Me being creative: {wild and free...}

Saturday, May 1, 2021

{wild and free...}

Hello 49 and Market Fans.

Here is my layout inspired by the May sketch featuring the stunning Vintage Artistry Everyday 12x12 collection and coordinates perfect with my photos. I hope you find time to play along.

This is my daughter during our family vacation in Chobe, Botswana during December 2011.

One of the remarkable things that happen when you spend enough time in nature is that the environment become friendlier. Something unbelievable happened to us during this vacation. One morning while enjoying our early morning coffee this Yellowy-bellied Bulbul sat on the backrest of my daughter's camping chair. She stretched her hand out with some crumbs in and fearless the little guy jumped onto the palm of her hand, eating all the crumbs. This became a daily ritual.

Of all the birding firsts you will ever experience, the one you will never forget is the moment a wild bird east out of your hand. This story may sound unbelievable, but this is what can happen when you treat God's creation with reverence and love and not to eradicate or destroy it.

Here is the sketch.

For this layout I used the Lucent Ladies paper from the VA Everyday as the base, and the A and B-side of the Zealous paper cut in vertical strips, distressed and glued to the Lucent Ladies paper.

Next, I added VA Essentials and Everyday rub-on transfers only to the Zealous paper, top and bottom and to the tabs. Here you can also see the beautiful washi tape bird I used from the VA Essentials. These are amazing and very easy to use.

I layered my photos on a selection of VA Everyday Ephemera Stack elements, frames from the 3x4 inch and 4x6 inch frame sets and elements from the beautiful laser cut sheets.

To create the flower clusters I used Sugar Posies in Butterscotch and the new Royal Posies in Olive. All the edges of the flowers were dry brushed with white gesso and yellow and olive acrylic paint. There are so many new flowers to choose from and they are just beautiful.

I used a stamp from the Best Ever set and a few Dusty Attic chipboard pieces. This cute little bird in the nest is from one of the laser cut sheets and looks like the bird in the photos.