Welcome to the
Songs of Christmas Blog Hop with
Two Scrapbook Friends! You should have arrived here from
Amanda's blog.
Our Blog Hop is all about the Songs of Christmas and the inspiration for my project comes from the song
All I Want For Christmas Is You. I chose this song
because it really represents how my daughter and her BFF feel about each other..not just at Christmas but all year round. They live in each others' back pocket 24/7! (Please forgive the quality of the photo, I couldn't help but scrap it in spite of it's poor quality.)
Here's the final result:
I really liked this photo even though it wrecked havoc with my editing and subsequent blog posting! Something about the light balance on the blog!! But alas here we are and while the final photo isn't all that I imagined it does capture a time in my daughter's life using some techniques I adore.
I began with a plain white sheet and decided to add paint as my foundation using a sea sponge and my watercolour paints:
The olive green in the WE R MEMORY KEEPERS North Pole line was easy to match and added depth and texture to the base. I added some pennant shapes in differing patterns and laid my photo on top. The title (directly from my song of choice) was cut using the Cameo in differing fonts. I am fond of the SNF Lolihop (cursive) and Aharoni for the smaller print letters.
I created an interested effect using my sewing machine by stitching over top of the title letters to anchor them and add contrast. The letters are first adhered using my XYRON sticker maker (LOVE!!) with little or no fuss!
I also distressed some chipboard STUDIO CALICO stars with my water colour paints, TIM HOLTZ distress ink and my MAKING MEMORIES sanding block. The smallest stars are from STUDIO CALICO too.
So remember, in order to be entered to win the special prize all you have to do is hop from Blog to Blog and leave a comment on each as you go. Then simply check back at the
Two Scrapbook Friends blog on
December 10th to see if you are the lucky winner!
Here are the featured blogs in our Blog Hop:
Your next blog will be:
Audrey's. Have fun hopping and be inspired!
Until next time, keep doing what you love,
z
