Fly Away

Hi everyone! Today I'm sharing my first project with the April Scraps of Darkness kit. This kit is just so lovely!

This photo has been stuffed in a drawer for years. I had forgotten it existed! Lately, though, I've been hunting for old photos to scrap because my baby boy is now sporting a mustache and thinks he's too cool to be in front of my camera. I am getting very few photos of him lately!

I used some strips of the patterned paper from the kit to create a base for my photo to sit on. But first, I created the background for the page using some gesso and the teal powder from the kit. I covered part of the page in gesso, and added some drops of water after the gesso had dried. I then dropped my paint/powder on there and swirled it around with my paintbrush. When that was dry, I used the stencil to create the cool/scratchy looking surface on top of the paint. Love the way that turned out!

I used some of the embellies and twine to layer behind my butterflies. I adore these butterflies! They are cute a pretty, but the colors make them still manly enough to use on a boy page.

Thanks for stopping by! :)