Sunday, February 19, 2012

Sweet Caroline, do-do-do!

I'll say it. I know you are all thinking it. New product is AWESOME! I love the newness of all the colours and designs and when they come into the store en masse, I get GIDDY! Friday night, I was into my favourite store, Two Scrapbook Friends and what did I see? My Mind's Eye overflowing the racks! I have been eagerly awaiting the arrival of Miss Caroline. The wood grains, and muted melon and lilac, the florals and plaids.  I chose a few papers (I need to pace myself here!) and when I got home I went right to work.

When I was a kid my aunt and uncle had a farm and I remember the worn grey boards of their old old barn. I remember the feel of the wood; warm from the sunshine. This wood grain paper brought back all those happy memories. I splattered white acrylic paint on the back ground and dried it with the heat gun. I layered the patterns and inked the edges. I loved the floral pattern and fussy cut them out.

I layered a duplicate rose on top of some of the flowers and popped them up with foam squares. I layered the cluster over a doilie and added a few pins, some grosgrain ribbon and green crocheted trim.

I hope you'll find some new product at Two Scrapbook Friends that lights the fire under your creativity!
Until next time, keep doing what you love to do!
Christa

15 comments:

  1. an absolute stunning layout!!! i love that background page and the layering with the flowers is just perfect!

    sarabeth

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  2. I cannot wait to get my hands on this line!! An incredible page Christa! Just stunning!!

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  3. This is one amazing layout! Love the woodgrain paper!

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  4. Beautiful Christa, love what you did here and a lovely photo too. I too was like a kid in a candy store on Friday.....Authentique and MME all in one place....too much! I'm working on this line of paper right now too, couldn't wait!

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  5. What a beautiful page. I Love that wood background too! Fun!

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  6. Wow! Gorgeous page! This is my new favorite of yours Christa.

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  7. Beautiful Christa. Lovely photo of your daughter. I love this collection too Awesome isn't it.

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  8. Wow girlfriend! This is gorgeous! I just finished a page with the wood grain background paper also - love it!!!
    Joanne xo

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  9. I love this new collection too. SUCH a GORGEOUS layout.

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  10. Absolutely amazing. Glad you had so much fun.

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  11. This is just breathtaking! I love the pops of color against the grey and the way you did the title! Love it. :)

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  12. I stumbled across this layout in the gallery on two peas and began looking through all of your work. Just beautiful stuff! Thanks for the inspiration.

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  13. I love the pop of the bright colours against the wood grain. And great addition of the paint.

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