Moikka everybody! It is Riikka Kovasin (@paperiliitin) right here right now with you to share my tackle the Scrapcosy matter. Whereas I like all issues classic, this time I went with an explosion of colour and mixed the detailed stamps to journal cut-outs.
I have not gone by my Instagram feed or used every other supply to confirm this, however I believe every so often I get an urge for colour. My go-to colour palette often consists of blues and greens or much more probably rust tones, however each from time to time I begin yearning for all issues rainbow. That was the case with this challenge. The second I pitched for this concept, I already noticed the pages in vibrant tones – fairly contrasting to the classic really feel of the stamps!
What I actually like about these pages, is the truth that they’re really easy to duplicate! You simply want some paints, a little bit of cardstock and magazines together with good stamps and you’re good to go! These pages maintain two hidden options, although. Comply with alongside the steps and discover out what they’re!
When it got here to picking colors, I restricted myself to solely three. This was as a result of I wished the challenge to be simple to do even with a restricted stash. If you happen to personal an enormous choice of colors, by all means use them, however you will get so much accomplished with a restricted palette, too.
The paints within the step picture under most likely look acquainted, however the playing cards may trigger you to scroll again. They’re the primary hidden factor of this challenge. They’re hidden in plain sight, however slightly below a little bit of paint!
These playing cards have a bit of story of their very own. I picked them from an vintage market at Tallinn with this challenge in thoughts. I believe certainly one of them was in Estonian, one in German and relaxation in Russian, however as I do not actually learn any, I could possibly be completely fallacious! The purpose was not to have the ability to learn the textual content, and personally I discover it even simpler to craft the background with a language I do not perceive, however as an alternative to have a handwritten floor to create upon.
So as to add the paint touches on high of the playing cards, I added some dots of color to every after which sandwiched the playing cards with the paints inside. Just a little squeeze and wiggle then removed the clean web page dread and I completed the colouring with palette knife.
With palette knife there was a bit of blending concerned, so there is a contact of brown tones right here and there, however I did not thoughts. If you happen to, nonetheless, don’t desire any mud in your challenge, add the colors one after the other and let each dry earlier than including the next one. Or should you’re utilizing a palette like mine – two neighbouring colors and a contrasting one – use the alternative color by itself layer and the 2 neighbouring on their very own.
Subsequent step is elective in a approach. Let me clarify. I like to work in my journal however I rarely work immediately on it however as an alternative begin with an additional piece of cardstock after which adhere the web page in. The playing cards had been too small on their very own, so I wanted to create a background for them. Relying how you’re employed, you could possibly simply add the stamping on to your journal or simply skip all of it collectively, if you’re making free pages.
I used the identical colors I used so as to add color to the playing cards, however this time brayered them one after the other to my gel printing plate. I then used the moon stamp from the Scrapcosy set (ESC24) so as to add a sample to a bit of cardstock the plate performing as my ink pad of kinds.
When stamping with acrylic paint, do not let the paint dry to your stamp however wipe it clear after stamping.
Now that I had a few sheets all patterned with paint and the playing cards colored, it was time to mix the 2. Whereas reaching for double sided tape and a paper trimmer, I spotted I might make a pocket to my web page! However earlier than I might do this I trimmed the A4 sized sheet into two smaller bits that fitted inside my artwork journal. I saved the trimmings. I often do this not less than so long as I am working with the challenge as these little strips may come useful in a later stage.
One of many playing cards was smaller than the three others and for that one I wanted to trim the tag smaller. This fashion it might slide properly contained in the pocket. The others, nonetheless, had been simply positive the best way they had been.
I had created a burst of color like I wished to, however now some distinction was wanted for the background. There was a little bit of the handwriting exhibiting right here and there and a few postal stamps, however I felt that the background nonetheless required extra visible texture. I used stamps from each Scrapcosy units so as to add patterning to the background. I might have launched one other color into the combo, however I felt that black could be the best way to go, thus including distinction to the combo.
As you possibly can see from the step image under, I used one of many sentiment stamps repeatedly to create texture. You can also make out a few of the phrases, however extra over I wished that to characterize a script texture within the background. I additionally used the stamps in clusters combining the totally different motifs to enlarge segments whereas leaving different locations with none added patterns.
Now I had the backgrounds prepared for the focal factors on high. I used to be happy concerning the splashes of color I had created however on the similar time I misplaced a bit extra of the handwriting within the playing cards that I could have wished. That was as a result of methodology I added the colors and likewise the colors I selected. If I had chosen a trio of translucent or semi-opaque colors, the outlook would have been totally different.