"Remember" - a Layout by Trish Alger

When is the last time you created a layout? If recently, kudos to you. If like me you can't remember, let us consider it. Scrapbooking was my entrée into this crafty medium. For the life of me I cannot figure out why I don't scrap anymore; at all. I don't even scrap digitally these days. There was a discussion recently on Facebook about the death of scrapping supplies vs the overwhelming number of digital photos we all have. I can shoot 300 at one family event. How do I choose just one?

As a guest designer, for Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts, this month I challenged myself to a layout.

I remembered that I had a frame break in moving and had set aside the 8"x10" photo for later. Well, later is now here. I loved what this family picture said about us, the time period, and our personalities. Plus, the bright colors were just what I wanted to use.I will walk you through the steps, the supply list is at the end.

I plan to place this on my wall so I chose a 12"x12" paper to start with.  Added some white gesso, then clear gesso before laying in some modeling paste and molding paste and crackle paste through some stencils. I even tried some black gesso for contrast.

Dye sprays in concentrated colors or iridescent tones were sprayed or splattered on the surface as well.

I kept trying materials until I achieved the look I was after. This is no time to be shy. Try it all if you like. That's why gesso is perfect for mixed media--it covers a multitude of attempts.

 

 Inks were dripped and dropped in random order.

 

 

 I wanted to add some matte effect with oil pastels.

 Now to the great chipboard pieces I chose to incorporate. I used white gesso to prepare for other medium uses. Here they are gessoed on the textured surface.

  But wait, that's not all. The pieces need to pop with color.

 

 Really pop. (Notice I cut apart the bottom piece).

 

  The banner (that I modified a bit) and the pointer hand needed the golden touch.

 It's getting there. I decided to use a gloss varnish over the brightly painted chipboard to make it shine and seal the surface.

 

 When I tried the layout, the yellow was just too much for me and I was concerned I was trying to crowd too many pieces onto the layout with my large photo.

 

 So I added back in some white, removed a couple of pieces and rearranged. I liked it a lot better. Let me know what you think.

 

 

 The sticks were great to journal on top of.

Please let me know how your scrapbooking/layout/mixed media endeavors are going.  I'd love to hear from you. Ciao for now, -Trish Alger  justchickenscratch.com

Supply list:

Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts:  

Mixed Media Fragments 3  

Word Ribbons 1  

Curly Word: Remember  

Other Supplies:

Liquitex

-Black Gesso

-Clear Gesso

-Glossy Medium and Varnish

-Modeling Paste

Kaisercraft

-Hot Pink Paint

-Deep Yellow Paint

-Tropical Waters

Plaid

-Apple Barrel Paint Iris

Golden Paints

-Molding Paste

-Crackle Paste

Martha Stewart

-Gesso White

Scotch

-ATG

Eclectic Products

-E6000

Ranger Industries

-Dylusions Sprays

  Dirty Martini

  Fresh Lime

  White Linen

  Melted Chocolate

  Black Marble

Lindy's Stamp Gang

-Maidenhair Fern Green

Winsor and Newton

-Ink White

Faber Castell

-Gelatos Gold

-Adhesive pop dots

"Always Remember" Canvas

Hello! Today I would like to share a very special piece I created in honor of my husband's grandmother. I found this picture of her holding my baby daughter and knew that a canvas was going to be made. I found the perfect accents from Gina's Designs to enhance the layout. I love the effect and hope you do to!

 I coated all of the chipboard in gesso and once dried, I spray them with various shades of gray and blue. With an old credit card I layered some thick gesso in the background and sprayed it. Next I arranged the chipboard borders around the photo and adhered it down to the canvas. 

 These words were done the same way, but I also added embossing powder. The shadows were added with a paint bush.

These words are perfect to honor someone in your next creation. I hope you give it a try! Thanks for stopping by! I also have a video of this project Gina's Designs Lasercuts' YouTube channel and on my YouTube channel.

Gina's Designs Items Used:

Border Sticks Lace

Butterfly Corner Top 

Curly Word Always

Curly Word Remember

Other items used:

Gesso

Lindys Stamp Gang Sprays

& Embossing Powder

"Remember" Mixed Media Piece

Hi everyone!! This is Amy Love and I am very excited to bring you my first tutorial for Gina's Designs! My Mother-in-law just celebrated her 70th birthday and this was among the wonderful pictures on display. She is about 16 or 17 here and in one of her brother's weddings. She had seven brothers, so we are not sure which wedding this was. I was honored to use this photo on my first piece.

Please follow this link to the video tutorial on how I created this beautiful piece. "Remember" Mixed Media Tutorial

Items used from Gina's Designs

Flourish Frame-Sienna

Flourish Set-Amanda  

Curly Word- Remember

Cardstock Doily Set Intricate

Items used from my personal stash

12"X12" Gesso Board

Gesso

Mod Podge

E6000

Spackle

Stencil

Lace

Home made sprays

Shimmer Mists

Embossing Powders

Flowers

flat back pearls

beautiful picture of my Mother-in-law

Remember the Journey

Hi everyone! Melissa here with a layout for Gina's Designs. My mother-in-law took this photo at Land's End, in Cornwall.

I had a lot of fun decorating chipboard, as usual! For the background I applied texture paste on a texture sheet, then sponged on gesso. I then painted with Viva Modeling Cream, then a little Lindy's, watercolors, and Twinkling H20s. I prepped all the chipboard with gesso. I drew some detail on the seahorse with a pencil, then painted it with brown watercolor. I added some gold perfect pearls. I took off some of the brown later with a wet brush, to give it a little more dimension, and put some more paint on different areas. On the gears on the upper right,and the flourish at the right of the photo I poured gold embossing powder on wet gesso, then heated it. The gesso made it bubble up for some extra texture.I dry brushed some Vintaj patina paint on top. I painted the gears at the bottom right and center of the photo with brown watercolor, I applied a layer of glossy accents and put the items on a pile of crushed up mica flakes. I topped them with some patina paint. For the title work I painted with twinkling H20s, then put on some Versamark embossing ink. I poured on chunky clear embossing powder and heated it. 

Thanks for looking, and I hope you find some scrappy time for yourself today!

Gina's Designs products used:

Texture Sheet Diamonds

Gears Borders and Corners Miniatures

Steampunk Frame

Curly Word: Remember

Sea Horse Shapes

Layered Flourish Renata Small



Other Products:

Paper by My Mind's Eye

Prima flowers

 Twinkling H20's

Viva Colour Modeling Cream

Lindys Stamp Gang

Perfect Pearls

Windsor and Newton Watercolors

Tsukineko Chalk Ink

Sizzix Tattered Florals

Liquitex Texture Paste

Sizzlits Spring Greenery

Vintaj Patina Paint

Stampendous Mica Flakes

Martha Stewart Silicone Mold

Melta Art Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel