At the end of last year I was lucky enough to be featured at the awesome challenge blog 'Scrap Around the World' I was invited to be a 'guest educator' and to explain how I achieved the background to my page. here is the tutorial that went live today at SATW.
The technique I'm going to show you was inspired by the amazing Leanne Pearce.
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1. Using a compass to draw 2 sets of concentric circles onto a sheet of white cardstock.
2. Draw several equally spaced radii through the circles with a pencil as shown above.
You will need a protractor for this {mark 90 & 45 degree angles}.
3. Doodle arrows, triangles & doodles along your previously drawn lines.
4. Colour in random sections of your circles, using gelatos
{choosing colours that co-ordinate/complement the photo you plan to use}.
5. Smudge the colours with your finger, to smooth/blend them together.
6. Add more colour until you are happy with the result
then add a few sprays of mist as shown above.
7. Allow to dry completely before dripping a few blots of black ink randomly around your page.
This will give depth &contrast to your background.
8. Finally build up your layers of patterned paper, stickers
& embellishments, add your photo & you are DONE!
Thanks for checking out my tutorial.
I hope that you have been inspired to give this technique a go yourself.
It really is quite simple to do & can be adapted to suit almost any photo or theme. Do check out theSATW blog if you haven't already - they have some fantastic challnges and there are heaps of prizes up for grabs :)
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5 comments:
Soooo nice to see you sharing your scrappy amazing-ness:):) this is great .... Getting my gelatos out tomorrow:):):))) thanks for the inspiration :):)!!!
I love Leeanes creations, and I love how you have created this back ground.. Fabulous layout!
Nice colors and background!
Hm, I can't remember last time I used a compass.
Hey chickie - awesome work - as ALWAYS!!!!
Miss you!!
Fabulous tutorial.... thanks for sharing. Lots of inspiration!
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