Moments

 

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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