I Love U 2

The  Studio Challenge went live yesturday and you have to use more than 5 hearts....I took the opportunity to use pink on a boy page.....yes pink!!!  

I started off with some texture paste scraped it on, then had a go at trying to imprint it with hessian (as I have seen a nice woven texture on other blogs and assumed this was how it was done), however that didn't really work.  So next I reached for one of my acrylic stamps that is a grid and stamped into it - love the texture - quite hard to get all the paste out, though my stamp seems to be fine now.  I then layered up some banners of My Minds Eye Lost and Found Ruby collection, I distressed and inked the edges and then layers up a doily and some acetate behind the photo.  I added some mini punched hearts and flicks of red cosmic shimmer mist, I also doodles a few and used a mini heart stamp as well....so definitely more than 5 altogether.  I also used up some of my pink alphabet (again something I don't tend to get through that quickly!!).  

If you would like to join us for the challenge and be in for winning a prize then here is the link. 

My Sunshine On a Rainy Day

This is a page I did based on the MME sketch over on their blog, you have to use mostly MME products and since I am loving their new papers I thought I ought to use up some of the older ones 1st :)  This is a picture from a trip into London and the kids wanted their shot in front of this massive sculpture - I should have written down what it was for, the day was one of those  ones with a mixture of rain and bright sunshine, which is echoed in the title....though the main reason for the title is because these 2 bring lots of joy into my life and regularly give me something to smile about.

I cut out the title on my silhouette and used part of it as a mask and then cut it in yellow to make the sunshine stand out.  I lightly glued the title down with a re positional  glue and then spritzed the whole sheet with some tattered angels chalk mist, I added a few extra splashes at each side too.  Once dry I then outlined the letters with a white gel pen.  The papers are mostly from the original lost and found range, though the yellow is from their quite contrary range. I cut and stitched and ruffled all the sheets and added a torn glassine envelope behind the photo in the mix, I also inked all the edges.  For the photo I had it in both colour and black and white so I cut out the colour section and stuck it on top of the black and white to try and make the boys stand out a little more.  I then layered up the banner with lace and papers, made a rosette flower and added some of the brads, and also added the sunshine at the top using twine and my sewing machine.

In other news I have posted a calorie free cake over at It's a Creative World today, and also all this week and next Amanda Jones is running the vintage series on her blog  and you get a look at some of my storage today, as well as lots of other great ideas.