Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Mr & Mrs - for Lets Get Shabby

It was a case of burning the 'midnight candle' last night  (just because I could and I was on a roll) - in fact lights out 2am.  This layout had been the pipeline for a week or two and it was going to be completely different.  Lets Get Shabby's Challenge this month was to be inspired by this picture and use paint and flowers.
I love the peaches and cream theme.  I started off with a resist paper which had a circle on it and painted it with glimmer glam paint but what a disaster (that paper is now in the bin), so then I had to dig in the stash and luckily found some papers in the tone and also a beautiful peach knitted doily and this is how it ended up.
  I was inspired by the romance of the dining room setting and thus a wedding layout.  The chandelier inspired me to add the bling to the layout.  The crisp white lace added the freshness.  The base paper is Making Memories Je t'adore - a perfect wedding paper with the little gold border of hearts and flourishes.  Other PP used was MME Lost & Found Madison Avenue "Girlfriends" J'adore Paper and the photo bordered with Bella Wedding. 
 I used some really old silk ribbon for a bow.  Flowers are a mixture of Prima and Wild Orchids with Kaiser stems peeking out
 The paint aspect was painting the chipboard circles first with Gesso and then with Glimmer Glam.  The pearl hearts are from Wild Orchids.  The trinket "Mr & Mrs" is Making Memories as are the alpha.
 


The square paper doily was from my stash.  The Alpha were mounted on pp and cut around with a craft knife before inking the edges to make them stand out but not too much.  The bling was Zva Creative.

I am really pleased with the finished LO and the layout looks better in the flesh - peachy colours seem hard to photograph.  It was a great challenge - now on to the next one - maybe Prima October BAP - have a perfect photo for the Moulin Rouge collection. 

Thank you for your continued visiting of my blog and WELCOME to anyone new.  I hope your week is going well.

Until next time
...Dianne

16 comments:

Trace said...

What a stunning layout Dianne. Wish I could stay awake till 2 in the morning lol. You so wouldn't want to know me the next day ROFL.

Bridgette said...

You go Dianne. the layout once again is stunning. You still do "our group" proud.

Mrs Frizz said...

absolutely stunning ... gorgeous embellishment clusters, beautiful photos to scrap ...

Rachel F said...

WOW, that is seriously stunning! Well done!

Bronwyn said...

So very gorgeous Dianne - love it
Yay for holidays!!

CorinneD. said...

wonderful layout!!
thanks for playing with us at LGS!

JaN's ArTy JouRneY said...

Gorgeous Layout, so much lovely detail.
Thank you for playing with us at Let's Get Shabby.

Julie said...

wow this is gorgeous thanks for playing along with us at shabby.

Gayle Price said...

Wow ! Your page is very beautiful. I love the colours, love the beautiful crisp lace and that gorgeous peachy coloured doily. Thanks for playing along at Lets Get Shabby.

Joanne said...

Hi Dianne, your layout has come out beautiful. Lucky you on holiday, bet they are going way too fast for you though.
Looking forward to seeing what else you get completed.
Cheers
Joanne

yumiko said...

I love your gorgeous layout!!! Thank you for playing along with us at shabby!!

Scraps of Elegance said...

I love the classy elegance of this piece.

Christiane Courtin-Mangez said...

It's georgous !!

What beautiful layout with soft colours !!

All your details are so pretty

Thanks for playing along at Lets Get Shabby with us

Magda(i)Lena said...

This is gorgeous! Thank you for playing along with us at Let's Get Shabby.

mandysea said...

so pretty! what a lovely memory captured so well!
Thanks for playing along with Shabby!

Anja´s kortkreasjoner said...

Love it, Such a fab LO. So many shabby details. Thank for playing along with us over at Let's get shabby.
Hugs, Anja