Grungy Scrapping with Texture.

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

Comments

[Eleanor]

Wow, fantastic, perfect teen page, and so many little details going on, just love that pleating.
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[claireliz]

OOOOh this is sooo lush, love it
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[Carmen]

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 :)