Saturday, August 27, 2016

Bay Bliss Layout

     Happy weekend! Sharing a layout I did with a photo I took of Monterey Bay, California last summer.




     I changed the hue a little, cooling the colors with more purples and pinks to go with this month's Mood Board Challenge at Scrap Africa. I was inspired by the whole board, from the gorgeous colors, to the flowers, butterfly, ocean, and glass, which I replicated with my flower centers.




     My design inspiration came from the beautiful August 15th Sketch at Stuck Sketches.




     The background was colored with Lindy's Stamp Gang Magicals (Prima Donna Purple and Sassy Sapphire) and Sprays (Afternoon Delight Denim and Witch's Potion Purple). The rest was done with stencils masked with inks, and embossed with Ranger's Rainbow Sparkle Embossing Powder, which I also used to stamp and emboss the stitching, flowers, and butterflies. I used the Well-Rounded Stencil from TCW to mask the black along the left of the photo, and to create the waves on the tag. 




   
     Around the hole of the tag, I rubbed some Platinum Inka-Gold before adding my fibers. Then I used the Butterfly Collage Stencil, also from TCW, to ink the circles with Distress Inks (Seedless Preserves, Wilted Violet, and Blueprint Sketch) before adding the embossing powder. The butterflies were layered and embossed with black ink using Bo Bunny's Flutter Stamp and also colored with Distress Inks.




     The netting I got from my mom was perfect for this page, and has flecks of silver in it.
   



     The banners were cut from purple and blue vellum, and the edges embossed with Lindy's Stamp Gang Queen Sheba's Silver Embossing Powder. I used Ranger Jet Black Archival Ink and Wilted Violet Distress Ink to ink and emboss the edges of the matting, which I popped up with Pop Dots. 




     The title was masked with Tim Holtz' Cargo Stencil using Peacock Feathers, Blueprint Sketch, Wilted Violet, and Shaded Lilac Distress Inks. Then I embossed the stitching underneath with Bo Bunny's Stitches Stamp. 



Thanks so much for stopping by!

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Challenges:




A Vintage Journey ~ Stencil It (I used 3 different stencils)




18 comments:

  1. Beautiful!! Love your colour combo and your background work
    Thank you for joining us at Stuck?! Sketches!

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  2. Wonderful job !!, I love the colors, details and image ...
    Thank you very much for joining Scrap Africa !! :)

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  3. Great page, love your use of fibers! Thanks for joining us at Stuck?! Sketches!

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  4. Fantastic take on both challenges, love the purple! Thanks for playing along with Stuck?!

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  5. A very pretty LO,thanks for joining us at Archiscraps this month

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  6. Beautiful, Thank you for joining in at Archiscraps
    Mary

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  7. Just under the wire at Archiscraps! What gorgeous color

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  8. WOW...Love your layout and background !! Thanks for joining us at Scrap Africa ...Have a nice day..Heike

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  9. Great layout, thanks for joining in this months challenge at The Artistic Stamper.

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  10. This is so beautiful, love the colors. Thanks for joining in with Archiscraps!

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  11. Lovely work sweetie!!Good luck and thank you for joining us at Scrap Africa.

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  12. So attention to detail and very lovely creation with pretty butterflies fluttering by. Thank you for joining Scrap Africa August challenge. Join us again this month Drea! Have a happy great scrappy crafty moments always!
    Hugs and smiles,
    Asmah
    Scrap Africa Design Team
    Qinaahana Arts & Crafts {My Personal Blog}

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  13. Such a gorgeous page and love the background work and stamping! The stamped and fussy cut flowers are gorgeous! ;-) Thanks so much for playing along with us at Scrap Africa! ;-)

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  14. lovely project, Thank you for taking part in Scrap Africa challenge :)

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  15. Beautiful page! Thank you for joining us at Scrap Africa!

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  16. What a beautiful way to frame that wonderful photo Drea. The whole design is so perfectly balanced. Thank you so much for joining us at A Vintage Journey xx

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  17. Beautiful layout Drea ! I love the colour scheme, the photo almost melts into the background. Thanks for joining us at Stamps and Stencils. Sue C x

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  18. Lovely page! Thank you for joining is at Scrap Africa!

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