Reworking a cork embellishment

TGIF Everyone!!!

This baby came in the April kit and there was a photo

that I knew would be perfect with it.

However, its a huge embellishment that I had to

figure out how to work in.

First it was naked cork, I love naked cork but it

didn't seem to go with the page I was putting together.

So I decided to shabby chic it up with white paint.

That didn't work either.

So I have some Inka gold paint - Not the same paint as Adele (Inky Quill)

but its gold and it works so.....

I slapped it over the white paint.

Cork sucks a lot of paint.

Just sayin.....

I kept the mats and embellies simple.

Actually I chose this paper because it totally rocked the photo

and using any kind of mat would've taken that away.

So gasp - I left it bare except for the doily that

actually anchors the huge title.

 Broke out some more punches, and gold dots and stars

and some messy stitching.

Studio Calico, except for the punch and EK Success stickers.

Did a smidge of mixed media with some water colors.
Fussy cut the flower from a PL card.
I love that flower.

Another "steal" from Inky Quill is that I purchased a sheet of gold/glittery paper

and with a heart punch - well, totally adorable inexpensive

GOLD hearts to scatter about the page and make it girly.

Paper with writing on it

and a new cute bird stamp.

What a great combo and reason to do a page.

I've been using more scraps and

punches lately in case you haven't noticed.

 And there he is. Is that bird too stinkin' cute.

WARNING.....

You'll be seeing him a lot.

 I kind of kept the design simple using vellum and
black with just a bit of pink because

of the busy-ness of the background

paper and wanted the photo to be front and center.

Broke out the die cuts which I'm hoping 

to not be lazy and do more often.

Love that photo and when I saw that card -

wa-la the perfect title.

Studio Calico papers and dies, EK success.

Reworking a PL card and blog technical difficulties

Somehow in the creation of this page it
was published without me being aware of it until
I saw it in google+ that linked to nowhere.
I couldn't find it anywhere in/on or around my blog.
Which was very weird.
So I removed it from google+ and am now
reposting - so my apologies if you've seen it before and
went nowhere.
I am baffled as to how it happened, however, we all know
that technology works in mysterious ways.


So here is another page done in Soaphouse Mama style with

lots of bits and pieces with some mixed

media tossed in because why not. 

Is that owl not adorable?
Its and old Technique Tuesday stamp that I've had forever.

Below is the card I wanted to use originally,

however, I felt the color wasn't quite right.

As if, when you look - the colors aren't exactly matchy-matchy.

So......

 Using some bazzill cardstock, a star die cut from my

die cut box and a white pen.

Wa-la!

(I know....me and a white pen, drawing lines just boggles the minds

doesn't it LOL).

 The the collage photo - showing from birth to 8.
This page is a bit chaotic and I'm finding I like it.

Studio Calico, dies, stamps, and another non-themed paper

rocks the birthday world.

Birthday page without the "theme papers"

I love B&W photos.

They are so much fun to work with because everything goes

and reduces the clash of colors.

Isn't that owl adorable?? From a Halloween sheet that

I've been eking out and using sparingly.

 This adorable sticker came from Studio Calico I think

and when on some shopping spree found that cupcake.

Looks delish.

I did break out the die cut machine, punch and

fussy cut the "title".

 Love the arrows and shock upon shock

had that gray number that was 

perfect.

 The Studio Calico number page really

helped making it a celebration page.

I have so much paper and none of it "themed" really

so it was kinda of neat to do DIY.

Sprayed some SC color theory around just do

do something different.

I hardly ever spray mists anymore,

mostly because my spraying is totally out of control. 

LOL.

This is the third birthday for April - lots of grands in that month

and you got it - another one without a "theme paper"

coming up. If you check here another birthday page.

Have a blessed day!

Really really old paper

I did go with the obvious here again especially

when I found this paper in my stash.

This is really really old stuff - Creative Imaginations,

Marrah Johnson design, Creative Cafe Tag which is really

more red in real life. 

I also broke out the die cut machine.

Love those feathers.

 I paired that 6x6 number paper from Studio Calico

with the striped transparency because 

it seemed like the thing to do.

Even those tabs are big die cuts from Quickutz

long time ago.

 The cuteness factor of this photo is above a level 10. 

LOL.

He  has all the instruments he needs to lay down a track.

No doubt he'll rock it.

Both parents are musicians.

The perfect background paper

Happens to be an older collection of Shimelle

and its perfect for a mermaid.

And it turned out perfectly to go

with the photos.

Yesss...another multi-photo page.

This page is a loose take on one I saw from Eyoung.

She does such clean pages.

That I didn't copy LOL.

 Layers upon layers and no specific title really

and not a lot of journaling.

 And sequins because every mermaid needs sequins.

 I even layered the journaling tags - which

I can tell you I played around with for awhile.

For some reason and I don't need a reason - it just wasn't flowing right.

 It's too adorable however, that gap in the

middle is testing me.

I feel there needs to be some sort of connection

but since I can't think of one I'm

going to stick it in the album real quick before

the madness takes hold.

This is mostly Shimelle, with some Studio Calico

thrown in.

Bustin' that stash.