My
next layout using the August Tranquility kit from Swirlydoos features more of
the Blue Fern Studios Tranquility collection.
I
wanted a more rustic look for this photo, so I chose to use the reverse side of
the Jubilation sheet for my base and the Serenity page for my matting and
embellishing.
First,
I fussy cut the flowers that run across the bottom; then I cut the rest of the
papers in various sizes to form my matting. These were lightly distressed and
inked before being assembled and stapled together and then adhered to my
picture.
Meanwhile,
I took out some of the fun pieces that Krissy had included in the main kit:
DoCraft Country Life wooden signs, Craftwood picket fencing from Darice and a
couple of mini clothespins. The wooden signs were first colored with Ranger
Distress Ink in Pumice Stone. When the ink was totally dry, I lightly swiped
them with watered down gesso that was left from whitewashing my fence pieces.
Before gluing the clothespins to the
butterflies, I ran a bit of 1/8" Score Tape along the tops and coated them
with the BFS glitter in Army Dust.
This
same glitter was used to coat the Foliage stickers by Queen & Co. that,
along with the Magnolia Lane die cut ephemera by Ultimate Crafts, was included
in the Embellishment add-on.
That
beautiful water lily by BFS came in the main kit; the Petaloo blooms were part
of the Flower add-on.
The
one thing from my stash is Prima's alphabet stickers from the Divine
Collection.
That's
me, my brother Jack and my sister Jean enjoying our meal at the picnic table
that our father built just for us in 1952.
Back
in the summer days before air conditioning, my mother would prepare such dishes
as potato and macaroni salads and baked beans in the cool of the morning to
avoid heating up the house. Dad would cook the meat out on the brick grill next
to the picnic table and we would often eat outside. There was a rainy day
option - a back porch with windows along one wall that would open up to give us
a breeze through the screens.
