Kitchen Notice boards as altered art style layout, step by step guide

Last night I was looking at the jumbled mess of the ephemera from the noticeboard I blogged about earlier and decided I had to do something with it. As the materials I had were messy, distressed and not great pics I decided they needed a different and too me - totally new approach. I have been watching too many Donna Downey Inspiration Wednesday videos and have been inspired by her anything goes style. I photographed the process so here it is in all its messy glory.

Step 1 - I cut and stuck what I had onto white card (ever thrifty, it came from inside page protector). Many people would stop there but I just felt it needed so much more...

Step 2 - I mixed up some pva glue with dark blue acrylic paint and painted all over the page and then I switched to red acrylic paint.

Step 3 - I covered a corner of the page in pva glue and then stuck a sequin string that had fallen off a

bracelet. Then I got out the oil pastels and using a scalpel flicked bits onto the glue, then smudged it with my fingers. Super messy but great fun.

Step 4 - I took some glass beads I had stuck into a jam jar lid with pva glue (and left to set) the night before, prised them out with my scalpel and added to the page.

Step 5 - I had some yellowish Laura Ashley flock rub ons and I added these to different areas of the page. Then I took my aqua pro markers, coloured them in and wet them with a pva water solution. I then dabbed off some of the excess with a tissue (I did something to the tissue after that but that if for another day).

Step 6 - I added some staples and rub ons plus a musical chipboard note that I distressed and stamped. Finally I stuck on a butterfly that used to decorate a pair of shoes but had got knocked off.

Detail shots

Here are a couple of details. I was so busy trying to get the pics where I wanted that I did not put them all up.

Bo Bunny Sketch Double Page Layout

Here is the finished layout and as usual I had to have layers and hidden journaling. I used the circular motif and ideas of horizontal strips in the sketch and the circular elements and then it became me. I loved using this sketch.







As well as the K&Co papers mentioned on previous post I used red and cream card stock, lime green handmade paper. The chinese lanterns are from the Brenda Walton set. I flocked and painted black foam thicker letters and a chipboard c. In the detailed shots you can see the Martha Stewart vintage glitter beads I used on to highlight the birds and circular image. I also cut out fish and had them swimming round youngest daughter's face like the fish in pools there. I have put extra private journaling and pics under the die cut circle on the red card and another set of pics under the red card. The rabbit, dragon and tiger are cut out photos and match our years. Not sure I am a rabbit but they are meant to be creative and compassionate so maybe I am.

My only problem is that I didn't have any Bo Bunny products to use as I have just discovered them. At present I so want to get their new Mama razzi papers and mini edgy papers as I think they would be ideal to scrap about Lens Guy and our travels. What do you think?

Last page of Why I Scrapbook...

This is the last page and I have stuck the book all together but as you can see it is getting dark and the flash is too flashy even when off so I will put photos of the finished mini book up tomorrow when I can take pics in daylight. This page is all about the lush paper and shiny stuff. The shiny stuff bit is obvious. I took the photos today and the papers spread out on table were only from one box...I found the frog peg at the bottom of the box and just thought it was lovely. Papers used for this page all came from DCWV Hippy Chick stack. I used my Border punch for butterflies in paper at top and scallop at bottom. Glitter for Lush and flock for Paper - messy process.
Thanks Shimelle for setting this challenge.