Let’s talk layouts - Issue #2 - March 2014 - (Page 162)

A background page in 9 steps Gently splodging Creating your own background, is making sure you obtain a page which will match your style, your tastes and your universe. If you are an enthusiast of softness and texture, this article is for you! by Elodie Touzet If for you the word "splodging" is synonymous of flashy colors, of mixed-media and is incompatible with the softness of the Shabby style, then this step-by-step is about to convert you! Learn how to create a background which expresses as many feelings as your photo. Before st art ing, assemble your mat erials * A Kraft paper or brown cardboard paper of your watercolor inks * A stencil background * An identical additional piece * A plastic bag (freezer bag type) * Book pages or score sheets * A text stamp * Sticky masking tape * Expression stamps * Gesso * Some black liquid ink and a pipette * Two watercolor inks or Gelatos * Various papers and embellishments * Inks - black, beige - matching the colors 162 HISTOIRES DE PAGES - LET'S TALK LAYOUTS MARCH 2014 ISSUE 2 to build up your layout.

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Let’s talk layouts - Issue #2 - March 2014

Cover
Editor's note
CONTENTS
Ideas
One layout, three options - It's your choice
Back to basics - Rediscover brads
Volume on our layouts - 3D effects and superimpositions
Honors go to the square - DT challenge
Anti-crisis scrapbooking - Time for toys
Mail Art - Make your talent travel
Discoveries
Meet the artists - Nina, Stephanie and Nina
It's trendy - Geo tags
Scraptherapy - Layouts which soothe the mind
Our furry friends - in the spotlight
Meet the artists - Our new European recruits Valérie, Julie and Elena
We have tried out for you
Rendez-vous
Are you a begginner - Then this page is for you !
Rendez-vous - on the blogosphere
Meet us on the net
Readers' Idea Gallery - Life in blue - Back from holidays
Tale of a Sketch #1 - An effective page setting
Tale of a Sketch #2 - A geometric layout
Winter File
Winter is a promise
Zoom on the snowflake - A seasonal motif
A winter with - energising colors
It's on trend - Wood on our layouts
Scrapping in escape mode - Journey to Canada and the Arctic
A mini-album with labels
Color File
Let's tame color - Second part
Different color combinations
Life in Yellow - The emotional power of color
Let's play with color - Fire and ice
Techniques
Focus on the ombre effect - Decoration, fashion and scrapbooking
Finnabair's secrets - Meet designer Anna Dabrowska and learn her techniques
A background page in 9 steps - #1: Masking and cropping
A background page in 9 steps - #2: Gently splodging
A background page in 9 steps - #3: Texture and transparency effect

Let’s talk layouts - Issue #2 - March 2014