Thursday, July 24, 2014

WINTER BEAUTY ~ SHOW US YOUR STUFF

Good Afternoon!

So good to be Friday afternoon and home from work :) . Today I wanted to share a layout that was prompted by the challenge at Show Us Your Stuff . I love that these challenge sites inspire me to do a layout that I probably would not have done other wise. But when I saw the prompt it made me think of a photo I took last week when it snowed. Here is the challenge.....




and my take on the challenge


Winter Beauty


I was not so lucky to have to work on a snowy day, but was lucky to see a rainbow on the way to work. I took a couple of photos. This one is the rainbow at the end of the apple orchard at work. 


I have used the negative of the chevron chippy  and snowflake chippies from Scrapmatts. I gessoed them and then sprinkled glitter over the top.  Braid circles and pearls from Craftqueen. Silver netting from Marally Craft and coat hanger ribbon that was my mums (she was a mad coat hanger maker) I thought it was nice and soft and added to a wintry feel.  The silver cord was also from Mum's treasure tin.


I stamped around the outside with a Kaiser stamp painted with 3D stamp paint, then I added glitter to this as well. Now this is where I created a huge mess. I don't know how the ladies that do the video tutorials with embossing powders and the like , stay so clean and organised. My scrapbooking room now looks like a fairyland, I have glitter EVERYWHERE !  Oh well it is pretty at least.



The lovely pearl spray is from The Trinket Track
The gorgeous flair , silver washi and silver sequins are from StudioFourteen40
Thank you for calling by . Wishing you all a wonderful weekend
I will leave you with the other photo I took that morning



Love and Peace
Mary x
Footnote  : When my husband got home from work he asked me why I had glitter all over me. I didn't realize I have it on my face and neck. Yep it's everywhere !

9 comments:

Lizzyc said...

I dont think you have used a better photo, how beautiful and wintery it is and your layout really has a cool feel to it with the colors and glitter.. love the use of the negative chevron chippie too.. beautiful layout..

Deb said...

This is such a gorgeous wintery page. Love the use of the chevron negative and the nylon ribbon. My Mum loved to cover coat hangers as well.......I have HEAPS of them and I treasure her handiwork.

Lizzy Hill said...

LOL!!! I'm with you on the glitter...Sanna mixes it with clear drying glue....that way = no mess. I've not tried that. I used glitter embossing powder the other day. ERK! Enough said:):) This pic even makes me feel cold just looking at it! I think you've gotten 'the vibe' perfectly & I'm with Lizzy C...that chippy chevron.....CLEVER clogs!!!! And I looooved this mood board, but time has just about run out [never mind - thank goodness for NEXT MONTH!!!!]

Jo said...

Ha ha my dad said the same thing to me a few weeks ago about the glitter :) this is such a soft winter page, I love the colours & glad you are making the most of your mum's leftovers. Xx

Sue Plumb said...

This is SO beautiful Mary! I am so glad you used that pic, it's awesome! Love the fact that you not only used the colours, but also the theme from the photo. Love every sparkly bit of this layout, well done! And thanks for playing along with us at SUYS. X

Alison said...

Beautiful! Your bow is the perfect finishing touch, the different textures are gorgeous. Thanks for taking the SUYS challenge :)

Catie said...

Perfectly perfect! Brilliant take on the board. Thanks for joining in at SUYS :)

Chloe said...

Ohhh glitter is well known for sticking to EVERYTHING!! hehe, can just imagine! But, your page looks amazing!! Thanks for playing along with us at SUYS!

Amanda said...

Perfect take on the winter challenge! Love it. And the glitter! Thanks for playing at SUYS.