This month I have been the guest designer and here is the remainder of my projects.
First project for the day using the gorgeous collection by Kaisercraft called Curiosity. I have gone for a more mixed media approach this week and created a cover for my Zutter 8 x 8 album.
Here is the finished project:
I started out with the album cover from Zutter.
Inside it has a pocket to slip your bound zutter album in - it also has
a clear page in to slip in the pocket once it has been attached to the
rest of the album you make for the cover. The cover just adds more to a
bound album and covers the wire when on display.
I then painted the album using a brown paint dauber to create a fake woodgrain effect.
You could use a distress paint by Tim Holtz for this and add more effects by using more then one colour and spritzing with water.
The next step was using a Crafters Workshop Brick Mask and Moulding Paste to create some texture to my album cover. I then sprayed the cover with some mists made with various colours of Perfect Pearl Powders, Distress Ink Reinkers and water.
I then embellished the cover with the following:
Kaisercraft Curiosity collectibles
Here are some
closeups. as you can see I have cut up the diecuts from the couture
creation die using American crafts cardstock. This die cuts beautifully!
My next project is a few mini layouts to
share. These layouts are 8 x 8 inch layouts perfect for the Zutter 8 x 8 protective pockets that are pre-punched. I find that a great starting point for doing layouts is finding sketch sites - Creative Scrappers is one of my favourites. There are heaps of sketches on their site.
When I first
received my kit and this collection I thought cool I would do lots of
embellishing with it but once I worked with it I decided it needed a
less is more approach because of the big prints and bold colours. My
layouts do not have any photos on at this stage as I have not decided
what photos to use yet. When doing a mini album without photos just
attach all embellishments and paper in such a way that they can be added
later.
Each mini layout has been sprayed with Dylusions White Linen and the edges inked with white ink.
I have created four layouts so far with the Curiosity collection mainly using the 6 x 6 pad , a few of the collectables and some stickers. On some of the images I have added glossy accents to give more dimension or added foam squares. I have used cardstock for the base and photo mats.
With my first mini layout I added a bit of jute string for interest and extra dimension.
My second mini layout has space for a bigger photo and I have clustered the strawberry collectables down the side of the layout.
The third mini layout has fussy cutting, a bit of paper tearing and a mini banner to balance it out.
The fourth mini
layout incorporates the popular banner trend that has occurred in the
scrapping world in the last couple of years and looks like it is here to
stay for a few more!
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