Friday, October 26, 2012

Playing with Prima

I am so in love with the new Firefly collection from Prima.  When I reordered some for the store I just had to keep some for me, lol.

So I created 2 layouts so far.  The first is called "On the Bridge" and it is of my DD and my DGS.  We recently went to the Botanical Gardens in San Antonio and I took a TON of photos.  The colors are just perfect for these papers.

For this layout, I had found a wooden frame at Michael's and inked it up for that natural wood look.  As you can see, this really is a simple layout.  Frame, a couple of vines, some interspersed flowers and some lovely butterflies from the new Pink Paislee Artisan collection.  I then just used a punch in a few areas around the edges and that's it.


This next layout is of me.  I've been trying to do one layout per year of myself so I can remember what I looked like at that time.  Since I am now 47 years old (gasp - how in the heck did that happen?!!!) I thought this photo was a good one to use.  It's kinda far off enough not to really show my age, lol.

So on this one, I used my cherry blossoms stencil and some stencil paste.  I love the effect it gave and have to say it is much prettier in real life.

After I let the paste dry, I just added my photo, a couple of chipboard pieces and tons of flowers.  Can you tell I REALLY LOVE these papers?


5 comments:

  1. Hi Leslie, I love this paper line too! I love what you did with the mask...so pretty!

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  2. Had a wee giggle to myself when I read this bit ... "It's kinda far off enough not to really show my age, lol."

    Fabulous layouts, both of them ...

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  3. can't wait to get these!! wow the one with the frame is stunning! what a great idea to get a wooden frame from Michaels. will check next time I'm there!! I love how you used the cherry blossom mask on the second LO!! beautiful

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  4. Wow Leslie, these are magical layouts, they both stand out so beautifully, with all those precious elements.

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  5. Leslie, this one is so gorgeous! love it!

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