Sunday, August 3, 2014

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Hi there! I hope you are have a great weekend! I had some me time so I created a mixed media layout featuring pretty papers from the Pion Design My Precious Daughter collection along with a photo of sweet Meredith:
I added texture and design to the background using the following products: acrylic paints, inks, Fishnet and Damask stencils. 
I distressed the edges of the strips, applied a small amount of Martha Stewart pearl acrylic paints which I love because it adds a nice transparent shimmer:
Peeking out from behind Meredith is a die cut doily that was made using a Prima die ~ just look all the intricate design:
I embellished with a few die cut sprigs of flowers, a couple of flowers from my stash and die cut leaves that were made using Prima dies:
Here's a collage of close~ups:
For color I joined along with the Scrap Around the World challenge and was inspired by the aqua dress in the upper left corner as well as the lavender in the dress in the lower right corner and for sketch inspiration, I joined along with the Berry 71 Bleu challenge:

Many thanks for stopping by ~ I hope you enjoy the rest of your week!
Be Sweet ;)

Pion Design products used: 
My Precious Daughter ~ Tags ~ PD4912 back
My Precious Daughter  ~ Julia's dress ~ PD4908 front
My Precious Daughter  ~ Anemone ~ PD4903 front
My Precious Daughter  ~ My princess ~ PD4905 back
My Precious Daughter   ~ Syringa ~ PD4909 back
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43 comments:

  1. Gorgeous Mona! You rocked both challenges! Love the colours, textures and your use of die cuts. I am partial to purples and blues/teals in my most recent yet to be posted projects too.;)

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  2. I am always in awe of all your stunning techniques. This is another delicate and dreamy page. Very, very beautiful xx

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  3. My goodness, Mona! This layout is breathtaking! All my favorite colors are used here. I love the texture in the background and those pretty diecut leaves. The photo of your daughter is beautiful, too.

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  4. Totally stunning work Mona & way to go designing for Pion! Thanks for entering at SATW!!

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  5. Absolutely gorgeous layout Mona!!!! Thanks so much for sharing your talent with us at SATW!

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  6. This is stunning, Mona!! What beautiful colors!! The stenciling looks amazing!! Love the flowers and details!! Absolutely gorgeous layout!! The picture is beautiful, too!! Happy Sunday :)

    Lisa
    A Mermaid's Crafts

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  7. Beautiful girl & stunning layout, Mona! My dream is that you do a class & I'm one of your students!

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  8. Gorgeous Mona! I love the delicate leaves and doily from Prima!

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  9. As always, your creation is perfect!

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  10. Love the colours!! This is beautiful Mona!

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  11. Beautiful!!!! Love this gorgeous layout! Such pretty textures. I love the die cut behind the photo!

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  12. Oh my, this is gorgeous!!! Love the colors, the textures, the gorgeous Prima die cut, just love your layout. Beautiful!!!

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  13. So Beautiful page Mona!! love all the colors and textures...gorgeous work...Thank you so much for playing with us at Scrap Around the World!

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  14. Such a beautiful layout and photograph.... and I really adore those colours too. Your water-colouring effect really makes for a stunning page.

    Hugs
    Christine x

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  15. WOW, gorgeous layout! I just LOVE that background! Amazing use of color! WOW!

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  16. I can only sigh...... ( not much of a comment I know...but it says it all:)...!!!!)

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  17. A delightful and lovely page and I love the sweet photo :)

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  18. Such a pretty layout & photo. Love the colors.

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  19. Wow Mona, that is stunning!! The colors,textures and flowers are fabulous!! I LOVE this :)

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  20. Wow, beautiful creation! Absolutely stunning!
    Thank you for sharing this with us at SATW <3

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  21. Stunning page! Your colours and texture of your background is breathtaking! Love your technique! SO beautiful!

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  22. Awwww Mona this is so stunning!!!!!!!!!!

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  23. Mona your page is fabulous!i love everything on it and the techniques you used!thanks so much for sharing your work with us at Scrap around the world!

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  24. Grogeous! I love those colors and all the texture!

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  25. Stunning layout Mona! I love the design and colours!
    Thank you for joining at SATW!

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  26. I absolutely love the colors and texture of your background! Incredibly creative! WOW!

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  27. GORGEOUS! LOVE the colors and the flowers and the sprigs, and the design! Meredith is a real Beauty and so is this LO!

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  28. Wow, stunning layout !! I love its softness ant its smooth colors. Thank you for sharing this with us at Scrap Around The World

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  29. Very pretty piece of art! I love it! Thank you for playing along with SATW.

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  30. This is a stunning layout! Love all the die cuts and your background work is breathtaking! I love the color scheme. Just love this! All the best from SATW! :)

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  31. It's so beautiful !!! I like the color, details and photos! Thank you for playing with SATW!

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  32. Absolutely gorgeous details and colors! Thank you for playing along with us at Berry71Bleu!

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  33. Wowsers...love the colouring and your amazing, soft touch, as always! Your work is just stunning Mona! Love the photo of your daughter too! Thanks so much for playing along with us at Berry71Bleu! ;-)

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  34. Beautiful page...love all the texture you added to the background. Great take on the challenge! Thanks for joining us at Berry71bleu!

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  35. WOW Mona, your background work is jusf amazing, I can't take my eyes off all those details - and I really love the colours! Thanks for playing with us at SATW :)

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  36. Stunning layout and gorgeous background work and die cuts! Thanks so much for joining us at Berry71bleu!

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  37. amaizig, I love colours and details, wonderful LO

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  38. Stunning page! I love the background and the delicate die-cuts. Thanks for joining the Berry71Bleu Challenge! :)

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  39. WOW Mona this is just stunning I love the background and the beautiful soft colours....

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