It's no secret that I love and adore paint. However, I really found myself unable to stay away from the brushes when I put together my layouts for Right At Home Scrapbooking this month. So, without further ado…
This layout tackles several of my recent obsessions all at once: paint, grids, multiple photos, and scallops!
I love the way the background looks (it's a printed transparency over glitter paper). It has a lot of depth without being too distracting.
Is that a two-page layout down there?! Yes, yes it is.
These photos were just too cool to crop, so I kept 'em 4×6 and made a two-pager. Used up lots of scraps on this one too!
This one was an experiment that worked out really well! (Don't you love that?) Check out the flowers…
Here's a close up…
They are super dimensional and look like glass in person. What are they? Melted transparencies covered with alcohol ink. Cool, right? I'm definitely going to have to do a little video tutorial on them!
And here's another layout using a transparency and alcohol ink.
Can you tell that I'm so over alphabet stickers? It's just a million times easier to paint your title, you know? It's like journaling by hand. Yes, computer journaling looks pretty, but man-oh-man, it takes too long!
This is a layout I rescued…
What does it mean to rescue a layout? I'm so glad that you asked! I sometimes make layouts that I hate. We all do, I suppose. But, I did this layout and couldn't stand it. Ick. But, I also don't like to throw a layout away and start again. That seems like a bad cycle. So, I took out my paintbrush and started painting away to see if I could transform the ick into something fabulous! And, I'm thrilled with the way it turned out! I particularly like the way the scalloped frame turned out.
Ah, a wavy page. Must mean there's a lot of paint involved…
The big yellow circle is crackle paint! I used a slick writer to write in my journaling and painted the title. The flourishy things are cut from some Cosmo Cricket paper and then I added some rhinestones. I think the stitching adds a nice touch too! (My friend Cheryl went crazy when she saw the size of the photo. She seemed to think it was a crime to use such a tiny photo on a 12×12 page, but I think it's fun!)
PS: Right At Home has a ning group that you are welcome to join – it's a kind of social networking board that has become very popular. One of the things that it does is generate a slide show of all the photos you upload. Check mine out…
Pretty cool, right? Anyway, it's a great little community, so drop by if you get a chance!
Thanks for stopping by!
Hi, just saw your blog on AlphaInventions and wanted to say that I LOVE all of the art on this page! I don’t know a lot about art at all, but this is the kind of thing I really really like.
Hi, just saw your blog on AlphaInventions and wanted to say that I LOVE all of the art on this page! I don’t know a lot about art at all, but this is the kind of thing I really really like.
Hi, just saw your blog on AlphaInventions and wanted to say that I LOVE all of the art on this page! I don’t know a lot about art at all, but this is the kind of thing I really really like.
Hi, just saw your blog on AlphaInventions and wanted to say that I LOVE all of the art on this page! I don’t know a lot about art at all, but this is the kind of thing I really really like.
you continue to amaze and inspire me Julie, gorgeous work!
you continue to amaze and inspire me Julie, gorgeous work!
you continue to amaze and inspire me Julie, gorgeous work!
you continue to amaze and inspire me Julie, gorgeous work!
You soooo amaze me with your fab painted titles! They look awesome and really personalize your style. One of these days I will be brave enough to try it too!
You soooo amaze me with your fab painted titles! They look awesome and really personalize your style. One of these days I will be brave enough to try it too!
You soooo amaze me with your fab painted titles! They look awesome and really personalize your style. One of these days I will be brave enough to try it too!
You soooo amaze me with your fab painted titles! They look awesome and really personalize your style. One of these days I will be brave enough to try it too!
I love them all! I love the look of paint on LO’s … too bad I can’t paint, but I sure am trying!
xxx Peggy
I love them all! I love the look of paint on LO’s … too bad I can’t paint, but I sure am trying!
xxx Peggy
I love them all! I love the look of paint on LO’s … too bad I can’t paint, but I sure am trying!
xxx Peggy
I love them all! I love the look of paint on LO’s … too bad I can’t paint, but I sure am trying!
xxx Peggy
Very cool paint jobs! those flowers were so different!
Very cool paint jobs! those flowers were so different!
Very cool paint jobs! those flowers were so different!
Very cool paint jobs! those flowers were so different!
Wow – you’ve got some fab projects here! I especially love the transparency flowers – I’m charge of all our youth art ed programs at the Museum where I work, and we often do a Chihuly workshop where you use permanent markers on Duralar, then use a heat gun to melt them into cool glass-looking shapes.
Wow – you’ve got some fab projects here! I especially love the transparency flowers – I’m charge of all our youth art ed programs at the Museum where I work, and we often do a Chihuly workshop where you use permanent markers on Duralar, then use a heat gun to melt them into cool glass-looking shapes.
Wow – you’ve got some fab projects here! I especially love the transparency flowers – I’m charge of all our youth art ed programs at the Museum where I work, and we often do a Chihuly workshop where you use permanent markers on Duralar, then use a heat gun to melt them into cool glass-looking shapes.
Wow – you’ve got some fab projects here! I especially love the transparency flowers – I’m charge of all our youth art ed programs at the Museum where I work, and we often do a Chihuly workshop where you use permanent markers on Duralar, then use a heat gun to melt them into cool glass-looking shapes.
awesome layouts… gotta learn those coolio flowers too!
awesome layouts… gotta learn those coolio flowers too!
awesome layouts… gotta learn those coolio flowers too!
awesome layouts… gotta learn those coolio flowers too!
dang, you are so cool.
that melted thing is amazing
dang, you are so cool.
that melted thing is amazing
dang, you are so cool.
that melted thing is amazing
dang, you are so cool.
that melted thing is amazing
oh wow…your work is so creative and inspiring. those flowers look soooo neat! awesome stuff!! 😀
oh wow…your work is so creative and inspiring. those flowers look soooo neat! awesome stuff!! 😀
oh wow…your work is so creative and inspiring. those flowers look soooo neat! awesome stuff!! 😀
oh wow…your work is so creative and inspiring. those flowers look soooo neat! awesome stuff!! 😀
Great LO’s Julie! I especially love what you did with the transparencies and alcohol inks. I have some but rarely use them. Thanks for the inspiration (as usual).
Great LO’s Julie! I especially love what you did with the transparencies and alcohol inks. I have some but rarely use them. Thanks for the inspiration (as usual).
Great LO’s Julie! I especially love what you did with the transparencies and alcohol inks. I have some but rarely use them. Thanks for the inspiration (as usual).
Great LO’s Julie! I especially love what you did with the transparencies and alcohol inks. I have some but rarely use them. Thanks for the inspiration (as usual).
WOW amazing layouts. I really think my favorite layout is the rescued one. I just LOVE it!
WOW amazing layouts. I really think my favorite layout is the rescued one. I just LOVE it!
WOW amazing layouts. I really think my favorite layout is the rescued one. I just LOVE it!
WOW amazing layouts. I really think my favorite layout is the rescued one. I just LOVE it!
what fun and funky projects! they just totally rawk. i can’t pick a fav.
what fun and funky projects! they just totally rawk. i can’t pick a fav.
what fun and funky projects! they just totally rawk. i can’t pick a fav.
what fun and funky projects! they just totally rawk. i can’t pick a fav.
I love the layout you rescued. I have a layout I dislike I should try this with! Great layouts. Esp. that first grid/scallop/painted one. Gorgeous!!!! You have some serious mojo flowin’.
I love the layout you rescued. I have a layout I dislike I should try this with! Great layouts. Esp. that first grid/scallop/painted one. Gorgeous!!!! You have some serious mojo flowin’.
I love the layout you rescued. I have a layout I dislike I should try this with! Great layouts. Esp. that first grid/scallop/painted one. Gorgeous!!!! You have some serious mojo flowin’.
I love the layout you rescued. I have a layout I dislike I should try this with! Great layouts. Esp. that first grid/scallop/painted one. Gorgeous!!!! You have some serious mojo flowin’.
Will you be teaching at Right at Home?
Will you be teaching at Right at Home?
Will you be teaching at Right at Home?
Will you be teaching at Right at Home?
Wow! You’re so creative and…productive. Man!
So love your last layout and the experiment with the melted transparency. I have to try!
Wow! You’re so creative and…productive. Man!
So love your last layout and the experiment with the melted transparency. I have to try!
Wow! You’re so creative and…productive. Man!
So love your last layout and the experiment with the melted transparency. I have to try!
Wow! You’re so creative and…productive. Man!
So love your last layout and the experiment with the melted transparency. I have to try!