Technique check-in for 13@rts

Hello wonderful friends and followers!!

 We are all searching for fun and inexpensive ideas to create our own unique embellishments. One great idea is to use bottle tops! You can find them in craft stores or use the ones you have at home after gently opening a bottle.

 There are so many different ways you can use them! You can make little cute magnets, jewelry pendants or just use them as accents to your layouts, mini albums and of the page projects. You can flatten them or leave them bulky in order to put little bits inside! My layout has a shabby chic style so I will show you how to make it.

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 Step by step

1. I don’t like too bulky embellies so I used my big shot to flatten it. Close all tabs of the multipurpose platform, place the bottle top with the flat side down and use just one cutting plate on top. If you don't have a machine, lay your bottle top with the pointy bits down on a wooden cutting board and give it a few gentle taps with a hammer.

2. Use an one inch punch and cut a paper circle

 

3. Use glue or gel medium to attach the paper on the background

   

4. Place a small charm inside & cover it all with glossy accents

 

5. While still wet, poor inside some micro bids and glitter randomly then let aside to dry

 

"Snow fun"

Designer tips:

-Use the die cuts of the paper collection you are working with and sew them together to create impressive banners!

-Tear your papers apart randomly by hand in a way that the white core is showing. You achieve a great distressed shabby chic look!

-Use two different fonts for interest and contrast.

-To create the small pink circles, I dipped a small paper spool into acrylic paint.

"Snow fun"

Material list:

All papers, die cuts, flowers: 13@rts

Gesso, modeling paste, acrylic paints, gel medium, silver & glass microspheres, mists: 13@rts

Thanks for visiting!!

Happy Scrapping!!!xx

Vicky Varvadouka

Tutorial time! Step by step mixed media layout! "Forget me not"

Hello again!!

As I promised, here is a step by step tutorial on how to create this vintage background!!

I always start by placing the stuff I want to use onto the paper to get an idea of how to proceed...it usually changes in the end...haha Sketches are a GREAT help and inspiration!!!

I glued the papers down and then misted with brown and blue dylusions and let it drip...

Wipe off excess with toilet paper! (Always handy right??? lol)

Apply texture paste using a mask here and there...make sure it goes past your photo and won't be all covered up!

Place the photo to see where you need to stamp! I usually use a letter stamp for that!!

I decided to add some old book paper which I wrinkled and distressed!!

Take a mask or stencil and trace around it with versamark ink!!!

The results are impressive!! I used distressed embossing powder "walnut stain".

And some copper embossing....

The title by Scrapmatts, was also heat embossed with these 3 colors!!

The great thing about the versamark pen is that you have absolute control of where you need to emboss!!!

This Green Tara paper flower was stamped and splashed with mist!!

That's about it!!! I then started building my composition and gluing stuff around and VOILA!!!

"Forget me not"

I forgot to mention that my last act was to apply some gesso on the flowers and in random spots around the page!!

All flowers and laces are Green Tara! You can also see a a few beautiful clock pieces which are Scrapmatts!!!

I hope you have enjoyed my tutorial!

Have a nice creative day!!!

Tips & tutorial! ATTN: LONG POST!!!

As I promised, I will share with you a few tips and techniques that I used on the layouts I made for My Creative Scrapbook this month. Of course you can see more tips from the rest of the DT at the forum--->Here

I warn you! It is a Loooooong post! Take a cup of coffee or a drink and sit back!

To make this artsy background, you need a credit card or spatula and acrylic color. You dιp the card into the paint (it could be gesso as well) and start making moves up & down/left & right...
have you seen "karate kid"??? LOLOL 

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To give a vintage feeling to your paper and really distressed look, you spritz it with water

and squize it gently with your hand!
 
After that, you apply distress ink using a foam pad to point out the wrinkles!

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If you don't have a swirl that fιts your colors or design, make your own using stickles! To be accurate, use a stencil!

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Well, I liked the chipboard's pale brown natural color but I wanted to highlight it a bit!
So I randomly inked it with two different shades of brown and covered it with crackle paint rock candy!

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to make these beautiful vintage ruffles behind the circle.....

1) I cut strips from an old book,2) I use a border punch,3) I ink them with some brown distress ink, 4) with my fingers I press them randomly into ruffles, 5) I glue them around on the back of my circle!

 

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I will show you step by step how to achieve this background!


1) Use a mask and dab a chalk ink or use a foam pad and distress ink above the mask (don't mind my finger..it is a mess..lol) (Prima Mask)

2) Then use a mask and glimmer mist or chalk mist. you can use more than one colors!


3) Use a music or letter stamp with versamark ink and stamp randomly all around the paper

tip: I don't use an acrylic block for that, just my fingers!That way I avoid the square shaped stamping!

4) I have put coper embossing powder on the places I stamped and melt it with a heat gun.


5)Mix some gesso with black acrylic paint and dab it above a mask using a brush. That way you achieve some extra thick texture. (Prima Gate Mask)


6) I decided to use an extra mask (clock) and glimmer mists (gold and suede)


and this is the finished layout:

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I hope you enjoyed my post and I hope I have explained everything correctly!

Have a nice creative day!

xoxoxo

Slide *My Creative Sketches*

Hello my friends! How are you today?

 I am down with a flu but that doesn't stop my creativity...I guess nothing can stop me LOL!!!

 Since I will be guest designer for "My Creative Scrapbook" kit club in April (woohoo), I was asked to also guest design for their challenge blog "My Creative Sketches". And I did get creative by playing with mists and my Sew Easy to make the background! I took a few photos during the process and I will share them with you! This is the fantastic sketch by Kim Keane!!!

I used 3 colors of Tattered Angel's glimmer mist sunflower,oriental poppy & bahama blue. I used a doily as a mask and strips of paper from the bottom of each 12*12 paper that we usually throw away!

Then I took my scallop sew easy tool and outlined the scallops of the doily!

I cut scalloped patterned paper using my big shot mashine!

Finally, I placed my photo and started the fun...embellishing!

And here is the finished layout...I didn't add a lot of stuff because there are too many colors already and it would seem too loaded! I hope you like it!!

Some close ups!

Materials used:


Cardstock: American Crafts
Patterned paper: Crate paper
Stickers: Crate paper, Echo Park
Flowers: Prima
Buttons: Purple Pumpkin & Lil Red Rocket
Stitching: Sew Easy (We are memory keepers)
Mist: Tattered Angels
Bling

I am waiting to see your gorgeous projects so you can get a chance to win this yummy prize!!!

Have a nice day!!!

xoxo