Layouts: January 2010

In this layout I used a patterned paper from Creative Imaginations (if I'm not mistaken), I really liked the muted tones of red green an brown because they complemented the color tones of the big photo which I mounted on red Coredinations cardstock and then adhered on the page with foam squares. Then I adhered the rest of the photos on a green Coredinations piece of cardstock, I like this cardstock a lot because the core color is a lighter shade of the main color, so it is ideal for distressing, tearing, sanding etc. Then I stamped on ivory smooth cardstock and colored with my copics the Sarah Kays and mounted them on dark brown cardstock after cuting it with scallop nestabillities and sanding it a lot in order to reveal the beige inner color. After that I added the title and the date using Basic Grey sticker alphas after changing the color with my copics. I also colored the tiny bows I made, that's another reason I love my copics, you can color on (almost) everything!
Next step was the little embellishment on the lower left corner, it is a Dover publications sample image that I colored with my copics, also used some Sakura Stardust pens and I coverd it with Ranger's Glossy Accents before adhering it on the page with foam pads.
Last thing I made is the flower on the left, I used the Slice and cut two pieces of pattered paper, same size and design, and then used a lot of distress inks in red and pink shades. After that I adhered the one on top the other with foam pads and covered the top one with Ranger's Crackle Accents. After it was dry, I cut two circles from pp, one slightly larger than the other and used the scissors to cut the fringes around them. Then I added the large flower underneath and finally secured the whole together with a velvet brad. Last step I lifted the fringes and pushed them closely around the brad  and..ready!