Friday, August 8, 2014

Authentic Beauty

So I made my cloud stencil and now comes the hard part of using it.  I used a piece of white cardstock and misted the clouds working from the center out and one extra one on the center top (I forgot to take a picture of the misted paper), then just a misting on top.


I didn't back my photo as I thought it could hold it own on this background and just started adding my embellishments to go with the layout.  Since the clouds were blue I die cut come blue butterflies and added a couple of blue bows to the layout. 

I pulled out an old postage stamp die and use the Valentine embossing folder that goes with it for my "Love" postage stamp.  I made the mini alphabet letters to go with this layout and printed on photo paper. 



I punched a small strip of pattern paper then layered it with a tag and bow to bring the  colors over to the side of the page.  The top has a couple of scraps from the die cut postage stamp layered with another tag and butterfly.

Counterfeit Kit Challenge - August Summer Collage
3 - 12x12 Layouts
6 - 12x12 Layouts (1000th Blog Post Challenge Kit)

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Recipe:
Counterfeit Kit:
Cloud Stencil
Mist: October Afternoon - Sprinklers "Set Sail"
Punch: Stampin' Up - Spiral Border; Marvy 3/4" circle punch; EK Success - 2 point Flag
Dies: Provo Craft - Postage stamp die and embossing "love"; Stampin' Up - Beautiful Wings Embosslits, Lots of Tage "Label 1"
Ink: Color Box -Fluid Chalk Ink - Burnt Sienna
Misc.: Adhesive, Alphabet - done on my computer, Blue Embroidery yarn, Stick Pin - Home made, Tiny Attacher, Labels,  and Zots

9 comments:

Margie said...

Gorgeous misting job! Love how your clouds turned out!

Tina Campbell said...

Beautiful misting on the page :) and the flowers are gorgeous :) Well done :)

Tina Campbell said...

Hi Cindy didn't know how often you checked FB so I'm asking the same question here too.
Hey Cindy, Hope you're having a good weekend! I was invited by Elise at Feed Your Craft to participate in the blog hop that you may have seen going around on Mondays. It's an ongoing hop to allow each participant to share a little about them creatively and then invite 3 more bloggers to share. No need to join in, but I wanted to let you know you're one of my 3. If you have time/interest, my post is going live on Monday, the 11th and then yours would need to go the following Monday, August 18th. The questions that are being asked are: 1. What am I working on right now? 2. How long does it take to create a project? 3. What are my fave things I love to create with at the moment? 4. How does your writing/creating process work? 5. What inspires you? No pressure, this is purely if you want to. Best, Tina

Virginia said...

ah that's gorgeous

Susanne said...

Wow, love the misting on this and that cluster is so well placed and constructed.

Leslie Germain said...

Hi Cindy. This is a beautiful page! Love the colors and those clouds. Stopping by from Tina's blog. I am now following you via GFC! Stop by and say hi. Leslie www.thememorynest.blogspot.com

LCSmithSAVED said...

Love how your dreamy photo is floating in the misty clouds :~)

Chidkid said...

Awesome colours and LO. Great job!

sassyscrapper said...

Gorgeous layout. I think you made the right call as the photo can stand alone within the clouds. Great job with those, too. So inspired!