Hello blogging friends!
Today I want to share with you a layout that I made for this month’s sketch challenge at Scrapping Everyday Miracles. This one was a true labor of love and if you had seen the process you would of thought I was crazy for not throwing it in the trash bin! I’m so glad I persevered and finished it because I love how it turned out! I won’t bore you with the details of all the many “cover-ups” there is on this page but lets just say that many messes were created in the making of this page. As you probably already know, I love mixed-media and my favourite scrapbooking artists include lots of it on their pages. For me, painting on pages is mostly new and very unlike painting on a canvas. So here I am, trying out some cool new things and having a great time doing it!
For this layout I used three 3×6 scraps of acrylic paper, used a Crafters Workshop stencil and some gesso to create a nice textured background. For colour I used Dylusion sprays. My letters are old and didn’t match to I covered those in gesso. I also added gesso to my stars to add some texture. My flourishes were created with another stencil from The Crafters Workshop and modeling paste. I had added drops of distress ink to it but it wasn’t red enough for my liking so I topped it off with some ruby red stickles. And if you are wondering why there is ink on my son’s face well, lets just say that it was very late when I was doing this and I’m glad to live in a digital age where I can easily re-print the photos!
That’s it for today, it’s not too late to participate in the sketch challenge at Scrapping Everyday Miracles. Hope to see your entry there!
I love that you persevered because I love your result! Marrying the best of scrapbooking and the best of art journaling is my goal, too! I was delighted to see the stenciled background items! This is just awesome! Keep on! Keep on!
Loooove it!!! I’m going through the same thing right now with a mini book I’m making. I have to keep telling myself, “Hang in there. It’s not finished yet.” And, with every step, I’m loving it more and more. Thanks for sharing your “messes” here. They are lovely!
Marjolaine…I love your “mess”:). Sometimes making mistakes makes us re-think things and makes our pages even better…so glad that was the case with yours and that you didn’t pitch it, because it’s really awesome! Thanks so much for joining us at Scrapping Everyday Miracles for the sketch challenge this month.
I love what you did here to me it’s fantastic artwork! My friend/fellow scrapper always tells me we are our worst critics!