May Virtual Crop - Class 2 with Katherine Sutton

Hello everyone, I hope you are enjoying the kits and the challenges so far.  Here are my pages using Simple Stories "So Rad" an excellent collection for the boys in your life.....but don't let that stop you from putting girls on your pages too.

The first page is mess free, the 2nd has a little bit of watercoloring, and there is a bonus page which is even more messy!

I hope you enjoy the class and as always do join in the chat on Facebook and we love to see your creations so do share them, here is the link for the class.

So Rad with Simple Stories

Here is another photo from Bletchley Park - I like the way that the computer screens light up the faces of my kids.  

For this page I covered the card stock with clear gesso (this has a granule texture which I am not overly fond of - it makes the paper feel like sandpaper....but it does a great job!).  I used my Marion Smith Color Lab blue mist and did a good band in the middle, then I got out a plate for a few biro circles.  The next step was using some of my homemade texture paste and a cog mask. Once the paste had dried I then added some distress stains in green, blue, brown and silver over the top, then I used some water and merged the colours - that's the nice thing about the gesso - the paint doesn't sink in to the paper so you get a lovely watercolour effect.  I then used lots of the So Rad papers by Simple Stories...they are great, I love the blue and orange they use in this, and the number letter stickers went perfectly with my code-breaking theme as well as the computer and little pixelated creature!