodness! I am so incredibly in LOVE with Limor Webber Designs spray sets from Lindy's Stamp Gang! Since I couldn't seem to pick just one I picked a couple Limor Webber Designs sprays and away I went! So go dig out your favs, grab some wash tape and lets get crafting!

Step 1

I started by making light pencil lines around where I wanted my photo. Once photo placment was established, I started layering three different neutral colored wash tapes, keeping some pieces whole and some pieces ripped in different lengths. I kept layering till it looked perfect. To avoid wasted tape, I avoided the area marked for the photo. This is why I like to mark photo placement on layouts.

Step 2

To mute the wash tape a bit i applied a light layer of gesso over top using my finger to smudge it over the tape. This will also help the sprays to stick better!

Starting with the lightest spray color, I sprayed a few small puddles and tilted the page to create some sideways drips. Next up was a bit of splatter of a darker spray. After unscrewing the top, I tapped the straw part of the nozzle to create splatters.

Step 3
Using Prima's grungy grip stencil, I applied whipped spackle onto the layout around where the photo would be and also in a few of the white spaces on the page. All to dry and add a few splatters of the same color from the last step.

Step 4

MT FAVORITE PART!!! I misted the paper down with water concentrating a bit more in the left side of the layout where I wanted a bit more color concentration. After unscrewing the tops or the three colors I used (bonjour butter, popping pink and orange creamcicle) I dragged the "straw" of the color over the area I wanted to color. As I applied layers of color, I would also tilt the page to create layers of drips. I kept doing this and layering till I was happy with the intensity of the colors, this took a couple of layers.

Step 5

Final touches! Using some coiled up thread and foam adhesive, I adhered the photo into place. Then using varying sizes and shaped of white/cream flowers, I layered a floral arrangement around the photo focal point.

Once enough flowers were in place, I dry brushed them all with gesso. At the same time on my craft mat I dry brushed my letters with white gesso as well! After all the gesso was dry, I adhered the letters to the bottom right corner of the layout. (I wanted the letter to be super subtle!)

Using a fluffy brush, I picked up a bit of Magical dust and tapped it onto a few flowers. Then I repeated this with the other color I picked. (I used popping pink and luminous lemon) Once all the flowers were dusted with Magicals dust, I lightly sprayed them with water to activate the colors! Allow this to dry without a heat gun, this will prevent the colors from mixing!

And check out a few close ups of this delicious layout! Check out those drips... and those colors.... SWOON!!

Thank you so much for taking the time to check out my layout and tutorial! For more tutorials and inspiration from me make sure to hear over to my blog, Facebook page and instagram! For more form the amazing Design Team pop into the DT blog! ALSO, while you're checking out the website, make sure to have a little retail therapy, we all need it:)

Supplies from Limor Webber Designs:

Other Supplies:

Prima Marketing Inc. Watercolor paper (#847753)
Prima Marketing Inc. Botanical mix flowers (#529567)
Prima Marketing Ink Got flowers? (#506575)
Heidi Swapp: Alphabets (#HS01095)
Other: Assorted Washi Tape (neutral colors)

My Father's World Mixed Media Tag Tutorial by Tonya Gibbs

Hi everyone! I hope you are having a great week, looking forward to the weekend. Autumn is in full swing here, so I wanted to create a mixed media tag tutorial to help kick start my brain into thinking about cooler days and forget these past few "Dog Days of Summer".

I found a hymnal page in my scraps that had the title "This is My Father's World" and part of the song said "nature sings" & "morning light" so I used this as inspiration for my tag.

I had used this hymnal page in another project so pieces of it were missing. I was careful to reserve back the pieces that I wanted to focus on and used the rest of the scraps to line the base of the tag. To give my cut outs more stability I backed them on scraps of watercolor paper.

When I think of nature singing at Morning light I always think of birds. So I knew I wanted to incorporate a bird. I used the Prima Shabby Chic Resin birds. I have a window in my bedroom, and a little bird is ALWAYS in the window singing. So I thought about using another Prima Resin piece in the shape of a window. Since both were really too bright white, I decided to paint them with my Lindy's Stamp Gang. You can see in the video below how I did this.

I also wanted to keep with the texture and colors of fall. So I used the Burlap stencil from Tim Holtz, and some white Crackle Texture Paste from Prima, along with Gelatos® in fall colors of Yellow, Orange and Red to create the background. A little Lindy's Ponderosa Pine Olive Magicals was added to finish off the crackled and rich tones of fall. To add a bit of sparkle, I used some Mica Flakes from Prima. They offered just the right touch of reflective light to my base.

I decided to build my floral spray like a bird's nest. I kept the flowers somewhat neutral (like the twigs in a nest) by spraying them with the Lindy's in several different colors. To give them a pop of orange I finished them off with a little of the Copper Magicals found in the Lindy's Autumn collection.

Here is a video tutorial showing how I completed the tag from start to finish.

Watch On YouTube

I love how vibrant this tag is and it really sparkles! Fall is my favorite time of year. Everything is so rich with pops of color and texture.

Thanks for stopping in today,

Tonya Gibbs
http://www.psychomoms.com

Supplies

Other Supplies:

Lindy's Stamp Gang - Moon Shadow Spray - Crow's Nest Copper
Versa Ink Pen
Ranger Ink - Gold embossing powder
Vine's
Seam Binding
Burlap
Prima Resin Birds
Prima Resin Window
Hymnal Pages
Floral Sprigs

Journal Layout with Izink inks

Hi everyone, it's Vicky here today and I am sharing another page of my mixed media journal.

I have been sharing here many of my pages from this mixed media journal and I am using different mediums and techniques in each page while keeping the same flower theme through out the book. For my layout today, I am using IZINK inks as the coloring medium.

IZINK inks are really fun to use since you can dilute them with water and you can get a watercolored look while at the same time it is permanent!

You can mix the inks and get a smooth blend, like I did on the background, or use them without blending for a watercolor look, just like I did on the flowers and leaves.

To finish off the layout I just had to do some embossing with "Bonjour Butter" embossing powder and also use my favorite border stamp from the "Rugged edges" set to frame my layout.

You can enjoy the video below

Supplies:

Thank you all for visiting!

Journal page with Gelatos® by Vicky

Hi crafty friends! Vicky here and today I am sharing another page of my mixed media journal.

I have already shared the other two pages here and here of my mixed media journal, and they are all flower themed. So here is another page with lovely flowers today.

For this page I have used exclusively Gelatos® by Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft® as a coloring medium, both for the background and the flowers. You can easily replicate this page by using any flower stamp you have in your stash.

I just love how easy Gelatos® are to blend and you can make colorful and striking backgrounds effortless and within minutes. There are many techniques to blend them, with your fingers (best of all), with a baby wipe (for a paler look), by spraying water over them, with a brush... the possibilities are endless. I do demonstrate most of them in the video below.

To color the flowers and the leaves I did some cheating ;) Instead of coloring/blending directly on the page I stamped them on another piece of paper and then colored and cut them out with my scissors. Then, all I had to do was a little bit of paper piecing. A technique that adds dimension on your page while keeping everything clean at the same time.

To finish off my page I did a little stencil with my favorite Whipped Spackle by Faber - Castell. I love this product because it adds dimension and brightness and it is so thick that you can never have any accidents through stencils. Works perfect every time and you can even color it with gelatos. I can not recommend this product enough!

You can enjoy the video below where I am going to walk you through all the steps of creating this page.