Word up over at OLW. Jessi's word. Despite her words, I don't get carried away with the glimmering mists.... ok maybe just a little. I had so many ideas but in the end it came down to this. A summer journal of sorts. I can't wait to show you the inside either. I have ideas for it for the rest of summer. But let's take a peek into it shall we?
I am going to show you how I created the outside of the album. The pictures were taken at night & I came up with the title on the fly with left over chipboard letters so forgive me.
Ok Let's go...
My supplies include Gesso, Heavy Molding Paste, Chipboard, paintbrushes, paint, chipboard letters, pen, & hole punch. I painted the chipboard with Gesso to prep it.
Next is play time. Remember before glue sticks we had paste in the classrooms. This is exactly what this is like, but really thick and so much fun to play with for all kinds of art projects. Smear the paste all over your chipboard background. Make sure you have your chipboard letters ready to go because the paste tends to dry quickly.
You can see I applied a thick layer. Next I took my chipboard letters and smooshed them into the paste. My title goes in first.
Next start adding in the chipboard pieces all around your title. I like to turn them upside down, backwards, etc for just that little twist.
Next I put a layer of Gesso on the pieces, making sure I got into the nooks & crannies of the letters. After that dried, I went back in with my final paint color. On this album yellow, on the above album I used white paint.
Next do something to make your title stand out. You can outline it with a pen, paint it a different color, or you could choose not to accent it and just let it sit there in the background.
RAK winners coming soon...
Until then, Love
