Joy Overload - Sue Smyth

With Christmas on the way, we will all have lots of photos to scrapbook , I also like to make layouts to give as gifts, I have given my nieces an album each and every year I add to it in the form of new layouts. I am sure this will be one that I will send their way too.

I love to start a layout with white cardstock and make my own mixed media background. Here I have used shimmer dusts to make a water colour style background. Then I have used Deck the Halls paper pack to embellish, from Bee Arty.

Here are a few close ups, the frame is a die cut piece that I have used cotton to sew on, you could actually to this to a chipboard frame too with a bit of patience and a hole punch. 

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Here is a quick how to to make the Pine trees look so snowy 

To alter the chipboard fir trees, I have used a mix I like to use often, Faux snow, which is 1 part white gesso and 1 part white glitter with a few drops of dimensional magic too.

But this time I have painted over the top in sections to resemble a gree tree with snowy branches. I have used Fern shimmer dust from Colour Blast. While wet I have sprinkled with lots of fine white glitter. You can also use the faux snow mix to paint the chipboard snowflakes too and then sprinkle with more glitter.

Happy Crafting 

The Chipbord I used 

Norfolk Pine Large DA2702

Snowflakes #1 Small  DA2677

Explore - Lynette Jacobs

Lynette here, welcome to the blog today.  I have the pleasure of sharing some inspiration for September.  I used some photos of my youngest grandson doing what he loves most...behind the steering wheel of Daddy's car.   As you can see in the photos, he does look rather pleased with himself.   I used patterned papers from the Heidi Swapp Carefree collection.

The Chipboard used on this page:

Blueprint word pack

Weather

Arrows

Daily

Mini Compasses

Quoted Sentiments 4

Quoted Sentiments 3

Norfolk pine small

Park trees small

Some close up details:

I wanted to create a scene in nature.  I painted the sun and clouds with acrylic paint.

The little compass was dry brushed with beige acrylic paint to give it a washed out look.

The quoted sentiments were also dry brushed with beige acrylic paint and the trees were painted and shaded.  The "daily" words were heat embossed with light blue embossing powder.

The blueprint word and the two arrows were heat embossed in gold to match some of the other gold elements on the page.

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Happy crafting