You Are Kind | Kitaholic Kits Cyber Crop challenge

Hi everyone! 

Just thought I would pop in quickly to share a mixed media layout I created over the weekend for one of the challenges for the Kitaholic Kits 'Spring Fling' cyber crop. The criteria for this challenge was a gorgeous mood board...

My initial inspiration came from the included quote "every day is a gift", which made me think of this cute photo of one of my boys handing over a flower he picked for me. The photo was taken at the beach, which gave it a summery vibe (even though it was actually winter at the time). 

Here's what I came up with...

So my page began with a sheet of white cardstock and some "Picked Raspberry" Distress Oxide, which I simply mixed with some water on my craft mat, then laid the cardstock over the top to pick up the colour. Once dry, I added some subtle detail using grey ink and a crosshatch pattern acrylic stamp to add some random stamping around the page.

 

For my next layer I used a Simple Stories heart pattern stencil with my Vicki Boutin "Prism" glaze so that I could draw in the hearts from the board. I then added some splatters to my page using blue and grey mists.

Now it was time to move onto some paper layers, so I decided to pull out my Vicki Boutin stash, as I thought it would work well with the bright colours of the board.

I layered some papers from the 'Color Kaleidoscope' collection, adding a pink paper doily and some pieces of torn washi to my page as well. I also added some frayed gauze for soft texture, before adding my photo on top.

I then added some of the coordinating ephemera pieces and chipboard Thickers, and my journalling on a small journal spot.

I finished off by using a roller stamp to stamp hello, I love you repeatedly around the page.

Thanks so much for stopping by today so I could share this with you. I will be back with another project (and maybe even a process video?!) soon. Until then, happy scrapping! X