Happiness is you...

Another layout..Wow! I've got back into my groove and got out of my uncreative funk I was in. I just needed one layout to get me inspired again. This picture in the layout of Raydn was taken in the summer using the Hipstamatic app on my iPhone. This app has so many different picture combinations to choose from but the great thing is you can save the combinations you like using best. In this picture I used the Kodot XGrizzled Film and the Lucifer VI lens with no flash... by far my favourite :) 
In this layout I used the Simple Store paper line called Baby Steps, the colours matched the distorted exaggerated colours of the hipstamatic photo perfectly. I used the wooden birdcage and bird from Kaiser Kraft. I coloured the bird brown with walnut stain distress stain and embossed it with iridescent embossing powder...I meant to grab clear though....opps. First it was too shimmery, so I reapplied the stain to create a water drop affect and added thick embossing powder. It ended up melted like glass and had a slight tint of sparkle in it. The more you reapply embossing powder  and "melt it", the more glassy, smooth looking it will be become. I got the idea from a layout we did in Roxannes class to lay the bird behind the cage and add feathers for the tail. You can buy the flowers from the dollar store in the craft isle. Very cute idea...Thanks Roxanne :) 

I of course, layered lots of paper with some heavy walnut stain inking. The thing that was hard for me was using pre-made flowers. I always prefer to make my own but the greens and creams in these Petaloo flowers matched perfectly. The little bird nest was from Prima flowers...super cute. Lastly, what ties the whole layout together was the stamping I stamped on each side of the picture in forest moss ink. I think it matches the swirls pretty close that was originally on the paper. 

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Rhonda Witzke

Princess...

Almost December...you wouldn't know it by the temperatures outside. Yesterday +7..unreal. So unusual for Edmonton but I am definitely not complaining. The kids get to enjoy the snow and not freeze! I'm sure it won't last though. Yesterday Raydn got to make his first snowman (there was to much snow last year right off the start)..he was a little upset when the head fell off the first time though.  A little funny for me but probably traumatic for him.

This layout is of my "little princess", my niece Tiana. I used the new prima paper line. This picture was taken for my brothers wedding. I styled her hair, put some makeup on her face and bought her some fancy jewelery. That night she said she "felt like a princess".

On the chipboard, I painted it with mushroom dimensional pearls first, then embossed it with iridescent embossing powder, inked the whole thing with lots of fired brick distress ink and lastly inked the edges with walnut stain distress ink. I loved how it turned out glimmery and all blended. For my flowers, I first inked the edges but the pink didn't match; so I ended up chalking the flowers which turned out to be a more sutle, soft look. For my photo matts I used tissue paper, initially it was to pink so I glimmer misted it with marshmallow and tattered rose. Under the flowers, I actually used a mask. I embossed it again with the clear embossing powder, chalked the edges with pink and lastly blended it lightly with a cream chalk.

In this picture, I love that

Tiana's eye lashes look a mile long :) 

Below: The sun captured the embossing.

Designed and created by

Rhonda Witzke

Memories...

Feels great to be finally scrapbooking again, did two classes and finished a layout of my own in the last month and a half. For this one page layout, I used the Prima paper line "Printery Collection"; such beautiful paper. I scored the filmstrip chipboard from the Scrapbook fair this past weekend in Edmonton. (Even though the fair was a quarter of the size from last year, it still never stopped me from finding some great products....but that's never hard, I can always shop). On the chipboard filmstrip, I used perfect pearls..... I LOVE using perfect pearls. I made the flowers using kraft glassine, I then used alcohol inks to colour them. The folds on the kraft glassine really hold the colour, super neat. I learned this technique last weekend from Roxanne. I coloured the brads with alcohol ink and touched the flower edges with smooch pearlized accent ink. Under all the layered cardstock I also embossed the paper with iridescent embossing powder for a added touch.

Designed and created by

Rhonda Witzke