Magical Moments

Hi everyone

     At Our Creative Corner we have a new challenge for you! 

Kerstin is hosting the challenge this month and her challenge is called -

It's Magic

Photographs can tell amazing stories of specific places or unforgettable moments in nature.

 For this challenge use a favourite photograph and add some special colours, moods and effects. 

Put these ingredients together in a vintage style and share your creative story with us. 

Especially suitable are classical scrapbook layouts (30 x 30) or canvases in mixed media style but you can also make cards or tags (as long as your project includes a magic nature photograph). 

Note: if you don't like scrapbooking or are no photographer, the focal image can also be replaced by a cut out (or transferred) nature photograph from a postcard or magazine for example.

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I wanted to use a photo I had taken and, after hunting through many photo files and finding no nature photographs, I decided to take my camera outside and see what I could find. Luckily it was a very warm day and, while I was sitting next to some flowers, a bee was hovering around....as it carried on working I quickly snapped a few photos and I had the shot for the layout.

I wanted to create my background for this layout rather than use a patterned paper. I wasn't sure how it would go, so I decided to think less and work fast...I grabbed some inks, sprays, stamps etc and got to work....

First I sprayed the sheet of paper with several inks...I used Sunshine Yellow Dylusions spray and then added some After Midnight Dylusions spray to a homemade pale pink ink spray (that I have totally forgotten what it is) and then I spritzed it all with water

When dry I began to add the stencils - I used a leaf, lattice, chicken wire and dots stencils randomly across the page using Gathered Twigs, Dusty Concord and Wild Honey DI's

Then I began to add some stamping using Potting Soil Archival ink

I also stamped using Picket Fence DP on a dots stamp

Tissue tape was added....

Then I placed the photo in place. I noticed that the black background of the photograph looked too stark for this layout, so I decided to cut out the flowers. I blended some Gathered Twigs DI around the edges to add some shading.

A strip of lace was added and a metal corner decoration was dabbed with Picket fence DP

White paper flowers were spritzed with Sunshine Yellow Dylusions sprays and stamped with a flourish stamp. A wooden button was painted with Picket Fence DP that had been mixed with a little Seedless Preserves DI

Ivory hemp string was wound around the page and attached in places with a tiny blob of glue. Little pearls stickers were attached.

Chit chat stickers were edged with Wild Honey DI 

The entire layout was given a final delicate mist of White Linen Dylsuisons spray....

And there is my 'It's Magic Layout....

Hope you will come along and join us this month at Our Creative Corner!

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Happy Crafting!