Me being creative: {Charming...}

Wednesday, August 7, 2024

{Charming...}

Hello, 49 and Market fans!

Welcome to the blog today.

I am so excited to share my new layout using the stunning new Rust and Revs collection designed by Dennis Bruton.

We visited Namibia in 2017. Solitaire is one of Namibia's most enigmatic destinations, a small desert town with only a diner, church, petrol station, and small shop. The first thing to catch a visitor's attention when arriving at Solitaire is the treasure trove of rusted vintage car wrecks. This collection is perfect for my photos.

For this layout, I used the Journey and Expedition papers, and they are perfect for creating a double layout. The corner images on these papers are stunning and so realistic. I used pieces from the Thrill and Freedom paper for layering. With a corner punch, I rounded the corners and then inked the edges.

Rub-ons are used around the page to add extra details. For the title I used the die-cut Charming included in the Die-Cut Elements set and raised it with foam tape. Words were matted on cardstock, raised with foam tape, and glued randomly to the photos. Here you can also see some elements from the Rub-on Transfer Set.

To create the frame cluster, I glued the frame to a piece of Thrill paper with foam strips for dimension. I filled the frame with Laser Cut and Die-Cut elements. How amazing are these trucks, they look like replicas of the trucks in my photos. The trucks were also lifted with foam squares.

These beautiful cactuses are also from the Laser Cut Element Set.

Here is another cluster using cactuses and tires from the Laser Cut Element Set. Stunning fussy cut images are on the back of the Laser Cut Elements cover. There are even gears that you can punch out with a circle punch. How cool is this?