The Proposal : By Rhonda

I would like to share with you a layouts and a canvas I have created for this months blog post, both using lots of wonderful SCRAPMATTS products.

Young lives are full of opportunities that are the creation

of inspirational times & photographs. When my son asked

his girlfriend to share the rest of her life with him by becoming

his wife I knew then that the two of them would be featuring

in many of my up & coming projects.

Here are two more for a proud mother to share...

With such an important moment in a couples life I thought it

imperative to both capture and preserve the beginning of their

journey and was pleased of the hugs & smiles it generated.

Will You Marry Me

My first hurdle with this was the fact that I couldn't find an

existing supplier of the chipboard title but a quick call to the

lovely Sofie at Scrapmatts and I was reassured that they

could rush me a custom solution and get it delivered to me on

the other side of the country in time for it to feature this piece

destined to become an engagement gift on 4th Feb

Positioning it atop the layout was the best way to take advantage

of the words for maximum effect.

Starting with the patterned paper I used one of the all

NEW A4 stencils and some texture paste to create a series

of different size circles as a base layer to simulate the

randomness of footprints in the sand.

To this I sprayed some ink to again compliment the natural

colours of the beach before placing the

photo & embellishments on top.

To frame the photo I used two different cardstocks & distressed

their edges to blend with the sand, under this I used

strips of cardstock & exposed cardboard to build & raise

the photo to give some dimension.

And with the moment preserved behind the glass front

of the frame this moment will always be a reminder of love shared.

Scrapmatts
CB2008 Page Borders 07
CB1221 Nautical Designs 04
CB1229 Chains 02
CB6102 Assorted Words 21
CB1226 Marine Life 01
CB1221 Nautical Design 04
ST1001 Circles
ST9003-A4 (Not Listed – Call to order)
Brilliance – Pearlescent Thyme & Purple
Words – “Will You Marry Me” (Specially Made Custom Order)

FMS

12" x 12" Scrapbook Frame

Patterned Paper
Blue Shimmer Cardstock
Cardboard Box
LSG – Baby Blue Eyes
Flowers – 49 and Market (Blue)
TH – Walnut Stain

This one is a bit smaller than the first but again captures

the energetic life & love they share

Love

Starting with a canvas board I painted it half yellow

and half blue.

After inking and affixing muslin over the painted surface

I then cut some scrapbook paper so that the edges of the

canvas colours and textures were exposed.

The bubble chippies were then used to raise and flank the picture

and finishing it off with some hearts and the word Love

inked in Brilliance Rocket Red and framing it with the ever amazing

string circles was all that it needed.

I hope you enjoyed these as much as I did creating them... 

Scrapmatts
CB5131 Bubbles 01
CB5140 String Circles 04
CB1159 Hearts 05
CB6117 Assorted Words 30 (Love)

Brilliance - Rocket Red

FMS
LSG – Wake Me Up Before You Go Gold – Baby Blue Eyes
Lemon Craft – Gossamer Blue 04
Gauze

Thanks for stopping by

Make sure you pop back in a day or two or head over to the 

Scrapmatts Shop

 to check out the Design Teams amazing creations!

If you have creations using Scrapmatts products why not upload
them into the gallery?!

(We would love to see them!!) 

Until next time

Happy Crafting

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