Life is Good

Hi Crafty friends, I'm back again with a quick (ish!) layout for you.

First up, here's the finished page...

I decided on this page I wanted a pale pink background, so I mixed a couple of drops of Colour Artist Ink in Slipper - all you need because it's so highly pigmented -  with a spatula full of White Heavy Gesso.

Once I had mixed it in, I used my palette knife to roughly lay it down in the centre of my page.

 I tried to leave as much texture as I could, lumpy bumpy is good!

Once that was totally dry, I used a Kaisercraft stencil to lay on some more White Heavy Gesso, but this time I didn't colour it, but before it dried I sprinkled some Colour Embossing Powder in Blush and heated it.

Off to a good start, but I still didn't have enough depth so I got out my Colour Shimmer Powders in Passion and Cobalt. I sprinkled just a few tiny little bits of both colours here and there, then very lightly sprayed with water. The gesso resists the powder so it runs into the gaps. Love it! I also tilted the page to make it run even further.

Looking at this had me craving a boysenberry ice cream!!

While that was drying, I painted my chipboard title (it was already white) with a little Colour Shimmer Dust in Navy, using a water brush. I went over it towards one edge a little heavier.

When this was totally dry, I used an embossing ink dauber on the lower half of the words, and embossed it with Colour Embossing Powder in Bling.

It looks gorgeous once it's heated!

I was finished then so I put my layers together using a doily and a bit of punchinella as a base, and then Cocoa Vanilla's Bohemian Dream for all the rest of the layers and embellies. I also added some gold sequins, and finally I splattered a little White Heavy Gesso and Black Heavy Gesso.

Here are some close ups - including the title - 

Thanks for visiting, hope you're inspired to try something new!

CSI 258 "Brothers"

This is such a great photo of my 2 great nephews, and I thought such a beachy photo  was perfect for this CSI challenge 😄

 

Here's the challenge...

I was inspired by the blues particularly in the colour palette, along with the stripes, as it reminds me of my favourite old deck chair and umbrella .

The sun was the perfect cut file to set it off too.

 

Sketchabilities 152 - "Slim"

This dog was one of the most gentle giants ever, we still miss him, even though he wasn't ours 💔

"Be careful, I wouldn't trust him with the kids" warned Mum when we first met him, In the end, we would have trusted him with a newborn. He just loved to be part of things, leaning up against you for a scratch (even if he nearly pushed Shiloh right over the first time, he was nearly as tall as her!)

He was Jamie and Phil's first racing greyhound, and his race name was Alabama Wildman, but we all knew him as Slim, which so suited him. When he first moved to the farm in his retirement, it was outside only, then maybe the garage, and eventually inside. I wouldn't have been surprised if he ended up in bed with Phil too 😀

This layout is for the Sketchabilities Design Team, using a Paper Issues free cut file, Colourblast Australia Artist Inks, and Cocoa Vanilla Ephemera (plus a few things from my stash)

Here's the sketch...

I moved the cluster down by flipping the sketch....

Love the way it turned out!

Beautiful Child

This is my very first layout for Sketchabilities - I've always loved these sketches from Karan, and admired the designers, so I'm very honoured to be a part of the new team 💓

Here's my take on the sketch, some lovely smiley photos from a rare snow day here a few years ago...

I used 7Dots papers, Inks from Colourblast Australia, a heart from Charm Creations, and American Crafts letters.

 

Here's the sketch again...

 Take the time, give it a go!