Photo Tutorial by Karine Gagnon {Design Team 'Moment To Shine'}

Hello everyone! It's Heather McMahon back with you 
today to welcome you to another photo tutorial in our 
Design Team 'Moment To Shine' series. 

Today we have a stunning Christmas-themed layout by 
Karine Gagnon from Canada. Karine was inspired by our
 current challenge HERE.

We saw Karine's sneak peek in the mood board reveal 
& now she is sharing a photo tutorial of how she
 made her so-sweet layout.

Karine was inspired by the colours of the moodboard, especially the 
blue in the candy canes picture. She also included texture from 
the moodboard: bark hearts to echo the branches from the tree & a 
canvas heart to echo the wool & marshmallow from the last picture. 

Let's get to know Karine a little bit better: 

"Hi, scrappy friends. My name is Karine Gagnon & I'm from Canada. I'm the 

mother of 2 very energetic children who are 6 & almost 3 now. They are the stars 

of my layouts. I'm also a high school French teacher & I love my job. I've been 

a scrap addict for over 10 years now & my passion for the hobby always seems 

to grow! I'm always trying to learn something new. I love mixed 

media & can't seem to create without paint or inks. 

I'm glad to be a part of Scrap Around The World's team & I'm feeling very 

honoured to show you how my layout came together. You can find my blog here, 

my Pinterest here, my YouTube channel here & my Instagram here." 

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1) Prime the background paper (I chose a 13@rts paper from the Cosy Evening collection) with clear gesso & dry with a heat gun or air dry.

2) Apply modelling paste through a stencil to opposite 

corners of the page to add texture, then dry.

3) Adhere some torn doilies with gel medium. Glue the doilies to 

 roughly form the shape of an egg & dry.

4) Add some very heavy gesso over the doilies to add more texture & dry.

5) Add some joint tape over the doilies & in a few places on your paper. 

6) Add your choice of colour sprays, one by one, drying each colour before you add the next one. Add drops or splashes of colour for extra texture. 

 

7) Choose a few stamps with different patterns (I chose a grid, some squares 

& some typewriter words) & stamp randomly with ink. Try to choose ink colors 

that are close to the ones you used on your background.

8) Choose 1 or 2 more stamps & this time, stamp with black ink to add contrast.

9) Prime your chipboard pieces with white gesso. Sprays make this job easy.

10) Adhere your photo & embellishments in place.

11) Dry brush some gesso onto the embellishments with a small 
sponge brush. This helps to tie everything together. 

12) Adhere micro beads & glass beads on and around your flowers clusters 

with gel medium for some finishing sparkle.

The finished layout is a medley of gorgeous colours and textures.

Note how Karine has kept her embellishments clustered 

tightly together for a strong impact.

The background links the 2 separate clusters to create a cohesive look.

Karine has achieved stunning texture on both her 
background & her embellishments.

The products Karine used:

Supplies List

Papers - 13@rts
Clear gesso, modeling paste & 3D matte gel - Prima

Very heavy gesso - Liquitex

Sprays - Shimmerz Paints

Stamps - Kaisercraft, Prima, BoBunny, 7 Dots Studio

Inks - Archival (Ranger) & Stampin' Up

Chipboards - Scrapiniec

Spray gesso - Krylon

Micro beads & glass beads - Prima

Flowers - Prima & Wild Orchid Crafts

Washi Tape - Bazzill papers

Bark hearts - Prima

Canvas heart - Scrap Fimo & cie

Please leave a comment if you enjoyed Karine's tutorial

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Compiled & posted by Heather McMahon