Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Without Even Trying

Hello again!

 I have another page to share; this time it's inspired by the White With 1 Challenge blog. The May challenge is White with Gold. This was perfect for me because I recently decided that I needed a lot of gold schtuff. Sure, I see it's quite fashionable right now, but also my son has taken a liking to all things gold. Not even my crafty stash is safe! Here is my submission:






Much of the embellishment on this page is thanks to the recent acquisition of gold embossing powder.  I've known for months that I wanted some, so I finally broke down and got some.  Yeah, I think I like it. 


Other details were on a whim:
  • I used a brick stencil (my favorite) to spray a nearly-invisible layer onto the white cardstock.  It helped me focus.
  • Around the photo, I painted some of the bricks with a layer of gold glitter glue, like an extended frame.
  • I added water to some gold acrylic paint for splatters.
  • I then used the too-much leftover to paint the frame...that also has random leftover glitter glue.
  • From the hexagon matting -- which was originally a whim of just playing with the embossing powder -- I cut a random arrangement to add to the bottom corner.
  • To highlight the matting, I ran my embossing dauber along the edges, dipped in powder and embossed for a distressed edge.
  • The nautical stars were cut, using the Indie Cartridge (Cricut); and I couldn't help but use the negative space for a variation with the stars.

I think that sums it up.  Again, thank you for looking.  I'm excited to see what the color combination will be for June.

5 comments:

  1. Thank you for sharing all the information about the page, takes the guess work out of it. Its a beautiful layout. Thank you for playing along with WW1

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  2. I love you all you gold embellishments! And I love all the journalling :)

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  3. Lovely page, love all your embossing work! Thanks for joining us at WW1.

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  4. What a unique perspective! I love how you added the embellishment to make it look like the fingers are grabbing it. Great job on the challenge ;)

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  5. Oh this is such a clever layout I especially love your journalling in gold! Oh so very pretty Charm I just love your background so much! How clever are you making that wire word too I totally failed when I tried that LOL Thanks so much for joining us at White with 1 this month and goodluck! Blessings from Amy Prior xx

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