Recently my eldest son (second eldest child) had the honour of being the best man at his friends wedding. It was an amazing day & I was so grateful that our whole family was invited along to share in this special event - with our son & the happy couple.
When I saw this picture of all the boys together I knew straight away that I wanted to scrap it.
I used Kaisercraft paper from the Havana Nights collection (sold through Spotlight Australia as the Tropics collection).
On the finished page the stamping I did on the leafy patterned paper does not show through as well as I had hoped but I guess the up side there is that it doesn't look out of place either - it blends right into look of the page as a whole. I used stamps #23 & #7 from Aall & Create, which I absolutely LOVE by the way.
As I haven't yet managed to get my hands on any clear gesso I used Distress Collage Medium in matt to protect my central strip of torn patterned paper from my Dylusion & Distress Oxide splatters.
The style of the patterned paper that I chose for the background made the layout very busy (to my colourblind eyes) so I really didn't want to overwhelm the page with too many flowers & ephemera.
I kept the cluster simple with a miniature playing card, onto which I applied Distress Collage Medium & Distress Ink.
Finally I finished the page with a Prima flower & a vellum flower from the Cocoa Vanilla More Than Words collection.
I decided not to place a title on the page but the one I had originally picked out was #bromance
I'm am so happy with how the layout turned out - almost exactly as I envisioned it... #winning
Here is the May Mood Board from the Scrap the Boys Challenge Blog which I drew my inspiration from.
What a fabulous layout, great choice of papers and embellishing. Thanks for joining us at STB.
ReplyDeleteThank you! My daughter was suprised by how great it turned out...said she would never have used that combo! 😀
DeleteA very special occasion recorded for posterity. I like the leaf motif used on the background. Thanks for joining us at STB.
ReplyDeleteThabk you! Was a #proudmothermoment & had to scrap it! 😀
DeleteThanks for joining us at STB, lovely layout.
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DeleteStunning page! Thank you so much for joining us at Scrap the Boys
ReplyDeleteThank you! Glad I got it finished. Was a fun page to work on! 😀
DeleteLove that leaf in the background! Great page! Thanks for playing along this month with STB!
ReplyDeleteI had to break up the tile pattern! So happy with how the page turned out 😀
DeleteStunning page !! Thanks for joining us at STB
ReplyDeleteThank you so much. Had fun joining in 😀
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