If you are a technique person like I am, and love to try new things, you will definitely want to check out a new book by Vicki Boutin called
Creative Foundations. There are 40 step-by-step demonstrations for easy, fun, messy, funky, innovative and customizable techniques. I was honored when Vicki asked me to participate in her book!
When you flip through the pages, you'll be amazed at Vicki's work. And truly, I'm not just saying that. Her layouts in the book are simply stunning. I talked to Vicki on the phone the other day, and she said the book was a blast to do because she is very much a technique girl, something I didn't realize about her! :)
Today a few of the gals who had work in the book are doing a blog hop to show you a few of the fun techniques! I decided to make a new card with 2 of the techniques that I was NOT assigned to in the book: working with gesso and making pleated beaded ribbons. It's inspiring to try new things, right!
You can use gesso or dimensional paste for this technique, just take a credit card and scrape it over your project. Let dry and add embellishments over the top! Would be a fun technique for a layout also to add dimension and interest without a lot of bulk. The second thing I tried from the book was the adding beads to ribbon. I'm a big ribbon fan, so I used a needle and thread with a running stitch. Every so often, I added a bead and pulled the string tight to gather the ribbon!
I used lots of
Heidi Swapp's new items here, new papers, file tabs, fun sticker words, rub ons and fabric stars! Ribbon and beads were older items from my stash.
Would you like to win a copy of this book? All you have to do is visit the participating designers' blogs in order and find a word next to each name to spell out a sentence. Then go to Vicki's blog and leave her a note with what the sentence says!
(me) My word is "OF".
Thank you for stopping by and good luck!
There are a couple different ways to splatter...well, I'm sure there are MANY different ways, but in the video, I'll show you two techniques, a fine splattered look and how to get the big droplets, as well as how to make these pretty tags!
Swing by Nichole Heady's blog to see the new Make It Monday video tutorial! Have a very happy Monday!
