Rex - 2026

 I finally made myself a Rex layout!

This handsome (well, really he's gorgeous) boy

is my priest's dog that I babysit from time to time.

I think he loves me just as much as I love him.

Father Paul took the photo of Rex with the ball in his mouth

and I took the two smaller ones.

Rex loves string cheese, that I cut up into small pieces for him.

I just HAD to include the words "Cheese....please!"

as a reminder to me how Rex sits & whines for cheese.

I was lucky to still have a sheet from a very old collection 

that was just perfect for this beautiful boy.

The photos are framed and the two flower arrangements coordinate perfectly with Rex's colors of black, white & rust.

All over the page, I also did thick splashes using undiluted jet black gesso

and some rusty colored grunge spots were inked through a stencil.

For the flowers arrangements - 

I die cut rose leaves in a green to closely match the grass that Rex is standing on

and some black leafy ones too.

I sprayed a rust color on natural moss; used blue roses & buds;

sprayed jet black color on white flowers;

and even used a few tiny pale pink roses.

Rex has pink coloring on his top lip just under his nose!

Each arrangement is mounted on top of a swirly chipboard 

that I heat embossed in a rust color.

Notice the beautiful ReneaBouquets butterflies on this layout!

These are another favorite of mine.

Nothing seems 'complete' without one of her beauties!

The edges of the layout are stamped stitchings in jet black.

I really enjoyed designing & creating this layout of my beautiful friend, Rex.

He will now have a special spot on my "Friend's Wall",

which I will do a feature post soon on that.

Thanks for coming by to see him!

Have a blessed weekend,

Lisa >^..^<

Products used:

Blue Fern Studios - Happy Accident - "Quirk"

Recollections - Cardstock 

Jet Black
(behind photos & leafy die cuts)

"Spice Market"
(used rust color behind main photo)

"Cypress"
(used green for die cut rose leaves)

Chipboards

Dusty Attic
Fancy Trim #12

Dusty Attic
Teeny Tiny ABC
(spelled the name "Rex")

Creative Embellishments
Vintage Flourish Set 1

Stampers Anonymous - Tim Holtz layering stencil

"Splatters"

Technique Tuesday - Clear Stamps - "In Stitches"

Tattered Lace Dies

Meadow Leaves

Ornate Leaves

ReneaBouquets - Tiny Treasures Butterflies - "Frosty Kisses"

Flowers

30mm Pale Blue Wild Roses

2-tone Blue Hip Rosebuds

10mm Vintage Color Open Roses
(used light pink)

White Gypsophila
(colored in jet black)

Reindeer Moss - Natural color

Colored in a rust color

Mediums

Liquitex Professional
Black Gesso
(for undiluted thick splatters)

Liquitex Basics Acrylic Gesso
(used to prime chipboard before embossing)

Tsukineko Versa Mark
Watermark Stamp Pad
(applied to chipboard before adding embossing color)

Tsukineko Versa Magic Chalk Ink
"Pumpkin Spice"
(used through a stencil to make grunge marks)

Ranger Archival Ink
"Jet Black"
(used on REX chipboard name & stitch stamping on LO edges)

Blue Fern Studios Embossing Powder
"Goldilocks"
(used on swirly chipboard)

Blue Fern Studios Embossing Powder
"Stormy Skies"
(used on long chipboard at top of layout)

Lindy's Gang Starburst Spray
"Canna Lily Burnt Orange"
(used to recolor natural moss)

Lindy's Gang Flat Fabio Spray
"Blazing Black"
(used to recolor white flowers)

Tools

Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe Paper Trimmer

Sizzix Big Shot machine

Sizzix Magnetic Platform

Sizzix Standard Plates

Sizzix Heat Embossing Tool

Recollections Acrylic Stamping Blocks

Adhesives

Scor-Tape

Nuvo Glue

Martha Stewart Hot Glue Gun

Elmer's Foam Adhesive Tape

Recollections Foam Adhesive Circles