hows everyone going with the heat, or fires or are you in the colder weather
here today we are sitting on 33 with my fan blaring out cool air
Novembers challenge
i commented on a beautiful picture on facebook, & someone said that it would be interesting to create a layout of card with those colours so i did , for an example
seeing i dont have much of burnt orange , at first i thought i would do mixed media, i dont do a lot of this, i mean i have the sprays/ gesso /paints to do it , i just think i also have soo much paper do it with that and its either off the floor or out of the cupboard
i went to a garage sale of my friends place and there was some flowers in a Kaiser pack, and thought , that would look good on a layout with those colours,
the layout i was thinking about then changed style lol also the photo that i thought i was going to use, i didn't find it so found another photo of me and im in orange. so my journey begun,
I haven't just used one type of papers but different company's as you will see,
PRODUCTS USED
Amy Tangerine sketchbook .- like ive had this in the cupboard for years it has 48 papers in the pack i have 8 left yaaa getting down
Creative memories, patterned papers orange
close to my heart cardstock
Kaiser - Havana Night collectables,
Kaiser gold shimmer spray
Kaiser poinsettia flower stamp,
Stamping up botanical boom leaves
Dernan Matisse high tooth white gesso (purchased at Kaiser stores )
darice wood grain embossing folder
dot stencil , ( purchased at the crafty chain )
corner rounder
acetate sheet with black circles ( purchased at spotlight )
ribbon (if you like
oval chipboard from my stash i think i bought it at a choice shop that has now closed
bling, this was a random act of kindness ( rak ) from Maureen wood we are in a group where just randomly you send someone something small to surprise the receiver, seeing i live close to Maureen, i hand deliver my stuff have a chat if shes not too busy and she knows i love bling .
now, with this particular layout i had planned to go a different way, i start things and then half way though think i should have added this , so i will tell you from the bottom up lol
my layout is 8 inch by 8 inch, im trying to down size all my 12 inch albums ,of course once i have a few , i will try to sell, i have tried before but didnt sell, so maybe like hubby says bin them.. shock horror , i will keep for next year then drop prices a bit more and see if someone has a car boot sale on at one of the scrapbooking shops
but for now , lets get started on creating a layout ..... yours can be 12 inch i dont measure too much i just think , ok, i need it smaller than my base page but will tell you measurements you can add both to yours to make them 12 inch ( my size i will put in brackets ) lets see if i can work out in my head what sizes you require .
starting with your base page stamp round the edges with your preferred stamps leaves and flowers, i always use staz - on it does not bleed if i need to colour anything in later on...... this is my preference with the large poinecnta one i stamped in the left hand corner ,then fussy cut it out and placed the amy tangerine paper over that corner to cover where you just took the flower from ,
set aside your flower we are going to spray it later
i have round cornered all my papers. and the base cardstock for something a bit different and it softens the page dont you think .
Amy tangerine yellow flowers 11 inches x 5 inches ( 7 inches x 5 ")
clear acetate 10 3/4" x 5 inches ( 7 " x 3 " )
centre both sheets so the butt in the middle one can overlap the other
creative memories patterned orange paper cut 2 . this size you can trim one down later to suit 6 1/4 x 4 1/4 (93cm x 123)
creative memories cardstock. 6x4 inch (85 x115)
now im going to tell you something that i haven't done before until today ,
thinking now i want to use my wood grain embossing folder thinking now i will have to get out my machine like make room on the table ,lets think what other way can i get my effect done., lets try this idea,
now you have to work quickly on this especially like when i have the fan going as its so hot here , now , i have got some gesso on my finger ( i hear you say noo you can use spatula or plastic knife, what ever you use for your gesso , fingers are easy to clean lol so place gesso on one side of your embossing folder , add your 4 x 6 cardstock.. close together and rub over the embossing folder you dont need it ot go though the machine this is something a bit different to do, you can wash it now or like me i just add kaiser shimmer mists to the other side of the embossing folder and my second cardstock 4 x 6 cardstock ,and again rub with your hand a few times take out and go wash your embossing folder while wet .
with the chipboard, i have placed black gesso , let dry a little not too much, and then placed in my embossing folder and added the gold shimmer mists close and rub over. while you have that shimmer mist in your grasp, spray that flower now let dry , they dont take long with the fan blaring
while this is drying you can start to assemble your layout
i also ink around all my pages
add the frangipilly flower paper of Amy tangerine or something that has a flower in bottom left hand corner, then the acetate sheet to the right remember to only add the wet glue to the dark spots not too much you dont want them seeping out although i use art glitter ( brand name not glitter) glue on everything , it dries clear, i very rarely use double sided tape anymore
so now , add our patterned paper & the dried cardstock to the page . on one you are not going to see much, depending on your chipboard size just trim to suit you might have a square chipboard or you might like to use dies
glue photo to your chipboard piece , glue to your layout ,
add bling, then your collectables, sprayed flower the centre of the corner , with flowers , i cut down pedals then shape them so they look 3 dementsial. i bend them and shape them add smaller flowers on top of larger flowers, here i can go wild, i really have to stop myself so i dont over do it. as i have to think this is going into a mini album i may not have the space to do too high. add tag (from the Kaiser havana nights collectables to mention where your photo was taken
journalling who invented that but is good later in life , you may forget ,( when i am 90 years old. long way to go yet . hahaha )
seeing im a left hander, i always do my flowers in the shape on the left hand side of the page , and to the bottom left of my page , ( in the shape of a L ) you might like to add it on the right or spreading down over the top, this is your choice,
hope you have enjoyed creating my layout , love to see if you create it
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thank you have a wonderful weekend and week
if you are in fire zones stay safe.
in heat like me , keep cool, drink lots of water , keep hydrated ,
in freezing weather keep warm
i will be next week planning to get myself wet in this heat to keep cool.
i will be back creating later in the month with more holiday photos then we get into the Christmas spirit ..
do you have your Christmas parties all booked yet, ???
cheers
jacqui
