Friends...! Are you as excited as I am for Christmas next week??
I thought I'd get into the holiday mood by scrapping a photo of my DD from when she was young....& what better way to do it than with some of the NEW Bella Cut Outs, Santa Squad & some mixed media mayhem LOL.
This is the result.
It's Christmas by Kim Watson
I was desperate to use the super, cute, blue-snowflake paper but being so bright, I thought a mixed media 'mat', might make the layering of the other goodies easier.
This was my process:
- White Gesso
- Dry time
- Lime green & Forest green glimmer mist
- Almost dry
- Pink, Red & Magenta color powder....spritz with water
- Dab, mix, smoosh, swirl & get messy until it looks right
- Dry
- Splatter with Magenta, Gold, Forest Green inks
- Dry
- White splatter
- Dry
- Add ALL other fun bits
The resulting color-chaos is exactly what I was aiming for.
By selecting patterned papers that worked within my a narrow color palette to back the 'gifts' Bella Cut Outs; helped diminish the business of the page. I love how the large felt bow adds great dimension & ties the blue of the background into the central cluster; as does the chipboard tree & acrylic gingerbread man.
The title, 'Christmas', another of the NEW Bella Cut Outs, was backed in red dot paper, again to reduce the business of the overall design, yet adding much needed color punch!
The photo backed with layers of tissue paper, a tab & holly die-cut, nestles in-between the x2 Bella cuts, adding balance to the top right corner of the page.
Magenta thread clusters help with color balance & add simple texture, for visual interest.
Ok...so I have a secret to share.
You can clearly see the torn paper section edged in gold paint & backed with pink patterned paper, right? Well what if I were to say, it wasn't planned like that hahaha!!
Seriously, it wasn't. It was a cover job for the large, gold paint puddle that happened when I knocked a bottle of gold mist over. The paper was so wet, it tore when I was trying to mop up the paint...now bear in mind the page was 90% finished, so I wasn't about to start all over again. So the best thing to do in a situation like this, is to improvise & make it part of the design.
Voila! One interesting tear, edged in gold, with pink hearts peeking through.
Do you know what?!
I absolutely love the result. Sometimes happy accidents can take you by surprise & this was one of those times :D
So allow me to finish off by saying how much I love the Santa Squad & Bella Cut Outs. They are the perfect go-to supply when you can't be bothered to die-cut anything or if you don't have access to a cutting machine. I urge you to look at the other designs, you are going to want them all.
Follow the links below to the Bella online store for all the supplies I used. Have an awesome week friends...until next time. X
