Little Angler

This is such a precious photo of Maria taken a few years back. She is fishing at Grandma and Grandpa Wheeler's house. She is so proud of this wee little fish - just the perfect size for her!

This is another layout using the Scrap~Friendzy "Seaside Cottage" June Kit. There's only one left, so if you like what you see, be sure to grab it. Go here for a photo and list of the gorgeous contents as well as purchasing details. If you missed my other layouts and card from this kit, you can view them here.

Here is a close-up of the scalloped circle. I added some mini pearls between each scallop and inked lightly with Pumice Stone Distress ink. I hand stitched around the inner circle which I had distressed and inked. The buttons are from the kit. I had fun layering, distressing, and hand stitching the photo mat as well. 

I have to say this too. Don't be afraid to embrace your mistakes. I had already attached my photo to the brown dot paper when I decided that I wanted to ink the distressed edges. I thought the mat was wide enough. No problem, well . . . I did get a bit of ink on the photo edge. Rather than reprinting my photo, I decided to try inking all the way around the photo, and as you can see, decided to go with it. Sometimes our mistakes can have lovely and happy endings!

Here is a close-up of the flowers and shells. It is hard to see in the first photo, but I painted diamond stickles on the Prima flowers to add a bit of glittery bling. The jute that came in the kit is so soft and pliable, not like normal jute. I was playing with it and tied this bow first thing. I liked it so much, there was no need to experiment any further. The kit comes with shells, but since mine was shipped out early, it had no seashells. Not a problem, however, I have a little stash of seashells I found on our last trip to the gulf coast of Florida. These little shells and fragments were the perfect colors to go on this layout. The paper "shell" peaking out from under the burlap was fussy cut from a scrap of Gabrielle Unwritten. The light creamy color of the burlap is so perfect with this paper. 

Techniques:

I discovered a new way to create the scalloped circle border that makes it easier to get the corner punched scallops evenly spaced using a template I created. If anyone is interested, please let me know, and I will create a photo tutorial and make the templates available for you to download. 

The stitching was done by piercing holes with the In-Stich'z piercing tool and my Tim Holtz Ruler. If you haven't seen the Tim Holtz ruler with holes every eighth inch, it's great to use as a guide to pierce stitching holes. The piercing tool fits perfectly through the holes in the ruler. 

Supplies used in creating this layout:

Kit:

Bo Bunny ~ Gabrielle Dot/Unwritten

Bo Bunny ~ Double Dot Coral/Island Mist

My Mind's Eye ~ Lost & Found Portobello Road ~ Family

Prima ~ Orchard Mix Sunglow Flowers

Buttons

Jute

Burlap

Added:

Bo Bunny Cardstock Stickers ~ True Friend (title frame and letter stickers)

Ranger ~ Distress Ink: Walnut Stain/Pumice Stone

DMC Floss ~ #760/#3031

Ranger ~ Stickles: Diamond

Want 2 Scrap ~ Baby Bling Pearls 

Tools:

Tim Holtz Ruler

Martha Stewart ~ Deco Shells Corner Punch (around the page)

In-Stitch'z Piercing Tool

Also entered in:

Use it Tuesday Challenge #9 ~ Dies, Punches, Cutouts, Oh My!: The corner punch that I used to create the shell scalloped circle is one I bought last summer and am finally using for the first time. **
Design Dollies ~ Summertime Is HERE!: fishing on a lovely summer day (June 20)
Catered Crop Linking Party FTR14: From Hannah's card I used, distressing, piercing tool and instead of machine stitching - hand stitching, pearls, scalloped circle. **
Sugar Creek Hollow ~ Doilies Challenge: I used a corner punch to create the doily on my LO. **

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~ Blessings ~