Muddy boot prints!

Jan 01, 2008 16 Replies
L

Ok, I went to visit my nephew and his grandparents on their farm, and I haven't finished my pages yet but I have a two page layout I just can't wait to share, because I made up a technique (at least I haven't seen it before) and I'm so happy with how it turned out!



Here's the page:



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book/dirt.jpg Ok, to make the muddy boot prints, I found a boot print graphic online, used my graphics program to resize, color, and duplicate it so I'd have several, printed them on adhesive velum, cut them out and stuck them down, and while the ink was still a bit wet I smudged all over them with a wet napkin. Ta-da!


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C

Hey Luna, I clicked on your link and it said page not found. Can you try to post the link again.

~Crystal

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K

That turned out great! I think you did create a new technique.

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Lynne

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C

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the end was cut off that is why.... if this new one don't work try doing the old one but add "book/dirt.jpg" to it
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cowchipper

~Crystal

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C

Thanks cowchipper! Luna, that turned out great! I love the boot prints. He's adorable too :)

~Crystal

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L

Hmm, seems the link wrapped and broke. I can't seem to get it to stop doing that. Can you copy and paste it instead of clicking?

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C

Great page! I think you did come up with a new technique. How clever! I love the layout!

Chrissy

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A

I love it and the technique is so clever.

I've book marked it for future use. xoxo kate

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A

That is so cute...I love it! I have some similar pictures of Abby from the pumpkin patch, so I may give your technique a try! Thanks for sharing!

April

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L

Cool! I may have to rename the image when I finish all the pages and upload them, to make sure they display in the correct order. So, you may want to bookmark the link to the whole album instead:

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book/ That's where the rest of the pages will go, when I finish them.

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L

Thanks and you're welcome! Now, if you have a better printer than I do, your ink may dry faster and not be as smudgable, so just experiment a bit and see what happens first. Do you have Photoshop or some other graphics software? Because I searched for "shoe print stencil" in google images, to make sure I got a graphic image instead of a photograph of a boot print in the dirt, but then I had to resize and color it in Photoshop. Oh, the one I found was also kind of wonky so I used the "distort" tool as well to get it to look how I wanted.

Here's the image I used:

http://www.spraypa> That is so cute...I love it! I have some similar pictures of Abby from the

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L

Nice new techinque! you did a nice job on those LO's. What a cute kid! :-)

linda

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S

That is great. That is what my youngest would do. He loves his mud boats. I might have to try your technique. Thanks for sharing.

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C

Luna that is an awesome page. I love the boot prints, very cool technique and idea.

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M

That is really neat! Thanks for sharing. I've bookmarked it too.

M-C

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M

Oh that's adorable!!! I really like that.

Christina

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