Let’s talk layouts - Issue #2 - March 2014 - (Page 166)

A background page in 9 steps Texture and transparency effect ! Creating your own layout, this is the passion of a huge number of our designers ! Always in perfect harmony with the colors of your papers and your photos, it brings a lot of originality to your composition. by Catherine Labeeu Soft colors and feminine details are present here to create a layout full of gentleness. I show here my preferred techniques for getting a layout full of texture and transparency. A few bits of printed papers, spray inks, plastic food wrap (yes! yes!) Distress inks, stencils and stamps are the basic tools to create a layout full of texture and tender colors. You will notice that this sort of background lends itself well to feminine photos and country scenes. The page-setting is perfectly set off by its arrangement which is full of volume. Before st art ing, assemble your mat erials * Patterned paper scraps, some tissue paper, a paper doily * The negative of an alphabet die, cut in white cardstock * A light color solid cardstock * Cling film * Gesso and matt gel medium * Two colors of spray ink * Two colors of Distress inks matching with the colors of the spray inks 166 HISTOIRES DE PAGES - LET'S TALK LAYOUTS MARCH 2014 ISSUE 2 * Stencils * Two patterned masking tapes * Background, butterfly and feather stamps as well as a black StazOn inkpad (or equivalent) * A foam brush * Gelatos (or Neocolor II) matching with the ink colors * A heat gun * A spray water bottle

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