I love the grungy, inky style of crafting. I find this style is great for scrapping teenagers and it lends itself to the Goth/Emo look really well!
Here I was scrapping black and white photos of one of my nieces (who was trying to avoid me taking photos Mwahahaha!). I upped the contrast of the photos to give a more arty look and I rubbed the edges of them with a sanding block for a distressed look. I continued the distressed look by roughing up the edges of the photo mats.
I kept with a black and white palate for the layout to give it a smart, funky look.
The papers are a mix of Theresa Collins, 7gypsies and October Afternoon.I ripped the papers and crumpled them, then over laid them and stitched them onto the base paper with my sewing machine.
I pleated a 1.5" strip of paper and stitched this along one edge for texture.
I used lots of different types of embellishments: I used several Tim Holtz journal tickets which I stamped on and inked with Distress Inks. I used Stampotique stamps and Stamper's Anonymous.
I used some stickers but added some dimension by sticking a Tim Holtz Fragment over the top.
I used the new Sizzix Alterations dies to cut some tags which I painted and then journalled on- I also cut some large flowers from Grungepaper and sheet music paper which I inked and added a decorative brad for the centre. I used the wonderful flying heart die- I cut the pieces from chipboard which I covered in some patterned paper. The top of the heart I covered with black embossing powder for a really deep, shiny black finish.
So that's my layout- I hope my Niece likes it although she might kill me for taking the photos!!
Happy Crafting!
Glittery Katie xxXxx
Wow, fantastic, perfect teen page, and so many little details going on, just love that pleating.
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Posted by: Eleanor | May 23, 2010 at 09:02 AM
OOOOh this is sooo lush, love it
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Posted by: claireliz | May 23, 2010 at 01:30 PM
I just love the grungey, inky style and would use it on everything if I could get away with it. This is just gorgeous. Love all the different elements going on that keep me scrolling back up for another look :)
Posted by: Carmen | May 23, 2010 at 01:31 PM