Layout Tutorial!

Hello BoBunny Fans!

It's Denise here today with a tutorial, using the Winter Delight Stickable Stencil and also showing 3 versions of the same page....1 layout 3 ways!

We all have different styles and that's the beauty and fabulous part of creativity. So for some, it's a much cleaner look to the page, whilst others love quite a number of embellishments and then others, are somewhere in between. So my mixed media page today, is based exactly around these 3 different styles.

However, the base remains the same and this is the tutorial, using the Winter Delight Stickable Stencil.

I started with a 300g thick water colour paper and cut it down to 29.5cm x 29.5cm. I also chose the photo that I wanted to use.

I distressed the edges of the paper and then got out the gesso, old credit card and started playing with the stencil.

 I moved it around the page so that I had a fairly good coverage of snowflakes.

I then allowed the gesso to dry. I also mixed up some Brilliant Blue and a small amount of Licorice Pearlescent paint, to give me a darker pearlescent blue, to use along with the Brilliant Blue.

I added small amounts of water to both blue shades and then went about adding colour to the background.

I used a spray bottle with water, to liberally spray all over the gesso.  Next, was to take a paint brush and add little blobs of the darker blue shade, randomly over the page.  Spray small amounts of water into the little blobs and allow the paint to run.

Allow this colour to dry and then do the same with the watered Brilliant Blue.

I then added some random dots, by turning out the spray nozzle on the Frost Glimmer Spray bottle and lightly tapping my forefinger on the plastic take-up pipe, so that I got some splashy dots. I also sprayed a small amount of Frost onto the background, holding my page at quite a distance, so that it was a very light spritz. This was then allowed to dry thoroughly.

I cut a 7 inch diameter doiley with a Martha Stewart circle punch from the stripey patterned paper, framed the 12,5cm x 9,5cm photo with a hand-torn matting, and placed this, along with a sticker onto the page. I also raised the photo with some 3D foam.

 I fussy cut some elements from the patterned papers and added some "twig" die-cuts. A title was also added using some stickers. This completed the version 1 of this page. A fairly clean design.

To create version 2 of this page, I added a frame to the background page and also distressed the edges.  I added some random stamping to the background, along with some snow-flake die-cuts and a little bling.

To create version 3 of this page, I added more embelishments, some die-cut flowers, some lattice die-cuts, some lace from a recycled scarf, some leaves and lastly, some chipboard snowflakes too.

So there you have it, 3 different takes on the same page.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Whatever your style...we just encourage you to play and have fun!

BoBunny Supplies:
Patterned Paper: Sleigh Ride, Logs, Rustic, Tradition, Tranquil/ Sleigh Ride
Cardstock; Chiffon Dot, Clover Double Dot
Stickers:  Combo Sticker/ Sleigh Ride
Jewels: Blue Hues/ Double Dot
Chipboard: Layered Chipboard/ Altitude
Stamps: Rough It Up
Stickable Stencil: Winter Delight
Pearlescents: Licorice, Brilliant Blue
Glimmer Spray: Frost