MFT Summer School – Focal Point
Hi everyone and
welcome to the MFT Summer School! It’s your turn to learn!
The first session
of My Favorite Things’ Summer School started
yesterday. Each day this week, MFT will be offering some lessons in design and
teaching free mini-classes. Head over to the MFT blog to read more and watch the video tutorials. There are
also fantastic prizes to win!
Today’s lesson is
about the FOCAL POINT of a
composition. I have made two cards to give some examples.
For the first
card, I chose the Christmas
Cuteness stamp set. I
decided to make a "gnome" with the Santa, this is why I masked the pom-pom on
top of the hat before I stamped the image to watercolor paper.
As you can see, I
put the gnome in the center of the paper. This time, I colored the image with water-based
inks and watercolors, not with Copic markers :P. To make the gnome pop, I left
a lot of white space around him. Finally, I added two strips of patterned paper
to each side. This helps to bring focus to the center of the card. It works
like a frame! You can also put design paper all around the image.
For the second
card, I made a mask with a butterfly from the newest Flutter of Butterflies Die-namics set. Then I sponged dye
inks over the stencil on white cardstock to create a rainbow.
I stamped a sentiment from the For the Boy set to a black
cardstock and heat embossed it with white embossing powder. I fixed the black
banner on top of the butterfly with 3D foam pads. To finish off my card, I made
some splatters on the diagonal. As you can see, my butterfly is the focal point
of my card, even though I didn’t place him in the center of the card. A lot of
white (or "quiet") space helps to achieve this result.
Thanks for
stopping by…
♥ Francine
Supplies card 1:
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