I was a bit stumped by this palette from the Color Room when I printed it yesterday, however when I sat down in my studio last night it seemed to have a life of its own and came together like magic. I really enjoyed creating with this colour combo, which is outside of what I would personally choose.
I have misted the orange shield piece of paper with Twinkle Yellow Glimmermist to lighten the colour a little. The background masking was created by rubbing Tattered Rose Distress Ink through a Crafters Workshop Template using a Tim Holtz Blending Tool, and then overstamping with Fired Brick Distress Ink on a Darkroom Door Script background stamp (whilst the template was still in place). I painted the chipboard swirl with pink Twinkling H2O’s and then coated it with Dimensional Magic once it was touch dry. The Dimensional Magic has cracked (which I quite like) as it was only touch dry, to prevent the cracks from forming you need to leave the paint/ink to dry overnight before applying Dimensional Magic. I like to set the stitch length on the sewing machine to 3.5 for papercrafting so that it isn’t so tight that it cuts the page and can be seen without a magnifying glass.
Milton would like it to be know that he made and decorated the cake (from the outside in) under Dad’s instructions, and he is very proud of that fact.
Supplies used:
Patterned papers – WeR Memory Keepers Anthologie (Red), Sei Field Notes (Yellow), My Minds Eye (Orange Shield)
Cardstock – Bazzill Basics (Orange Peel White)
Chipboard Flourish – Imaginarium Designs
Flowers – Manor House Creations (Yellow), Dress It Up (Pink Resin), My Moments (Orange)
Pearls – Bo Bunny Weekend Market
Brads – Basic Grey (Small Orange), Echo Park This & That (Pink Epoxy Butterfly)
Template – Crafters Workshop
Mist – Glimmermist (Twinkle Yellow)
Ink – Brilliance (Sunflower Yellow), Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Tattered Rose, Fired Brick)
Pen – Tim Holtz Distress Marker (Spiced Marmalade)
Stamps – Darkroom Door (Script Background), Colop (Date)
Chipboard Numbers – Basic Grey
Twine – WeR Memory Keepers
Paint – Twinkling H2O’s
Dimensional Magic
Sewing Machine
I have to also mention that my Mum got featured this week at the Color Room for her gorgeous layout about my youngest son, Noah. You can see it here on the Color Room Photo Wall, and here on her blog. Congratulations Mum, you really deserve it and your layout is fabulous as always. I got my creativity from both of my parents, but especially from my Mum. Thank you Mum.
Alicia Redshaw
Hi, my name is Alicia Redshaw and I live in Gladstone, Queensland. I am married to the most amazing man, Quentin – who just happens to be my Business Partner too. We share four beautiful children, who are our reason for living the life we live. We own Scrapbook Fantasies and love that our lives are full of creativity and we get the opportunity to meet new people every day.
I Own, Design for & Teach at:
No Comment