For my first layout, I was inspired by this page by Paige Evans that included grid-based watercoloured diecuts, journalling and matching embellishments to the diecuts by colour. I liked the idea that I could use a number of smaller photos, and found a number of photos from 2013 featuring my friends.
To make this layout, I watercolored the white Smile Frames using Faber Castell Gelatos, mixing them on my craft mat and then painting using a waterbrush. I used a lot of water to get a nice, thin wash over each square.
I distressed the edges of a handmade paper and layered it over a pink patterned piece of scrapbooking paper. I cropped pictures to fit in the frames, and adhered them to the back using double sided tape. The last frame was reserved for journalling on a piece of plain card. I then embellished each square with Prima flowers, Papermania embellishments, matching them to the colour of each frame.
For my second layout, I wanted to experiment with our new Prima wire thread. I wanted to make a personalised title that made an impact, so I decided to try out the lime green coloured thread and twist it into the word love. It was amazingly pliable, and I was pleased that the finished result actually looked like my handwriting!
This layout was quite simple, but the green elements in the page made a huge contrast against the black and the Kraft Smile Frames. I spritzed some white Dylusions spray behind the place where I wanted to place the frames before sticking them down, and then scattered the rest of the page with more Papermania embellishments and wood chips.
I wrapped the tail end of my word around a Papermania wooden bobbin... and I was done!
These pages were so fun to create, so I decided to buy the Couture Creations Polaroid frame die so that I could make my own instant photo frames out of different scrapbook papers.
Happy crafting!
- Heather
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