Every time I do an artistic layout for Get It Scrapped I think this is it! I think this might be my all time favorite! SO then you ask why do you not just do these all the time? Welllll time? They do take a little more time or maybe a lot more time but boy are the end results worth it 🙂 In the midst of my tutorial at Rubbermoon and Copic Craft Room share that went up yesterday I also had a page posted at Get It Scrapped in an article about using wind details on your layouts. It is a new trend in fashion to have magnified wing, like bird and butterfly, details creating pattern and texture into a fabric. Being on top of current trends the Creative Team took the challenge to see if we could add these lovely looks onto our pages. I would say the group was highly successful! Here is my contribution.
She Has Wings by Michelle Houghton | supplies: cardstock; Colorbok, watercolor paper; Strathmore, spray ink; Ranger, ink pens; Sharpie and Faber-Castell, lettering; hand drawn cut with Brother Scan and Cut, sequins and butterfly; Jenni Bowlin
I have done the photo collaging technique before with the girls playing on the playground. This time I was catching Sara in each position moving across the bars I was just so excited to have captured the one mid-flight! The wing itself is a mish-mosh of mixed media. I started with stencils and ink mists on watercolor paper. Then I added a layer of gesso in certain areas (which I just realized I did not include in the supplies YIKES!) I painted over the bottom right circle and then gave the first outline of the wing in a broad brush stroke of gesso. The gesso re-liquifies ends up adding tints of the colors lying beneath into the gesso. Lastly I divide up the sections and add detailed doodling into the wings. The title was cut with my Scan and Cut, I scanned my handwriting and then cut it out of white cardstock and then to finish the layout added a sprinkling of gold sequins and the gorgeous gold butterfly.
To see the rest of the beautiful wing detail inspiration check out the full article HERE.
Hope everyones weather is smiling at them today!
Happy Wednesday!
