Okay, so I had this instagram photo of ME that I was ACTUALLY happy with... now that doesn't happen everyday! So I actually made it to a scrap page. Seriously people, wonders will never cease. And I tied it in with a great quote that is pretty fitting for me at the moment - She turned her cant's into cans and her dreams in plans. Yep, it's a bit special.
Right so I discovered the new Prima Epiphany Collection at my LSS and it pretty much jumped off the shelf at me. Yes, I do believe patterned paper speaks to me! Which kinda accounts for my oversupply. Anyway I grabbed two sheets of the gorgeous Prima. One is the background piece and the other was perfect for fussy cutting - birdcage, pocket watch, key, butterflys and layering under my photo.
I added a large shipping tag with lots of layers. First layer - a sheet of old book paper coloured with distress inks - crushed olive & frayed burlap plus a birdcage and bird stamp. Then I thought what the heck & sewed a piece of scrunched tulle straight down the centre of the tag. On top of this is a pearl flourish from Flourish with a Bling topped of with some butterflies. Yep, I told you, lots of layers.
Now, the butterflies... two were fussy cut, one stamped & coloured with watercolour pencils and the
other 3 were die cut, coloured with a distress ink blender (randomly it was frayed burlap, crushed olive, peacock feathers, vintage photo & spiced marmalade - I felt a little like Tim Holtz) and then a Prima script stamp used. Phew.
While it's a lot of stuff, its not heavy looking. At the very top of the tag is a fussy cut birdcage & a Freckled Fawn wood veneer.
On the other side is the quote title, some Prima & Kaisercraft flowers, a doily almost hidden under it all and a so cute, I just love it, birdcage charm. The large Prima flower & Kaisercraft roses were given a watercolour from my trusty distress markers watered down. The other Prima flowers got hit with some chartruese Hedi Swapp colour shine.
And the title is a combo of things - chipboard letters coloured with antique bronze distress paint, chartruese colour shine & then the Prima script stamp over the top. The Prima letter stickers were also stamped with the script stamp. And finally my trusty typewriter made an appearance for the remainder of the quote.
The final finishing touch is some die cut butterflies layered over the top of the butterfly pattern on the paper. And that is it from me today.
Hope your day is a great one,
Gabby
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