April Inspiration continues at 2Crafty Chipboard

Hey there..

I am back today with my second inspiration project for April on 2Crafty Chipboard Blog.

Mixed Media Scrapbook Layout - "Adventure"

I love nature and love to create nature and travel based themes.

 The picture in this layout was clicked on my visit to Wales last summer. 

For this Layout I used bubble clumps and some foliage chippies, along with the title. The paper I used from Maja Design and did my background with a coat of white gesso over the design area using an unused smart card, followed by a stencil pattern with sand texture paste. Then I used spray from Lindy's Gang to add color and finally background stamping and some splatters.

Next I prepared my chippies. I embossed the bubble clumps and the title "Adventure" with embossing powder from Lindy's and then slightly distressed the edges that I always love to do. I feel scrapbooking is not complete without some amount of distressing.

For the Foliage chippies, first I applied a layer of white gesso with a sponge and then I used Finnabair's metallic acrylic paint "Golden Moss", just roughly applied with my finger.

I did not cover the leaves generously with paint. Finally, I distressed the leaves to make

 them look rustic.

After I was done working on my chippies, I moved on with the layering of collage elements starting with some scrap pieces of papers along with the bubble chippies, flowers, foliage chippies and metal embellishment. To be honest, I find the layering and composing takes most of the time while designing a scrapbook layout. Once I was happy with the composition, I moved on with my favourite part of adding Art stones and micro beads as a final touch.

To finish off, I added highlights of white gesso and some more stamping where needed.

2Crafty Supplies used:

Bubble Clumps

Foliage Set 1

Mini Travel Word Set 2

Other Supplies used:

Flowers by Prima Marketing

Lindy's starbust spray "Milk Chocolate Brown"

Lindy's EP "Purely White"

Metallique Acrylic Paint by Finnabair/Prima "Golden Moss"

White sand texture paste by Finnabair/Prima

White Gesso by Finnabair/Prima

Kaisercraft clear stamp "Botanical"

Art Stones by Finnabair/Prima

Stencil by Finnabair "Honeycomb"

Bronze Micro beads by Finnabair/Prima

Distress ink pad "vintage photo"

3d gloss gel by Finnabair/Prima

That's all for today friends..

Hope you enjoyed the post and got inspired :)

Hugs!