Saturday 28 December 2013

Featured Educator - Riikka Kovasin - Quick & Easy Background Technique Tutorial





Hello to all our Scrap Around The World readers!
Here's hoping you all had a wonderful Christmas & that
 you are looking forward to 2014 - just around the corner!!

We are SO pleased with how many entries we have
received already for Zanka's fantastic December 
mood board -  bearing in mind what a busy time it
 is for most of us over the holiday season.  Don't 
forget to LINK UP SOON as we have some really 
cool prizes to be won & ONLY 4 MORE DAYS left!

See our current challenge {below} HERE.



Before 2013 comes to a close we have an exciting
 & inspiring video tutorial to share with you from
 DesignTeam member Riikka Kovasin from Finland.

If you don't know Riikka's work YOU SHOULD - she
is the IT girl of the scrapbooking world right now!!
Riikka has put together a video showing the clever
 background technique used on her December page.

As Riikka says :- "It's an easy way to add texture to a page
 & use up those last letter stickers in a pack - all you need 
area few simple supplies - letter stickers {alphas}, gesso, an 
old credit card/palette knife, mists or other colouring medium."


I love quick, effective videos & this one is just over 2
 minutes!  BRILLIANT!! Fabulous techniques Riikka,
 LOVED seeing your background come to life!

Thank you for sharing your expertise with us all at 
Scrap Around The World - we really appreciate you
 taking the time to record your process for our inspiration! 



To see more of Riikka's fabulous videos you can
 subscribe to her YouTube channel HERE.  If you 
enjoyed Riikka's video please LET HER KNOW 
by taking a minute to leave her some comment love. 

That's it for 2013!  THANK YOU everyone for your
amazing support.  Please continue to support us
here at Scrap Around The World, by playing along
in our challenges & sharing our posts on Google+
& Facebook & spreading the word about SATW! 

We also have a HUGE giveaway going on
 right now too - see our Facebook page HERE.

Photo: NEW FACEBOOK/BLOGLOVIN GIVEAWAY.......
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Rules of the giveaway are...
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Post compiled with the help of Leonie Neal-Dawson.
{Featured Educator Co-ordinator}



8 comments:

זהבית שקד said...

FABULOUS tutorial!!

Thank u!

Zehavit Shaked

Lizzy Hill said...

Totally, totally fabulous...thanks for sharing riikka..... Looooved the way the inks reacted to the texture, too:):)

Kim Ewins said...

Awesome, Riikka! Thanks for sharing....amazing texture.

Tusia Lech said...

Stunning layout and wonderful tutorial Riikka!! ♥

Riikka Kovasin said...

Thank you all! I'm happy if I could inspire!

Di Garling said...

Great tutorial Riikka, I will have to try it out. Thanks so much for sharing. Cheers Di

Eila Sandberg said...

Whoohoo Riikka! always such fabulous inspiration to wach your tuts! everything seems so incredibly effortless when you go about it! xoxo

Anita Scroggins said...

Super cool technique :) Thanks so much!!