Friday, June 15, 2012

Happy Birthday Joseph ~ ScrapFIT Workout #70 - Polaroids


This is our son Joseph at his 5th birthday party nearly 20 years ago. Yes, as the journaling says, I baked and decorated the cake. What a fun challenge at ScrapFIT to create your own polaroids. 


Do you remember when Polaroid photos were the hot new way to take photos! Well, this workout is a tribute to the Polaroid! We want to see a  layout with a Polaroid photo. Don't have a Polaroid photo, don't worry you can create a fake Polaroid just like in my layout below. 


The winner of this Workout will receive a $25.00 Gift Certificate from 


My Favorite Things

Be sure to head on over to ScrapFIT to see the rest of the fab Polaroid projects posted by our talented DT, and to link up your very own Polaroid project by June 30.

Techniques:

1. Focal paper ~ I used this gorgeous paper from the Pink Paisley Mistables Pack. I tore about 1/4 inch off all around the edge and then used random punches, tearing between the punched areas. I used a corner punch in each corner. I didn't have quite the right color of mist, so I mixed some acrylic paint with water to mist. It was the perfect color, but kind of an oops. The paint didn't resist, so I ended up scraping the thin layer of paint off of the resist sections. A bit tedious, but it sure looks pretty. Regular glimmer mist, or home mist with a water soluble product like distress reinkers would have worked fine and wiped right off the shiny resist areas. Don't you just love how hind sight is 20/20!! 

The rest of the papers are Authetique blue/cream Journey Fold Over Solids and white cardstock colored with Distress Ink. I used gesso to soften the darker blue paper behind the photos and the Donna Salazar Distrezz-It-All to distress all the edges. The ironwork shapes are cut from my CTMH Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge. I won a Cricut last fall and this is the only cartridge I have bought. It has some amazing images, and if you are looking for a CTMH consultant, Mandy will be glad to help you. 



2. Flower Cluster ~ The flowers were created by layering, inking and adding gesso to several different Prima flowers. I wanted to stay with a blue/white color scheme, so I die cut the leaves using my Spellbinder Foliage and Donna Salazar Rose Creations dies. I then creased/shaped, then inked and painted with spots of gesso. A little note here. I blended on two colors of Distress Ink - broken china and stormy sky. Both here and on the flowers, the color was a bit bolder and brighter than I wanted, so I spritzed with water and that blended and softened the color quite nicely. I dried using a heat tool before adding the gesso. I finished up by added a couple Zva pearl flourishes which I cut apart. as well as placing some on the bottoms of my faux Polaroids. 

3. Polaroids ~ I found the dimensions of a Polaroid and cut some glossy paper that I had laying around to size. I actually cut it twice as long plus an extra half inch on the bottom front and used my Martha Stewart Cutting Board to score the fold lines so I could tuck my photo in like a real Polaroid. So there are three layers, The front with the cutout, the photo, and a solid back. 

4. Flags ~ I used a set of CTMH stamps for "Happy" and "Birthday" using the same colors of distress inks, then hand cut the flags, distressing the edges. I painted two toothpicks white for the flag "poles."

I am entering this layout at:
Once Upon A Sketch ~ Using the June sketch, Birthday Theme, with journaling **
Scrapbook Sisters ~ Use three colors - Blue, white, cream (pearls). **
SJ Crafts ~ Challenge #5 "All About the Boy" and something old from my stash. Glossy paper used for Polaroids - 4 years old. **

Thanks for stopping by! I treasure your comments.

~ Blessings ~ 

26 comments:

  1. Fabulous Tracey.......love the colour combo, your faux polaroids look great and I love the flower cluster:)

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  2. This is GORGEOUS! I loveeeeeeee the photos, how you made them in Polaroids, and loveeeeeeee the border punches, the colors and all those flowers!!!! You are amazing!

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  3. I love your washed-out monochromatic color scheme here- beautiful, detailed work!
    xErin

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  4. stunning work in lovely blue and great details you have used again,.I buy the flowers i am not good with crocheted..lol..
    byeeee,lean

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  5. This is really pretty! I've been wanting to do some "faux" polaroids. Maybe i will have some incentive now... :-)

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  6. This is so pretty. I love all the flower cluster and all the elements. Such gorgeous work!

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  7. So beautiful, love the muted colors!! Where does the time go??? Great job.

    Laurie

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  8. Love all the blues-and that flower cluster Tracey!
    Alison xx

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  9. Sooo Beautiful Tracey!! love the soft colour palette and lovely details! what adorable memory..so sweet! Wonderful work dear!!!
    Hugs! :)

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  10. Lovely blues to complement the handsome young man and very nice embellished. Greg and your son are the same age!

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  11. This is beautiful, Tracey! The soft blues are so delicate, and the flowers look so real! Gorgeous!

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  12. TFS your techniques. Love your poloroids!

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  13. OMG, I love all the blue, the softness, this is beautiful! Just stunning! Thank you for joining the OUAS challenge!

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  14. Hi Tracey! How are you? WOW!!! This monochromatic layout is just WOW!! I LOOOOVE that flower!!! Great technique!TFS!...and the layers, the punches...beautiful work!!!Thanks for playing along at OUAS!

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  15. super fun lo!! i have tons of polaroids, that's all my grandmother used!

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  16. That flower cluster is stunning and I love the muted colour scheme. Absolutely gorgeous. Good luck with the challenge over at S J Crafts!

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  17. LOVE that you used the Poloroid portion of your photos for bling! Great idea! Very beautiful page.

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  18. The polaroids look fab on your lovely layout! Thanks for joining in at S J Crafts!

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  19. What a nice lo! Love all the blues and those pics are wonderful! Tks. for playing along with us at OUAS!

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  20. Wow Tracey this one is really beautiful!! Your flowers are awesome and the colours you've used are so soft - just love it...

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  21. This layout is so gorgeous. I love its elegance and beauty. I wanted to thank you for sharing this. It made me go check it out, and I actually made a project/layout this morning and linked it up to the challenge. So, thanks for the inspiration. I am SO IN LOVE with My Favorite Things, and would be thrilled beyond words to win. We will see what happens. God is so good, and I am grateful for our new bloggy friendship and for the blessings that come through this craft. Hope you are enjoying His goodness this week as well. I'm so grateful for you.
    Bless you!
    Karen

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  22. Wow! This is stunning! Love how you use punches. And the monochromatic colour scheme! :)

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  23. Love the cool wonderful colours, stunning.
    love n hugs
    Marie

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  24. Your layout is beautiful..I am so delighted you linked it to the DL.ART LINKY party.
    I love the Polaroid idea the color and the flowers give it a vintage elegant look
    DIANA ..

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  25. I so love the blue colors. You always pic the prefect colors and papers. Just beautiful! Stopping by for DL.ART Thankful Thursdays.

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