May 24, 2015

Today - Scrap Around the World

I was so inspired by this month's mood board at Scrap Around the World that I had to take a much needed break from all of the end of the school year paperwork chaos for work and make time to play along with the challenge.

It felt really good to participate!  If you are like me and don't have much time to join challenges, I highly recommend that you make time somehow and play along with this epic event at Scrap Around the World.  I bet you'll feel good, like I did, making a page for yourself and having fun doing so.  If that isn't enough, have you seen the massive assortment of prizes up for grabs?!  I'd say that Scrap Around the World certainly knows how to celebrate their birthday!


To create the background, I first covered the white cardstock with a coat of clear gesso.  I then used drops of various colors of mists... pinks, teals, black, and white... with drops of water to create a watercolor effect.  I really enjoy this fun process!

When dry, I used a script stamp with some black distress ink to randomly lightly stamp around the page.  Then I used the same distress ink here and there with a triangle stencil.  I layered some super heavy gesso through another stencil to add texture.

When all was dry, I pulled out the My Creative Scrapbook January Limited Edition kit, which features the Tropical Punch collection from Kaisercraft, and a few additional goodies from my stash (that doily was courtesy of our local breakfast restaurant... they use those on the plates that they serve pancake syrup on! Too pretty for syrup if you ask me, which is why it ended up coming home with me and landed on this page LOL).








Several things about the Scrap Around the World mood board inspired me... the pretty pinks and hints of blue and green, the beautiful basket of flowers and the fallen petals, the sprinkles on the martini glass, and the texture on the icecream cone. 


Thanks for stopping by today!

10 comments:

Veera said...

This is adorable! Thank you for joining us at SATW Epic Event!

Romy said...

It's a truly amazing lay-out with a gorgeous mixed media background! I love it a lot!

Tiphanie B. said...

It's a fabulous layout !! I love it ! Thank you for joining us at SATW Epic Event!

Heather McMahon said...

Wow - this is stunning! Thanks for playing along in the Epic Event at SATW.

Tanya Dudkina said...

This is amazing! Love it!
Thank you for joining in our Epic Event at SATW!!

langeatheart said...

This is stunning Kris! Love the background and all the yummy layers! All the best! :)

Jaya Raghuvanshi said...

This is so gorgeous! Thank you for participating in the SATW may epic event!

Nicole Doiron said...

Absolutely beautiful! Thank you for celebrating our May Epic Event with us at Scrap Around the World!

Athanasia said...

Lovely work, so beautiful! Thank you for joining our epic event at SATW!

Ella Swan said...

Kris I ADORE this & am so happy you played with us at SATW!! Thanks for joining in our Epic Event!!!

 
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