Summer Memories ~ Bo Bunny Layout Challege

It's been a busy couple weeks at the Sabella home. Last week I put together the bridal and bridesmaid bouquets for Elizabeth's upcoming wedding. I thought I was all done until we remembered the boutonnieres. I guess I'll be finishing those up next week. Her shower was this past Monday and we had a lovely time. I'm so grateful to my mom and sister who came and helped me with the last minute food preparation and then loaded it all up to take to the church. I haven't had a spare minute to get around and see all of your work this week, but hope to be by to catch up soon. 

My husband, Gary, and I went to the Jersey Shore and to Baltimore's Inner Harbor for our 30th anniversary back in July. Gary had a business trip planned for the week of our anniversary and invited me to go along and take an extra day to enjoy the sights. This shot was taken at the beach below the boardwalk at Atlantic City. I'm a simple girl and enjoy the beach much more than the hustle and bustle of the boardwalk. 

The challenge at Bo Bunny is to use some "Interview Journaling" on your page. I have a hidden journal tag where I wrote the discussion of Gary asking me to go with him on the trip. This Bo Bunny paper was so fabulous to work with, and the Paradise papers had just the feel I was looking for to showcase this photo. Here's my layout:

The Journal Tag is tucked in behind the mats on

the right side next to the looped twine:

Techniques:

Flowers ~ I used a large twine flower behind the focal flower in this cluster and another smaller one above the photo. My tutorial for these flowers can be found here. In the center of my large focal flower I gessoed one of the Bo Bunny Vicki B flower trinkets. The center didn't match, but a bit of gesso took care of that. :-) The middle layer of this flower was cut from Bo Bunny paper using Donna Salazar Grand Peony dies.

Hand Stitching ~ The Martha Stewart Cherish Punch Around the Page set I used for one of the layers in the photo mat has nice little holes, I hand stitched through the inner set of holes.

Texture ~ I used Martha Stewart Texture Effects through a stencil on the scalloped layer. This is the first time I used it and loved the gritty white texture for this beach page. 

Gesso ~ I dabbed, painted, and dripped gesso over much of my page, as well as using it to tone down the darker blues in some of the flowers.

Distrezzing ~ I used my Donna Salazar Distrezz-It-All to distress all of the straight edges including the photo. I don't know how I did it before I got this handy machine. 

Fibers ~ I layered burlap, cheese cloth and other fibers into my photo mat, and fishnet under my flower cluster. 

Coral/Seaweed Leaves ~ My Spellbinder Foliage die set has a fern leaf that when cut in cream and dabbed with gesso looks just like coral or seaweed. 

Twine Frame ~ I've done a couple twine frames, but recently saw some that looped across the page so I left long ends on my frame to swirl and loop across the page. 

Bo Bunny Products:

Paradise Sunset

Paradise Pier

Paradise Lingo

Roughin' It Happy Camper

Liberty United

Bo Bunny Double Dot - scrap of an off-white color

Bo Bunny Trinkets ~ Vicky B

Bo Bunny Jewels ~ Barefoot & Bliss

Other Products Used:

Embellishments:

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Grungeboard Dots Elements

Zva Pearl Flourish - PES-02CB-110

Prima Say it in Crystals #560577

Petaloo Flowers:

     Darjeeling Mini Mix blue/eggplant/green

     Hydrangea blue/eggplant/green

     Mini Rose all white

     Color Me Crazy Mini Rose Clusters

Cloud9Design Alpha Rain Dots - Black

Technique Products:

Martha Stewart Cherish PATP

Martha Stewart White Texture Effect

Liquitex Gesso

Cotton Crochet Thread - stash

Donna Salazar Spellbinder Grand Peony Dies

Spellbinder Foliage Dies

Ranger Distress Ink - Faded Jeans, Vintage Photo

Jute Craft Cord - Saint Louis Trimmings

Jute Twine - Stash

Cheese Cloth - Stash

Fish Net - Stash

Burlap - Stash

Other fabrics - Stash

TWC 12 x 12 Template - Tile Texture

Adhesives:

Ranger Inkssentials Glossy Accents

ATG

Darice Pop Dots

Zots - small, bling

Tools:

Donna Salazar Zutter Distrezz-It-All

EK Success Color Bee Scissors

Sizzix Big Shot

Fiskars Craft Knife & Self-Healing Mat

Thanks for stopping by! I treasure your comments.

~ Blessings ~