MAKE A WISH

This layout was made in honor of my son, Lee. He was about a month old when these photos were taken, and was taking his first official trip to see his paternal grandparents and to meet his aunt, uncle and  cousins. It was a very happy time for my husband and me.  

I used technique after technique to do this layout , and had a lot of fun getting goopy! First of all, I tore the paper circles and curled them. Before adhering them to the layout, I applied a thin coat of gesso in the area around the circles to create interest. Using  a stencil and modeling paste I added more texture to the area surrounding the circle. After adhering the curled paper circles to the layout, I painted a little gesso onto the curled paper. 

  

My sister in law made the prettiest cake in honor of Lee's birth. She is quite a cook, and cake decorator! She wrote, "Hello Nephew" on the cake, which everyone enjoyed.....except the birthday boy, himself, as he was only partaking in milk at the time!  

This little Maya Road tin seemed perfect to showcase the cake. I painted it with gesso, then used a little lime green ink to give the raised design a tiny bit of color. That's when it started....my obsession with dabbing gesso onto almost every embellishment and every square inch of the layout!!! 

See what I mean? It's on the linen heart, flower and the chipboard frame. I couldn't stop!

The two little children are Lee's two cousins. They were so cute inspecting his little baby feet and fingers! The photo in the little flower petal frame is that of my sister in law, who made the lovely cake!  

This layout will be on display at The Crafty Scrapper Booth at Scrapbook Expo in Grapevine, Texas from Thursday through Saturday. If you will be there,  drop by the booth to see it and all the other awesome art created by our design team members.

Products used:

Bo Bunny Press
     Surprise Collection paper and stickers
Delta Cream Coat
     Gesso
Liquitex
     Modeling Paste
Little Yellow Bicycle
     burlap stickers
Maya Road
     canvas flower
     linen heart
     tin
     twine
     star pins
Ranger Ink/Crafter's Workshop
     stencil
Ranger/Tim Holts
     ink