Sunday, April 26, 2009

Roll With It!

Tuesday 5th of May @ 7.30pm

This layout focuses on a newly popular technique called "distress and roll". We will use it to jazz up some patterned paper on our layout. You will also learn to make some distressed flowers using the same technique.

Supplies needed:
One photo 4" x 6" (10cm x 15cm, portrait orientation).
Three photos 2.25" x 1.75" (6cm x 4.5cm, landscape orientation)
One piece of double sided patterned paper OR two pieces of coordinating patterned paper (one for the background and one for the foreground).
One piece of cardstock.
Alphabet for a title.
Three to four scraps of patterned paper for embelishments.
One scrap of note pad patterned paper for journaling.
One medium sized brad.
One shaped eyelet.
Gems.
White and another coloured gel pen to coordinate with your layout.
Ink to coordinate with your layout.
Dimensional foam tape or spots.
Hole piercer.
Edge distresser.
Sandpaper.
Tab, star and scallop punches if you have them.
Crop-o-dile or eyelet setter if you have them.
Scissors and craft knife.
Water mister or neutral coloured glimmer mist and a heat tool if you have them.

Techniques used:
Sanding, inking, distressing, hand made embelishments, multi-photo layout, hand journaling, fake stitching.

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