Tips for Beginners ~ Colour Matching Video Tutorial

Hello Crafty Friends,

The job over at the Kaisercraft Blog this week was to come up with a Tip for Beginners, those just starting out in their Papercraft Journey.

We talked about it in our little Facebook Group – Papercraft Secrets Creating with Confidence.  (You are welcome to join our little group if you would like to).  Maree came up with the great idea of Colour Matching and I asked her if she would mind me using her idea for a Video and Blog Post.  So today’s post is a little tutorial of how I choose photos to match the colours of my papers.  I talk all about it in the video below…

Tips for Beginners ~ Video Tutorial

My Tip for beginners just starting out in Papercrafting is to colour match your photograph to the papers you are working with.  In this example I have taken the blue and white tones from the colours in the the photograph and tried to choose papers and flowers that match those colours.  Its a very simple technique but I feel it is crucial to making a layout easy to look at.  If your photograph doesn’t match the colours of your papers you can always edit the photo to black and white  or sepia colours.

This photo is a special photo for me because I am with my Grandfather.  I chose the quote to match the photograph.  Its not often I have moments like this with him these days because we live so far apart.  But when I do get to sit next to him and chat the world stands still.  For a moment nothing else matters except just the here and now.

Written instructions to Create this Layout

1. Cut Starry night (Reverse) to 17cm x 27.5cm.  Cut Astronomy to 27.5cm x 15cm.  Join together vertically and ink with black ink.  Adhere to base paper Moonlight with foam tape.
2. Choose a template and black ink to create a pattern down the base of the layout.
3. Take large floral sticker from Sticker Sheet and adhere to join in papers with the foam tape.
4. Use DD492 DIY Flora Gerbera to make some Art Foam Flowers.
5. Use DD198 Provincial Flourish to make some leaves out of scraps.
6. Mount Photo with Foam tape to centre of Layout.
7. Position Art Foam flowers and Iceberg Paper Blooms in diamond pattern.
8. Cut Photo corners using DD793 Decorative Die Ornate Pack 1 and add to corners of photo.
9. Add in cheesecloth, black sewing thread and Provincial Flourish Die Cuts.
10. Sprinkle with Blue and White Misting Sprays.

 

 

Kaisercraft Products: P2536 Starry Night | P2539 Astronomy | P2533 Moonlight| SS363 Sticker Sheet | SF916 Navy | SF917 BlueBell | DD492 DIY Flora Gerbera | DD198 Decorative Die – Provincial Flourish | DD793 Decorative Die – Ornate Pack 1 | IP719 Ink Pad – Black | F630 Iceberg Paper Blooms | IT466 Diamond Flourish Template | Other: Cheesecloth | Black Sewing Thread | White and Blue Misting Sprays | 

Thanks for stopping by my Blog today.

Alicia : )