Friday 24 April 2020

Summer ~ a monochromatic scrapbook layout | StencilGirl Monochromatic Rainbow Blog Hop


Hello! 
I hope you have found your way here as part of the StencilGirl® Products Monochromatic Rainbow blog hop, or perhaps you already follow my blog? Either way, I am so happy you are here so I can share my project with you.


For this hop, each Creative Team member was tasked with creating a monochromatic project in various colours, and if you haven't already guessed it - I got blue! (Yay!) I decided to go with the type of project that I know best, and create a scrapbook layout to document a photo of my boys swimming (seeing as blue was also the dominant colour of the photo). 

Here's a look at my page...
(Click on photos for a better view)


I began with my background, using a combination of Dina Wakley acrylic paint and a watercolour paint that I made by mixing Colour Blast by BeeArty Shimmer Dust with some water. I used a brayer to apply the acrylic paint to the lower half of the page, then a wide brush to apply the watercolour to the top half, overlapping a bit in the middle. 


Over the top of the watercolour paint I stencilled with the fabulous Circles in the Sand stencil designed by Roxanne Evans Stout, using Colour Blast 'Deep Blue' Colour Paste from BeeArty. I chose this stencil because of the flowing, organic nature of the circular shapes, which I thought lent themselves well to a water-inspired page. 


Over the acrylic paint at the bottom of the page, I used a Gelato and a stencil brush to apply spots of colour through the Organized Chaos stencil designed by Cat Kerr. This stencil is one of my absolute favourites and if you don't have it in your collection, you should! I thought the smaller sized circles balanced well against the larger, dominant pattern I had used on the upper half of the page, and added a "splashy" feel to the page.


I then added some papery layers over the top using a variety of patterned papers from Cocoa Vanilla Studio. I also added a paper doily, frayed gauze and some torn pieces of striped washi tape before sticking my photo on top.


For my embellishments, I again used items from Cocoa Vanilla Studio, including die cuts, stickers and a flair button, which I popped on top of a handmade felt star from Charms Creations


Next, I added a few enamel dots scattered around the page, and some small inky splatters using a Colour Blast by BeeArty Colour Artist Ink. I then finished off with my page title, which I had cut from white cardstock using a cut file from Cocoa Vanilla Studio (you can download the free summer themed set HERE). I used the same Gelato I had used for the stencilling to add an ombre effect along the lower half of the title. 

If you would like to see exactly how I put this page together, you can watch my process video below:


Now you have finished at my stop on the hop, its time to visit the next person on the list!

Check out all the wonderful artworks in our Creative Team Monochromatic Rainbow Hop:


Shel Cee – Violet
Peg Robinson – Purple
Sue Plumb – Blue (you are here)
Linda Edkins Wyatt – Green
Jennifer Gallager – Yellow
Claudia Neubacher – Orange
Carol Baxter – Red
Sunila Mahajan and Aditi Mahajan – Gold
Natalie May – White/Black
Debi Adams – Indigo

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29 comments:

Carol Baxter said...

How adorable and fun! Let's go swim!

Carlotta Holman said...

That Circle in the Sand stencil is a very bold graphic design and yet you ended up with a soft calming page. Well done. TFS

TerryO said...

Love this Layout in Blue! (Also one of my favorite colors.)

PaperOcotilloStudio said...

I love that you used the stencil 'circles in the sand' in blue as a nod to the watery feel of the page. Clever :)

Debbie Bonner said...

Wonderful layout and great use of the stencils and beautiful blues.

Carol P said...

Such a fun and colorful page. You were able to get a lot of depth just using shades of one color. Nice job!

Cathy said...

Loved the soft shades of blue you used and the lighter tones in this piece.

Debbie Smith said...

What a fun layout! I love the textured circles in that yummy teal.

Peg Robinson said...

What a fun page. TFS

Jill McDowell said...

Loved your video. Thanks for the inspiration.

Peggy Snodgrass said...

So very beachy and a super fun summer scrapbook layout! Love the layering of the different blues!

babs said...

The beautiful blues you used takes me back to a favorite beach in Maine. Thanks for the memory!

Wendy B. said...

What a fun page, I love it and all the details!

Lynnette J V said...

I love blue too, I like the circles on the page that give a watery feel. I also like the embellishments!

artfulstories said...

Ditto to what Carlotta said. :) Great composition!

Dani Kollman said...

I can almost smell the chlorine! Such fun. I love your piece.

Unknown said...

shea mester

the water color swimming into the acrylic is fabulous...taking time to match the blue of your son's glasses really indicated care for detail...a great piece Thank you for sharing your inspiration!

mama mia said...

What a great layout! The color, stencil designs, embellishments all fit together so well. Great picture too! Fun!

Sharon Foulk said...

So many fun layers! Those young'uns made me smile!

Rebecca said...

truly inspired by your art, thanks for sharing!

Annette Reed said...

Fantastic layout! The stenciling looks great, but I think that what I enjoyed most was watching you pairing up and arranging all of the patterned paper. I see things like that but people don't usually show the process. I'm not good at figuring out what goes together and how to properly layer different sizes and shapes of paper so I really liked watching it.

Jean said...

Gorgeous colors and textures!

StacyC said...

Beautiful layout... Loved watching your process.

Chrissi said...

This looks awesome! Love it Sue

Deb Berkebile said...

I love the blue also! And I love how you incorporated photos with this. Have done scrapbooking, but never making my own papers, etc. GREAT idea.

lssphx said...

Blue is my go-to color... love what you did with it!

donna joy said...

what a fun use of stencils-makes the monochromatic theme come to life!

Amanda said...

This scrapbook page is super cute, as are your boys! I haven't seen enamel dots before. Do you glue them on? They look like candy buttons!

Unknown said...

What a fun beautiful layout. It makes me want to go to the pool or beach :-)