Hi there!
Today I'm sharing a couple of pages that I created in
my Vicki Boutin Junque Journal! I wanted to show you an easy technique for adding some mixed
media onto a busy or darker patterned paper. Here are the supplies that I used…
I love that Soul Food
patterned paper from the ‘All the Good Thing’ collection, and I thought that it
would be perfect for documenting some photos of my girls doing some painting!
Because it’s quite colourful and already has a mixed media look to it, I didn’t
want to add too much else to it. But I did want to add a little bit of texture,
and some white to lift those beautiful colours. So I decided to add some gesso
through a stencil to a few places on the background. It was super easy and I
love how it looks! I also added a few splatters of watered down gesso to the
background. Here are the completed pages that I created…
As I said, I wanted to scrapbook a photo of each of my daughters
enjoying some painty fun! It’s something that they love to do when we are home
and the weather isn’t great outside. And of course I love to encourage their
arty side, even if it does get pretty messy!
On the left hand page I added a photo of my eldest daughter when she
was painting some pretty leaves. Behind the photo, I layered some bits and
pieces from the die-cut frames pack, including a frame, a journaling spot, and
a tag. Next I added the die cut piece that says ‘Create’ on the bottom right
hand corner of the photo. It made the perfect title for these pages, and I
adhered it using some foam tape, to give it some extra dimension.
I created a third point of interest by adding a journaling spot at the
top of the right hand page. This completes the visual triangle and helps to
draw your eye around the pages. Here you can also see some of the nice
dimension that was created by applying the gesso through the stencil.
I didn’t want to add anything else to the pages, because I didn’t want
to cover up too much of that beautiful background, and I didn’t want to make it
too busy. Here’s a look at my completed pages inside my Junque Journal…
Thanks so much for joining me! I hope that you enjoyed this easy
technique for adding mixed media to your patterned paper backgrounds! I have a
process video for this over on my YouTube channel if you’d like to check it
out…
Here’s a list of all of the Vicki Boutin products that I used to create
these pages…
Junque Journal
Stencils – All the Good Things
Gesso
Cardstock Stickers
Cardstock Die-Cuts – Icons
Cardstock Die-Cuts – Frames
Double-sided Patterned Paper – Soul
Food
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