Happy May, everyone!!!
It's time for another DT reveal from yours truly, Nicole!
It's time for another DT reveal from yours truly, Nicole!
Be Your Own Kind of Beautiful
My first layout is inspired by the May challenge at Once Upon a Sketch.
The journaling theme is 'Anything Goes' and this lovely sketch is provided as inspiration.
I've
been wanting to scrapbook this fun picture of my pretty niece Ella for a
while.
She is so carefree and full of life, having fun during a
weekend at her Memere's.
In my journaling, added to the 2Crafty Jenna Frame,
I wanted to give her a heartfelt message to always be herself.
After doing some stenciling work as well as misting on my background,
I added the Window Shutter Set. I treated both
window frame and shutters with Liquitex Natural Sand
and then covered them with different paints and silks.
On the Scallop Circle Bunting pieces, I put a heavy coat of gesso and heated it up.
I added a whimsical touch with Flourish Adornment Set 4
and different sizes of Sharon's Butterflies.
You all know by now that 2Crafty offers awesome title chippies
and this one, Be Your Own Kind of Beautiful,
is definitely a favorite of mine
with its different fonts. It was perfect for my
layout,
and painted white, it pops out against the blue background.
And now, another look at beautiful happy Ella! :)
Like the previous layout, this next one was also inspired
by the May sketch and journaling challenge at Once Upon a Sketch (see above).
Because I didn't get the chance to play along last month, I thought I'd enter twice this month
Our Story
by the May sketch and journaling challenge at Once Upon a Sketch (see above).
Because I didn't get the chance to play along last month, I thought I'd enter twice this month
Our Story
Love
is definitely my favorite scrapbooking subject. I adore creating page
after page in homage
of my fiancee Yves and I's love story.
On this layout, I actually wrote our love story on a tag tucked behind the picture.
It recounts how we first encountered one another on a
social media website and how it took months of random messages
before we actually decided to meet in person... as friends.
However, the friendship soon grew into something more and 8 years later,
I couldn't be happier, sharing my life with the most wonderful man on earth.
of my fiancee Yves and I's love story.
On this layout, I actually wrote our love story on a tag tucked behind the picture.
It recounts how we first encountered one another on a
social media website and how it took months of random messages
before we actually decided to meet in person... as friends.
However, the friendship soon grew into something more and 8 years later,
I couldn't be happier, sharing my life with the most wonderful man on earth.
Here's a sneak peek at my handwritten journaling.
The different 2Crafty chipboard pieces used on this layout were treated with white gesso,
Luminarte silks, Liquitex natural sand, and layers after layers of paints
in order to get the perfect shade of rusty brown that I was looking for.
Let's start off with showing you the Our Story Title laid over a Francesca's Journal Frame.
I used the larger frame from the Square Leafy Frame Set to put around my design.
I did a lot of stenciling with molding paste on my background as seen here.
Cutting a Large Corner Flower Vine into 3 different pieces,
I tucked each piece and added them behind in and around my flower clusters.
The word love which I stuck at the bottom of the picture was taken off the Love Border.
As you can see, 2Crafty offers numerous elegant and romantic chipboard designs
to make any love-themed layout extra special.
For my final share, here is a layout I recently created
that was inspired by 3 different May challenges... the more inspiration, the better!
7Dots Studio, Berry71bleu and Sketchabilities.
I shared this layout already on my blog a week ago.
Beautiful
that was inspired by 3 different May challenges... the more inspiration, the better!
7Dots Studio, Berry71bleu and Sketchabilities.
I shared this layout already on my blog a week ago.
Beautiful
(yes! the same Ella who is all grown up in my first layout!)
was taking a leisurely stroll outside and enjoying the blooming Spring tulips.
Such a precious photo!
was taking a leisurely stroll outside and enjoying the blooming Spring tulips.
Such a precious photo!
Here you see some leafy flourishes from the Leafy Shrub Set 1 (below)
& Leafy Shrub Set 2 (above) on which I used gesso and white paint.
The Beautiful
Loopy Font title was treated with a first coat
of white acrylic paint, then Luminarte silks and very
lightly dabbed with some more white paint.
I love all 2Crafty Adornment Set pieces, this one being from Set 3.
The Daisy Flowers used were covered with a thick coat of gesso and molding paste.
