Hi
everyone!! I hope you all had a good weekend and have had a good start
to the week so far? Today it is once again my turn to share with you
here at 13 Arts, and today I have simply put together a start to finish
step-by-step for you, quickly showing you how I have put together the following layout.
'Little You'
The photo I have used is of Jet when he was about 7 months old, and remains one of my favorite pictures of him.
Some details:
Here is the tutorial I have put together for you:
Step
1: Take a sheet of paper from the Mental Vacation Collection, then
using a palette knife spread gesso carefully on your background from
left to right, coming right across to the other side of the page in the
center.
Steps
2 and 3: Mix a decent amount of gesso with the new Magic Powder! You
want the paste to become quite thick. Use a palette knife to spread the
paste through the Grid Mask from the Mental Vacation Collection. Move
the stencil about your page as you go, sticking roughly to the areas of
paper covered with gesso. Dry it with a heat gun, then turn your stencil
a different direction, lay it over the top and spread some more paste
through, once again moving about the page. Dry and repeat a third time
if you think it necessary.
Tip:
Make sure your paste is completely dry so that it doesn't just flatten
and smudge when you lay the stencil back over it. The Magic powder makes
the paste thick enough that you don't have to worry about it seeping
under the edges of your mask if it is not laying flat, making it great
for layering paste.
Step
4: When your background is completely dry spray Chalk Blue light mist
and Pastel Green Mist quite closely to your background to get 'puddles'
of mist, then use a wet paint brush to move the colors around and blend.
Steps
5 and 6: When you have finished painting, use your brush to add flicks
of paint around the edge. When your misted background is thoroughly dry
add some stamping. I have used a triangle texture stamp, and
butterflies. I have also painted my butterflies with the same mists used
on the background, using paper towel t dab off any excess.
Add some random flicks of Black and White SPLASH! Inks.
Steps
7 and 8: Cut your papers and distress the edges, then attach them to
the left of your page using layers of foam tape. Add some calico,
natural waxed twine and Gold thread, along with some gold washi tape at
the top and bottom of the page to add a little warmth.
Sand and distress the edges of your photo then secure it above the twine circle.
Steps
9 and 10: Now you can begin to embellish. I have begun with a few
flowers to the right of my photo and a white vine, on which I have
misted the tips of the leaves.
I
have taken a decorative chipboard heart and painted the entire thing
(including the edges) white with gesso, then I have mounted it up on 2
flowers for dimension.
Steps 11 and 12: Continue to build up your flowers/embellishments around the photo until you are happy with the look.
Add
some Gold word stickers to the top and bottom of the page for your
title, and add 2 little chipboard hearts covered in Gold glitter to the
right of the page to create a visual triangle with the Gold.
Next
randomly spray your flowers/papers with Pearl Turquoise Light Mist and
add a few small squirts of pastel Green to them as well.
Step
13: For the final touch, use a small brush to paint Gel Medium onto random
petals of random flowers then sprinkle some of the Dark Green Grit into
the wet Gel.
So there you have your finished project!!!
I hope you enjoyed my tutorial and found something to inspire you!!!
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