Georgia Blues, part 2

Here are my next 3 pages...for the top one I might have bought 2 sheets of the base paper - as I loved the front and back!  I really like the grungy style with the gold foiling - it's so elegant - it meant I left a fair amount of white space around my photo and then just added little bits of punching and stamping along with gold confetti paste and some of the ephemera.  I also used a few drops of the navy cosmic shimmer mist.

My next page I used the lace border from the BoBunny Stickable stencils and gold glitter paste as a feature, then added layers of punched papers.  I created 2 little clusters, layering up ephemera and gems - there are some lovely little stickers that are a cross between washi tape and stickers - so you can tear them really easily and add them as a layer by your photos.

My final page was inspired by Ann and her Vicki Boutin mixed media crayons (which sold out too quickly...so I had to improvise with distress oxides, cosmic shimmer mists and gelatos).  I layered up lots of colours from the photos on my background - printing them with a plastic bag and then going in with a paint brush.  I also added lots of glitter paste and discovered this adds a beautiful effect as you can still see the paint colours underneath, just with lots of sparkle on top.  A few flowers, a little bit of paper and ephemera and this one was done. 

I hope you've enjoyed a good look at this collection - go and check out the gallery for more detail photos and more inspiration.

Georgia Blues, part 1

It is always so hard to choose from all the beautiful papers when I go on retreat...I can spend ages shopping!  However, this set jumped straight out at me (with a bit of a hand from Ann!) the lovely Georgia Blues collection - packed with florals and vintage greys and just beautiful deep blues.  I've made 6 pages with the selection of papers that I picked up, so here are 3 of them and I will be back with a couple more.

The first was quite straight forward - I had to show off the gold foiled Midnight paper at the top of the page, and I added a thin layer of gesso around where my photo was, then stacked up my elements around it.  I picked up an ephemera pack too which has acetates (Love) and then die cut elements too - so the flowers at the top of the photo...though I did cut a little more closely to the edge with these.

Although there is no wood grain paper in this collection - this one from Simple Stories goes beautifully - I tore up a few layers of the papers, then added a cluster of co-ordinating flowers along with some Tim Holtz die cut leaves, again you can see the acetates from the ephemera pack as a  layer underneath.  Jill also has some beautiful deep navy sparkly thickers that go beautifully with the papers.

Another piece of paper - Written - which has strips of words, woodgrains and florals.  I decided to make a feature of it and then punched stars in different sizes so they would fall down the page.  I also added in a layer of gauze and some confetti glitter paste in gold -  it is a large hexagon style paste and adds a lovely sparkle.

I hope you've enjoyed a quick look at this collection, there will be more pages to come!