Hello again crafty adventurers,
Well the time has finally come, my fist grand baby has arrived and I'm cycling back to baby layouts! lol
Having been a scrapbooker for 25 years now I've run the whole gauntlet, starting with my own children's baby albums and seeing them through to adulthood. Now the circle is complete and I'm back to babay photos - it's nice to know I'll get to all those papers in my stash eventually!
Nothing quite says little girl like lace so I stocked up on some beautiful Scrapmatts laces
- white is perfect as you can colour them to suit your papers using inks,
chalks and sprays, although I left the lace raw for this particular layout.
Next I mixed up some light pink gesso (using white gesso and some pink acrylic paint)
and spread it over the hearts background stencil. I just adore this look 💕
I also used the left over gesso to colour the title - but I verigated it towards the top,
making the most of the natural white that the chipboard already has on it.
And then I simply tied it all up with these fabulous scrapwords
- one of which always PERFECTLY expresses the moment captured in any photo.
This next layout was one just for me - I wanted to mirror the pattern in the dress
I was wearing so this paper was perfect. I then complimented the heavier patterns
in the fabric with the black chipboards on the page.
This is my favourite pack of chipboard words to use as titles - I come back to this set over and over.
I coloured these quickly and esiliy with a black sharpie....
Occassionally if the tone of black doesnt match my picture
I will use mat black spraypaint or a specific shade of black ink instead.
And of course, a layout is never finsihed for me unless I have added some emotions to it
- and these gorgeous whimsical scrapwords are perfect for doing just that.
And thats it from me for this month folks, it has been a priveledge to share the journey with you.
I wish you all the best with your own cerative adventures,
regaress of what point in the journey you are up to.
Cheers, Kel xo
