Kreative Koncepts Sketch Challenge #25 - Seven

Hi everyone,

Here's my DT page for the new Sketch Challenge #25 up at Kreative Koncepts!

I don't know if any of you remember the tutorial I made on designing your own Polaroid frames. Here is the link to it. These are the frames I had cut out as a sample from that tutorial. I've been waiting and waiting for the right page to use them and when I saw the new sketch, a little light bulb went off inside my head!

Here's the super fun sketch:

I used hearts in lieu of the rectangles to run across the page. Basically I cut four heart shapes out of Dura-lar overlay film and used them as masks. After all the misting and painting I removed the hearts and had the negative remaining. I outlined them with black Faber Castell pastel pencil to make them more prominent. 

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Here's a close up of one of the Polaroid frames.....

It had been a while since I'd used punchinella. I was looking for that extra something to finish my page and I'm so glad I came across my stash from Gauche Alchemy!

Supplies:

Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in Cranberry Zing and Mel's Diner

Dylusions Ink Spray in Bubblegum Pink and Cut Grass

Shimmerz Vibez in Hermit the Frog

Twinkling H2Os in Ginger Peach

Faber Castell Pitt Pastel in Black

Craft Smart Acrylic Paint in Aqua

Artist's Loft Oil Pastels

Roller Stamps by Amy Tangerine, Studio Calico, Recollections

Punchinella from Gauche Alchemy

Polaroid frames cut by Silhouette Cameo

Textured Layers for Let's Get Trendy Now! 3

Hi everyone!

I'm up at the Let's Get Trendy Now! 3 workshop! Come and see all the different projects and be inspired to create! The focus for today is Textured Layers and I love me some texture and some layers!

I thought I'd do a quick run down of how I usually approach my layouts. I typically start by layering different mediums to create the background. There are so many out there: gesso, textured pastes, paints, mists and crayons just to name a few.

And just think of all the different ways to apply those mediums: brushes, stamps, stencils, punchinella, heck.... fingers! Again, just to name a few.

After I'm satisfied with the background, I layer with my papers and embellishments.

For my final step, I'll doodle here and there to emphasize certain features or to create interest. I also flick on extra bits of paint or mists at this point. And that's it, my formula for a textured, layered page!

Now for the supplies....

AC Cardstock (not shown), Strathmore watercolor paper (not shown), Stazon ink, Golden gesso, Lumiere's paints, Dr Martin Bombay india ink, Faber Castell Gelatos, Big Brush Pen, and Pitt pen, Zig Writer and Photo Signature pen, Heidi Swapp Color Shine, TA Glimmer Mist, Shimmerz Colorings, TA Glimmer Glam, Studio g glitter, Angora water color paints, washi tape,  7 Gypsies stamp, Studio g stamps, UmWowStudio Chipboard (arrow), Heidi Swapp chipboard, Colorbok hearts, Glitz alphas, Heidi Swapp alphas, Prima alphas
***also not shown are the bits of punchinella used to apply gesso***

For even more textured layered ideas go and visit Let's Get Trendy Now! 3 !

Time Flies When Your Kids Keep Growing Up...

Oh it's been a busy month! I seem to catch myself saying that a LOT lately. My oldest daughter's school year is coming to an end and she is already talking about becoming a 1st grader(!), my youngest is about to have her FIRST birthday (can we slow down just a little!!)..

Anyway, I'm so ridiculously behind on all my blog visits too and for that I'm sorry! ::sheepishly grinning:; however, I did want to share a page I made about 2 weeks ago (see I didn't even have time to post to my own blog...ugh!). It's a page I made for Basically Bare using all sorts of their goodies. I felt it'd been too long since I'd dripped paint and made a mess on my background so I aimed for a grungy look and feel on this page. BB hearts and gears were perfect for this. I altered each item completely differently to get loads of different textures.

That background is a collage of Japanese handmade paper, masking tape and washi tape I got from Gauche Alchemy (I was quite excited to finally get my hands on some real washi tape and GA did not disappoint!). Over that I applied my new FAVORITE medium using a Crafter's Workshop brick template...

DecoArt Snow Writer!! I'm sure this stuff has been around for a long while but it's new to me and I think it's so cool! It has this slightly rough texture, dries quickly, and holds it's shape...would it be weird if I though it best described as liquid brick?! OK, maybe not that rough...anyway, I used it quite a bit on this layout.

The "bricks" in the background...

The rough texture on the gear....

To make the hot air balloon, I treated the large gear like a mini canvas. I covered it with sewing pattern paper for some texture then painted some gesso over it. Next I took 2 different metallic acrylic paints and applied them with a brayer. The chevron pattern is washi tape, then of course I used my Snow Writer to make the circles. The final touch was the pink hearts. 

Hey look! More Snow Writer! The basket texture, the circles...

Alright I'm headed outta here to do some catch up! Hopefully I'll get the chance to return sooner than later...until then, thank you for your visits and comments!