Hello Sweeties

I wish you all a happy new year 2018 full of happiness, joy, and creativity. Maja Design has this new collection Celebration create especially for their 10th anniversary. When I saw the collection, I thought immediately about this photo of my paternal grandmother taken in the twenties!

I used two stamps with two inks to add the first design. One little anecdote, one of the stamps I used is, in fact, an extract of her parents’marriage certificate. Next, I primed the background with clear gesso.

When the gesso was dry, I added a design with a stencil and two pastes: Graphite and Brown Rust.

While the pastes were drying, I die cut some leaves in a watercolor paper. I colored them with different inks as well as flowers.

Next, I cut a few papers to add under the photo and before gluing all the embellishments I colored the background with different inks.

To finished the layout, I added some mica flakes and glitter.

Maja Design papers: