Heart mixed media layout

Hi friends. I hope you are well. In these days particularly, we all miss someone. Maybe it is someone you can't meet to protect them or maybe that someone lives far away and traveling isn't possible. My sisters and I don't see our parents at the moment, nor do the grandkids, to protect our parents from the virus. We chat a lot on the phone, but it isn't the same, and when looking through some photos I saw this photo of my dad out walking with the kids.

I knew right away that I wanted to use it for a scrapbooking layout. It is from a couple of years ago, since the boys are a lot bigger now. I love the golden light in the photo and wanted to make a warm layout with lots and lots of hearts. You can use the techniques for a card or an art journal page instead.

First I die cut three panels from watercolor paper, using Tim Holtz Falling Hearts die. Remove some of the hearts, but not all of them.

Glue the panels to a 12 x 12 sheet of watercolor paper using matte medium. Glue the left-over hearts here and there.

Coat with gesso. Don't worry about the warping.

When dry, apply Distress Texture Paste through the Latticework stencil. Let dry.

Paint the background with watered-down Distress Paint and mist with more water to help the colors blend.

Stamp here and there with the Simon Says Stamp You Matter stamp. I really love this stamp.

Apply a little Distress Crackle Paste here and there.

Add more paint to the crackles and here and there on the layout. The paint on the crackle areas was misted with water, while the rest was dry-brushed.

Die cut the Heart Parade from gold metallic paper.

Die cut the Shimmer Heart and the Filigree Heart from Tim's Abandoned Paper Stash.

Die cut Falling Hearts from gold metallic and gold glitter paper. I am keeping these in a little jar on my desk so that they are ready to use. Some of them ended up on my Texture Tag from Sunday.

The 'O' in the Lined You also makes a very cool circle element. Die cut it from Abandoned paper. You can see the full die cut being used on my New Year Art Journal Page and You Art Journal Page.

The border was die cut with Tim's Crochet set and the Memory Box Big Hugs was die cut from gold and brown paper. Layer and glue the die cut pieces to the background.

Here you can see the texture better. I also like the texture of the brush strokes from the gesso.

Simon Says Stamp Stronger Together set was created before the virus started to spread across the world, but the sentiments on the stamp set are perfect for these times. They were stamped with brown ink, since I wanted a softer look.

I glued the die cut panels a little bit from the upper edge of the layout, since I wanted a visible edge. You can see it here.

Here's another close-up of the textures.

The Heart Parade was glued on top of the photo.

And another wonderful sentiment. Glue the metallic and glitter hearts here and there.

This sentiment also comes from Stronger Together. It is a great sentiment for a card to someone you miss. 

I like how you can read some of the words, while others are too faint.

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit my blog today!  

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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