Mid Month Reveal

 Anguree
 Anguree's Scrap Yard

Tania  

 http://taniaridgwell.blogspot.com.au/
 

 

 Felicity

 http://herhand.blogspot.com.au/

 

Nicole  

 http://scrap-utopia.blogspot.com.au/

 

Lizzy

http://lizzyhill12.blogspot.com.au/

 

Mandy 

http://mandymelville.blogspot.com.au/

Lynn Good

  http://memoriesonthepage.blogspot.com.au/

 

And a very special goodbye to Erin Reed, Erin has been with us from the start of Off the Rails Scrapbooking and it will be very sad to see her go, such a loss for us. 

Erin Reed

http://scraps-of-reflections.blogspot.com.au/
 

 

Today is Nicole's tutorial

Adding Texture on a Mixed Media Canvas by Nicole Doiron

Hello to all my dear fabulous readers at Off the Rails Scrapbooking!

Nicole Doiron 

here today to share with you a step by step tutorial

on how to create lots of texture on a mixed media canvas

that I created for the October mood palette challenge.

Without further ado, let's get on with getting our hands messy!

First step, I added a heavy coat of acrylic gesso on my canvas

that will help seal all the different mediums that I've added on after.

A little Distress Crackle Paint is always a good way to add a cool effect

on your base.  It creates cracks in your paint when dry.

I later on realized that the colour wasn't exactly what I wanted

so I covered the beige spots with white paint but the cracks still showed through

which is what is awesome about crackle paint!

I then used 2 of my favorite stencils and with thick molding paste,

I added some nice designs to my canvas.

Next up was time to add colour.  This process is always very long for me as

I normally have no clue what I'm doing and what final result I will get.

The main thing is to not think too much about it and not be too hard on yourself.

There is ALWAYS a way to fix any spots on your canvas that you don't really care for.

Here, I sprayed on some Perfect Pearls Mist.

I then dabbed a lot of Distress Stain on to the stenciled design.

Here, you see the aftermath of many spritz of Heidi Swapp Colour Shine

which are some of my favorite mists.  I then used my heatgun

to dry all these different products in order to go on to the next step.

I dabbed on some liquid glue here and there on my base

and then sprinkled on  and glitter.  Then, using my finger (I told you 

it would get messy!), I mixed up the sparkly stuff with the glue 

to make sure that it got really stuck to the canvas, 

in preparation for the heat gun. 

Even after all that, I just didn't have enough texture,

so I used some more crackle paint, this time in white.

 Finally, I dabbed on some acrylic paint, metallic aquamarine and white,

all over my canvas.  I always use lots of white paint all over my projects...

it blends together every colour so nicely and gives a lovely whitewash effect

which I just love.

Here are 3 close-up details of the added texture:

This is my finished project which you have seen during the mid month reveal:

Did you like my tutorial today?

Please leave me some comments to let me know

and visit my blog at http://scrap-utopia.blogspot.com

to see more of my creations!

Have a fabulous creative day!!

Mid Month Reveal

Welcome to yet another Mid Month Reveal

Here you will see a different side to the designers, I absolutely LOVE what they have done with this months mood board

And further more I'm really looking forward to seeing what you have done with it this month

Erin
 

Nicole

Heather

Lizzy




Felicity

Thank you again to

 LAWN FAWN

for being this months sponsor  

 

Nicole's tutorial

Hello everyone at Off the Rails Scrapbooking!

It's Nicole and it's my turn again to show you a few tools of the trade.

As you all know, the August mood palette came 

with this very beautiful sketch designed by Fiona Paltridge:

I love to use sketches as my base inspiration for any layout or card.  

 I want to show you today how a sketch designed for a layout 

can easily be used to create a card also.  

First, I started off with a 5x5 ivory colored base.

  

In order to recreate all the mixed media designs on the sketch,

I used 2 different stencil patterns with Distress Inks on my base, 

first with Rusty Hinge color...

then, with Black Soot.

I then used another stencil and added some texture with molding paste,

making sure to dry it completely with my heat gun before the next step.

Next, I sprayed some gold mist with one shot of black.

I added some 'coffee stain' style circles, using a mist bottle cap dipped in ink.

Then, it was time to add some paper elements.

I started with a long tag that would follow the same vertical pattern of the sketch.

In place of the pictures, I added little paper squares along the right edge of the tag.

The embellishments came next, starting with flowers.

I then cut out a little flag with the sentiment on it.

I love the look of sequins on my pages so I added a few around the flower clusters,

as well as some tiny black gems along the bottom and top of the tag.

Finally, I tied some black string in the tag and gave my card a light whitewash finish,

using white acrylic paint and a sponge dabber.

Here is my finished card based on the layout sketch...

and some close-ups on the details:

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial this month.

Now you will be able to profit even more from all your sketchy inspiration,

creating a layout AND a card using the same sketch!

Visit my blog HERE if you want to see more of my creations!

Mid Month Inspiration

Welcome back everyone for some more inspiration!!

 as I was sitting here trying to think of a word better then FANTASTIC, nothing was just good enough for what the DT have done this month. So I will leave you with the longest word in the English language SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS.. Now we know this word quite well here in Australia, see if you can pronounce ??

Lizzy 

 

Erin

 

Nicole 

Heather 

 

And don't forget our sponsor this month..

 Graphic 45

check out their blog also for lots of inspiration

 

Nicole's Tutorial

It's my time to share another tutorial for Off the Rails Scrapbooking blog today!

My project, a Family altered frame inspired by this beautiful and fun mood palette,
 was revealed on the June 15th mid-month DT reveal.

I will attempt to show you in pictures how I went about creating this mixed-media project.

I started with a wooden frame with a burlap canvas bought at my local Dollar store
then I prepped with 2 coats of transparent gesso.

I then wanted to add texture to the frame so I painted it with
Ranger Distress crackle paint and heated it with a heat gun to dry.

This is the beautiful crackle effect it produced.

Next came the burlap canvas' turn to get transformed,
starting with a thick coat of Tan acrylic paint in order to cover all the black wording
and decors, not that I didn't like the existing quote.  I just had other plans for this frame!

At first, my plan was to create a golden tan backdrop for my frame,
but then I got inspired by this deep shimmery red Silks acrylic glaze, close to the
shade of red in the mood palette, so I started covered all of my frame with it.

You can't quite see it on this picture, but you can still see a faint touch
of crackle on the frame underneath all that red!

I figured at this point that my frame needed even more sparkle
so I sprayed on lots of Heidi Swapp gold Color Shine.



While my heavily coated frame needed a little time to dry,
I started working on the different pieces of chipboard I wanted to use as decor.
I simply coated them with Folkart metallic black acrylic paint.

With a little help from my heatgun once again, I made sure that my frame
was completely dry before sticking down the chipboard with glue dots and 3D foam squares.
I so loved the quote on the mood board that I wanted to use it word for word.
Combining different style and brand chipboard, I recreated the quote
and added this beautiful family chippies from 2Crafty Chipboard.

Here, you see that I got a little crazy once again with the Heidi Swap gold mist,
this time on the black chipboard so that every piece now has a golden shimmer to them.
Now came my favorite part of any project... picking out the flowers!

I stayed pretty true to the color palette of the board, adding fiery red,
vividly blue and golden blooms adorned with deep green silk leaves.

I added a bit more texture by lining up some bling on the frame.

After a few more sprays of gold Color Shine, I lightly dabbed some more shimmer,
using Folkart Metallic champagne acrylic paint over the entire frame as well as embellishments.

Now let's take a look at some close-ups!

Now you've seen the process of turning a $1 frame into a...
hmm... rather costly, but still PRICELESS work of art.  hehehe

Hope you were inspired to delve into some mixed media creativity of your own!

If you like my work, visit me on my blog at Scrap-Utopia! :)