Believe

Mary-Ann here, I don't know where December went or the first part of January!!!  We did have two snow days that postponed back to school, so maybe that is where the time has gone?  Snow days = NO time for mom!!  When I was planning my layout to share with you today, I decided I would choose my all time FAVORITE  photo from Christmas and use up some of my leftover stash from Fancy Pants, Merry Little Christmas.  I have also been watching a ton of tutorials from other design team members and think I did a pretty good job of incorporating mixed media with my traditional style of scrapbooking.

I started with a clean white cardstock base.  Added Gesso, rubbed distress inks into my stencils, dropped some splashes of inks and Distress Paints.  I still needed something more.  I used the same technique I used on my Fall Swim layout (click here to see). I sprayed colors onto my mat, added a little water, turned my cardstock face down on this pretty mess of colors, rubbed it a lightly and voila, smudgy drippy awesomeness.  

Then I began layering.  I cut my title and deer embellishment with my Silhouette.  Notice the Fancy Pants Glassine Bag?  I tucked my journaling in here on a really large tag I had on hand.

To create these droplets of silver, I used a dry paintbrush, dipped it into my Brushed Pewter Distress Paint and let gravity drop the liquid.  If you let them air dry, they will be slightly raised to the touch.

Hope you have enjoyed my creation.  I look forward to seeing you again real soon.

Here are the items I used and where you can go to get your hands on them.....

Fancy Pants � Merry Little Christmas 6x6 Paper Pad	Fancy Pants - Merry Little Christmas - Holiday Hues Resin Flowers	Fancy Pants - Glassine Bags with Sticker Sheets	Dylusions Ink Spray - White Linen	Dylusions Ink Spray - Dirty Martini
Tim Holtz - Brushed Pewter Distress Paint	Stickles - Christmas Red	Claudine Hellmuth Studio-Multi-Medium Matte	Inkssentials Foam Blending Tool	Inkssentials - Blending Foam Replacement Pads
Inksessentials - Mini Mister 3-Pack	Beacon - Zip Dry	Mono Adhesive Tape Runner - Permanent	Scotch Foam Mounting Tape	Tim Holtz Layering Stencil - Holly Bough
Tim Holtz Layering Stencil - Stripes	Tim Holtz Layering Stencil - Bubble	Glue Dots� Mini Clear 3/16" 300 pc Box	TCW 6x6 Template - Tiny Circles