HIMCR - Let's Hear it For the Boy #150

HIMCR #150 - Let's Hear it for the Boy!

This can be anything for or about a Boy or big boy AKA a man! :)

The sponsor this week is 2 Cute Ink!

The giveaway is 2 Digital Images

I decided to make this project a tribute to my Dad. Almost all of the papers are from a Round Robin session I took at The Great Lakes Mega Meet a few years ago, based on this sketch from:  The Paper Loft

The papers are double sided, there is a fishing theme on the flip side and listed under their Fishing category on their website. I also added a few of my own touches.

It was already partially assembled the Round Robin sessions go FAST, I think it was 5 classes in 2 ½ hours so we were only able to do a small portion of the projects.  

 

 

Recipe:
 

Cricut Country Life cartridge.

Raccoon image from: http://2cuteinkdigitalstamps.com/

Banners kit from: http://www.paperloft.com/

Colored pencils

Wooden beads (I think I got them at the Dollar Store, they have been in my stash for a long time)

Floss (also from my stash, I had 3 colors that went well with the papers, I braided them together then strung the wooden beads onto the floss tying a knot in between every bead)

Stickles

Wooden sticks

Tim Holtz Aged Mahogany Distress Stain

Gold Stickles

Semi-Precious Stones – Aventurine (also part of my stash for several years)

Vellum

Melissa Frances Buttons

Foam Squares

After a few failed attempts at getting my frames straight, I decided the best way to make them was to stain them, let dry then glue directly to the pictures, I trimmed the excess after the glue dried and then stained the ends.

Ink edges of all of your papers and cuts. I printed the journaling with my printer using, Ad Executive font and attached to a layer of dark brown paper then adhered to the light brown paper.

The, “Gone but still with me” base didn’t come out as planned, I tried to use eyelets with floss strung through but I couldn’t string it the way I wanted so I mounted it on foam squares, added the gold stickles and the stones.

Print digi, color with pencils, fussy cut out and add to layout.
"Daddy" cut with Country Life @ .8"