"Forever" - Monochromatic Mixed Media Layout

Happy New Year everyone! I hope everyone's year has started out well.

To begin 2017, I decided to do a monochromatic mixed media layout titled "Forever".  My dad "contracted" me to make this present for some friends of the family, so I put the final layout in a white shadow box. The colors in their house match the 13@rts Aura Rosa collection papers, so a I used the "Spring Flowers" paper for my background.

I seriously used every single acrylic medium I own for this project with some acrylic paints... Unfortunately, I have some sort of allergy to acrylic paints and mediums. I have tried different brands... generic and expensive name brands... and my allergy to the media becomes very hard to handle! LOL

Here are some details and close-ups:

Thanks for checking out my layout today! *hugs*

List of Products:

• 13@rts
• Aura Rosa Collection - Spring Flowers paper
• Doily stencil
• Wild Orchid Crafts Rose Cabochon Embellishments - Ivory Pearl
• Art Anthology - Cracked stencil
• Prima Marketing
• Finnabair clear stamp - Crackle
• Finnabair glass microbeads - Black
• Color Bloom Spray - Deep Teal
• Ranger Distress Spray Stain
• Picket Fence
• Black Soot
• ColorBox Pigment Ink Pad - black
• Hampton Art - Clear embossing powder
• Lindy's Stamp Gang
• Embossing powder - Desert Moon Turquoise
• Starburst Spray
• Tibetan Poppy Teal
• Ponderosa Pines Olive
• Creme Brulee Cream
• ArtMinds
• Decorate wood flourish
• Decorative ceramic frame
• Silhouette Portrait cutting machine
• USArt Quest Mini Prills - minnie pearls
• Liquitex
• Clear Gesso
• Basics Acrylic Gesso
• Black Gesso
• Modeling Paste
• Regular Gel - Matte
• Fluid medium - Matte
• Golden Glass Bead Gel
• Odds and Ends: satin vanilla acrylic paint, metallic silver acrylic paint, cheesecloth

"Sincerely, Loretta Young" Layout - VIDEO TUTORIAL

Hello everyone! Today I would like to share with you my layout for the Words & Paintery challenge for December, 2016. You can find the video tutorial (mostly in fast forward) at the end of this blog entry.

The picture is a photocopy of my grandfather's original signed picture of the beautiful actress Loretta Young. When he was in the military and stationed in Hawaii, many actors, actresses, and high ranking military officials (including President Roosevelt) would visit the troops stationed there.

Here is the challenge board for Words & Paintery:

Here are some close-ups of my layout:

List of Products:

• Canson Canva Paper
• Tim Holtz
• idea-ology paper - "French Industrial"
• idea-ology Baroque Frame
• Ranger Distress Spray Stain - Black Soot
• Ranger Distress Spray Stain - Picket Fence
• stencil - Stripes
• 13@rts stencil - Doily
• Prima Marketing
• stencil - Floral Petites
• Finnabair Clear Stamp - "Read to Me"
• Wire Thread - Stark White
• Wild Orchid Crafts
• White Magnolia
• Ivory Wild Rose
• Ivory Open Roses
• Liquitex Basics Acrylic Gesso
• Liquitex Matte Gel Medium
• Golden Glass Bead Gel Medium
• Liquitex Modeling Paste
• Liquitex Fluid Matte Medium
• Acrylic Paint - Satin Vanilla
• StazOn Ink Pad - Jet Black'
• Cheesecloth, beads, and gems

Here is my video tutorial:

I hope you enjoy!