Make A Life You Love

Mixed Media Collage

Hi scrappers! This week I bring you a pretty mixed media page featuring nature themes and Autumn vibes. The photo I used was taken near June Lake in California just as the leaves were beginning to change colors. I happened to be wearing a yellow cardigan that matched the pretty foliage and made for a striking photo.

I used a brown piece of paper from the DCWV Letterpress stack. The flower detail on the right is embossed into the paper and reminded me of some of the prickly foliage in my photo. I used a piece of pale yellow vellum and used some adhesive squares to tack it down. I covered where the adhesive was showing with some Idea-ology ephemera by Tim Holtz. The one with the bird nest was perfect because it matched my outdoor theme.

At this point I used some Jacquard Lumiere acrylic paint in Sunset Gold and a Crafters Workshop stencil that came in my March Cherry Box to add some metallic accents and texture. I used some green paper from The Paper Studio’s Entirely Textures stack and some lavender cardstock to mat my photo and a sticker from the Amy Tangerine sticker book as my title. I used a pictured from a green themed bujo pad and a little metal owl charm by The Paper Studio as final nature-themed touches.

This page was made for the Lasting Memories March challenge which was as follows:

LM #589 - "Trims" - Ribbon, twine, washi tape, or paper strips - use some sort of trim on your layout.

I used some purple floral washout tape to help tack down my vellum as well as some very skinny green washi tape by Me & My Big Ideas.

This page was also made using Becky Fleck sketch #268 at Cherry on Top. In order to feature the embossed design on my background paper, I used a much thinner strip of paper beneath my photo and shifted it to the left. I kept the idea of vertical stripe embellishments but moved them around a little. I used my Fiskars squeeze punch to create a similar circle like in the sketch as well. This punch is so handy and one of my favorite tools.

That’s all for now. Thank you for visiting and I’ll see you next week!