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Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Key To My Heart (SATW & Berry71bleu July Challenge)

I had so much fun playing around with the June challenge at Scrap Around The World that i couldn't pass up the chance to play along again this month. 

The July SATW Mood Board provided by Keren Tamir is beautiful!

I love every single piece of it from the pale romantic colors to the metal vintage keys to the distressed wooden texture of the birdhouses down to the wonderful sketch with loads of hexagons and white space. 
As you will see, i tried to incorporate all those elements into my layout.

I also want to link this layout into the July challenge at Berry71bleu.  The theme is : Anything Goes.  Dana from Berry71bleu DT wants to see what we feel like creating this month, and as soon as i saw the SATW Mood Board, i felt the inspiration sweep over me and knew exactly what i wanted to create.

So here goes...



Some of the products i used are 13arts' All is Love collection, loads of Prima blooms and pearls, assorted metal trinkets and 2Crafty chipboard.


Just as much as i am in love with this picture of Yves and i (and with Yves himself of course), i love the way this layout turned out.  I tried and tried to take the perfect picture of it (more than a dozen takes, i swear!) so that the colors would all come out as close to reality as possible but i have to say that it's still not 100%.  But it's close enough :)


I used the Key to my Heart title (above) from 2Crafty and one of the intricate keys (below) from their Vintage Keys set.  All pieces of chipboard were covered with white gesso, minty green Liquid Pearls which i also dabbed all over my background papers.


 I also dabbed some gesso and liquid pearls on the metal key which had a dull gold finish, just like the "Love" metal plate and the brads which i added here and there.


Here you can see more details of the 13arts background paper that resembles old distressed wood in the same shades as the SATW moodboard.  I couldn't have picked more perfect paper!


 I put a heavy coat of molding paste on the 2Crafty 1" Hexagon shapes using a sponge dabber to give them texture, then followed with the same gesso / liquid pearls treatment.  In the image below, you can also see the beatiful Corner Geneive pieces which i used in the 2 opposite corners of my picture frame.

 


Hexagons layered with more hexagons cut out of the 2Crafty Chicken Wire Panel!  I love it!


Very pretty blooms dabbed with gesso and liquid pearls.


One last look...


Hopefully i've inspired you to play along too with this regal/romantic Mood Board from Scrap Around the World.  You still have a couple weeks to link up right HERE.

Also check out Berry71bleu's Anything Goes challenge before the end of this month for a chance to win some cool prizes!

19 comments:

  1. Wow this is so beautiful.. so many elements, love the back ground texture too...

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  2. What a gorgeous page!! Congrats on your DT spot at BITW. What a great match and they are so blessed to have your talent on board. I need to get back over there!! ~ Blessings, Tracey

    http://gracescraps.blogspot.com/

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  3. I love the details, flower clusters and pearls, this is a really beautiful layout Nicole.

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  4. Gorgeous layout with so many beautiful layers! That's a really great photo of you all too. Thanks so much for joining us in the July Berry71Bleu Challenge!! Happy Scrapping :D

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  5. just gorgeous. great use of the inspiration.

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  6. A lot of thought and work has gone into this truly beautiful layout. x

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  7. so fantastic the layers and textures on your page

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  8. This is absolutely stunning! I love your design. A big hi from Alberta!!!

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  9. Gorgeous page with beautiful layering and details! Thank you for playing along with Berry71Bleu and Scrap Around the World.

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  10. Very pretty!! Loving the monochromatic look, gorgeous!

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  11. love it Nicole!! beautiful picture of the two of you. thanks for joining us at Scrap around the world!!

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  12. You totally rocked this Nicole! I love that you managed to keep everything so pale - looks 100% gorgeous!! Thanks so much for joining in again at Scrap Around The World!!

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  13. Your page is gorgeous. I can see you put a lot of time and effort into this and it really paid off. Beautiful distressed textures that really show off those lovely flowers.

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  14. Beautiful page. So much attention to detail. I love your choice of background paper and love your layering and treatment of all the hexagons. Thanks so much for playing along at Scrap Around The World.

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  15. Stunning page! I love the shimmer and all the layers. Thanks for joining the Berry71Bleu July Challenge!

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  16. Wowzer!! what a fab page Nicole! like so many before me, I am totally admiring your attention to detail. Thank you so much for sharing your work with us at SATW!

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  17. so fantastic the layers and textures on your page! thanks for joining us at Scrap around the world!

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  18. Beautiful layout! Love all the textures! Thanks for joining us at Berry71bleu!

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  19. Great page! I love 13 arts too:), thank you for joioning SATW challenge!

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