Using vellum embellishments & cover ups

Another fun page happening with the granddaughter. 

Although she looks a bit pensive, because after that slide was really

really high, once she slid down that first time,

all systems were go!

She would hop off the bottom, run back to the ladder and

practically knock her brothers aside to climbe back up.

It as very amusing to watch.

Therefore, it had to be a fun page.

Studio Calico to the rescue once again. (I know you're surprised).

Except for the alphas - that is QK Cosmopolitan.

A very fun, bubbly looking alpha.

Back to the vellum - the die cuts are scattered about the page in arrows, a layer 

that is actually a conversation bubble tucked in by the photo, 

the hearts and an @ that I love to use as her initial.

Vellum can be tricky adhering because 

whatever is behind it will show through.

I just used regular dotto repositionable adhesive

because honestly I don't care about it showing and it

proved to be almost transparent in some cases.

In full disclosure - remember the GO arrow stamped I used

on yesterday's page? Well I used it here

where those circles and doily papers cleverly cover them up.

Because I stamped directly onto the page

and I wanted the arrow to go toward the photo

the GO was OG. LOL

Can we say backwards???

OH OH and another booboo was a result in trying to gauge a rubon.

Hello today is a rubon and one of the easiest ones EVER,

which should've been a clue - because there was another that said

"let's do this" that I wanted on the page.

Only I couldn't figure out where.

So I laid it down and it partially stuck as I pulled it up because it was

not where I wanted it to be.

So under the cleverly placed washi tape - because well washi can go anywhere,

is the covered up half-stuck rubon. And just for good measure

I found a strip that said the same thing.

THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN'T FIX IN SCRAPBOOKING!!

Blue eyed Girl

I wanted baby on there but I used up all the B's from this thickers package for crabby bird. LOL!!!

This is Amelia and her eyes. Love it. And the page is a lift of Wilna over at 2-peas in the mood videos.

I learned to mix gesso and gel mediums to slap into the evil templates that I used reusable adhesive to keep it in place.

I broke out the gelatoes and smeared them around.

I used the entire sheet of star transfers from Studio Calico - because Wilna was all like why not. Which is cool because now I don't have a half a sheet flopping about getting in the way.

The a mix of Studio Calico; pattern papers, thickers & Tim Beck alphas from this months kit, vellum die cuts & star rubons, then some Dear Lizzy, Fancy Pants and Amy Tangerine going on.

Crabby bird

The continuing story of our camping saga!!!

This juvenile night heron flew right into our camp 2 feet from my chair. (Had to look up the bird in DH's bird book).

My camera was in the RV, of course.

He had a crab in his beak and was concentrating on eating it and hopped away allowing me to use all my ninja skills to get into the RV and grab the camera and get a series of photos of the heron wrestling with the crab. The crab gave a mighty fight.

However, the crab lost.

After turning in for the night and during the wee hours of the morning, the night heron returned to his hunting grounds. There is a mirror reflection just about his height on the bottom of the RV and the heron saw his reflection.

Naturally, in an attempt to ward off the poacher in his hunting grounds, he pounded on the RV to peck the "other bird". It sounded like a knock on the door and had DH and I wondering who would come knocking at 3 a.m.

Puzzled as I looked out my window I saw no one but the little guy as he headed for the bushes, it took us a minute or three to figure things out. Of course, he tried a couple more times in the wee hours and evidence of his early morning knocking was in the crazy amount of bird prints near our door.

You just had to be amused.

And of course make a layout of it.

So breaking into the Studio Calico kit; the kesi art background paper, huey mask - which is totally evil and hates me as I tried once again to use it, thickers, vellum die cuts and journal card. Basic grey, QK dies and netting - that I've used the last of up. WOO HOO stash.....