Once again I am guilty of not being able to part with a piece of paper. The problems are:
- I only have one sheet of this paper left
- It is double sided, and I LOVE both sides
- I only have ONE sheet of this paper left
Now, you may think, "Why doesnt' she just go buy more of that paper?". You see, I'm trying to be a good girl and use my stash.
So, what is one to do? This one, that's me, decided to try and re-create the pattern of the paper with paint. You can see the original here, on the Authentique website. It's called "Friendship" from the "Genuine" line. You may remember that this is the line that I wanted to wallpaper my house in (seen here). While I do LOVE the chevron side, it's the B side that I wanted to re-create for my layout seen above. It was just the right shade of blue to complement the gym floor in the photo. It's sort of a wispy denim. Oooh, that could be a new Crayola crayon color!
So, I started with navy blue cardstock and poured some "denim" acrylic paint onto the paper. And, I do mean poured, the cap came flying off! I add some dark blue paint, then some white. I was messy and careless. It was wonderful! I swiped the paint around with a paper towel and a dry paint brush, and then dabbed with the paper towel again. I made the paper a little too wet with paint, but the sun is a natural dryer, so I set it out on the porch for awhile. With some volleyball paper, alpha stickers, and a volleyball die-cut...the layout "Volleyball, Brownies, and an Eagle" was complete.
So, my precious paper is saved for another day.
So much for using my stash.
~Kelly
Things I love about this layout...
-these patterned papers from Authentique's line, Genuine. I could wallpaper my house in these papers--and I don't usually love a whole collection, but with this one, every sheet makes me happy.
So, Authentique, if you are listening (or watching or looking or reading), how about starting a line of wallpaper?
-the yellow polka dot paper from Close to My Heart...
polka dots make me happy too
-the sandpaper I used to cut out the letters in BEACH.
Guess what they remind me of? SAND, sandpaper, get it?
-the pattern from this grid stamp (from Stampin' Up) that I stamped with clear embossing ink under the glitter
-the triangle banners at the top of the layout, with the twine underneath. The shape is from Fiskars new XXXXL "Banner Year" Lever Punch. I had previously questioned why I would need a punch that makes triangles when they really aren't that difficult to hand cut, but let me tell you...pop, pop, pop--3 triangles all the same size in 3 seconds, I was wrong...I LIKE it!
-the white lacy leaf from Kaisercraft tucked under the right side of the photo
-this cute photo of my son sitting in one of the many holes in the sand that he made that day
-the mini alphabet, Tiny Type, stickers from Cosmo Cricket--
I could collect these in every color!
-the compass overlay from Me and My Big Ideas that is to the right of the photo
-that this "Quilt Block of the Month", it's #7, from Smitha Katti over at the Fiskars site is much easier to replicate in paper than #6 that had me tearing up over triangle cutting and placement. (I'm exagerrating a little...but just a little).
-did I mention the papers from Authentique?
Oh, so worth mentioning again.
-the sparkly gold glitter, with that grid pattern, ooh la la!
In Florida, the sand really is sparkly!
OK, now things I don't like about this layout...
there is just one...
-the sparkly gold glitter
Oh, did you notice the sparkly gold glitter ended up on both lists?
(I bolded it for you just in case you didn't notice).
Actually, that sparkly gold glitter ended up on my barefeet, on the photo, on my fingers, on my clothes, in my hair, all over my scrap dungeon, on my camera, on the front porch (where I took the photo of the layout), do you get the idea?
I am reminded why I don't like glitter and why I don't use glitter. I tried that old high school art class trick of spraying hair spray over the glitter to help it set--didn't work. Maybe I need to use super duper Aqua Net, circa 1987?
Oh well, this layout is one of my favorites.
So much so, I could almost forgive and forget about the glitter.
Almost.
Hope you have a sparkly day!
~Kelly
