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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Such a pretty page, thanks for the great tips!
Lovely page…beautiful photo. Thanks for sharing both!
Such a pretty layout!
Great layout! Love the dimension! Great tutorial!
WOW! What a colorful and creative layout! So beautiful!
This is so pretty, makes me want to scrap right now!!
I love all the layers with all the color peaking through. What a fun layout.
Great page. Love the colors used. Thanks.
Love how you get extra depth with your circle cut outs, and your outstanding flags great layout.
Very pretty layout. I need to get back to finishing (starting) some pages. Mine have taken back burner to my card craze lately.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE this page but it sure was a lot of work! Thanks for the demonstration, it is great to learn new techniques like the painting in white then inking over it!
This is a really beautiful page, love the circle detail and the fun title!
What a beautiful LO! Love the new technique :)
Such a Beautiful LO!!
Nice layout. I’m not a scrapper, but I love learning new techniques.
So cool to learn new and clever ways to use products.
Beautiful page layout!!! I like how you used the Distress Paint with the Distress Ink!
I love the lay out. That’s for teaching me a new technique
This is so pretty! Thank you for sharing how you made it!
great tips for adding color!
What a great layout and sentiment! I love that awesome inked background!
Love the techniques. Thanks, Vicki.
lovely page and great tips !!
what a gorgeous layout!
LOve the color and awesome technique!
Very beautiful page, love the tone on tone technique used on the designer paper! Such a lucky and darling mother and daughter.
LOVE IT!!
What a fun design. Great tips. Thanks so much!
Very bright and bouncy!!! Love it..!!
Such a lovely page!!
Love the page! And the picture is pretty cute too.
It’s stunning! Thank you for the inspiration. Take care, Kim :)
Love your mixed media page (and the photo is awesome, too!).
Gorgeous layout! I love the texture and embellishments.
Just the right amount of inkiness!
I love how you used the paint on the wooden words. Great job!
love your layout vicki! a great inspiration to follow.
Beautiful layout! Love the colors & embellishments <3
What a sweet layout! Love the title!!
Love the altered wood veneer. So artsy. It’s wonderful to learn new techniques! Thanks.
Oh, so sweet and I love the altered, the colors and style. TFS.
Love the LO and the colours. The circle detail is great. Hugz
You all give me so many great ideas from this blog….I love it! Adorable layout….
Thanks for the step-by-step instructions.
Adorable!
What a nice job of storytelling! I love the colors and the technique, especially the treatment of the wood “grateful”.
Beautiful colors!
This is so sweet! Love the colours and the photos are gorgeous!!
A very pretty page. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful picture, love all the details on the page. TFS