Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Challenge 19

Right I'm back with the challenge ... finally.

So this week the challenge is to use paint on your layout ... not ink.
Go on and get your hands dirty!! Or wear a pair of disposable gloves - less messy!

I think that digi layouts would still be possible using a paint effect.

So here is my basic example ...

This layout was inspired by a digi layout by Mary Rogers, featured in Scrapbook Trends magazine September 2008.

I used a piece of corrugated cardboard for the stripes and just a foam paint brush for the top left hand corner.

You have seen Amanda use a glass for circles before and a flick of the wrist for paint splatters - a little hint ... dilute the paint slightly with water to get good splatters and cirlces.

Another technique is to run the paint brush around the outside edge of the whole page.

Go on give it a try and show us your techniques. Include a little explanation of your technique if you think it might help the rest of us to try something new.

3 comments:

SueP said...

Beautiful Meredith.....and inspiring too....i wonder if i will get this one done??? Still thinking of dots and now got the paint thing happenin' ;)

amanda hall said...

oh wow great challenge. LOVE how cool R looks in that photo =- what a cool dude!

The paint looks brilliant - love the corrageted cardboard idea! Clever!!

I am going to get stuck into this one asap.

sandra said...

this page is fantastic .. love it... another one to right click and save picture as.... so many of you girls are getting published... congratulations to all!