ePlay Fabric - The Best Things in Life Aren't Things

Hi Everyone!  It's Sue L. here today to show you a layout I made of my son for his 23rd Birthday on June 18th.

I'm playing along with our ePlay Fabric Challenge and used more of his beloved jeans!  OOPS!

Here you can see an up close of the border I made with a frayed hem and the seam of the jeans.  I tucked the seam behind th lighter jean fabric for another layer.  I used a piece of the Tim Holtz Trellis Die to add some color and interest.  You can also see some Tim Holtz gears and a banner from Prima.

His name is behind a metal frame that I swiped with gesso and sanded off for a manly look.  I made his name with a dymo gun.

The compass detail is to remind Kevin to take the right direction.  I put private journaling on this tag and only Kevin will be able to pull it out from behind the photo and see what it says.

  I added the idea-ology transparent film strip because it is just one of my FAV embellies!

More metal gears, a TH clock hand as an arrow pointing to the journaling, and a Prima flower

I added a secret photo behind the original photo.  You unfasten the paper clip and bend the first photo down to see it.

In this photo, I took the secret journaling tag out so you could see more of his face.

 

Process photo:

I took a photo of the base so you could see how I started with a sheet of green (his FAV color!) woodgrain paper, applying  Wendy Vecchi white embossing paste through a Prima 12 x 12 Harlequin stencil.  I took Adirondack black paint and made splatters on some of the elements before I glued them down.  Then I kept adding and adding elements until I thought it was done!

 

I hope you like my Fabric inspired layout!

Now come play with us at the ePlay Fabric Challenge for a chance to win a $25 gift voucher to the eclectic Paperie Shop!



Playing with Texture and Color

Hi everyone, it's Lisa S here as eP's April guest designer and my project for this week fits in with the current ePlay challenge-Wood!. I used a wood frame box that once held game pieces but now serves as a frame for my mixed media artwork. I started by playing with a 6x6 stencil by TCW-Live, Laugh, Love, Wendy Vecchi's white embossing paste and a trio of distress paints. 

Here's my process...

I used a 8.5 x 11 piece of white card stock as my base and applied a thin coat of white embossing paste over the stencil. 

This was a bit too loud for me so I toned the words down with Adirondack paint dabbers.   

That's better :)

I added distress paints-seedless preserves, spiced marmalade, mowed lawn-to my page and a black Faber-Castell Pitt Pen and black soot distress ink were used for shading. 

I decided to add checkered corners with Wendy Vecchi's embossing paste and her Checkmake stencil. 

Butterfly images were stamped on my background using the Butterfly Trio stamp by Crafty Individuals

which I inked it with Wendy Vecchi's Archival Dandelion ink. 

Additional color was added with Faber-Castell Pitt Pens in yellow, orange, purple and brown hues.  

The checkered border was altered with Adirondack Acrylic paint dabbers {Snow Cap, silver and gold} and Faber-Castell Pitt Pens. 

Texture in the form of Liquitex Glass Beads Texture Gel colored with a few drops of seedless preserves distress reinker was added to the flower bud. I mixed the ink and gel together and applied it with a brush then sprinkled silver micro beads over the mixture, repeated with another layer of glass beads and sprinkled that layer with black micro beads. 

I love the dimension and texture the glass beads add. 

Here's how I altered the wood frame...

Altering it was super easy with mustard seed distress stain and a purple Faber-Castell Pitt Pen.

 

I brushed a thin coat of Liquitex Acrylic Gesso, then a coat of mustard seed distress stain, more color with a purple Faber-Castell Pitt Pen and another layer of mustard seed. 

A numbers stamp inked in Staz On Jet Black was stamped in various places on the frame. To adhere my background, which I trimmed to fit, I used Scor Tape for a smooth finish. I can display it with an easel or add a hanger and use it for wall art. 

Here's my finished piece

Have to say I wasn't too sure how it would turn out but I had fun creating it. For me, that's what this art adventure is all about. :)

Key Supplies Used:

TCW 6x6 Live, Love, Laugh stencil

Wendy Vecchi's Checkmake stencil

Wendy Vecchi's white embossing paste

Tim Holtz Distress Stains

Tim Holtz Distress Paints

Adirondack Acrylic Paint Dabbers

Faber-Castell Pitt Pens

That's all for me today, thanks for looking! You still have time to join in this month's ePlay Challenge-Wood! and I'll be back next Wednesday with my last guest designer project.

Have a wonderful day,

Lisa xx