Flore’s Hello Layout 

Materials

• Watercolour paper 30 x 30cm (for the background)

• Cardstock paper, black, mauve and white (for cut-outs)

• Stencils

• Ink stamps (L’encre et L’image, Scrapbuttons, Lime Citron, Custom and Craft, Tim Holtz, Cartoscrap)

• Badge (Scrapbuttons)

• Die cutting dies (Kesi’art, Simply Graphic, Paper Smooches)

• Paper cut-outs (using Silhouette cutting machine)

• Adhesive dots (Zibuline, Basic Grey)

• Sticky foam pads, stapler, water mister, paintbrush, water brush, sewing thread, jewellery labels

• Modelling paste

• Liquid inks (Ecoline, Aquar’elles Scrapbuttons, Kesi’art, Distress, Colorex)

• Indian ink

• Ink pads (Distress, Versafine)

Instructions

Start by making a cut-out using a Silhouette cutting machine. I used a clear stamp from the ‘Les Coeurs Tendres de Moogli’ range from the L’encre et L’image brand. I scanned it in, enlarged it and converted it to make a cut-out on the Silhouette machine.

If you haven’t got a Silhouette machine then why not draw and cut out your own cute little figure, or find one on the net.

Use a pattern stencil to add some texture to your page of watercolour paper with modelling paste.

Next add your liquid inks: mix some drops of ink with a little water on a sheet of acetate then transfer the ink onto your page by pressing the acetate onto it. Put each colour on separately allowing the ink to dry in between. Blot any excess with kitchen paper.

Add some more ink using a water brush.

Once all the ink is dry add use ink stamps to add some patterns to your background.

Stamp any ink stamps that you want to cut out onto paper. You can add colour to some of these using ink and a water brush.

Use a Big Shot die cutting machine to cut out any shapes that you want from cardstock paper.

Arrange all of these decorations on your page and think about where you will want to glue them.

Add more stamps. I used ‘A La Pointe du Crayon’ clear stamps from the ‘Les Artistiques de Manuela’ collection on the L’encre et L’image brand.

Now stick down all of the different pieces. Use sticky foam pads for the pieces that you want to stand out more. You can slip some pieces underneath others and attach some more with a stapler. Add a twist of sewing thread as a decorative touch.

Add any final stamps you want and make any adjustments or additions, such as adding some adhesive dots.

Finish off the page by adding some small splashes of white Colorex or, if you haven’t got any, try some white gesso, slightly diluted with water. You can also add some splashes of Indian ink.

To make these little splashes take the handle of a fine-tipped paintbrush, immerse the tip in your ink bottle, then take it right to the place on the page right where you want it. That will stop you from accidentally making splashes in places where you don’t want them. It’s a handy tip for working with the ‘patouille’ style.

Let your work dry thoroughly and then your layout is finished.