Hello Quick Quotes friends! Marcia here to host the blog today.
I have an autumn layout to share with you today that I made with the Quick Quotes Cherry Truffle collection. Squirrels for some reason like me to take their picture. I figure they must because they let me get real close. At this time of year they are always stuffing their faces too. I snapped this little guys photo on a recent trip to Itasca State Park in the Minnesota north woods.
I wanted to bring out the yellow a little more, so I distressed the edge of my photo and applied some Lemonade and Mango Mai Tai Powderpuff chalk ink. It frames the photo nicely. I did the same to the red paper. Here is a peek at the photo edge. You can also see that I used my Biscotti Powderpuff chalk ink on the edge of the vellum.
To embellish my layout, I used the Fall Leaves chipboard pieces. I wanted textured leaves, so I started by painting some gesso on my chipboard pieces. I applied more gesso in some places. After it was dry I painted the pieces with some brown acrylic paint. On the leaves, I then applied some Lemonade and Mango Mai Tai Powderpuff chalk ink. I love how they turned out, textured with muted colors.
I hope you will give photo distressing a try, and remember to use those powderpuff inks to add some color.
See you next time!
~ Marcia
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I have an autumn layout to share with you today that I made with the Quick Quotes Cherry Truffle collection. Squirrels for some reason like me to take their picture. I figure they must because they let me get real close. At this time of year they are always stuffing their faces too. I snapped this little guys photo on a recent trip to Itasca State Park in the Minnesota north woods.
I wanted to bring out the yellow a little more, so I distressed the edge of my photo and applied some Lemonade and Mango Mai Tai Powderpuff chalk ink. It frames the photo nicely. I did the same to the red paper. Here is a peek at the photo edge. You can also see that I used my Biscotti Powderpuff chalk ink on the edge of the vellum.
To embellish my layout, I used the Fall Leaves chipboard pieces. I wanted textured leaves, so I started by painting some gesso on my chipboard pieces. I applied more gesso in some places. After it was dry I painted the pieces with some brown acrylic paint. On the leaves, I then applied some Lemonade and Mango Mai Tai Powderpuff chalk ink. I love how they turned out, textured with muted colors.
Quick Quotes Supplies:
The leaves are falling vellum quote
Other supplies:
Core'dinations cardstock
Liquitex Gesso
Americana acrylic paint
bakers twine
Helmar V2 vellum adhesive
Alphabet stickers - Doodlebug Teensy Type in Bon Bon
Imaginisce D-Stress tool
See you next time!
~ Marcia
5 comments:
Cute Fall layout. I like how you textured your chipboard leaves with gesso, and framed the squirel.
I like the pop of yellow throughout the page. Very nice.
Even though I do not like Squirrels, one died in between our Pink Panther in the attic above my walk-in closet, I like your wonderfully embellished Autumn scrapbook layout.
Melissa
"Sunshine HoneyBee"
This layout it beautiful! I love the way you colored and used the chipboard leaves and it was a brilliant idea to use the leaf outline around the squirrel!
barb :)
Great technique and so pretty!
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