This layout, featuring one of my grandsons trimming the tree back in 2015, is my entry in the December 2023 Mood Board challenge.
December is a busy month: making and sending cards, baking, shopping and all that, but I was determined to create at least one layout before the end of the year.
This was an easy one! The papers and die cut ephemera pieces make a perfect background for my photo, and the chipboard ornaments make a wonderful embellishment cluster.
I started by altering the chipboard pieces by applying a Finnabair Metallic wax with a stipple brush. I added some bows using twine from my stash.
I selected a sheet of patterned paper to use as my background and another sheet to cut up as layering pieces behind the photo. After distressing and inking the edges, I glued them together using packaging in between to add dimension. I selected a few pieces of ephemera to form a cluster in the corner. There seemed to be something missing on the side. I cut a small piece from the sheet that I had selected to use for the title and placed it on the side. I like how the relative brightness adds to my composition.
I finished my layout by adhering the chipboard ornaments down the side, using foam tape.
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*****Supplies*****
***Paper***
3 Quarter Designs – December Wishes Collection – Designer Paper and Diecuts Set
***Embellishments***
Tres Jolie – Laser Cut Chipboard – Ornaments
Waxed Twine
***Mediums***
Prima – Finnabair – Art Alchemy – Metallique Wax – Vintage Gold #963958
Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink Pad – Aged Mahogany #tim21407
***Other***
Beacon – Fabri-Tac – Permanent Fabric Adhesive
Scrapbook.com – Double Sided Foam Adhesive Shapes #SBC-BCADH-3122
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