Lizzy's tutorial today

Hi there! 

Do you sometimes start a page and realise it is simply

NOT going to plan? That's what happened with me this month.

I had chosen to work with the colours on the December mood board:

Even though I kept adding stuff, it just didn't seem to be working for me.

The straw that broke this camel's back was when I realised the blue & yellow

coloured inks had blended into a green.

I was just totally unhappy with the whole page. It was too 'strong'

for the photo and didn't have the light, airy feel I had tried to create:

I NEVER toss my work in the bin. But this came awfully

close to it!!! HOWEVER whenever I feel like this, I reach for my

WHITE GESSO. This stuff is amazing. See?

 

 I was really pleased how my textured stars can still be seen through....

& I carefully added some yellow ink spray then THOROUGHLY dried

it before adding some blue drops & pink watered down paint.

Otherwise, I simply replaced the elements - like the washi frame.

Here's my finished page:

If you haven't got white gesso, I'd seriously recommend

you do. It gives a wonderful surface for any 'wet mediums' like the

ink sprays, to adhere to. You get REALLY interesting 'patterns' as it dries:

Hope this helps you in your scrapping!!!

Lizzy Hill ♥♥♥