WOW!! This is absolutely fantastic!! Love the TH metals; your banner is amazing , superb layers and the photo is wonderful!! What an awesome job on this page!! Right full of wonderful detail and texture!
Gorgeous detailed work. Just amazing little personal touches to make this so sentimental! Love the guitar strings. Nope not easy to work with, but really a perfect detail.
Oh wow?! The work & love you have put into this is evident on every inch & layer (yes I did have to look all over to take in all the amazing detail)!! Brilliant how you made the banner from scratch, embossing them all, the circular framing with use of guitar strings. The embellishments & how you altered them are just wonderful. Great job! :))
Elizabeth this is so masculine MAG! Love all the hard work and details you put into it, and that photo is gorgeous! I just noticed those little bungy style pull backs~very yummy!
this is beautiful and I can tell it was made with love! I really like the use of the guitar strings, and the distressing and dry-brushing look great! That music paper for the banner title was a perfect choice.
Amazing what you did with this lo! Oh my goodness, I couldn't take my eyes off of it. I had to go all around the edges, down the sides, across the bottom, up the other side and each corner!
You described each product you used so clearly it seems I was right there with you creating this lovely piece of art. A piece of art your son will cherish forever.
gorgeous design, pprs, flourish, lovely photo, banner, colors,. Wow just read what you wrote. The metal bird is Tim Holtz. Fantastic photo, guitar strings, the way you colored the bird. Amazing page!
Love it! New, fresh, design and details! The adornments holding back the paper and the guitar strings are very cool! Great banner...I have never made a banner!
This photo is one of several poses I took of my son Sam for his senior pictures in late summer 2009. He graduated in 2010. Even though we didn't enlarge and frame this one it is still one of my favorites. He has been playing guitar since he was about 13 or 14 (like his mama!) and I love to hear him play and sing. It still amazes me at the wide variety of music he listens to and plays.
Did a lot of distressing, inking and even a little dry brush painting around the edges of the base paper (a first for me). I also made the banner from scratch and stamped and embossed the letters, put eyelets in and inked around the edges. (Sam mentioned the "t" looks like an "f". It is a bit strange!) I strung the banner with one of Sam's discarded guitar strings. Got the idea of using those from Jrabs. Also framed his photo with one. Believe me, guitar strings are not easy to work with but I like the looks of them! I had to use some 3D adhesive foam squares on a few of the flags to get them to stay down. They kept wanting to flip up on me! :-)
Sam picked out the button I used by his photo. I had 4 to choose from and that was the one he liked best and I have to agree! I painted the wooden flourish with DecoArt Champagne Gold Dazzling Metallics paint and inked in a little with Tim Holtz Aged Mahogany distress ink pad using a Q-tip. The butterflies are actual pictures I printed from my Print Shop program and fussy cut them out. The little metal bird I painted with Tim Holtz silver metallic mixatives first, then Stream alcohol ink and then a little Slate over that. I didn't know where the little bird came from until after I posted this layout and my friend scraphouse told me it was Tim Holtz! Rubber stamped the music bar and Sam's name. The little metal hummingbird on filigree is actually from an earring I made years ago but couldn't wear them because of the nickel in the post so I cut the post off and glued it to the layout! Also inked it with TH Stream alcohol ink.
The round border from Pink Paislee was stark white and I toned it down with a little Tim Holtz Vintage Photo distress ink pad using a Q-tip and alternated each hole with my Sugarloaf Whispers Strokes markers in matching color scheme. The little blue music paper was actually the backing to a pretty little note pad I had. I rounded and inked the edges to it.
I would like to thank you all from the bottom of my heart for your sweet comments and votes. Knowing you take the time to stop by and view my layouts, cards and photos means the world to me!
Products used but not listed on this site:
Core'dinations Ruby paper (base paper) Plaid Acrylic Paint - Wicker White Christine Adolph Creative Imaginations - (Musical circle paper) DCWV The Primrose Stack (such a beautiful collection - the banner and bird tag) A la Mode embossing powder set Sugarloaf Whispers Strokes markers Colorbok 4 metal keys Vintage DecoArt Champagne Gold Dazzling Metallics paint (used on flourish) La Mode button
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