Tired Boys

My boys in 2010

For this layout, I used a piece of Blue Fern Studios paper from their Wanderlust collection.

Blue Fern Studios
Wanderlust - Lakeside

These are the chipboard pieces I used:

Creative Embellishments
Celtic Border 3

Creative Embellishments
Leafy Corner Flourish Set

I lightly brushed some white paint over the Celtic Border piece with my fingertip.

I embossed the Leafy Corners with Verdigris Ranger Antiquities embossing powder but didn't like how it looked with the flowers so I embossed it again with Pumice Stone Distress Embossing Powder. Some of the verdigris colour showed through giving an overall effect of pale green which I liked.  I inked around the edges with Dark Brown Colorbox Chalk Ink.

The clay pieces were made with molds and Sculpey Ultra Light.  I painted them with Prima Finnabair Stone Effect Paste in the pumice colour and sprayed the dried pieces with Walnut Gold Glimmer Mist. I then rubbed white paint over the raised areas with my fingertip to bring out the details.

Prima Iron Orchid Designs Baroque 3

Prima Iron Orchid Designs Medallions

I also painted some loose weave burlap with watery white paint and tucked it under the bottom of the photo.

The flowers were a mixture of different brands including Petaloo, Little Birdie Crafts, 49 and Market, Wild Orchid Crafts and Prima.

Thank you so much for taking a look!