Saturday 7 May 2011

Food Splatter!

Hello everyone, and happy National Scrapbooking Day!

I've actually managed to do some scrapbooking today, and might try and squeeze in a bit more later when little miss has gone to bed!

This morning I finished off this 'food splatter' layout, using some pics from 2008 when my daughter was 6 months old. I've had these photos printed and waiting to be scrapped for simply ages, and was prompted to finally get them onto a layout when I saw that The Paper Variety Challenge this week was 'let's get messy!' A perfect theme for these pics (click photo to see the page larger):


I had fun splattering thick orange paint onto the pink textured cardstock I used for the base, though it was less fun when I realised I'd also slightly splattered my cream carpet! Don't tell my husband (he'll never notice the little tangerine speckles if I don't point them out!) The paint looks really similar to the orange goo that my daughter had all over her face, I wish I could remember what flavour the food was, probably sweet potato!


I used one of my little girl's stamps to create the little dots of paint on the turquoise cardstock, and edged them onto the photos a bit to really show the mess factor. I also ink-stamped a couple of circles just under the turquoise cardstock, to mirror the ring pattern on her chair.


I also painted this wooden circle yellow, and then drew a circle of red pen on top, also to mirror the rings on her chair. For a final messy touch I scattered a few blue glitter dots around the top left and bottom right corners of the page - I usually only use gems or dots in a very neat line or pattern and I found it quite hard to make them look less organised!

It feels good to get those photos scrapped!

Hope you're having a great day, and managing to get some creating done, wherever you are! xx

8 comments:

Sian said...

Gorgeous painty layout? But do you know what really made me smile? How much she looks like you in these photos!

Tracy said...

I love your layout and the expression on your daughters face is so cute!

Sarah said...

Really love this page, the effect of the orange paint splatters is fab!

Jennifer Grace said...

I hope Sian's not saying she's seen me with orange goo all over my face, I always try to be clean for my blogger photos! x

Rachel Brett said...

Great page Jen, I like the paint effect :)

Susanne said...

Completely cute - the subject and the layout!

XXOO AMY said...

love the orange paint, great idea! thanks for sharing it with us at TPV!

mindy gallagher said...

haha! so cute & such a great idea!! Thanks so much for playing along with us this week at TPV!!

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