Today I'm showing my second inspiration make for the
Country View Challenge on the theme "The eyes have it", chosen by my teammate
Jane.
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This is a project that took months to conceive but eventually came to fruition in a weekend... I had bought this Stamperia rice paper, not for a specific project, but because I fell in love with it and had to have it. Of course the problem was, I didn't want to lose a single piece of it or obscure it in anyway, which made it difficult to use it in a creative way.
So I went big... 12"x12" to be exact and the paper being A4 (21x29.7cms- approximately 8"1/4x11"1/5) I had some white space to add my own marks...
After months of creative drought I suddenly got excited to play with stamps, inks etc.. to create a a layout in the Vintage style that I favour.
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First, I divided the rice paper in 3 pieces, keeping the bottom left corner for another project and glued it in place with Mod podge. This paper is more sturdy than classic tissue paper and I was able to adhere the paper without wrinkles, although you may want to in order to have a more grungy look!
I gave a top coat of matt glaze to be sure the paper would be protected from any wet medium I might decide to add later...
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I applied colour to the rest of the cardstock to blend it with the rice paper. No particular reason for my choice of medium apart from the fact that I wanted to avoid acrylic paints (it limits the choice of inks when stamping) and overly wet mediums.
Next I wanted to use my new Stamperia stencil,
Wallpaper Fantasy and new stamp set -
Enjoy to add interest to that (almost) virgin space.
I also used a texture stamp from Prima/Finnabair and although mine is from an older collection, you will find 15 different textures stamps from the Prima/Finnabair collection on the Country View Craft site,
here.
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With the stencil I used inks bottom left and gloss medium at the top of my layout, which I later foiled.
Next, with all the "messy" stuff finished I pulled out my Martha Stewart punches. They are probably seen as old school but unless you're the lucky owner of a Big Shot Pro, you cannot die-cut a 12"x12" page and punches are still the only way... Plus, I haven't used them very much, and they should earn their rather expensive real estate in my craft "room".
Once I had punched my corners and borders, I added more inks to blend the margins and distressed them too.
This particular corner isn't a PATP but a corner + unrelated border, which I have found a way to use together satisfactorily.
I then put together my focal point with a photo from an ephemera pack by Prima. The young girl and the woman had the same unyielding look in their eyes, which I thought perfect for our theme!
And now for the reveal....
I do hope you will like my page and join us in the
Country View Challenge this month. As usual there is a £20 voucher to be won...
Do let me know in your comments if you have a lot of MS punches and how often you use them these days.
Thanks for coming by,
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I am entering the
SSS Monday (not a lot of green but a bit…),
Vintage Journey and
SSS Wednesday challenges.