Aloha

Good morning all.

Lots of shouting going on last night again when our team (Liverpool) were playing again in Bulgaria in the Champion's League. After conceding a last minute goal we ended with a 2 all draw!

A canvas to share today which I've been working on for a few days. This is really just a practise run before I do some for the weddings.

I've chosen a family photo taken nearly ten years ago on New Year's Eve in The Epcot Centre at Walt Disney World. I started by giving the 8x8 canvas a good coating of gesso. Once dry I used some glass bead glitter gel coloured with Gelato ink to stencil the corners...the stencil is from Imagination Crafts. Then I got inky, as did the craft room and all the tools on my work top! Using my new distress spray inks I gradually built the colour up until I was happy with the effect. I then stencilled the Memory Box dots with texture paste in the other two corners. 

I've used a sketch for the layout design, the papers are from K&Co. The dies I've used are all from Spellbinders and those cut from kraft card along with the chipboard title letters have been sprayed with inks and Cosmic Shimmer. Alphabet stamps are from Anita's Stamps, stamped with versamark and heat embossed with white detail EP. The flowers came from one of the leis we are wearing in the photo, I've added some picket fence and silver Cosmic Shimmer to them. Some pearls finish off the layout.

Challenges entered:

Add a Little Dazzle - anything goes/or use a stencil

Decorate to Celebrate - anything 3D goes

Party Time Tuesdays - anything goes

All Crafts - anything but a card

Not Just Cards - anything goes

Pile it On - recycle/upcycle (flowers)

Scrappy Hands - textures

Altered Eclectics - anything goes but a card

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - anything goes with patterned paper

Redd's Creative Spirit - anything mixed media

WOW Embossing Powder - mixed media

Lasting Memories - all about the title

Creative Scrappers - sketch #282