Monday, June 13, 2016

Urban Grunge Brusho Layout



Hello everyone! I hope your weekend was nice, even with the very tragic event in Orlando. How awful and so sad. We spent a lot of time outdoors again this weekend. It is Monday again and this week at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge we have a World Traveller theme. Lots of options for this one.

Layers of ink - Urban Grunge Brusho Layout by Anna-Karin, with stamps by Nathalie Kalbach and Brusho Crystals
I felt like doing a scrapbooking layout and remembered this A4 photo that I took quite some years ago in Johannesburg. It isn't a perfect photo, but I don't have a lot of photos of downtown Johannesburg (I rarely brought along my camera there), but it would have to do because I wanted to tell the story about my relationship to this big city. Every place has good and less good aspects, and  when in a new place, I try to focus on the good ones. It took some time for us to become friends, but we did eventually, and there are lots of things from Johannesburg that I miss. The journaling is tucked in behind the layout, because it was too long. 

The cityscape at the top of the layout was built with Nathalie Kalbach's stunning Urban Scribble set, which contains a cling stamp, a foam stamp where both sides can be used, and a stencil. I didn't use the stencil.

Layers of ink - Urban Grunge Brusho Layout by Anna-Karin, with stamps by Nathalie Kalbach and Brusho Crystals
Start by stamping the cling stamp several times on the smooth side of Ranger's watercolour paper, with Jet Black ink. I coloured the houses with Brusho Crystals, because they worked well for the colourful, yet somewhat gritty, look I was aiming for. Crystals were first mixed into a little bit of water and used as ordinary watercolour paint. Before the paint dried completely, I sprinkled grey or black crystals onto the houses, to get a textured look.

Layers of ink - Urban Grunge Brusho Layout by Anna-Karin, with stamps by Nathalie Kalbach and Brusho Crystals
When dry, I misted just a little bit of Tim Holtz Brushed Pewter Mica Spray on the buildings.

Layers of ink - Urban Grunge Brusho Layout by Anna-Karin, with stamps by Nathalie Kalbach and Brusho Crystals
The background was done on watercolour paper too, and first covered with gesso. When dry, I painted it with watered-down Tumbled Glass.

Layers of ink - Urban Grunge Brusho Layout by Anna-Karin, with stamps by Nathalie Kalbach and Brusho Crystals
The back of the foam stamp was stamped repeatedly with Hickory Smoke paint, using both first, second and third generation stamping. The purpose was to create the look of a big city stretching into the background.

Layers of ink - Urban Grunge Brusho Layout by Anna-Karin, with stamps by Nathalie Kalbach and Brusho Crystals
Then I used the front of the foam stamp and Jet Black ink, adding some outlined buildings here and there. I also used two stamps by Tim Holtz, a script one which has addresses from Johannesburg on it, and a cool number stamp.

Layers of ink - Urban Grunge Brusho Layout by Anna-Karin, with stamps by Nathalie Kalbach and Brusho Crystals
I cut some of the buildings out and placed them on top of the others with foam dots, to give my city more dimension.

Layers of ink - Urban Grunge Brusho Layout by Anna-Karin, with stamps by Nathalie Kalbach and Brusho Crystals
Here you can see some of the stamping. I just love that the script stamp has addresses from South Africa.

Layers of ink - Urban Grunge Brusho Layout by Anna-Karin, with stamps by Nathalie Kalbach and Brusho Crystals
The buildings on this large stamp are wonderful and so varied. You can easily cut them apart and they would be great to use on a card or an art journal page too.

Layers of ink - Urban Grunge Brusho Layout by Anna-Karin, with stamps by Nathalie Kalbach and Brusho Crystals
At the bottom of the photo, I placed another two buildings, and stamped a circle stamp from Hero Arts, on a piece of paper coloured with the Brusho crystals, while testing which colours I wanted to use.

Layers of ink - Urban Grunge Brusho Layout by Anna-Karin, with stamps by Nathalie Kalbach and Brusho Crystals
The title was die cut with Tim Holtz Wanted and Alphabet Typo Lower dies, from metallic kraft-core cardstock, and slightly sanded. 

I hope you will join us in our World Traveller challenge. As every week, you have a chance to win a $50 gift voucher from Simon Says Stamp. You have until Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in.


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Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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15 comments:

  1. I love how you used the Urban Scribble stamp. Great layout to capture your adventure!

    Cathie ♥

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  2. Gorgeous scrapbook page Anna-Karin, fabulous photo and the arty cityscape is brilliant! LOVE it :-)

    luv
    Lols x x x

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  3. Love that scribbly city - how cool to be able to build up the layers like that with the foam stamp. Your colourful buildings are just fabulous! Great scrapbook page.
    Alison x

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  4. Thanks for the heads-up on this stamp, you've used a great technique to show how versatile it can be.

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  5. SUNNING!! Love your colorful cityscape!


    *mwah*
    Steph
    Simon Says Stamp!

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  6. Amazing cityscape! Brilliant stamping and colorizing. (Is that a word?) I LOVE this! Thank you for showing how you did it, and showing us that wonderful set of city stamps.

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  7. What an amazing layout! I love how you created the city scape and mixed and matched all kinds of stamps and materials :) Thank you so much for using my urban scribble Stamp!

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  8. Every week you amaze me! This layout with a big picture is so beautiful! Layout isn't my speciality, you are fantastic! The way you used this stamp... wonderful! Barbara

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  9. amazing layout...love the scribble stamps...hugs kath xxx

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  10. Okay! You need to make this into wallpaper IMMEDIATELY and I shall plaster every wall with it! That cityscape is nothing short of mind-blowing. I love all the color and how you made it look like a watercolored sketch. I have this stamp and really like it, but I would've never thought to use it in such a clever way! As always, I bow to the master...and always copy your supply list, too!

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  11. I love, love how you created your cityscape and used it with a place photo! Wonderful idea to make the city recede into background layers, and front it with the delightfully colored buildings! Such a cool stamp!!

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  12. This is such a fun and beautiful layout, Anna-Karin. Love the delightful color scheme you created on this project. :)

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  13. This is amazing, Anna-Karin! What a fantastic idea to make a layout like this. Perfect mix! Gorgeous! Hugs, Sandra

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  14. Stunning scrapbook layout Anna_Karin and I love the colours you've chosen to use and adore the way you've incorporated the stamps which compliment the photo perfectly! Fabulous... :)

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  15. Beautiful! Whata a great scene and a fabulous city! Love the coloring and the composition :-) Hugs, Marzena

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