Garden Party and Mixed Media-Color Matching Techniques with Rhonda

Garden Party and Mixed Media Scrapbook Page by Rhonda Van Ginkel

It's Rhonda here today to share with you my a project featuring the all new Garden Party collection along with some of our mixed media products. I'll have a brief technique video for you at the end to show you how I applied some of these products to our Laser Cut Chipboard for color matching.

I created a collage of photos that coordinated nicely to the color scheme of the collection and matted it. Under the bottom of the mat I added a few cuts of the grass from the Bike Ride Dies set. Next, I cut out the elements from the Love Story paper.  I selected the Elegant paper for my background and the Fragrant paper for the brick layer. To size it, I simply placed a ruler along the edge and tore it, then finished it up with some piercing.

I determined my photo placement, then added the Royal stencil and applied Pentart Stencil Paste in Vanilla and Silver . I like to blend the colors for interest. I followed that up with some Glimmer Spray splatters in Bronze, Sugar, Gold and Mint.

While the splatters and paste were drying, I cut several die cut pieces and set them aside. The effect I was trying to achieve is a collage in the general shape of a car. It's very subtle, but you can see that I selected a few circle shaped cuts as "wheels" and a few other shapes for the front end.

Here I took several pieces and layered them in an unexpected way. The chandelier is upside down for added whimsy.

Since the photos here are of an unusual nature, I wanted to design my page in a fun way, but using a pretty collection. I love how the colors really work so well.  Here is a brief video to show you how I customized my Laser Cut Chipboard so that it coordinated with my page:




BoBunny Supplies:

Patterned Paper: Love Story, Lush, Celebrate, Elegant, Enchanted, Fragrant, Serenity,  / Garden Party

6x6 Paper Pad / Garden Party

DoubleDot: 12" Sweet Pear Vintage

DoubleDot Jewels: Mocha

Ephemera Pack / Garden Party

Laser Cut Chipboard: Foliage

Dies: 3x4 Ornate Frame Die, Nested Banner Dies, Ornate Heart Die, Picture This Die and Darling Doily Die, Bike Ride Dies and Fanciful Dies

Stencils: Royal Stencils

Stamps: It Is Written and Distressed Textures

Washi Tape: Black and White Patterned Washi Tape

Glimmer Spray: Bronze, Frost, Gold, Mint and Sugar

Gesso: White



Pentart Supplies:

Chameleon Wax Paste

Delicate Metallic Acrylic Paint - Greenish Silver

Stencil Paste: Silver and Vanilla