Sweet Wednesday to you all! Today I'm sharing something I made for Prima this month - a layout with a video and tips! Talking about Prima, the new sneak peeks have just started! You can see the first ones here (link).
If I were an artist, I guess this would be my “tea colored phase”. I adore the color of tea and old books and have been lately really drawn to it. I work with different colors, too, but whenever in doubt at the moment, I turn to tea and old paper.
If I were an artist, I guess this would be my “tea colored phase”. I adore the color of tea and old books and have been lately really drawn to it. I work with different colors, too, but whenever in doubt at the moment, I turn to tea and old paper.
I guess it’s not such a surprise then that I also have found myself looking at vintage pictures more often than before. Because what would go better with the “times gone by” styled color palette than vintage photos? Luckily I order most of my photos in black and white anyway so they fit the pages I’m making, too. But to this layout I took another approach. I treated it more like a journal page and made up a story to the man in the picture. For the story and text I used a short paragraph cut from an old book.
To compliment the vintage theme of the page I used soft tones, but added some purple in as well. I played with the water soluble oil pastels and used them in different ways around my page. If you want to see how, please see the video!
Apart from the video, I also gathered some tips for you. I hope you like the page and find the tips useful! Thank you for stopping by today! Ta ta for now!
Tip 1. Extended family. Don’t have any photos to scrapbook? Use a vintage photo instead! Build a story around it or just use it to depict your topic and story. You can find beautiful photos in jumble sales or flea markets but Prima also has them in Finnabair line.
Tip 2. Know your tools. Usually there’s more than one way to use a medium or a tool. Test what you have and try to think new ways to use them. I used the water soluble oil pastels in this page to add color to the background, to splash, to stamp and to color my texture paste!
Tip 3. Letters everywhere! All out of alpha stickers and don’t like your handwriting? Don’t worry, you can find letters and texts everywhere! Cut your own, rummage a magazine or an add for titles and text. Also think outside of the box and look for letters in different items like these beads.
Tip 4. Let the project lead you. I happened to open a brand new jar of gesso while making the page. Inside the lid was a beautiful cream colored cardboard circle. I didn’t throw it away but instead incorporated it in my page. Let the project lead you and use what’s at hand!
Materials:
848798 Lavender “Constantly Growing with You” 12x12 , 630119 Lavender 6x6 Pad , 634322 Lavender Frost 4x6 Journaling Cards , 962890 Vintage Ephemera , 584283 Vintage Alpha Card Set in a Box , 960339 Mechanicals Roses , 963354 Mechanicals Mini Stars , 961060 Mechanicals Washers , 630560 PTJ Vintage BW Decorative Tape , 596866 Amelia Rose Decorative Tape , 597733 Havana Decorative Tape , 961466 Art Basics Clear Gesso , 814328 Watersoluable Oil Pastels , 589387 Color Philosophy Ink Soft Lilac , 589394 Color Philosophy Ink Foggy Nights , 596781 Color Philosophy Permanent Ink Chat Noir , 961824 Clear Stamp Basket , 961893 Clear Stamp Messy , 966683 Swirly Florals Stencil , 965259 Art Extravagance Paper Paste , 963897 Art Basics Silicone Brush 1”
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