Tuesday, June 09, 2009

Emma- BasicGrey




Wisteria Lane
by Emma Trout

SUPPLIES
Bazzill Cardstock
Patterned papers: Basic Grey Wisteria (Gazebo, Stone Wall, Fountain)
Rub-on: Basic Grey Euro edge (white)
Alphas- Making Memories (I do), Jenni Bowlin Chalkboard
Bird- Heidi Swapp
Other: Ribbon, acrylic paint, Doily, coffee sticks, scrap card.

HOW TO
Draw around a CD onto scrap paper. Cut strips of ‘Stone Wall’ paper and glue on top of CD circle working from purple at the top, through to blue then green at the bottom. Cut out circle.

Tear a strip of ‘Fountain’ paper. Glue across centre of layout with a purple stripe from ‘Stone Wall’ and doily edge. Dry brush white acrylic paint in the centre of cardstock. Glue the circle previously made to the centre/left of layout.

Paint coffee sticks white. Make a white frame for photo and add to layout with coffee stick ‘signpost’. Cover the reverse of a Heidi Swapp mirror bird with ‘Stone Wall’ paper and glue on top of signpost. Cut out a couple of fences and add to layout. Cut out leaves from ‘Gazebo’ and glue at the top of circle. Cut grass design from the green of ‘Gazebo’ paper and glue along centre of circle. Cut out wisteria from ‘Gazebo’ paper and glue around bottom of circle.

Add overlapping rectangles of ‘Stone Wall’ to the left of layout.

Doodle a rectangle on cardstock and add white rub-on.

Finish by adding the title and journaling (On a tag), finished with a ribbon bow.

6 comments:

Zarah said...

Wow! How inventive and how very eautiful!

Mireille said...

EM!!!
Simply gorgeous!!

Wendy said...

beautiful design!
great style!!!

Paula J Atkinson said...

Very pretty page I love the depth you created with the layers.

jo said...

Absolutely stunning yet again Emma! I wish I had your imagination, creativity and talent!!

Heidi Heideveld said...

I was wondering when we were going to see those pics in a layout...