Saba's Craft Land: 12x12 layout

Saturday, May 14, 2016

Lets Party!

Hello lovelies, its the second Saturday of the month, and I am delighted to share my projects for Artful Crafting Moodboard Challenge 13.

So I did two projects this time, a card and a 12"x12" layout. I tried, I really tried, to capture the entire process on camera, but my camera wasn't too happy about recording it all. [I am looking into buying another one now, and would love your feedback, recommendations, and suggestions.]

Lets begin with the moodboard and kit:

Our theme is "Layers" and as you can tell by the moodboard, its all happy, colorful, and festive.

I'll start with the card, as that was the first project I worked on. The below video shows you practically everything, except the part where I add UTEE to the frame, and smear it with stickles.

The red dots are liquid pearls, outlined with a gel pen. [All supplies listed in the end.] The inside of the card looks like this:

The second project is a 12x12, bright and colorful layout.

In the video below I have managed to capture how the texture was added.

The rest was pretty simple--just adding the layers.

Once the base was dry, I layered the polkadot frame just like I layered the star one, and stuck the round "Hooray" sticker from the sticker sheet, in the center of the frame.

These presents looked so cute! so I decided to stack them next to the frame. I fussy cut the yellow and dotted ones, and then added some highlights to each with color pencils. The below picture shows you the difference that made.

Can you see how it added some dimension, and just made it appear brighter.

Once done, I simply stacked them along the side, with some other elements like stars, flowers, and ribbon.

BTW: The frame has a opening on the top allowing you to slide in a picture.

And last but not the least, I intend to giveaway both the card, and layout. If you are interested please mention so in the comments; if there are more than one people interested, I'll pick randomly. Thanks

Supplies:
Distress crayon: Mustard Seed
Liquid Pearls: Ruby Red
Sticker Sheet: Simple Stories - Let's Party
Cardstock: 12"x12" Simple Stories - Let's Party
Cardstock: 8"x8" Artful Crafting - Dotted Essentials Cup Cake Assortment
Cardstock: 6"x6" Simple Stories - Let's Party
Cardstock Die Cuts: Simple Stories - Let's Party
Chipboard Frames: Simple Stories - Let's Party
Mulberry Roses: Artful Crafting - Tangarine [medium], Burgundy [small]
Glitter Glue: Ranger - Star Dust Stickles
Embossing Enamel: Ranger - UTEE Clear
Brads
Ribbon

Saturday, April 9, 2016

Mum Themed Layout

As we take a new approach to the challenges being hosted at Artful Crafting, I wanted to try out something very different for this challenge. Presenting to you, my very first 12"x12" layout, made specially for Artful Crafting Challenge 12: Mum.

What's new about the challenge you ask? well, at AC we decided that, April onwards, each challenge theme will be accompanied by a mood board, which will determine the "look and feel" of your project. You can read more about the challenge on the Artful Crafting blog; Adding the mood board for April below.

Lets start with the absolutely gorgeous kit I received.

Isn't it so pretty! [I'm listing all the products at the bottom, under Supplies]

I started by applying a thin layer of white Gesso on a 12"x12" piece of corrugated heavy board (taken from an old carton). Gesso was watered down and applied sparingly, because I did not want a stark white background. Below image shows exactly how it looked when done.

Next, I distressed the edges of Soft Shell Swiss Dotted cardstock, tore it up on two sides, inked all the edges with Tattered Rose, and adhered it to the base.

While this dried, I began working on the embellishments. First up, was the beautifully dry embossed butterfly, around 4" in size.

I painted it with Chiffon Pink #29517, then went over the edges with some bright pink poster paint (purchased from a local store), then went over the entire piece with a wet brush, just to get color all over the butterfly. Then, I added some detail with the darker shade, and left it to dry. While it dried, I applied gesso to the chipboard teacups and kept them aside. Next, I heat embossed the butterfly using clear embossing powder, and began painting the diecut tea cups in the same fashion as the butterfly.

Inspired by the teacup in the mood board, I fussy cut a bunch of roses, from the 6"x6" Tales of You and Me cardstock, and adhered them to the teacups before heat embossing them.

At this point, I began arranging the elements to ensure I was on track. I tore up the patterned cardstock from the collection, to create the layers for the photograph, and to tuck some under the Soft Shell "V"s .
I then cut out the center of two doilies, painted one with Chiffon Pink #29517, and added patterned paper to both.

As the layout was now beginning to come together, I could visualize where the tag, and other diecuts would fit best. I decided to ink up the tag, and the top layer of Anjas Vintage Frame with Bundled Sage.

I cut the frame (both layers) in half.

After inking the tag, I stamped it with one of the Tales of You and Me Rubber Icons, and finished it with a cute little bow. Ah! all the elements were now ready to be adhered. (I wish I could have videoed the entire process, sigh)