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The Deconstucted Layout #1

Howdy everyone in blog land!
It is day #13 of The Caribbean Crawl 2014
and today we are in Antigua. We have hired a private yacht to
tour us around to a few islands so we are with a very small party the
next few days.

Today is the very first in a new series I will be doing for Frosted Designs
Have you ever seen a layout and went,,
"I wonder how they made that?"
The Deconstructed Layout will feature a tutorial on one element of a layout,
showing step outs on how that one element was done.

Here is the first layout with tutorial,,
Now,, who has ever seen Anita make a layout with a plain sheet of white cardstock as the base???
Anybody??? Nope- I don't think I have ever done it before. 
The little bit of pattern paper I used is from the Shades of Spring Kit
flowers are Prima, Stamps are Wendi Vecchi, and chipboard is Dusty Attic.

To make the awesome bricks below my photo, I started with Molding Paste and a stencil. 
When that was dry, I inked the paste straight from the ink pads using 
the Squeezed Lemonade Distress Ink from the Shades of Spring Kit.

Next I sprinkled dry powder from Lindy's Stamp Gang- Industrial Chic Magicals Set 
right on top using a dry paintbrush. VERY LITTLE powder is needed. I then spritzed with
water to get the color to show up. Super cool- huh?

Then I cut the individual bricks out and glued them down. I used a brush marker to outline them.

How did I get them so straight? Well,,,, I am so glad you asked. 
I almost never use washi tape on layouts- but I use it ALL THE TIME 
for holding things in place, marking my place, and for marking locations on layouts. 
If you look at this photo, then the top photo- you can see how much difference the 
black outline on the bricks helps- it really makes them pop!

Thanks so much for stopping by today to see me!



4 comments:

  1. Such a fun layout - love the flower embellishments, but your brickwork steals the show!

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  2. Fantastic layout, Anita! Love your flowers, pretty swirls, blue butterflies and your stamped background. Your bricks are most awesome! Thank you for sharing how you made them.
    Hugs,
    Eret

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  3. Fabulous layout Anita...as always, I love your work. I hope you are having a fabulous time too!

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  4. Amazing layout , full of wonderful texture !!!

    Hugs,
    Mayra

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