Photo tutorial by Nicole Doiron {Design Team 'Moment To Shine'}

Hello again!  It's Heather McMahon back with you today to share an amazing 

wooden board project by Design Team member Nicole Doiron from Canada. 

Wooden boards are now welcome in Scrap Around The World projects. 

You can check out the rules here. Nicole is sharing how she created this 

gorgeous project, inspired by our current challenge here.

Nicole was inspired by all the sea elements in the current mood board, including 

the warm colours, the mysterious sea creatures & the overall summer feel.

Let's hear a little about Nicole...

"My name is Nicole & I'm from New Brunswick, Canada. I share a home with my 
boyfriend of 9 years (& fiance of 6 years!), Yves, & our furry baby, Sugar the cat.  
I've been scrapbooking since 2005 & blogging since 2011. 
Scrapbooking is not just a hobby for me, it's a passion!   

 I love creating in a shabby chic style with touches of mixed media. 
I often use a lot of embellishments including chipboard, tags & twine, 
eyelets & brads, & many flower clusters on my creations.  

Here at Scrap Around the World I am a Canvas Specialist, as well as
 being the Guest Coordinator, which means I deal with the Guest Design 
Team post each month. You can find my blog, Scrap Utopia HERE  & my
 Facebook Artist page HERE, Pinterest HERE & Instagram HERE.  

I hope you enjoy my tutorial this month, based on Hera's gorgeous mood board."

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1. Coat a 12" x 8" wooden plank frame with at least 3 thick coats of 
white gesso or white acrylic paint. I bought my frame at my local Dollar Store.

2. When the gesso is completely dry, use different shades of distress inks & spread 
them across the background using a scrunched up paper towel. 

3.  You will see that the texture of the paper towel transfers onto the background.  
The splatters look like they came from a mist bottle but, unlike mist, the 
ink patterns are much easier to control when applied in this way.

4.  Add some more texture using thick modeling paste & a stencil. 

5. Mist a few brown & beige hues of mists to add some more earthy tones.
 Dry with a heat gun, making sure to move the liquid ink with the hot air
 to create swirly effects, using the nozzle to direct your wet media.

6. Add a few more drops of 'Stormy Sky' Distress Ink & brush it in 
thick vertical strokes with a foam brush already coated with a thin
 layer of white acrylic paint. This will help the sea blue to pop more.

7. To achieve the sea foam effect on the 2 Crafty Surfy Wave chipboard
 pieces, add a thick coat of clear gesso & heat with a heat gun until it bubbles.
Add a generous coat of Sparkle Texture paste then dab with the same blue 
distress inks that were used on the background. Add some white paint to 
the tips & Silks acrylic glaze on the bottom edge.

8. Affix the picture & all embellishments to the boards.
 Use a sponge dabber soaked in white acrylic paint to dab over everything, 
even the edges of the picture. This adds a beautiful white-washed effect. 

You can see here how the whitewashing effect softens the
 project & provides cohesion across the different elements.

Nicole's work on those Surfy Waves creates such an intriguing look!

The detail on the background is subtle enough to not overpower the work yet 

strong enough to help add a great amount of interest to the overall project.

Here is Nicole's finished wooden board.

Here are the exact products Nicole used to create her project.

 SUPPLIES LIST

Wooden board frame
 Acrylic Gesso - Art Alternatives

Professional Modeling Paste & Clear Gesso - Liquitex 
White paint - DecoArt Crafter's

Stencil - Prima Marketing Inc. 

 Sparkle Texture Effect - Martha Stewart

Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Ranger

in Stormy Sky, Tumbled Glass & Scattered Straw

Sprays - Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist

in Suede, Tattered Leather & Wheatfields

 Acrylic Glaze - Silks Azurite 

 Chipboard - 2Crafty Surfy Waves, Chain Lengths, 
Line Words, Summer Borders & Seashells

 Shabby Chic Treasures - Prima Marketing Inc.

 Floral Embellishments - Recollections

Charms - Cousin Designs By Me 

Netting & cheesecloth

Please leave a comment here for Nicole if you found this tutorial inspiring

& remember that every comment you leave puts you in with a chance to

win our random Followers' Prize!
Remember there is only 1 week left to get your entries in for this month's 

challenge & there are 12 awesome prizes up for grabs so be quick!

You can find the challenge details here.

Complied & posted by Heather McMahon