Friday, March 10, 2017
A Grayt And Deelightful Paper Solution
A Grayt And Deelightful Paper Solution
Hi there.
Thanks for popping in!
Finally we get to the last stage of the Groovi Card.
The Groovi part - the design and the outline were a cinch
using the Would You like to swing on a Star pair of plates designed by our Mel.
using the Would You like to swing on a Star pair of plates designed by our Mel.
The white work took a couple of hours, but spread over a couple of days. That’s fine - I had plenty of other things to do in between!
But this is the point in the proceeding
where I usually end up spending as much time again
looking for a suitable background to make the artwork come to life!
So my dear friend Dee Paramour and I got together
and came up with a solution:
Introducing the first set of 4 background paper packs.
They are printed of course, but each design is a handmade paper.
Not clip art, not borrowed.
Proper inky, hand cut and layered.
Dee spent hours and hours creating these papers....
There’s nothing like a handmade original ....
Even the prints look handmade.
And that’s the reason why these paper pads are so awesome.
All 4 of the pads include perfect Parchment backgrounds;
the Northern Lights pad from the Natural Wonders Collection
is especially Groovi.
I looked EVERYWHERE for a solution.
Wasted many hours looking for a background for the Groovi work.
In the end, I created my own. This is my baby.
Here you see the back and front of one leaf.
See? Dark but bright and interesting.
There are 12 double-sided designs in each pad,
4 of each.
The only danger here is that they are all so ideal for Groovi,
instead of scouring my paper stash for one solution,
I shall now probably waste hours deciding which one !!
And the pads are 8”x8” so you can spend another age deciding which area of the paper works best!!
Oh boy oh boy!
Today, I decided to go with this particularly lovely celestial one...
You will notice that I haven’t added any colour to the parchment yet.
This is because I think it is better to pick a background
and then tone the artwork in with the paper.
Now I know exactly which colours to use...
Weathered Wood Distress Pen.
Spun Sugar Distress Pen.
Distress Markers - The Collection
Add a few highlights with the Groovi grids
Trim the edges with a craft knife.
Now you can see how the background works!
And look at those white stars!
You could lift them off the page.
(no dropshadow trickery here)
I used the Crafter Companion Glue Pen around the edge and behind the odd blue square in the centre too.
It’s brilliant - You cannot see it, because the background is busy enough to hide it too.
Trim the paper a little
(and let’s start a little bag of designer paper bits
for a project down the road...)
Mount on a white 8”x 8” card.
Peace and Love for 2017.
That’s what it says ....
Can you buy these paper pads yet?
Not quite.
They’re all stacked high at Clarity Towers though,
in readiness for the New Year.
I shall be showcasing them on Sunday 8th January on HOCHANDA 2pm - 4pm.
Was this the big reveal? The game changer?
The thing that I couldn’t wait to tell you about?
No no no.
The papers are a must have, I know that.
Dee and I have been squealing and chattering about them
since they rolled off the press.
But no. They are not it.
A lot of you are guessing....
Is it an outlet?
Is it a wedding?
Is it a magazine?
All good guesses, and all on the agenda - on the journey.
But not yet.
One thing at a time....
Love & Peace,
Barb
xxxx
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