I am Loved and Grateful
Hi readers! Happy Wednesday to you! Please join me in welcoming guest designer Vicki Boutin to the blog today! She has a really fun scrapbook layout featuring some brand spankin’ NEW Simple Stories product and Ranger product! Enjoy!
Hi there! It’s Vicki and I am beyond excited to be sharing this project on the blog today!
Simple Stories new line “I Am” is probably one of my all time FAVORITE releases. I dig the color palette and the whole idea of including your story in your paper crafting. I also have a real love for Tim Holtz’s Distress paints and inks. So I combined the two in this “traditional scrapbooking meets mixed media in a contained encountered”.
The “contained” part refers to the peek-a-boo circles on the page. All of the “inky” goodness is on the bottom page and is confined to the cut outs. This technique works well when mixing papers or products with a more linear design with free flowing mixed media techniques.
Here are a few steps to follow to get the look.
- Add Distress Paint to an acrylic stamping block
- Press the “polka dot” pattern on to your patterned paper. I like a tone on tone color palette for this.
- Add Distress Ink with an Ink Blending Tool. The paint will resist the ink.
- Ink a background stamp with Distress Ink and stamp a pattern on the paper
- Buff the ink off of the painted areas with a paper towel
- For the wood veneer title: dab two shades of Distress Paint on the wood
- While the paint is wet sprinkle the word with clear embossing powder and heat set
Go ahead and put the pieces together to create a fun layout with a twist. Or adapt the ideas to make a card.
A big thank you to Simon Says Stamp for letting me join in the fun today! Have a great day!
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Like the multi-coloring on the ‘grateful’ word. Like all the textures.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
Great idea to “contain” the messiness but still enjoy it.
Beautiful inspiration! I love how the wood sentiment was inked! :)
Beautiful! x
Love this layout, the design, the texture and the multi color inking is fabulous!!!
Love this layout. The texture and dimensions are the best. Thanks for sharing.
Love the banner!
Wonderful layout! Great peek-a-boo circle accents!
Beautiful colors, love all of your wonderful accents!
Fantastic layout! Love the soft but bright colors!
Love the mixed media on your trDitional scrapbook page, the peek a boo circles and the “grateful” sponging and painting are my favs on the page. Great layout for incorporating these techniques!
Very pretty layout. Love the circles.
Lovely page. Such inspiration! Love the balance of colors, fun, flowers and trendy details such as the gold butterfly and the “bokeh” dots. Got to find the time to play. Thanks for sharing this serene page. Cheers!
lots of supplies in this one.
Beautiful LO, love the use of the inks.
Love the circles, great effect!
I really love this colorful LO!!!!
Love that page!
lovely layout.
stamping sue
http://stampingsueinconnecticut.blogspot.com/
Great layout. Love the circles within the circles and the added butterflies.
thanks for sharing
inspirational layout!
This is a gorgeous layout.. LOVE the colors!!
I haven’t done scrapbooking lately since I’ve been spending my time making cards and art journal pages. When I get back to scrapbooking, it definitely will have a different style than my previous results. I have evolved! Thanks to tutors such as Vicki and the SSS design team.
Beautiful and fun page! Love all the colors ♥
Love the bright colours. Thanks for the tips. Must try using my acylic block like this. Hugz
like the use of circles in this layout. . .
Gorgeous! Thanks for the fab coloring tip!
Great card! I need to try that. :)
Great layout. I like the peek a boo circles.
I like the little peek-a-boo circles.
Very cute layout and the circles are a great addition.
Love the colors and how fun to play with mediums. thanks for sharing!
Great layout and ideas
A beautiful layout, love it.
Aww what a fab layout :)
Lovely layout. Your use of the die Grateful and the colors you used make this so special. TFS
Such a cute, fun layout!
Wonderful layout – love the colors and the design.
Very nice layout. I love all the attention to detail, which adds to the design.
Vicki B is one of my favorite artists and I am so glad to see her work here today. (Wouldn’t mind seeing her here more often!)
This is a beautiful layout Vicki! TFS!
Vicki always has such awesome layouts. Her daughter is growing up so fast.
Such a beautiful layout!
Love all the color and added texture!! :-)
stylish layout – very inspirational
I love the layout and I think the design and balance is excellent.
What a wonderful layout! Love it!!!
Great page! Thanks for sharing how you created it.
Love the little banner!
This is such a great layout with happy colors!