Hello everyone, it's Aida here from @aidaville and I hope you're having a good start to this month of March !
I'm sharing a layout of my older daughter who faced lots of challenges getting to where is is today. A musician, committed animal activist, a full scholarship Graduate and currently a Teaching Assistant at the University while she completes her Masters in Political Science. The title "I've got places to go and people to see" perfectly sums up the full life she worked hard to carve out.
Patterned Papers :
Heartland - XOXO | Remnants - Westfield | Happy Accidents 2 - Tonic
Lace no. 5
Wanderlust Printed Chipboard
Chipboard - Widgets
Flowers : Happy Blossoms | Garden Blooms
Embossing Powder : Silver Bells
Others : 8 x 10" flat backed canvas.
I love the Wanderlust Printed Chipboard as it has some thickness to it for creating layers and edging the chipboards with contrasting acrylic paint, some Distress inking gives it depth. As you can see the photo was adhered inside the oval frame for prominence and the other chipboard pieces were added around it
Creating is so much easier, and fun when chipboard pieces have sentiments which can be used as titles like this one above !
Very often lace is soft and may require a thin layer of transparent Gesso, stiffening them to make for easier handling. The Lace no.5 was trimmed into smaller manageable pieces, then inserted in between the flowers and chipboard and glued securely.
Silver Bells Embossing powder gave the chipboard Widgets interesting texture and the pieces were given a light daub of grey acrylic paint on the edges for more dimension.
Floral embellishments really do complete a layout and it looks so pretty ! For a shabby feel, I gently coated the blooms with thinned down white gesso.
I hope this layered layout has given you interesting ideas and shown how to create with Blue Fern Studios. Thank you for coming by, have a happy, create-ful Sunday !
