Sunday 21 October 2012

The Last Days of the Girly Gang


Good Morning everyone!
Here its raining so a perfect day for some crafting... after the housework, washing and cooking :(
I'll just make sure I do the minimum so I have plenty of time to craft :)

 This layout is of my daughter and her friends, taken at the middle school prom.  These girls stuck together like glue! until they went off to high school and made new friends and drifted into new girly gangs!
The original photo was taken with a horrible orange background and really didn't go with the girls' dresses at all, so I cut it away.
I used a brass stencil for the background and inked it with distress inks and brushed over perfect pearls powders for a lovely shimmery girly effect.
I made the flower on the right using lining paper, inked this and powdered it too.

Thanks very much for visiting me!

Jolanda x

13 comments:

  1. Very pretty Jolanda - both the layout and the girls :) This has a really dainty feel to it! Thank you for playing along with us at ARTastic this month.

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  2. Love the stenciling and elements that you have put into this artistic treasure. Great inspiration piece! xo's Pam

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  3. Beautiful layout! I love the colors. It would be a perfect fit for this week's circles & polka dot challenge at Red Carpet Studio!

    Ashley
    http://redcarpetstudiochallenge.blogspot.com

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  4. Lovely handcutting & misting Jolanda, and such pretty layering. Thank you for playing along at ARTastic with such a lovely page!

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  5. Lovely LO - great photo - all your embellishments make a pretty page - thanks for playing along at ARTastic :)

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  6. Your handmade flower looks fabbo, well done on such a lovely page! thanks for joining in ARtastic this month!

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  7. Jolanda, thank you for your lovely comments, very appreciated. Love your layout, and what a great idea for the photo. Great background and embellishments. Cheers, Di.

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  8. I love how you cut your background so that your lovely girls were the stars of your page. Topped off with your very pretty flowers.

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  9. Jolanda, you have created such a pretty page, really like ther stenciling/misting you have done on your page. The flower you have made, just perfect for the page. Thank you for joining in on this months ARtastic challenge.

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  10. Beautiful layout and a beautiful flower! Thanks for playing along at ARTastic!

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  11. love love this...thanks for playing along at artastic this mth

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  12. Isn't that the great thing about scrapbooking, you can get rid of the bits that don't look great? I think it's effective the girls cut out like that, and gorgeous dresses. You have made great flowers and page. Thanks for joining us at ARTastic.

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