Monday, September 19, 2016

September Inspirations with Made With Love


Hello friends! Hope all are well with you guys!

Today I am sharing a project I created for my LSS Made With Love with some gorgeous supplies from their store at 313 Somerset. It's been awhile too since I did a tutorial for them, so here is a photo step-by-step to show you how I created this canvas.


1. Prime the canvas with gesso. 


2. When the gesso has dried completely (important!), create some texture on your background using UTEE powder, a stencil and some embossing glue. Use a heat tool to melt the UTEE powder.


3. Layer papers to create your main cluster. 


4. Prime your chipboard with gesso. Create a resist pattern with a stamp, white embossing powder and embossing glue.


5. Color it with Distress Stains, using water to blend. 


6. Ink the sides too to make it pretty.


7. To color the background, I'm using Tim Holtz Distress crayons. These are so fun to work with!


8. I spread out the colors in the order they came in, like a mini-rainbow.


9. Using baby wipes, I activated the pigment into paint and could control the intensity and blending between each color very well. 


10. Ta-da! Add more interest with stamps.


And this is the finished canvas after I added more stuff. It's my eldest boy's first birthday and a family photo we took. I'm planning to make a gift of it for my in-laws during Christmas. 

Details in the close-ups:


Altered chipboard from Blue Fern Studios



Background details showing the UTEE powder, Distress Crayons and stamping at work.



Cute whimsical title


And here are the supplies I used from Made With Love:

papers - Bo Bunny (Double Dot Design), Echo Park (I Love Family)
chipboard - Blue Fern Studios
mediums - Prima Marketing Inc (gesso); Distress Crayons (Tim Holtz); UTEE powder, Embossing powder, embossing glue, archival ink (Ranger's)
title sticker: Thickers
stamps: Prima kareting Inc, Kaisercraft
stencil: The Crafter's Workshop

Saturday, September 3, 2016

Seaside Memories with Blue Fern Studios

Hello friends, how are you?

September is now upon us, and the weather here is becoming a little cooler with more rain. But I'm still very much in a summer mood because of the Seaside Cottages collection. Today I'm here to share two more creations with you. 



This has to be one of the simplest layout I have made in a long time with just splashes of paint in the background because the paper is too pretty to cover up. The photo is one of my boys on the day we landed in Okinawa after a really long flight. We had made our way to a sea salt factory and the view out is just amazing, with the sun starting to set.

Some details:



The Seaside Charms chipboard, which I had painted with gold acrylic paint and covered with a layer of crackle paint. 



My title piece which I had embossed with Breeze and Sky Blue embossing powders.



The top half of the Seaside Charms chipboard which I had snipped off.



My second share is another layout of my second boy when he was a baby. I love how the colors of the photo matched the background paper Embark so perfectly that I built the whole layout around this.

Details here:



Altered seashell and anchors matched with the seaside lilies.



My title piece



Fussy cut details



Mesh bits chipboard tucked behind my photo



More chipboard goodies!

And here is the start to finish video of how I put this layout together:



Thanks for dropping by!