OK, so I created this on a Tuesday, and I am writing this post on a Tuesday… I’m almost a whole week late! But, better late than never…
This is my layout for last week’s Wedding Wednesday. It’s a challenge I’m doing each week with Angie Chiazzese (check out her channel too!) where we work on a layout for our wedding album, each week with a challenge or theme. This week (well, last weeks…) was to do Mixed Media with a stencil.
Here’s my process video:
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Our challenge this week was to use mixed media. I really wanted to use this cloud paper as the background, because I really felt like we were staring out at the sky in these photos. I thought the paper really captured that feeling.
I started the layout by using my modeling paste and a hexagon stencil to create some texture on my page. I left it to dry because I don’t have a heat gun (I’m sure my husband does, but I couldn’t find it the day I went looking, and I never think to ask when he’s around).
When it was dry, I knew I wanted to use my mist spray on the page because it had a nice shimmer. I started by using a paint brush to brush over the modeling paste, but I didn’t really like the look it was giving me. I wanted… more. So I switched to a bigger brush that would hold more water, put a whole heap of water at the top of my page, put some drops of the spray in the water, and let that drip down the page.
I loved the effect! It looked great!! Then, I added some spray splatters in the background – some of the Heidi Swapp spray, and some matt Studio Calico spray. It was so much fun, I just splattered everywhere, without thinking.
I got out my photos to start creating the layout. Suddenly, I was worried. I wasn’t liking it at all. In fact, I was a bit horrified. What had I done? I had destroyed this beautiful cloud paper. I couldn’t possibly put this mess in my precious wedding album. It was a mess. It wasn’t coming together at all.
I pressed on. I had planned on adding some pink paper to this layout, but with the background I decided I wanted to stick with just the green, so I went to my scrap paper and found some larger scraps that I could use for thin mats on my paper.
It was looking OK, but again I was stuck. I didn’t know what to do next. I pulled out some wood veneer and that came together fairly easily down the bottom of my layout. Then, I pulled out a whole heap of green embellishments, but I wasn’t really feeling it; in the end I only used a heart shaped paper clip.
It looked so plain and boring! It needed something more…. I didn’t really want to add a title, but I couldn’t come up with any ideas of what to add to the top of the horizontal image; there was a space and it definitely needed something there.
So I gave in, and added a title. I got the idea for the title from the writing on the wood veneer on the page; I thought the title suited the layout and the photos perfectly.
I tucked in some washi to fill in some white space and also to help add some dimension to the side of the photo on the left.
It all came together in the end. I added some sequins and suddenly all was well.
Infact, I’m in love with it! I love the shimmer in the background, and I love the subtle effect the washi has on it. I’m sure other people would have added more and made it even more awesome, but considering the funky mood I was in (and the state of my desk which wasn’t helping) I am super dooper happy with how this layout turned out!
What do you think?
Let me know what you think in the comments below… And perhaps what you would have done to make this better! I would love to hear what you think, and how your process would have differed from mine.
