Me being creative: June 2020

Thursday, June 18, 2020

{Happy...}

Hello everyone!

Today I am sharing a layout inspired by the beautiful June mood board using some amazing chipboard pieces, lots of flowers and die cuts.

Here is the mood board.

This is the sketch I used designed by Debbie sanders.

and here is my layout.

This is how I treated the chippies.

I heat embossed the beautiful Fancy Frame set and Mini Titles

with white embossing powder.

I painted the Polaroid frames with Americana Acrylic paint in Peaches 'n Cream and Blue Mist and embossed the edges of the frames with gold embossing powder.

I painted the Flutterbies with Americana Acrylic paint in Blueberry and Blue Mist and then applied Art Alchemy Wax in Vintage Gold.

I randomly applied coarse gesso the cogs. Once dried I covered them with black gesso. I then dabbed the cogs with Americana Acrylic paint in True Ochre and Sea Breeze and applied Art Alchemy Wax in Vintage Gold. I then dry brushed the cogs with white gesso.

The leaves were heat embossed with Lindy's embossing powder in Madonna Robe Blue Gold.

The heart arrows were just painted with Americana Acrylic paint in Blueberry.

Some close ups.

These are the Dusty Attic chipboard pieces that I used.

DA1342 - Leaves #2

DA0766 - Flutterbies #3

DA2575 - Mini Titles #2 - Perfect

DA1016 - Heart Arrows #1

DA2370 - Cogs #3

DA1977 - Cogs & Gears

DA2241 -Fancy Frame #12

DA2454 - Polaroid Frame Set #1

DA0932 - Polaroid Frames

Thank you for visiting my blog today. I hope you find some time to play along with this mood board.

Happy crafting!

Monday, June 8, 2020

{Make a wish...}

Hello everyone!

I am sharing my June design team project with you.

The 31^st of May was my grandson’s second birthday and nothing stopped us at making wonderful memories, not even the coronavirus. We celebrated a memorable birthday during lockdown. South Africa was on level 3 of the lockdown and early morning walks between 6 am and 9 am were permitted. To spread the joy his mommy decided to decorate his pram with balloons and handed out lollipops in our neighborhood. Old and young accepted a lollipop from him and his sister. Here are a few photos of the early morning celebration.

The journaling on the back of my layout reads:

You are cuteness overload from head to toes. Your boundless energy, your creative spirit and your love for Mila all comes together to make you a truly remarkable little human being. I am filled with anticipation to watch your journey into the next year, which I am sure will be the tremendous twos. It has been two amazing years watching you grow, learn new things, and bring so much love and happiness into our lives.

My wish for you is that you will live a fulfilled and happy life. Chase your dreams and work hard towards achieving your goals. Life is not perfect and there will always be challenges, but know that they will pass. We will always be there to guide you and support you to the best of our ability.

Continue to be kind and happy. We love you with all our hearts and can’t wait to continue creating memories with you.

I used this sketch designed by Debbie Sanders as inspiration.