Thursday 29 May 2014

My Handsome Son

Hi there,

I will tell you about my layout shortly but first you'll have to put up with me being a proud mum! My son looked so handsome in a suit when he got dressed up for the school formal. He had never worn a suit before. We borrowed it from a friend and it was a perfect fit. I know we girls sometimes like to look nice but it's good that the guys can too. My little boy really is growing up!

Ok, so now that I've got that off my chest I'll tell you about the layout! Here it is:


This is my second layout this month using Scrappy Chat Design's Cheeky Smiles Kit. I love this kit! If you are interested in seeing more techniques using this kit and others, have a think about becoming a Scrappy Chat Designs member. For inquiries email orders.scrappychatdesigns.gmail.com or take a look at the new website here.

I had to be fairly brave to tackle this design! I chose to use this paper as a background even though it's very busy. To mask the busyness, I just swiped black paint over parts of the page. I then cut heaps of frames from one of the other Simple Stories papers and used these on top of the black paint. Yes, I framed my photo with frames!


I sprayed some of the frames with the teal Tumble Dye. I love how these turned out.

The first part of my title is cut from the background paper. The chipboard words are made from the Kaisercraft letters in the kit. I painted them then coated them with Metallic Melts. On the word "school" I made a layer of the red then topped it with white to get a red outline. I kept changing my mind what colour I wanted on the word "formal". There are four different layers under there! I love the way I can just cover a colour with paint and the melts.




Happy Scrappin'!

Heather

17 comments:

  1. Gorgeous layout !! I love it ! Have a good day !!

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  2. This looks fabulous Heather, that back ground paper is very trendy for a young man.. He sure does look grown up!! love the frames too!!

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  3. You are one clever chicky - & brave, using that pp on the bg.....& it looks great:) Great idea using the frames for the framing [??!!!]....& you & your melts!!!! They do look wonderful:):) Oh, & so does your boy....they grow up QUICK:)

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  4. Super fabulous!!! Love the painted background on that paper, so perfect for a teen! Don't you just love seeing them all dressed up for formal...hehe I get quite teary ;) Your boy is very handsome!

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  5. Handsome indeed!! I loveeeeeeeee this! LOVING the colors, the paint and all the frames!!!!!

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  6. Ah he is a handsome boy... They do look nice when they dress up nicely too.. Love that the layout is still funky and young...fab layout.
    Thanks for you visits to my blog I really appreciate it. You said you would like to see bigger pics to see more detail... I have tried but can't get it right...any tips?

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  7. What a handsome young man!!! I love your page and those melts look amazing - might just have to get my hands on some myself :)

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    1. Hi Sarah. The melts are brand new and not yet available in NZ, however there's nothing to stop them being posted to you. I suspect you'd be the first person in NZ to have them! Here's the website http://tinby.com.au/

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  8. Oh Heather I love this! The black background really makes the colors 'pop' here......fabulous!

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  9. What a wonderful photo and a great occasion to scrap about, too! And wow, Heather! I absolutely love your layout. It is so full of amazing and fun details!!!! Thanks for sharing this with all of us and for the smiles it brought me this morning!

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  10. Hi Heather! Your son is very handsome! It is normal that you feel proud! And you also have your layout looks great, so you can be doubly proud.
    Hugs!

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  11. Hey Heather! I agree.... what a handsome son! I know only too well with the girl side of things (having 3 daughters) so this is lovely to see. Gorgeous LO - rightly so to be proud! Love those alphas! they look cool! Thanks for visiting my blog too!

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  12. This is fantastic! Your son looks very handsome and I love your page!!! :)

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  13. Darling scrap page Heather, what a handsome son.

    Hugs diane

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  14. A formal layout. . . love it!

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  15. Wow.....what a fabulous page Heather! Your son does look so handsome and I'm sure you are very proud! Love the papers and the way you have used black to tone them down a bit...love it!

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