This week's prompt was to Use Your Scraps.
I'm sure that if you are anything like me, or like any crafter at all you will have plenty of scraps in your craft studios. This could be anything from small bits of paper through to bits of materials and boxes. Each of these things can be combined to create some truly amazing works of art if only we go back to them. I have found that most people tend to only go back to their scraps if they need a small bit of something to finish a project, rather than using the scraps to create the object in the first place. I must admit that I am guilty of this on times too, so this prompt was the perfect opportunity to get all those scraps out and create something cool.
As this week's prompt is an action rather than a word I haven't looked for any specific quote to work to, rather I just gathered my materials and used what spoke to me.
Materials
Paper scraps from my stash
Paper Flowers
Old corrugated card box
Ranger Distress Ink Pad - Vintage Photo
Ranger Archival Ink Pad - Brown
Ranger Distress Spray - Tarnished Brass, Antiqued Bronze
Creabox Acrylic Spray - Green
Decoart Mister - Yellow Green
IndigoBlu Script Stamp
Prima Art Basics Heavy White Gesso
Pencil
Black Pen
White Gel Pen
Tacky Glue
Have a look through your scrap stash to try and find an image(s) that can be used for your focal point. I have picked some butterflies to use as my focal point. Using these images look for other similar colours in your stash to try and match up.
Once you have all of your scraps gathered, add some heavy gesso to your page to give it some stability and allow any mediums used later to move around.
Tear your scraps and arrange them on your page until you have something that is pleasing to your eye. This part is going to look different depending on what scraps you have and the sizes available to you.
Once you are happy with your torn shapes, edge them all using a combination of the vintage photo and the archival inks.
Take a side or flap from your box and tear around the edges until you get a piece which will fit on your page. Make sure that as you tear around the edges, you tear back the top layer to reveal the corrugations underneath.
Ink around the edges and over the surface of the card again using a combination of the vintage photo and the archival inks.
As we are wanting this card to have the appearance of tree bark, add some sprays of the various green sprays, trying not to be too heavy handed as we don't want to completely cover the card. Add a light spray of the tarnished bronze, then bring the antiqued brass nozzle close to the card before spraying. This will create a pool of the spray on the surface; whilst this is still wet, dab it with some kitchen paper to spread it around and create a textured effect.
Glue everything down to your page except the butterflies.
Carefully fussy cut out your butterflies, don't worry about the antennae as they can be added back in later using a pen, then stick them down to your page.
Add some detailing around the page using a black pen to add some interest and encapsulate everything. Using the script stamp and the archival add some stamping in the blank areas if the background.
Add some white dot detailing to the butterflies to bring them to life; and glue some paper flowers down to the page to add a little brightness. Using the pencil add a little shading around the edge of the corrugated card centerpiece.
Any comments or questions, please leave them below.
Good Bye Until Next Time
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