Scrapmatts: May Creating with Lizzy.

Saturday, May 15, 2021

May Creating with Lizzy.

Hello there,

How are you all? Here we are in the middle of May already and that means it is my turn to share on the Scrapmatts blog. At the moment I have a lot going on with my Family, so I have to find ways of creating a layout without a lot of time spent wondering about how to get it done.. So I would like to share with you a few steps that help me in my creating.

Firstly, I create a simple design of my papers and where my photo will go..

Then I lightly pencil in under my papers and photo to give me an idea of where to stencil.. No use stencilling where it will be covered.

I have used black gesso for my stencilling and I also used the black gesso to color all my chipboard pieces.. I love the drama the black color creates on a page.

After painting all the chipboard I was going to use, I cut the Sticks chipboard into pieces and made sure they would fit around my layout and not get hidden too much, after all the chipboard was adding great texture and interest. I then carefully stuck my papers and photo down and glued the chipboard down too..

I fussy cut some flowers from the papers and lifted them up with some old cardboard and placed some cogs around my layout too to add a masculine element,

I like the contrast of the softness of the flowers against the boldness of the black elements!

I love the Boho arrow and words and this became the title for my layout.. Chevrons are also a fabulous embellishment too for any type of layout.

And the finished layout..

The finishing touch was to trim a little off two sides of the layout and then put the whole page on a piece of black cardstock and rip the edges randomly to add a bit more texture. I love how the black seems to add more details to the look of the layout, but really this was quite a simple layout to create. I hope I have inspired you with my layout and sharing how I created it..

These are the Scrapmatts products I have used.

ST9070 Diamonds Stencil