Climbing

My son, Colin, in 2007

For this layout, I used Maja Design paper from their Enjoying Outdoors collection

Maja Design Enjoying Outdoors - Tags & Journaling Cards (bs)

Maja Design Enjoying Outdoors - Autumn Hues

Maja Design Enjoying Outdoors - Singing in the Rain (bs)

Maja Design Enjoying Outdoors - Gardening (bs)

I did some stencilling on the background with Faber-Castell whipped spackle.

The Crafter's Workshop
Tile Mania (6x6)

These are the dies I used:

Spellbinders Romantic Rectangles Two

Spellbinders Grand Decorative Circles

These are the chipboard pieces I used:

Dusty Attic
Geometric Border

Blue Fern Studios Charleston Corners

Blue Fern Studios Organic Vine

For the Geometric Border and Charleston Corner, I tried various things inlcuding embossing them with Distress Embossing Powder but didn't like the way they looked so I painted over them with white paint.  I then rubbed Seedless Preserves and Dusty Concord Distress Inks on them and misted them with water.  After that was dry I traced around the edges with a black marker to make them stand out more.

The Organic Vine was painted green and Ranger Crackle Accents was applied.  I then rubbed brown ink over them to accentuate the cracks and wiped the excess off.  I also rubbed a little white and purple paint on them with my fingertip and added a touch of black ink around some of the edges.

The flowers are by Petaloo and Prima and the berries are by Blue Fern Studios.

Thank you so much for taking a look!