The Fairies' Festival

 

Prima’s new Cherry Sweet collection immediately put to mind this photo of my Granddaughter taken in 2013 as she prepared for her ballet recital.

This design is inspired by the September sketch from My Creative Scrapbook. I have a hard time working with busy designs, so I chose the Thoughts from My Heart paper as the main background and the Dreaming of Pink Skies sheet to form background pieces.

I started by cutting a square from the center of the Pink Skies sheet, measuring 1.5” from the borders. The outer piece was glued to a 11.75” square of cardboard to create a base for the layout. Next, I cut the Dreaming paper in half and cut .5” from the left side, resulting in a piece measuring 11.5” x 6”. The right half was trimmed by 1.5” from the bottom, making a piece measuring 10.5” x 6”. These pieces were glued to packaging, then inked around the sides and adhered to the base.

I cut a few pieces from the Pink Skies sheet to create matting layers to place underneath the photo. All of these were glued to pieces of packaging, inked around the sides, glued together, and adhered to the page.

I grabbed a few tags and inked them and placed them down the side of the photo. I cut a circle from one more of the tags and glued it down. Next came the embellishments: some die cut cherries and a few blooms placed beneath the tags. As a final touch, I added the title piece to the bottom of my photo.

A few closeups:

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*****Supplies*****

***Paper***

Prima – Cherry Sweet Collection – 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper – Dreaming of Pink Skies #981860

Prima – Cherry Sweet Collection – 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper – Thoughts from My Heart #981884

***Embellishments***

Prima – Love Notes Collection – Flower Embellishments – Sweet Melody #663155

Prima – Cherry Sweet Collection – Flower Embellishments – Cherry Candy #679484

Prima – Cherry Sweet Collection – Ephemera – Daydreams #981969

Prima – Cherry Sweet Collection – Tag Pad – 15 Pcs #981990

Prima – Cherry Sweet Collection – Chipboard Stickers #981938

***Mediums***

Ranger – Distress Archival Ink – Hickory Smoke

***Tools***

Kreaxions – Circle Cutter

***Other***

Beacon – Fabri-Tac Permanent Adhesive

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