Step by Step with Brit

 

 

Today's step-by-step is by the very talented Brit Sviggum from Norway!

 

Brit's whimsical style is so delightful. She often cuts her photos out, adds lots of gorgeous texture, and creates a realistic backdrop on her layouts. She is going to use the Optimist collection (and a few other products) to show us how she put together this sweet layout! 

Unique Layout

Step by Step

"This layout is about my son, Leif, who started school after the holiday.

He`s now in 3rd grade."

  "I think this paper from the Optimist collection is a great background for

my school pictures. First of all I used some masking tape, both horizontally and vertically.

After that I add a layer of gesso."

  "I used one of Finnabair`s stamps, in the wet gesso, to add some structure."

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"When the gesso was dried I made some splats with pink mist.

Then I used a brayer to add green acrylic paint."

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  "An old credit card or hotel key is great to use for the grass.

It`s important to do this right after you have applied the paint. It has to be wet."

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"I take the corner of the card and drag the paint upward so that it looks like grass.

It doesn`t mather how it looks on the bottom. We will cover that up."

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"I love using cheesecloth. (And will do that here too.) I sprayed it with green mist and let it dry."

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"This is how it looks like when I have covered the bottom of the grass with the cheesecloth.

I used 3D foam squares to put my son`s picture in place."

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"Now I start adding in some more details: like cut-outs, brads, flowers, and so on.

On some of them I used 3D foam and, on some, just normal glue.

This creates nice dimension on the layout. I have used one of my son`s

school photos in a frame cut out from Optimist papers."

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"In the end I made a yellow sun by using paint.

I hope you like this step-by-step tutorial.

I wish you all a great day."

~Brit

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Prima Papers:

Optimist – Happy #846558

Optimist – You and me #846541

Optimist – Peace, love and joy #846510

Optimist brads #572389

Optimist La Tiza Flower Mix #571245 

Other: mist, gesso, acrylic paint, and cheesecloth.

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Comments

[Keren Tamir]

Amazing Brit!!

[Vibeke Spigseth]

Superflinke Brit.

[delaina burns]

Fabulous!!!

[Brit Sviggum]

Tuuusen takk, Vibeke :)

[MargieH]

Great step outs - masking tape! That is what I am missing! LOL!! I am doing a similar style page with Halloween and that is a wonderful tip - thank you!!

[Beverly Jordan]

Fabulous and fun!

[Patty]

Gorgeous! Thanks so much for the inspiration! I will definitely try these techniques :)

[HERA SUGITANI]

WONDERFUL, BRIT!!!

[Elena Olinevich]

Amazed by Brit's creativity

[Theresa Grdina]

LOVE this!! Especially the grass that you painted. Thanks for sharing.

[amante del papel]

WOW Fantastic and amazing!!!

[TracyM #6773]

WOW - this is STUNNING Brit!!!
Thank You for the AWESOME tutorial too!!!

[Paula Gale]

love how you make it so it looks like your son is stepping out of some '3rd dimension'... like he's been in some other 'world'. Your step by step pictures and instructions made this look very easy to make. Thank you so much.

Paula x x x

[Eila Sandberg]

Always a treat to see your creative process Brit!! love how you made that grass! KLEM

[Wanda Hentges]

This is awesome!!!!!! I love how you made the grass and used the cheesecloth!!! And really the whole page is just awesome!!!!

[Helen Tilbury]

Brit is such a cleve & original artist!!