Come on, you know you have some, stuffed away in a drawer or the back of your paper stash. We all do. Now is the time to take it out and let it see the light of day! Paint, ink or stamps (or a combination of) can transform that ugly paper into a unique layout! This simple tutorial will help get you started:
Tape pieces of patterned paper to background with masking tape (I glue sticked mine, too)
Gesso over all of it.
Apply distress inks over gesso and heat set.
Dry brush acrylics over the ink.
You have fabulous new paper for your layout!
So here's the challenge: Transform your ugly paper with paint, inks, crayons, or anything else you can think of. You can try to technique above or create your own. Post a link to your result here, by Sept. 6 to be in the running for this RAK:
Now go forth and turn the ugly into the beautiful!
:)Casey
great challenge casey love it!!!
Posted by: Sheri | August 19, 2008 at 03:11 PM
This is awesome Casey!! Love it!
Posted by: Laura McCann | August 20, 2008 at 04:25 PM
Oh.. I need to do this... I have some old paper in my closet....
Posted by: rebecca Harper | August 20, 2008 at 08:17 PM
i will definitely have to try this, that is if i can find some ugly paper in my stash. you know i have such good taste that i may never have ever purchased ugly paper!! kidding of course, i am sure i have a ton of ugliness just waiting to be made pretty.
Posted by: nancie irwin | August 21, 2008 at 11:52 AM
Nicely done!
...I appreciate that you were willing to get "messy" for your Ugly paper! :) :) :) hee
~Connie
Posted by: cgs | August 21, 2008 at 01:37 PM
I had such a great time with this challenge! I used some ugly paper which I received from a monthly layout program and turned it into something I consider a master piece. This is what I did:
1. Gesso ugly paper all over
2. Tore strips of ugly co-ordinating paper.
3. Inked
4. Distressed/scruffed up with this weird metalic pot scrubber thing my BBF brought home
5. Glimmer misted
6. Applied an assortment of altered school pictures of my baby mimicing some old masters such as The Mona Lisa.
I am really happy with the results and had a great time creating my re-newed and improved masterpiece!
Thanks Casey!
Posted by: Kathryn | September 06, 2008 at 04:03 PM