Showing posts with label Photo Tutorial. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Photo Tutorial. Show all posts

Monday 24 August 2015

Photo Tutorial by Galina Filippenko
{Design Team 'Moment To Shine'}






Hello! It's Heather McMahon back with you today to welcome you 
to another photo tutorial in our Design Team 'Moment To Shine' series. 

Today we have a simply sensational layout created by our Design Team member 
Galina Filippenko from the Ukraine. Galina used the stunning 
mood board from our current challenge here as her inspiration. We saw a 
sneak peek of Galina's project at the beginning of the month & now she is 
back to share her full photo tutorial.


Galina was inspired by the sepia colours in the mood board as well 

as the map pattern & travel theme. She took her holiday photo with a 
vintage camera, using overexposure to create pretty pastel colors to 
match the vintage feel of this month's mood board.



Here's a little about Galina:



"Hello everyone. My name is Galina Filippenko & my 
nickname is Galachko. I live in Kiyv, the capital of 
Ukraine. I'm in love with my city & its history. 

I started scrapbooking about 2 years ago. My favourite style is nautical 
as I love the sea! My style is experimental but I like mixed-media as well 
as clean & simple styles most of all. I am crazy about stamping! 
I love the smell of new paper & am a self-confessed paper hoarder.

I love to connect with people online. You can find my Blog here
Facebook herePinterest here & Instagram here."

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1.  Apply white gesso onto the background paper with a foam 
sponge. This allows the gesso to blend softly.





 2. Create texture with pieces of gauze, gluing them down with white gesso.





 3. Spray a few similar colours over the area you want to colour.





4. Spray a contrasting colour in a few places.





 5. Add accents with dark distress ink using a water brush or sponge.





 6. Stamp over the area you've been working on. Combine a few 
types of stamps such as script & geometric.





 7. Choose papers & embellishments for your photo & glue in place.




 8. Add texture paste with micro-beads under & around the 
embellishments to complete the project.


 Galina's gorgeous finished layout.


 Galina added transparent micro-beads to create waves beneath the photo.

 Sprays blend beautifully on soft fabrics such as gauze.

Galina used different stickers to create her title on the layout.

The products Galina used:


Supplies List
Patterned paper & stickers - Prima {Seashore}
Sprays - Lindy's Stamp Gang - Ocean 
Breeze Blue,Tilt a Wheel & Yellow Sun
Ink - Distress - Vintage Photo, Tea Dye
Chipboard -  Scrapiniec - Doily
Acrylic structure gel - Pebeo
White Gesso - Goya
Wood, metal embellishments, paper flowers, 
micro-beads,diecuts, gauze & gauze -stash

Please leave a comment if you enjoyed Galina's tutorial
& remember every comment you leave puts you in the running
to win our $50 FOLLOWERS' PRIZE from The Dusty Attic!

Remember - there are only 7 days left to enter this month's challenge!
To be in with a chance to win 1 of our 11 amazing prizes you'll need to be quick!

You can find the challenge details here.

Complied & posted by Heather McMahon




Friday 24 July 2015

Photo Tutorial by Heather McMahon
{Design Team 'Moment To Shine'}





Hello fellow scrappers! It's Heather McMahon back with you today to welcome
you to another photo tutorial in our Design Team 'Moment To Shine' series. 

Today we have a layout by, well me actually! I'm from Australia
 & I 
used the stunning mood board from our current challenge here as my 
inspiration. Today I'm sharing a photo tutorial showing how I made my project.


I was inspired firstly by those pink steps in the mood board. They immediately 
reminded me of the gorgeous steps everywhere on the Greek Islands &as I have 
a gazillion photos of these places, I thought it was a great opportunity to scrap 
them. I was also inspired by the amazing blues in the flower pic. 


Here's a little about me:


"Hi there! I'm Heather McMahon & I'm thrilled to be a part of the Scrap Around 
The World team. I live in Australia with my husband & 2 teenage kids.
 I was introduced to scrapbooking 15 years ago & was immediately addicted. 
My children were young when I started, so finding scrapping time was hard,
 but now I have much more time to explore & create. 

I love to experiment with different styles but I lean towards more arty, funky designs. 
There is a lot of variety in what I create but colour always plays a key role in my work. I 
like my layouts to reflect the mood or feeling of the photo & I use colour to reinforce this. 

I love to connect with people online. You can find my Blog here, Facebook here
Pinterest here & Instagram here."

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1.  Stamp a few background stamps onto a good quality cardstock, using archival ink so it
 won't run when water is applied. Draw a few rough circles with pencil.




2. Paint inside the circles with acrylic glaze. Add a little water to the glaze
first for a more transparent look & easier application.




3. Spray a very light spray of water over the area you want to colour. Take pinches of sparkling pigment powder
(use gloves if you don't want to stain your hands) & sprinkle it across the 
wet areas. Spray another very light spray on top of the powder. The areas coloured with 
the glaze will slightly repel the water & powder, letting the circles peep through.




4. Dry thoroughly. Using embossing ink, stamp a small flourish onto a few places 
on the background & apply silver embossing powder. Heat to set.




5. If your background has buckled, place it under a heavy weight to flatten it while you 
work on the embellishments. Paint the chipboard flourish with gesso & let dry.




6. Paint the chipboard alphas with gesso then paint or ink the top half
 blue. Add blue embossing powder to the top half only & heat to set.






7. Drop silver & blue metallic threads across the page & glue down the photo, title 
& chipboard flourish. These will anchor the threads in place.




8. Add a variety of blue & silver bling, write in your journalling & ink the edges
 of the page with blue ink. Your layout is done!


The more water you use, the more the sparkling pigment powders will blend together. Try varying
 the amount of water you use on different areas for interesting effects.


Small details like bling & embossing powders can make such a big impact.


On a busy or eye-catching background, you sometimes don't need too many
 embellishments. A gorgeous flourish & title are all that's needed on this layout.


The products I used:


Supplies List
Cardstock - Core'dinations Heavyweight
Chipboard - The Dusty Attic - Wrought Iron Design Set & Dusty Curls ABC Set
Embossing powder - Tinby Designs Metallic Melts - Blue & Silver
Silks (acrylic glaze) - African Jade
Magicals (sparkling pigment powder) - Lindy's Stamp Gang - Tibetan Poppy Teal
Gesso - Derivan Matisse
Inks - VersaMark Watermark, ColorBox & StazOn
Stamps - Pink Paislee, Kiasercraft & Bo Bunny
Bling - Bella!, Paper Xtra & Kaisercraft
Thread - Gutterman Metallic
Pen, Pencil



Please leave a comment if you enjoyed my tutorial
& remember every comment you leave puts you in the running
to win our $50 FOLLOWERS' PRIZE from The Dusty Attic!

Remember - there are only 7 days left to enter this month's challenge!
To be in with a chance to win 1 of our 11 amazing prizes you'll need to be quick!

You can find the challenge details here.

Complied & posted by Heather McMahon




Wednesday 24 June 2015

Photo Tutorial by Valia Katzaki
{Design Team 'Moment To Shine'}






Hi everyone! It's Heather McMahon back with you today to welcome
you to another photo tutorial in our Design Team 'Moment To Shine' series. 

Today we have a stunning layout by Design Team 
member Valia Katzaki
 from Greece. Valia was inspired by our current challenge here.

We saw a sneak peek of Valia's layout in the mid-month reveal 
now she is sharing a photo tutorial of how she made her beautiful project.


Valia was inspired by the colours of the mood board, but chose to 
tone them down to match her gorgeous vintage photo. 


Lets learn a little about Valia....


"Hello! I am Valia Katzaki & I live in Athens, Greece. I am happily married with 
3 children - a teenager & 2 toddlers; a lethal combination!

 I started scrapbooking 3 years ago & I have been hooked ever since! I love 
flowers & chipboard embellishments & I always incorporate these onto 
my layouts, even when I am scrapping my boys. I love muted colors but I 
occasionally enjoy experimenting with brighter ones. I love shabby & romantic 
styles but I really enjoy getting my hands dirty with mixed media too. I just 
try to make my projects 'me'.

My blog is here handmadebyvalia, Facebook is here, Pinterest is here & Instagram is here.

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1. Choose your base paper. Prepare the paper by applying a coat of clear gesso. 
Clear gesso makes the paper more durable against wet mediums. The paint 
is also more manageable because it doesn’t soak into the paper.  After the clear 
gesso dries, apply some crackle paste with a spatula through a stencil 
& allow it to dry naturally. 





2. After the paste is completely dry & the crackles appear, spray the paste with 
the Vanilla Breeze & Soft Teal mists.





3. Spray with the Deep Teal mist then stamp with brown ink to give some 
depth to the background & to make it more dramatic. 





4. Prepare the papers for layering under your photo. Distress the edges with your 
scissors & ink them. Add a small die-cut Moroccan panel, a page from an old 
book & some chipboard. Spray two flowers with the Vanilla Breeze & Iridescent 
Gold mists. Paint your chipboard with Apple cider Blingz, remembering to stir it 
well first as the glimmery particles tend to stay at the bottom of the jar. Apply a 
coat of gel medium to the Mechanicals then sprinkle on 13 arts gold 
Microspheres & press gently to ensure they stick well.





5. Assemble your page. Add flowers, leaves, a die cut doily, some die cut 
skeleton leaves & torn pieces of a doily. The one I used is an original 
vintage doily knitted by my grandmother in the photo. 





6. Apply more crackle paste in random patterns across your page & use 
paintbrush to paint some areas with all 3 mists. Make random splatters 
with these mists as well as the Gold Foil mist & add some more stamping too. 





7. Slightly dry-brush some gesso on the flowers to add to the vintage 
look. Apply gel medium on random areas of your page & sprinkle 13 arts 
gold Microspheres over it. Your layout is now ready! 


Valia has created many layers by using a variety of mediums.


Although this is a vintage layout, Valia has added gorgeous touches 
of shine & glimmer to lift the page.


The final project.


Here are the products Valia used to create her project.




Supplies List
Timeless Memories Paper Pad & Chipboard Stickers – Prima
Clear Gesso, White Gesso & Gel Medium – Liquitex
Stencil  - Prima
Stamps - Harlequin & Cartographer - Prima
 Border Die - Tessatina - Memory Box
Flowers - Capistrano Milk Shake - Prima
Leaves - Chantilly Velvet - Petaloo
Chipboard - Frond Set 1 - Creative Embellishments
Mechanicals Bottle Caps - Prima
Dies - Pineapple Doily & Leaves  – Prima
Mists - Color Bloom Soft Teal, Deep Teal & Gold Foil – Prima
Mists - Vanilla Breeze & Iridescent Gold - Tattered Angels
Crackle Paste - Decoart
Ink - Timber Brown – Stazon
Ink - Old Paper Distress Ink - Ranger
Floral Lace Trim - Prima
Apple cider Blingz - Shimmerz
Gold Microspheres - 13 arts>
Vintage Doily - stash




Please leave a comment for Valia if you enjoyed her tutorial
& remember every comment you leave puts you in the running
to win our $50 FOLLOWERS' PRIZE from The Dusty Attic!

Remember - there are only 6 days left to enter this month's challenge!
To be in with a chance to win 1 of our 11 amazing prizes you'll need to be quick!

You can find the challenge details here.

Complied & posted by Heather McMahon