Me again, without the pigtails – I’ve graduated to the Tonette perms, my mother’s attempt to control my ever-messy hair. Next to me are my brother and sister. We’re sitting at the “kiddies’ table” – actually a smaller picnic table that my father made just for us! The photo is dated 1952, so I must have been 5; my brother would have been 3 and my sister would have been 4 years old.
Lots of tearing and layering here. I had planned on using more of the red gingham pattern to go with the picnic theme, but it looked much too busy. I ended up with using the centers of several sheets, thinking that the watercolor-like backgrounds and floral edges worked much better. The photo was matted with a couple of pieces of scraps after I distressed all of the edges.
The title piece is a Prima chipboard coated with gesso, then colored with a few of the new 49 & Market inks from Ranger using a water brush.
I added a few die cuts here, using foam dots to make them pop and called it done.
A few closeups:
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*****Supplies*****
***Paper***
49 & Market – Nature’s Haven Collection – 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper – Busy Bee #JNH-33052
49 & Market – Nature’s Haven Collection – 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper – Growing Wild #JNH-33090
49 & Market – Nature’s Haven Collection – 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper – Happy Place #JNH-33106
***Embellishments***
49 & Market – Nature’s Haven Collection – Die Cuts – Elements #JNH-33199
49 & Market – Nature’s Haven Collection – Laser Cuts – Elements #JNH-33175
Prima – Decorative Chipboard – Words to Live By II #647407
My Creative Scrapbook – Cut File – Floral
***Mediums***
Prima – Finnabair – Art Basics – Heavy Gesso – White #961442
Ranger – 49 & Market – Dye Ink – Green Jean #92407
Ranger – 49 & Market – Dye Ink – Strawberry Pie #92483
***Other***
Beacon – Fabri-Tac Permanent Adhesive
Scrapbook.com – Artis Craft Glue
Scrapbook.com – Double Sided Foam Adhesive Shapes
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