{Picture perfect...}

Hello everyone!

I am sharing my layout created for the Dusty Attic July mood board challenge.  I am sure you will agree with me that his mood board is just stunning. I absolutely adore it!

I used photos of my beautiful daughter I photographed a few years ago.  She is my treasure. I laugh with her, dream with her and cry with her. She is beautiful inside and out.  Her smile makes me smile.  Her laugh is infectious and her heart is pure and true. She is compassionate, loving, smart and talented. I love her with all my heart.

Here is the mood board.

and here is my layout.

This is how I treated the chippies.

 Picture Perfect title and Foliage #14 was first covered with white gesso and then embossed with white embossing powder. I wanted my title to stand out as my layout already has a lot of colour. 

The Whimsy Frame was painted with Americana acrylic paint in Bahama Blue and embossed with clear embossing powder.  These frames are perfect to frame a photo or a quote like I did here, and they come in all shapes and sizes.

I covered the Foliage #2 with a layer of  white crackle texture paste.  Once the crackle had completely dried I added Lindy's C'est la vie Cerise and Tibetan Poppy Teal sprays . I then added some finishing touches to the Foliage with Art Alchemy Wax in Vintage Gold.


 The Branches and Berries were painted with Americana Acrylic paint in Melon and Green Mist and I covered the berries with Glossy Accents.

The Foliage was first covered with coarse gesso and once dried I covered the foliage with white acrylic paint.  After that was dried I added some Art Alchemy Wax in Vintage Gold and Peacock.

 I embossed the Leaves #2 with turquoise Iced Enamels Relique Powder.

and some more close ups.

These are the Dusty Attic chipboard pieces that I used.

  

DA1053 - Picture Perfect
DA2233 - Foliage #14

DA1559 - Whimsy Frames #3

DA1805 - mini Tabs #3 Black
DA0729 -Branches and Berries
DA1292 - Foliage #2
DA1342 - Leaves #2
DA1870 - Foliage #8

Thank you for visiting my blog.  I hope you find some time to play along with this beautiful mood board.  Please visit the Dusty Attic online store for more amazing chipboard design and new exciting designs.

Happy crafting!

{Little dude...}

Hello everyone!

Here is another layout using the super cute Monsters in Space collection designed by Lady Pattern Paper. 

I took so many photos of my grandson on his first birthday, I had to make another layout.

Here is my layout.

To create the background I dabbed distress oxides on plastic packaging.  Spitz with water, fold in half, opened and dabbed the plastic to the white cardstock until I achieved the desired look.  I then randomly stamped words stamps, arrows and a stitch stamp around the edges of the white cardstock.

I cut different sized of the following papers : Gaspod and Friends (both sides), Big Trouble (both sides}, Happy Sculls (stripe side).  I also used paper from the Basic Essentials Collections.

 The stars were all painted with acrylic paint. Once dry, I covered them with glossy accents and sprinkled with fine glitter.

I painted the title, monsters, frames and arrows with acrylic paint and outlined the words "dude" and "boy" with a white gel pen.  I glued white cardstock behind the two monsters.  I often use more than one title on a layout, especially on a double layout.

I finished my layout by adding some of the words from the cut-out sheet.

I hope I inspired you today and happy crafting.

♥♥♥

{You are out of this world...}

I simply adore this super cute new collection, Monsters in Space by Lady Pattern Paper.  If you have a little boy in your life this is a must have collection.  I enjoyed every moment creating this layout.

This is my grandson on his first birthday, and he is out of the world cute and gorgeous.  A week before his party he had a little in house accident, and got three stitches and a hug band aid on his forehead.

Here is my layout.

I added some Basic Essentials, Sassy Stars Red Pop and Liewe Hexie Green Chartreuse.

 To created the background using distress inks through a bubble stencil with a finger dauber and a bubble background stamp.  I then applied light paste through a star stencil and sprinkled the stars with clear glitter.  On the bottom part of the white cardstock I splattered acrylic paint in different colours. The chipboard rocket was also painted with acrylic paint.

I fussy cut some spaceship and planets from the Orion's Pad paper and glued them to the background.  The moon, planets, aliens, rocket, polaroid frames and title was cut using my Silhouette.  I also fussy cut the monsters from the Space Party paper and glues them to the bottom corners.  I glued two of the cards from the cut-out sheet behind the polaroid frames. To complete my layout I added words from the cut-out sheet.

Thank you for visiting my blog.

Happy crafting.

xxxx