Friday, October 21, 2022

 Hey All! MK here! Sharing a layout that I created using inspiration from a layout that I found on Pinterest.

The colors I used for this layout are: Sage it Ain't So; Key Lime; Frosty's Buns; Steely Blue Eyes; Rose Gold Red & Hot Fudge. 


A few other supplies that I used to create this layout: Scraps of paper & cardboard; wax twine from years ago; seagulls from a Dusty Attic/49 & Market chipboard set; Nuvo Stone Drops & bare branches wood pieces.


I trimmed all my scraps down to 4 1/4 x 3 1/4. I didn't have a blue cardstock that matched, so I took Steely Blue Eyes & Frosty's Buns to make the blue I'd like to use for a photo mat.  Then distressed all the edges.  I cut my cardboard down to 4x5 and inked the edges with Key Lime & Sage it Ain't So.  I let the ink drip from sie to side to allow the ink to get into the grooves of the cardboard.




While that was drying, I used the packaging technique with Sage it Ain't So to create a diamond-shaped haze behind my photo and my small cluster in the bottom left.


While that was drying, I used the Nuvo stone drops to color my bare branches. Using Steely Blue Eyes, I colored the title.  While the title was still wet, I came in with Frosty's Buns at the bottom to give a slight ombre effect.  I also took Hot Fudge spray and used the nozzle to color my seagulls leaving a large drop in the center of the birds and letting the color fade out to their wings.



Lastly, I ripped my paper down from the top of the diamond-shaped mixed media to the bottom, distressed the edges of each side and then glued them to a dark brown cardstock leaving a slight gap that wasn't too distracting.  Putting the whole layout together by adding the waxy twine behind the photo cluster and the embellishment cluster in the bottom left corner. I used Hot Fudge & Rose Gold Red to splatter in a few areas around the photo cluster & embellishments.


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Check out my process video here:

https://youtu.be/BtHJwLcIKvM

I'll see you next time for another Shimmerz project!

Check you later!
MK

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