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Friday, August 22, 2008

Your Delicacy











Finally, here's the finished layout using the techniques that I've shared this few days. It's a layout about Chloe and her yummy little thumb. Somehow, I can see how much she enjoys her "delicacy" in that photograph. Therefore, I've vision her in this gorgeous restaurant which chandeliers, lace table clothes and loads of jewel tones. That's how my inspirations comes!
Here are the steps.
1) I've used a white card stock as the base for this layout. Distress the edges using the scissors distressing technique and ink it with vintage photo and brushed corduroy distress ink.
2) I've used 3 sheets of pattern paper from the Basic Grey Mellow line to layer behind the photograph. All layers had been distressed using the scissors distressing technique and ink with frayed burlap distress ink.
3) On the first layer, stamp some details along the upper edge and add some lace flowers (which had been cut in halves and inked with distress ink) with mini brads. Use some glitters (Stickles) to add some bling to the stamped images.
4) Distress the photograph using the "Distressing your Photographs using Hole Punchers" technique and attach it to the middle of the page.
5) I've hand drawn a huge swirl on a pattern paper and cut it out. Ink the edges with distress ink and paste it to the bottom of the page.
6) Stencil and drawn some small circles all over the area around the swirl.
7) Distress the bottom of the page using the "Creating Distressed Marks" technique.
8) The flowers are created using the "Flowers using Perfect Pearls" technique and place all around the swirls.
9) The chandelier is actually a recycle packaging from my recent new stamp from Heidi Swapp. "Recycle your Clear Stamps Packaging" tip. Add lots of glitters (Stickles) to it for some glamour bling look. I've also stitched on the top of it to give the look of it being hang down from the top.
10) I've printed out the title from my computer and cut it out. Ink the edges using distress ink and attach it to the page using some foam adhesives for dimension.
This is such a fun layout to do for me as most of you know I just love to play with new techniques. I hope I've not disappoint anyone with this finished layout of mine. Happy creating remember, it's all about having fun too!

Sources: Card stock: Bazzill; Pattern Paper: Basic Grey, Scenic Route; Stamps: Making Memories; Inks: Ranger Distress Ink, Ranger Adirondack Ink Pad, Ranger Perfect Medium; Others: Ranger Perfect Pearls, Ranger Stickles, lace flowers, mini brads, zig pens, uni-ball signo gel pen, recycle packaging of Heidi Swapp clear stamp.

22 comments:

  1. Beautiful!! I love it!!! The holes on the photo actually enhance it as you can see the patterned paper behind it. LOve it, :)

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  2. okay, I am ordering your gorgeous thumbsucking girl WITH this lay-out!!!
    I really love it, I am really thrilled by it and... sooooooooo jealous about all those new techniques you always seem to find somewhere in that creative mind of yours!!
    ps: tried some of your techniques out on a little, nostalgic mini-album. you can see some pics of it already on my own blog..

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  3. This is absolutely stunning. The techniques really enhance the layout. The photo is so cute, and says it all. Brilliant.

    Love Debbbie XX

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  4. sublime... comme toujours

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  5. soooo worth the wait! What a beautiful layout and I love all the new techniques you have shared!

    smiles,

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  6. Incredible!! I love your work and all of the new techniques you share. The distress with hole punch is next on my list to try! This LO is amazing!

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  7. I wa floored by the techniques, but the page blew me away. Oh so gorgeous!!

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  8. How delicious you scrap, love your style!

    Best regards,
    Wildärtan, Sweden

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  9. Oh my goodness!!!!
    It looks SSSSSOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
    BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!

    I love all the techniques, and I love the handrawn circles, the lace-flowers,the punched corner...and that AMAZING swirl...
    Wow girl...... you rock!!!!!!!!!

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  10. OMG!!! Your LOs are amazing!! I can look at them for days!
    ♥thanks for sharing♥

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  11. Beautiful! Your work is breathtaking. Even with the instructions that you share so willingly, I doubt anyone could duplicate your work. I love looking at it!

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  12. Sooooooooooooooo beautiful Irene, the photo is adorable, I have a little thumb sucker in my house too lol, love the punched photo technique - thanks for the inspiration, have a great weekend XXX

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  13. Wow !! This is so cool !
    Love the technique you taught here :)

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  14. OMG IRENE!!!! THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO IT. YOU ARE A CONSTANT INSPIRATION TO ME. YOU ARE AWESOME!

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  15. You are right! I would be afraid to do this to my pictures. But when they are cheap on sale...why not. And disappoint?!? Are you kidding me! Your work is beyond anything I have ever seen. And it is beautiful. Specially the way you cut out the wording. great job!!!

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  16. This lo is absolutely stunning! I love the colors, decorations and all the techniques you used!

    Merel

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  17. I LOVE your visions!!! as crazy as they may seem at the time you just work magic with it all!!!!

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  18. Wow! This layout is amazing! You are a very talented girl. I don't know how you can even begin to THING that ANYONE would be disappointed with this. Beautiful techniques! I will be stalking your blog from now on! Great Job!!

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  19. This is just gorgeous! I LOVE IT!

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  20. Thank you so much for your generosity in sharing your techniques and how you constructed this gorgeous page. I've had so much fun following your tutorial! If you would like to see what I did, you can see it here: http://blogs.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=main&webtag=joslyn&entry=196 :) Thank you!

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  21. Gorgeous page Joslyn! Great job done! Thanks for the credit too!

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