Mystery in the (Concrete) Jungle

Hi everyone! Sharing with you my latest creation from my scrapbook room. Over at CSI we have a beautiful color scheme and as usual, I have used the amazingly beautiful Blue Fern Studios

products. 

I am entering this piece in the Blue Fern Studios January Sketch Challenge. There will be a lot of competition this month, so I am just hoping for the best. Their method of choosing is by a drawing, so we will see. Here is the sketch, by the amazing Michele Singh, who  creates many of the Blue Fern Studios collections! For this layout, I turned the sketch upside down. 

 Here is Michele's sketch: 

If you are familiar with my scrapbooking journey, you know that development of "my style" has been a long time coming. It has been in the last year, after a lot of fun experimentation that I achieved this goal. I love a classic, romantic look when choosing paper. A lot of fun work on the background paper is a must. Stamping, painting, texturizing and embossing on my backgrounds is the part I enjoy the most.

After the background is complete, I can add the lovely little elements from the collection. In the photo below, it is the sweet little cherub. I always purchase two pieces of paper so I can use one for fussy cutting. I use markers around the edges so no white shows. Then, I create a chipboard piece a little smaller than the piece that has been fussy cut. This gives the little cherub more stability so it doesn't get warped or damaged over the years in a scrapbook. 

The last step is to add the embellishments. I have recently discovered the brand new Blue Fern Studios Imagine Ink embossing powder. All you have to do is dab a little Ranger/Tim Holtz Perfect Medium on the chipboard, then sprinkle the powder onto the chipboard and heat. It's super easy! 

PRODUCTS

Blue Fern Studios paper (Blush

     collection/Cupid's Folly), chipboard,

     Imagine Ink (embossing powder) and stamps

Crafter's Workshop template
Gelatos
Liquitex modeling paste
Petaloo flowers

Prima Color Bloom Spray and mailbox 

     embellishment

Ranger Perfect Medium
Stampendous embossing products
StazOn ink
From my stash:
     sequins

The journaling reads: 

Lee and Allie enjoy the fast pace of "the big city". When they visited Liz in Austin, they boated on Lake Travis and enjoyed the unique music on Sixth Street. One of the most enjoyable activities was to view the area that has been seen by millions... Grafiti Park at Castle Hills. It is a fun place to have your photo taken! The Concrete Jungle is alive and well! 

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