Gali's String

When Miss Gali catches her play strings, 

those colossal 'clawsies' of hers really hold on tight!
She's really a big kitten at heart 💜

I started by applying platinum crackle texture paste through Prima's Crackle stencil.

I wanted a subtle look and this worked perfectly!

I then used Lindy's Stamp Gang Starburst spray Delphinium Turquoise

in areas that a floral arrangement would be placed and also in the photo area.

Amazingly, this color is a 100% match with Miss Gali's play string!

Check out the close up to see this gorgeous color!

Although I chose to use pastel colored flowers in this layout, 

I wanted pops of dark brown/bronze to go with the photo.

I edge punched in select areas and glued dark brown cardstock on the backside 

to really bring out the fleur de lis design of the punch. 
Dark teal pearls enhance the punch design!

To coordinate with this pattern, I chose The Dusty Attic chipboard Fancy Trim #1.

Lindy's Stamp Gang EP color Midnight Bronze was heat embossed on the chipboard. 
It's adhered by foam circles placed underneath.

Reneabouquet's butterflies True Love Story look fabulous 

with the leopard print cat tunnel in the photo! 

(NOTE: I ordered these beauties with black antennae, but because of the bronze colors in my layout, 
I removed and replaced them with a simple bronze wire of my own)

As you can see, this slight alteration with the antennae doesn't take away 
from the gorgeous, vivid details in these butterflies!  

I picked out flowers in a turquoise color to match Miss Gali's play string.

Peach and hints of pale yellow go fabulously with turquoise.

Snippets of white lace add to the feminine feel of this layout.

Thank you very much for visiting and hope you check back again some time!

Have a great weekend!

Lisa : )

Products used:

49 and Market - Sweet Reflections paper collection

Reminiscence

Reneabouquet's Butterflies

Tiny Treasures
"True Love Story"

Wild Orchid Crafts Flowers

Pastel Lilies

2-tone Turquoise Blue Sweethearts

MINI Pastel Sweethearts

Pretty Flori - Pastel Geums

The Dusty Attic chipboard

Fancy Trim #1

Ferns

Fiskars Punch-Embosser

Fleur de Lis

Prima Stencil

Crackle

Mediums

Lindy's Stamp Gang Starburst Spray Delphinium Turquoise

Lindy's Stamp Gang Embossing Powder Midnight Bronze

Blue Fern Studios Embossing Powder Sage

Prima-Finnabair Texture Paste Platinum Crackle

Adhesives

Beacon 3-in-1 Glue

Recollections Foam Circles

Tombow Mono-Glue

Just Us Two

I'm so very proud to share with you my beautiful Birman girls, 

Lucy & her MaMa Miss Gali. 

Photo of my beautiful girls taken 6/20/18

I chose 49 and Market's Sweet Reflections "Observation" page.

First, I splattered white gesso.  

Lindy's Stamp Gang magical mica powders in Blue Hawaiian Blue & Salt Water Taffy 

were also mixed with gesso to create blue & pink splatters.

LSG Starburst spray color Bachelor Button Blue created nice darker blue contrasting splatters.

Some leftover scraps in Blue Fern Studios papers matched well with the colors of my layout, 

so I distressed a couple of pieces to go under the photo.

  

Spellbinders Regal Frame is glued on top of the photo for a unique look.

The title is computer printed in Exmouth font 

and is die cut from the Spellbinders Regal Frame set.

This die can be placed 'up or down' depending on the look you desire.

After layering the photo & distressed papers with cardboard in between, 
they were adhered to the page, then  

The Dusty Attic chipboard Mystic Flourish was placed.

I used one flourish and divided it into two pieces.  

These were heat embossed with Blue Fern Studios EP color Starry Night.  

I just LOVE LOVE LOVE this color because it matches both of my cats' eyes!

I created flower arrangements to go with the flourish pieces and adorn both sides of the photo.

Left side arrangement

Right side arrangement

Here are some close ups.

The top of the layout was bland, so I added corner pieces using the same Regal Frame die set.

Also a floral arrangement is placed at the top-center of the layout.

A few pearls in light pink & white were randomly added to the page as a finishing touch.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great week, Lisa : )

Products used:

Papers:

   49 and Market - Sweet Reflections collection

"Observation"
~Front side for main layout
~Backside for Regal Frame die cuts

   Blue Fern Studios - Happy Accident collection

Back side (Blue) distressed under photo

Back side (Pink) distressed under photo

Front side (Pink & Mint) Leafy die cuts

Dies: 

   Spellbinders - Regal Frame set

   Tattered Lace - Ornate Leaves set

Chipboard:

   The Dusty Attic - Mystic Flourish

Flowers:

   Wild Orchid Crafts

Lilies

Cherry Blossoms

Cherry Blossoms

Aster Daisies

Sweetheart Blossoms

Gypsophila

Tulips

Tulips

   Recollections (Michael's)

Speckled Turquoise

Pearls:

   Want2Scrap

White Baby Pearls

   Recollections (Michael's Bargain Bin) - Light Pink Pearls

Mediums:

   Blue Fern Studios - Embossing Powder

Starry Night

   
   Lindy's Stamp Gang

Starburst Spray Bachelor Button Blue

Nantucket Pearls Magical Set Salt Water Taffy

Drink Me Silly Magical Set Blue Hawaiian Blue

Tools:

Sizzix Big Shot Machine

Sizzix Magnetic Platform

TH Distress Tool

TH Die Pick

Adhesives:

Beacon 3-in-1

Tombow Mono

Liquitex Matte Gel

Elmer's Foam Tape