How I created my Garden Girl Page - Linda

Scraplifting the lovely Anita and using the same papers -

Bo Bunny's Garden Girl - was a lot of fun.

Here is my version, altered to fit my photograph.

I cut the centre from the die-cut sheet and stuck the edge onto the bazzill cardstock.

The centre was replaced with a layer of foam tape once I had inked the edges.

I cut the long sentiment from the die-cuts sheet ready to add to the page along with "friends at first sight"  and "a lifetime...."

Once I had all the elements I needed I turned this sheet over and cut parts of the 6x6 frames out, gutted the centres and joined them over the photo. This was mounted again on foam tape.

From the Garden Girl paper, I cut some butterfly wings and flowers which I added the page.

The butterflies have rolled paper bodies and were mounted on 3d foam pads.

The sentiments were added then.

I layered the flowers in a swathe up the left hand side and added others below the long sentiment.

The "A Lifetime..." sentiment was adjusted to be thinner and then added to the bottom of the photograph to cover the frame joint.

There wasn't really anywhere to add journalling so I used further elements from the cut-outs sheet to create a tag. I stapled some raffia to the edge and tucked it in under the frame.

Magenta stickles was added liberally to the page to finish.

Thanks for looking.

How I made my March layout

Here is my layout from this month's design team gallery, using this photo of sweet little Esme.

The layout was made with these ingredients:
K & Company green letter stickers.
Prima pink songbird vine
Bo Bunny Love Bandit collection - Birdie die cut, Bee mine, Nuts 4 U.
Stampin’ Up Aviary stamp set.
Stampin’ Up ink pads in Calypso Coral, Island Indigo, Pool Party, Lucky Limeade and Rose Red.
Journalling block stamp - custom made
4 x 6” landscape photo
Stickles – crystal and lime green
Gems

Here is how I made the layout:
Gut the green side of ‘Bee Mine’ paper so you have a 12” x 12” - 1” frame, stick the ‘Birdie Die Cut’ sheet centrally over the green frame.

I Stamped bird cages in a variety of colours across the centre of the Die cut Sheet, add birds to the cages. Stamp more birds and cages onto smooth white card, and cut out leaving a fine white border around each image.

Using a Technique Tuesday Template, cut the outer shape from the pink side of ‘Be Mine’ and the inner, smaller shape from white side of ‘Nuts 4 U’.

Ink the edges and mount the white shape centrally onto the pink shape. Build this up with 3D foam pads and mount into the centre of the layout. Mount photo onto a piece of the green side of ‘Nuts 4U’. Mount the photo towards the top of the Big shape.

Stamp a circular Journalling block and mount this onto a circle of green paper. Add the journalling details and stick to the top right of the layout overlapping the photo slightly with 3D foam pads. Arrange a selection of bird cages around the journalingl block, some raised and some directly onto the layout.

Arrange the vine down the left side of the layout. Add a cage to the top branch so it appears to be hanging from the vine. Trim off a couple of flowers and add to the journaling block..

Add title with the glitter stickers under the photo. Then add stickles and gems to the cages and flowers.

Here is the original layout by the very talented Anita:

Here is a reminder of the sketch. 

If you would like to join in the challenge please go back to the 'G is for Glitter' post on this blog

Thanks for the inspiration Anita x

Your Scraplifts for March

First in for March's 'G is for Glitter' challenge is this delightful seasonal page from:

SCRAPDOLLY

SUSIE J

JULIE

MINI

SILVERCUSTARD

SCRAPPY SARAH

ADELA

KRAFTY KAREN

SARAH29WOOD

RITA

Will you be next?

This challenge runs until 5th April.

Please return to 1st March post for full details of the challenge and prize.

Thanks and good luck.

March Sneak Peek

A little peek at what we have in store for March's challenge.

Any idea what we have planned?

Pop back on Thursday 1st March when all will be revealed!

TFL

xxx