ella blue potential

Ella Blue by GCD Studios arrived at the shop last week. WOW. that is all i can say. a vintage collection like none i had seen before. of course i had to do a layout as soon as i had a chance!!!

i used Tara for the background. i placed a large Doily over the page, and sprayed it with a home made mist, made up of Walnut Stain Distress reinker and water. removed the Doily and dried it with my Heatgun. these papers have a wonderful linen texture, so they react quite well to water and heat. very little, if any buckling. then i cut the big rose from Savannah, and dressed it up with some True Blue, Cinnamon and Waterfall Stickles. i cut two strips from Grace and layered it at the bottom of the page with some Tim Holtz Coredinations cardstock inbetween. added a nice Blue ribbon and a stunning shimmer brown ribbon on top of that. Next I took a title tag from Authentique and distressed it, adding Walnut Stain ink to the edges. then i added a sentence from the Authentique Diction sticker sheet as my journaling. Made a ribbon with my Enmarc Bow Master and added a VERY old MM brad.

i took the big butterfly from the Celebr8 range (distributed by The Wholesaler - did you know they have an online shooping facility?)and covered it with Cloudy Blue Paint Dabber. then i took Blue Glass Embossing powder and randomly added it to the butterfly. i used my heatgun to melt it. i also took some Espresso Alcohol ink, and dabbed it randomly all over the butterfly. added some Distress Vintage Photo Stickles to some areas afterwards, and let it dry. for the title i used really cheap W & M chipboard letters, carefully embossed with Copper UTEE and Blue Glass. i just wanted a little bit of the Blue Glass to come through, and this took a little bit of time. but the end result is worth it!! i did the same with the swirl at the top of the butterfly and under the tag. i just matted the photo 3 times on cardstock, distressing the edges roughly with my Tim Holtz Tonic Distresser. i find his works the best if you are working with smaller pieces of paper and also thinner paper. the light cardstock is actually a Colormates Light Fairy Tale Pink! And there you have it!! the shop has all 12 papers in the range, selling only at R8! the papers are all double sided. any ideas of what you would create with this range? Watch this space - i will have another layout soon - just to show you that you don't just have to do Vintage layouts! all products used are available at Scrapbook Studio Jeffreys Bay. the shop posts countrywide, so if you would like some of these papers, just phone the shop on 042-2932781 or send an email to sales@scrapbookstudio.co.za. enjoy the rest of your weekend!!