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!

By the Shore

"By the Shore"

This is my second layout with the beautiful September Scraps of Elegance Kit, "Falling Leaves".

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

Main Kit

Elements Add-on

Chipboard Add-on

Floral Add-on

For this layout I used some of the beautiful "Amber and Apricot" papers by Blue Fern Studios from the Main Kit.


I did a bit of stenciling on the background paper ("Birdsong" from the Main Kit) using Scattered Straw and Vintage Photo Distress Inks applied with a Clarity stencil brush.

Tim Holtz
Ornate

I then made some die-cuts to layer under the photo using the "Faded Blooms" and "Chapters" papers from the Main Kit.   I layered each of the die-cuts over a black copy and offset them slightly to accentuate the edges.  I also applied some brown ink around the edges of each one and around the edges of the background paper as well.

Spellbinders
Decorative Labels Eight

The chipboard wreath was painted green and then watery layers of brown and green paint were added overtop to add shading and dimension.  I cut off the part that would have been hidden under the photo and used it on the other side.

After that it was just a matter of gluing down the chipboard and die-cut layers and adding the other embellishments.  The coconut buttons were from my stash.  All the other embellishments were from the Main Kit or Add-ons.



Here are a couple more close-ups:

Thank you so much for taking a look!

Pumpkins

My son Colin in 2007

This is my first project using the gorgeous September Scraps of Elegance Kit, "Falling Leaves".

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

Main Kit

Coordinating Paper Add-on

Chipboard Add-on

Floral Add-on

Elements Add-on

I started with the beautiful "Pumpkin Season" paper from Prima's Amber Moon collection, included in the Coordinating Paper Add-on as the background.


I cut a strip of paper from the "Into the Woods" paper (Main Kit) and punched the edges with a stitch pattern punch, layering this over a strip of black cardstock to make the pattern more noticeable. I then glued this onto the background and applied the orange polka dot washi tape from the Elements Add-on along the sides.  I added some more washi tape strips on the right side of the layout,
horizontally.

I also used a floral edge punch with the "Into the Woods" paper to make decorative strips for the left, upper and lower edges of the layout and for some die-cuts.  More die-cuts were made with the "Autumn Sunset" paper from the Main Kit.  I used some green paper from my stash for the leaves.

These are the dies and punches I used:

Spellbinders Postage Stamps

Spellbinders Astoria Decorative Elements

Cheery Lynn Designs Flourish #13

EK Success Pointed Flower

Fiskars In Stitches

I painted the chipboard pumpkins and applied a brown wash overtop to grunge them up a bit and give them some dimension.  I also added a bit of orange embossing powder to the pumpkins.

The buttons and small orange roses were from my stash.  The rest of the flowers were from the Floral Add-on.

To finish, I added a couple of stickers from the Main Kit, a butterfly from the ephemera in the Elements Add-on and brushed a bit of white paint on the edges of a few of the flowers to add some more dimension.



Thank you so much for taking a look today!