Hi there!
Nathalie with you today wrapping up this week with another project inspired on this month's mood board. I love VIcki's new release, everything is just so versatile, and since we are on school break for March Break, time has been spent with my daughter, niece and nephew, having those new pre made mixed media backgrounds was amazing!, so let me show you what i created:
This layout was totally inspired on this month's mood board (available here and at the Vicki Boutin Mixed Media community on Facebook )
The images of the mood board gave me so many ideas, but i was in love with those glitter stars that i had to make them the focus of this post. For that I used the new Iridiscent Glitter Glaze and some of the fine silver glitter from Vicki's Mixology collection, and played with a few ideas on how to add the mix to a foundation paper. Below is a picture of the results of the different ideas i had in mind for the stars.
The glaze and glitter mixture brings lots of shine to play foundation paper; whenever added on top of a watercolored paper, it lightens the application area,thus creating a bleached-like effect on the page; and when the watercolor is mixed in the glaze, the results are a glittery paste of uniform color, but with a very luminescent finish on the color, thus making it a few shades lighter.
The clear glaze mixture was added to a foundation paper and set aside to dry, the drying process is a long one due to the application and formulation of the glaze. Once it was completely dried, i used a set of star dies (Maya Road) to cut the paper. Once again the glitter glaze makes it a bit harder to cut the paper, so i had run the paper and die a few times through my die cutting machine.
To bring the dark edges to the stars, i used a stencil brush and a bit of art crayon around the edges. Now for the mat of this page, i pulled the new Pre-made Mixed Media backgrounds, and chose the large circle (as it reminded me of the rainbow in the mood board), and layered the glitter stars and paper stars to form a crescent moon on the right of the page where i could nestle my picture.
For the title of the this page, I took advantage of the puffy word stickers and a few of the glitter stars to create a cluster where i can add my title and balance the layout. A few embellishments were added - i kept to a black and white scheme for these- and then to finish i added a few splatters of black art crayon. Just love how this turned out, and have prepared a video that shows you how it all came together:
I wished that you all could appreciate how shiny the stars really are, though i tried a few different angles, it is hard to capture it all in the camera.
And now it is your time to be inspired by the mood board to create a project of your own. Remember to share with us your finished projects and do not hesitate to contact us if you have questions on how our projects come together.
XO
Materials used:
MIXED MEDIA :
VB Foundations paper
VB Iridiscent Glitter Glaze
VB Art Crayons - neutral set
VB Stencil Brush
VB Water Brushes
VB Palette Knife
VB Silicone wedge
VB Mixology - Silver fine glitter -
FIELD NOTES COLLECTION:
Watercolor stickers
COLOR KALEIDOSCOPE COLLECTION:
12x12 paper pad
6x8 paper pad
ephemera - frames -
Chipboards stickers
Cardstock stickers
puffy word stickers
