LOVE nature

Hi there! I hope you are having a great weekend! Today I joined along with the Compendium of Curiosities 3, Challenge 16:

For theme inspiration, I joined along with the current Our Creative Corner challenge where we are challenged to create a project based on Magical Nature Moments:

I scrapped a photo that was taken about 15 years ago when I was hiking with my children in Allegany State Park located in upstate New York where I used to live:

Using the layering stencil: embossing technique I added lots of gold shimmery detail to the background using the Tim's Burlap stencil:

I'm lovin' all the new metallic Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain. The flowers, gears and leaves were all colorized using various metallic Distress Spray Stains:

The die cut foliage was made using Grunge paper, coated with Gesso followed with Distress Crackle Paint then Distress Spray Stains. I think the Crackle Paint is too old because it didn't leave a nice crackle effect :(

For sketch inspiration, I joined along with the My Scraps and More Sketches sketch challenge:

Many thanks for stopping by ~ I hope you have a great week!
Be Sweet ;)