Hi again! Back today as promised with a tutorial on how to put this page together.
Looking at it finished it looks quite complex but let me walk you through the steps
so you can see that really it is just like baking, follow the recipe & it will turn out similar!
This mist is pretty pale. Give it a good shake up before you begin!
Side to side like ringing a bell remember? Never up & down...
I used that thick sheet of 7 Dots Paper {above left} to reinforce my page,
by gluing my base paper to it then rolling over it, after I'd applied my mixed
media, to get it nice & flat again & make it strong & easy to work on.
I am always on the look out for local things I can add to my pages to pad out
my imported embellies. Dry-wall tape & paper straws are 2 of my "go-to's" ATM.
I always work with a set-square to keep things straight & at right-angles to each other.
I eyeball a lot too but sometimes being just slightly off really bothers the eye so
I prefer to play it safe than be sorry as I like to use STRONG adhesives!!
I use my glue gun A LOT - mainly because glue-sticks are readily available here
& I have a source where I get them at a really good price! None of the nice tacky
glues I see other people using are available here although there is a good
Bostik GEL glue but again, for me in Durban, it is difficult to find here
but easy to find in Joburg & Cape Town apparently...
And here it is again just to remind you!
So not so tricky now is it?!
Hope you enjoyed my tutorial today!!
Thanks so much for visiting & see you soon :)
12 comments:
Great page, truthful quote, perfect tutorial: thank you for the inspiration!
Your process always inspire me...gorgeous page...awesome embellies.
this is really a beautiful page.... simple and elegant with just enough "noise"..... love it!
This looks beautiful.. I love the chipboard pieces and the straws too.. thanks for the step by steps, your layout came together so wonderfully!
You are simply amazing!! I just loveeeeeee this so much!!!!
Thanks for the tutorial. Set square is a v handy tip.
Beautiful work and nice to see a page about you making the airwaves. Love the chippies and the quote and thanks for the step by step tutorial. :D
Another beauty! Wonderful layering and great tutorial!
I really love this layout and I especially love that quote. It is always nice to see how others work. I need to develop some kind of system I just got with the flow... I love the straws and I love the bostick gel. I really love the pritt gel and then they took it off the market and now I see it is back again so I will have to keep my eyes open. I have tried a glue gun but it gets so bloody hot and I always end up with really bad burns :P
Really beautiful layout, clever composition and thanks for sharing the tutorial!
Thanks for sharing Helen!!! Beautiful page!
Super sentiment...super design, super styling...just beautiful! Love the step by step too! Fabulous! ;-)
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