Grunge – love it. Not so much when it’s on the kids themselves, but as a scrapping approach it’s great. So how do you get a ‘grunge’ look to a layout? Ordinarily I would say three things – tearing, inking and sanding – but now I have a fourth technique to add to my list - holing.
– and what is that might you ask?
To make that interesting and funky hole pattern in the olive-green paper, (Kaiser: Skull Girl – Kiss Kiss) I used my hole-punch - the stationery one that is. I’m too much of a scrooge to buy a fancy scrapping one – so my trusty desktop one does the trick.
Fold a length of the patterned paper over a couple of times and then randomly punch holes in it. It doesn’t matter whether you overlap the holes or not – or whether you leave blank spaces. It is better for them not to be regularly placed though – you want grunge not order. Don’t worry about any fold marks in the paper – they just add interest to it – really!
Tear down the edges of the holey paper – rip randomly – so that you get a rough edge to the paper – with some holes partially torn through. This gives it a really grungy look.
Then randomly swipe your ink pad (with a contrasting colour) over the top and edges of the holey paper. I use a cheap cosmetic sponge to do this, as you have more control over how much ink you apply and you can get some interesting patterns out of it.
And whallah – one grungy piece of paper, perfect for your grunge layout.
Since mine is a girly grunge, I have tied some small bows (with a thin iridescent ribbon) through some of the holes and dotted some rhinestones here and there. Sort of “la petit femme grunge” – little girl grunge.
I’ve inked the base patterned paper for the layout, as well as all the hand cut elements. I’ve also sanded the photos around the edges to grunge up the photos as well. The bit of lace is all holey like the paper – furthering the grunge look. And you can’t go past a little barbed wire for a grungy look – even if it has been inked purple and kindyglitzed.
So how easy is that? I’m betting that for an interesting effect you could also do this with shaped hole punches – personally I would have loved to have done this layout using a heart punch.
So have a go at grunge – we would love to see your creations in the gallery.
Materials – 123 Store
Kaiser – Skull Girl
- Kiss Kiss pp
- Spoilt pp
- Missy pp
- Brad pack
- Pink Rhinestones pack
Green Tara
- 10 cm Dusty Mauve blossom
- 7 cm Dusty Mauve blossom
Scraplets - barbed wire pack
Kindyglitz - Crystalina
Basic Grey - Sweets Chipboard Mini Monograms (currently on sale)
Materials – Own Stash
Ribbons - olive lace and pink iridescent organza
Versa Magic Chalk Ink
- Perfect Plumeria
- Hint of Pesto
Rhinestones
- Magenta
- Olivine
Pink crystal crown
