New Life Layout

Hi everyone! A while ago I hinted that I had some news to share with you, and now is the time.

This is the first layout I made for our new little family member due next year, so the first news is that I am pregnant. Anton is very happy to get a sibling. Inside the pocket of the heart, there is another folder where I plan to place copies of the scans. I also wrote some journaling there. The title of the layout has two meanings, because my second news is that we are relocating to Stockholm, Sweden, with the move taking place in December. Because of that, things are going to be a little quieter on the blog during December. There are so many things to organise and get done.

The heart pocket is made with a new Sizzix die by Brenda Walton called Heart Pocket. I die cut the back of the heart from a piece of gelli printed paper, I like having a whole bunch of printed papers that I can reach for. The pocket was die cut from natural sticky back canvas, which was first adhered to cardstock.

 

The canvas was embossed in the pretty Songbirds folder and inked with brown Distress Inks, so that the embossing stands out better.

 

The small hearts were die cut from leftover gelli papers and patterned papers. They open up.

 

For the background, I embossed brown Core'dinations cardstock (4 x 4 in) in different shades and sanded. They were stitched to the background cardstock 

I die cut the title from mat board with the Block Talk Lowercase die. The accordion flower is also a part of the Notepad Cover die. The background paper watercolour paper coated with gesso, painted with Distress Paints and stamped.

The Notepad Cover inside the heart looks like this and was die cut from Prima patterned paper. I positioned the paper in such a way that the pencil would be at the bottom. It looks a little skewed on the photo, but not in real life.The butterfly is also part of the Notepad Cover die.

Inside the pocket, there is a little mini book meant for journaling and photos of the new little wonder.

 

There has been a couple of previous posts about these changes earlier on the blog, but I wasn't quite ready to tell yet, particularly these two: Changes layout and Vintage Rust art journal page.

 

Thank you so much for looking!!

 

Have a lovely day!

 

Anna-Karin

 

Supplies:

Surfaces: Sizzix: Little Sizzles Cream Mat Board; Tim Holtz Core'dinations color-core cardstock; Prima: Stationer's Desk A4 Paper Pad; Ranger: Natural Sticky Back Canvas

Dies: Sizzix: Heart Pocket, Notepad Cover, Block Talk Lowercase

Embossing folders: Sizzix: English Botanical & Houndstooth, Love & Swirling Vines, Songbirds & Lattice, Family Tree Set, Polka Dots & Starflowers

Stamps: Stamper's Anonymous Tim Holtz: Graph & Croc

Ink: Ranger Archival Ink: Tree Branch; Distress Ink: Antique Linen, Gathered Twigs

Paint: Distress Paint: Antique Linen, Frayed Burlap

Tools: Sizzix: Big Shot, Extended Cutting Pads; Gelli Arts: Gel Printing Plate 8 x 10