Hi there! Welcome to a new Weekend Guest post! And I’m so proud to introduce you to Jessy Christopher as this week’s guest designer here on my blog. It’s an absolute honor to have such a talented lady over. I’m always amazed by her beautiful soft color combos and her way of adding certain embellishments or design elements to her work. This lady can really make a page stand out. And this time is no exception.
Hello! I’m Jessy Christopher from Malaysia. Mixed parentage of Chinese, Indonesian & Dutch. I am married to a musician husband of 9 years now, whom I know since 7 years old. We have a 17 month old daughter named, Katelynn Zoey Tham. I love to take photographs and a huge fan of Instagram. I have been scrapping since end of 2007. I started off with digital & hybrid scrapbooking and finally ventured into paper scrapbooking in the early of 2008. What I love the most about scrapbooking is the freedom to express myself. I enjoy doing layouts & cards. Scrapbooking has become quite a passion and when I have any free time, it’s the first thing to do in my list! Currently, I am designing for Maggie Holmes Design & Jillibean Soup.
SCRAPBOOKING IN MALAYSIA | Scrapbooking is slowly getting popular in Malaysia. As years passed by, there are more & more Malaysians venturing into this hobby. And scrapbooking stores & online stores are blooming as well. Whenever I noticed a Malaysian being mentioned on scrapbook or craft blogs/articles, I am very happy to see to know that scrapbooking is going places in my country.
WHERE I FIND INSPIRATION | As far as what inspires me creatively… fashion, weather, photos, things around in the house and lots more! Basically, I get inspiration from lots of places!
WHERE I CREATE | In my creative lab. I’m blessed with a scrapbooking room.
SCRAPBOOKING ON VACATION | I have not tried scrapbooking during any of my vacations. I should try someday!
Blog: www.jcchris.com – Instagram: http://instagram.com/jcchris – Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/jcchris
Today I would like to share with you a simple tutorial on how I created the background for my layout.
For this layout, I used Maggie Holmes Flea Market 12×12 patterned paper called Tag Sale.
Scrappy info:
1. First, I cut out some of the tags from the patterned paper.
2. Then, I randomly positioned them on a piece of white cardstock. I also decided to layer a few pieces of vellum just to tone down the colours in order to have a subtle look.
3. Adhered all the pieces down. I also sewed only on the vellum pieces.
4. Once that is done, I used a wet wipe to dip into my gesso bottle. Gently dabbed the gesso onto the patterned paper & the vellum as well.
5. Lastly, I sprayed some mint green mist at the corners of the cardstock. And finished the look with some gold & navy blue mist splatters to create an arty look.
Here is a closer look of the finished background.
Once the medium is dried, I added the fabric frame in the middle and adhered two photos. You may embellish the layout with a frame, stickers & chipboards.
Ta daa… here is my completed layout. I hope you like & enjoyed today’s tutorial. Thank you so much for allowing me to share this layout with you!
Have a great day at your end!
Xoxo Jessy
I love that stunning background! Thank you very much, Jessy, for sharing your process with us! And thank you for being a guest here today! Be sure to check out more of Jessy work over on her blog to get a lot more inspiration. Thanks for stopping by!
Els.
Irene Talaasen
Hi Els,
I have to hand it to you for finding such creative gals!! This layout was gorgeous and the photos of that darling little girl make me smile! thanks for finding such talent!! along with your own!
Blessings
Irene
Lizzy Hill
Whoa! Such a subtle, & brilliantly executed page! Thanks soooo much for sharing with how you created the background, too:):)