Sketchabilities #106 - Still in Love

Hi Scrappers!

I'm back with another layout for Sketchabilities... Like always, they have an amazing sketch to work from! I had another photo from the marriage of my parents, which is very vintage, I used that for my project. I tried to keep the colors quiet similar and matching and used therefore very soft and light colors like gray, pink and off-white. Here's my creation:

The picture is veeery vintage, like the one in my mixed media canvas some days ago. I didn't want to use the original, because it's in our family album and I didn't want to remove it from there. That's why I scanned it and printed it out with my ink-jet printer at home on some photo-paper. For the background I used different papers from DCWV from the lace and linen stack. I made the roses by myself using off-white cardstock and the roses creation dies by Donna Salazar. I covered the edges of the rose petals with stickles (icicle and frosted lace) to add some glitter. 

On two corners of the background I used a Crafters Workshop mask and some silver modeling paste to make it more interesting. Besides, I inked all the edges with a Prima chalk ink (attic dust). 

This time I did a lot of background work. You can't see it a lot because it's hiding a little bit behind the paper layers and the photo. First I used another mask from Crafters Workshop (gears) and applied some gesso with a sponge. This made a very soft background and you couldn't barely recognize the gears. I decided to apply another layer of paint, this time some distress ink (pumice stone) with the same mask. This created a cool look, since the gesso came out more and gave it a really layered look. After letting it dry, I stamped some gears and clocks with Adirondack sepia ink.

On some spots I stamped blotches with Versamark ink and added some distress embossing powder to it for more texture. For an even more distressed look I scratched some spots with the end of my Prima Marketing distressing tool. I applied some half-pearls on the "fake"-ribbon to give it more dimension (the ribbon is just a printed scrapbook-paper ;))

Here you can see my dictionary stamp by Kaisercraft at the background. I used again pumice stone distress ink, but applied it very uneven to create that worn look. For the "bling" I added some doodles with my platinum liquid pearl. I die-cut the gears from structured vanilla cardstock, inked it with pumice stone, misted it with perfect pearls mist (pewter) and rubbed on a little bit of Inka Gold (silver) with my fingers, to bring out the texture of the paper.

I wanted to add this layout to my current scrap-album, but after showing it to my parents, they wanted to keep it :) So I guess they'll hang it onto a wall like a painting ;) Well, no problem I'll create a new one. 

That is the great sketch #106 I was inspired by: 

Thanks for stopping by, and wishing you a great weekend! 

Mixed Media Canvas - My married parents

Happy New Year Scrappers!

I thought it's time to create a new mixed media canvas. I haven't used any pictures of my parents and this time I wanted to use a very special photo of them. Isn't this vintage? I got some happy news: I booked a scrap-event with Finnabair in February!!! I'm a huge fan of her work, as you can see, my project is very much inspired by her style. I'm so excited to have a weekend participating in her workshops. After watching some YouTube videos on how to create a mixed media canvas, I gave it another try and this is the finished project: 

I used a lot of different techniques, but mainly: masking, misting and rubbing on some Inka Gold in different colors. 

These are the main steps I used to create the canvas:

1. Here and there I glued down some torn up paper pieces from an old book and covered them lightly with gesso. 

2. After letting it dry, I used two different masks with molding paste.

3. Then I figured out, which elements and which title I wanted to have on my project and glued them down. I used a lot of different items: wood veneers (gears), metal embellishments (i.e. keys, spoons, screws, keyholes...), prima flowers, lace trim and buttons. The small letters are from Maya Road, the larger ones made of grunge board from the Tim Holtz Collection. 

4. Again I let everything dry and covered it with another layer of gesso. 

5. After it dried, I sprayed everything with different matching shades of glimmer and metallic mists. Before I started misting, I covered the photo with a piece of plastic sheet. 

6. Then I rubbed on some Inka Gold with my fingers on every item, to give it a metallic finish. I used the colors: copper, hematite and metallic pink. 

7. Last but not least, I applied some accents with liquid pearls on certain spots.

These butterflies are plain chipboard, which I covered with embossing powder, heated it and then pushed into a stamp while the powder was still quite hot. 

Thanks for reading and a happy 2014!