on wednesday i did a little tutorial over at 52 sketches 52 weeks. in case you missed it ~ ill go ahead and post it right here as well,,,, it went a little something like this,,,,,
flocked paper is super hot these days ~ as it should be,,, playing with it is soooo much fun right?? the possibilities are endless. i wanted to share with you a little technique where you take plain jane white flocked paper and add some texture and dimension to it.
*first step is to pick up some flocked paper ~ you can totally go colored as well, but i stuck with white ~ that way i can make it be whatever i want it to be.*pick a glimmer mist ~ i went with lily green*choose an ink {i always got for staz on} and ill be using the jet black
*now to get started,,, i simply spray the flocked paper with the glimmer mist. glimmer mist is so much fun and you can use a lot of a little. im kinda a go big or go home kinda girl ~ so i was generous with my application.
*use a heat gun over the glimmer mist. not only does it help it to dry faster, but it actually brings the *glimmers* to the surface.
*once dried, apply in any amount you choose. i went with the corners and most of the flocked circles. applying in circular motions.
*and there you have it. i have a finished layout where i used the same technique and it just add so much extra personality to the layout.
have fun ~ i hope you give this technique a try!!!
~xoxo

so ive never done a tutorial here,,,, but what the heck ~ lets get er done!!! i wanted to show you how i created the rubber band back ground for my *finding nemo* layout i created for the scrap outside the box challenge.
start ~ rubber bands. i used some that i had at the house,, and of course theyre colored!!! thats how i roll baby!!!
i took my rubber bands and dipped them into my mod podge that i had poured out into a bowl that i used for all my paints and mod podging projects,,,,
the i placed them onto my paper. im using an 8 1/2 X 11 layout here. laying them out as i please, knowing that some {or most} WILL be covered by my photo or my papers,,, thats okay, i still cover the entire area as i please to make sure that mt photo doesnt lay crooked,,,, done with laying out the rubber bands,,, i let the mod podge dry for a bit,,,
once dry, i apply tattered angels glimmer mist, just to make it shine baby!!!

alright ~ alright the above {and below} photo kinda shows that *i* didnt wait till it was totally dry,,, but i recommend that you *do* wait for the mod podge to dry before applying glimmer mist. if worse comes to worse, mod podge *does* dry clear,,, right??
and there you have it!!! but again ~ i totally encourage you to check out what the other design team girlys did with their rubber band layouts ~ totally rad!!!

~ciao~