May 7, 2025 Janine O'Rourke

So Pretty by ELAINE KING

First take the black cardstock and remove the branding strip. Next take the Dina Wakley Acrylic paint in white and, using a brayer, thinly spread a layer of white paint in the central section. Next spray some of the Uniquely Creative Uniqolour pearl pigment powder (from the March kit), mixed with some water, to lightly mist the black background and sprinkle some of the powder over the painty panel while it is still wet. You may need to tap off any excess once it’s dry.

Once dry, take two strips of the washi tape and stick it vertically down the centre of the page.

Next take the Voyage Log paper and tear a strip of the rivet side approximately 1” wide ensuring you leave a white edge. Turn the same paper over and tear a slightly wider strip of the wood grain side. Layer the narrower strip on to of the wider strip and add alongside the washi tape strips.

Next take your photos ( I used 3 x 3” by 4” landscape photos but you could just use a larger single portrait photo) and mount them on the reverse side of the floral paper having first distressed the edges.

I then fussy cut an element from the Expedition Tale and tucked it alongside the middle photo with a cut down journaling panel from the sand paper. I also fussy cut two small floral elements and had those popping out of the edge of two photos.

Next I added some of the frame embellishments, cut in half to stretch further, and added these to the photos too.

I added a title using the alphas with the kit and added more washi tape stickers and some punched circles and hearts. In addition I added some puffy stickers from the Vicki Boutin "Where To Next?" collection.

Finally I squeezed some of the white acrylic paint onto a hard surface and spritzed with more of the pearl powdery water, mixed it with a Daler Rowney paint brush and splattered white paint around the clusters - but do make sure you cover your photos first won’t you !?!?