Evan's New Glasses

My son Evan in 2009 after getting his first pair of glasses

I'm back with my 6th project using the beautiful Scraps of Elegance September Kit, "Falling Leaves".

I used a bit more flowers and leaves from my stash on this one, but the cream roses, two larger brown flowers, the printed chipboard border and all the patterned papers are from the kit and add-ons.

I used the Main Kit, Patterned Paper Add-on, Coordinating Paper Add-on, Elements Add-on, and Floral Add-on.

Main Kit

Patterned Paper Add-on

Coordinating Paper Add-on

Elements Add-on

Floral Add-on

I started with the beautiful "Friendship" paper from the Amber and Apricot collection by Blue Fern Studios (included in the Main Kit).  I misted the edges of the paper with water and then dabbed some diluted brown ink from a reinker bottle to the wet edges using a paintbrush.  I also used a splatter stamp with the brown ink to tie in the darker browns from the tinted photo.

Tim Holtz
Bitty Grunge
(I used the stamp on the lower left)

The die-cuts were made with paper from the Main Kit, Patterned Paper Add-on and Coordinating Paper Add-on.  I layered each of the die-cuts over a dark brown copy and offset them slightly to accentuate the edges.

These are the dies I used:

Spellbinders Timeless Rectangles

Spellbinders Floral Assortment

These are the chipboard pieces I used:

Creative Embellishments
Flourish Set 30

I heat-embossed them with Vintage Photo Distress embossing powder and then used an embossing marker with Tea Dye Distress embossing powder to add some colour variation to the leaves.

Here are a couple more close-ups:

Thank you so much for taking a look!

Happy Little Moment

My son Colin in 2009

This is my 5th project with the gorgeous Scraps of Elegance September Kit, "Falling Leaves".

I used the Main Kit, Coordinating Paper Add-on, Elements Add-on, and Floral Add-on.

Main Kit

Coordinating Paper Add-on

Elements Add-on

Floral Add-on

I started with the beautiful "Busy Bees" paper from the Amber and Apricot collection by Blue Fern Studios (from the Main Kit).  I then made some die-cuts using papers from the Main Kit and Coordinating Paper Add-on.  As I usually do, I layered these over a dark cardstock copy and offset them slightly to accentuate the edges.  

These are the dies I used:

Memory Box Quinn Flourish

Spellbinders Floral Assortment

Cheery Lynn Designs Daphne Doily

Spellbinders Renaissance Jubilee Ravenna

I inked around the edges of the background paper, die-cuts, orange flowers (from the Main Kit and Floral Add-on) and the printed chipboard pieces (from the Elements Add-on) to make them stand out a little more. The two red flowers and small oak leaves were from my stash.  All the other flowers, leaves, lace and chipboard were from the Main Kit and add-ons.

Here are some close-ups:

Thank you so much for taking a look!

Sunny Disposition

My son Colin in 2006
(Back when he had a sunny disposition.  He's a teenager now.  Need I say more?)

I'm back to share my 4th project with the gorgeous Scraps of Elegance September Kit, "Falling Leaves".


I used Main Kit, Patterned Paper Add-on, and Floral Add-on.

Main Kit

Patterned Paper Add-on

Floral Add-on

This was a fairly simple layout to make. I started with the beautiful "Sunny Disposition" paper from the Amber and Apricot collection by Blue Fern Studios (available in the Main Kit).  I used the backside of another sheet of the same paper (available in the Patterned Paper Add-on) to make some die-cuts to layer under the photo.  I layered each die-cut over a black cardstock version and inked around the edges in brown.

Spellbinders Captivating Squares

Lifestyle Crafts Nesting Lace Rectangles

I also fussy cut a flower and flower bud from the second sheet to use in the flower cluster.

The butterflies and coconut buttons were from my stash.  The chipboard corner piece was from the Main Kit and the flowers were from the Floral Add-on.  

I embossed the chipboard corner flourish with Peeled Paint Distress Embossing Powder and then rubbed some white paint overtop with my fingertip to grunge it up a bit.

Thank you so much for taking a look!

Little Lion

My son Colin in 2005

I'm back with another layout using the gorgeous Scraps of Elegance September Kit, "Falling Leaves".

I used the Main Kit, Coordinating Paper Add-on, Elements Add-on, and Floral Add-on.

Main Kit

Coordinating Paper Add-on

Elements Add-on

Floral Add-on

I started with the beautiful "Fall Postcards" paper from Prima's Amber Moon collection available in the Main Kit .  I then made some die-cuts using the "Into the Woods" paper (also in the Main Kit) and the "Pumpkin Season" paper (in the Coordinating Paper Add-on).  As usual I layered the die-cuts over a dark cardstock version and offset them slightly to accentuate the edges.  I also applied some brown chalk ink around the edges of the die-cuts and the background paper.

Lifestyle Crafts Nesting Doily Circles

Lifestyle Crafts Nesting Lace Rectangles

The seed stems were made with the microbeads included in the Main Kit.  I used the wired stems off some old flowers from my stash, coated the ends with Beacon's 3-in-1 glue and poured the microbeads overtop.  To make the thicker ones, I wrapped some floral tape around the end of the wire before coating it with the glue and microbeads.   I stuck the bottom of the wires into a sheet of styrofoam until the glue dried.  I then lightly coated them with some fluid matte medium to help keep the microbeads from falling off.

The chipboard piece was from my stash.  I painted it orange and then inked over it with some darker orange and brown inks to give the colour some dimension. 

Blue Fern Studios
Formal Corners

The coconut buttons were also from my stash.  All the flowers and other embellishments (Amber Stones, ephemera)  were from the Floral Add-on and Elements Add-on.

Thank you so much for taking a look!