Hi there!
Nathalie with you today to share a new project with you all. I hope you all are staying safe in this unprecedented time. Having an artistic outlet is the perfect way to bring some silver linings to your day. Today, i am channeling my inner dark side to recreate a card background into a scrapbook layout. Here is where practicing and creating small catalogue of your ideas comes in handy. I simply recreated the card background and updated it to this page:
The background for the page was inspired by this card (created in last week's post):
This background is so easy and quick to put together; the key here is to have all the materials ready beforehand, and some quick actions.
I started by adding a bit of Metallic Gunmetal Acrylic paint to a foundation paper. Right after the application, i used a stencil and stencil brush to lift and redeposit some of the paint on the page. For this, i slightly wet the tip of my brush, and used a circular motion on top of the stencil to lift the color; then redeposit the leftover paint in the brush, but repeating the motion to the left of the paint application.
The last step in this background is to apply some stamping ( you can replace it with a stencil impression or textural impression). I used the script stamp from Vicki's second collection to add the impression to the right of the paint application.
I used two pictures on this page, and backed them with papers from the Let's Wander collection, then added foam adhesive between the next layers of paper. All the florals in the clusters were fussy cut from the Sunshine and Smiles paper. A few stickers and embellishments from the sticker tablet, chipboard and cardstock sticker were also added to the clusters.
All that was left to do was add a title using a large piece of ephemera and chipboard stickers, then added my lines of journal to the left of the title. The following video will show you how it all came together:
I hope this has inspired you! Keeping a small reference library of techniques makes it so easy to recreate them on a larger format in no time. Remember you can always contact me with any questions.
Until next time, keep safe!
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