Sunday, January 16, 2011

Webster's & Maya Road Frame

Since I have boys and boy dogs and a boy husband. I don't get to use purple that much. OR so I thought until Webster's came out with this Hollywood Vogue Line last CHA. It's funny b/c I knew I would looooove the houndstooth print but was nervous b/c of all the purple. Well, I have TWO sheets left of this line!!!!!!!!! That is how much I used it and Webster's is beyond generous with their product. So let's just say, that's a lot of projects! So when I got these photos developed of owen and this purple bucket, I had to run with it and this frame. We were collecting pine cones for Christmas crafts and bird feeders with the peanut butter and bird seed this winter.

The banners and letters are Maya Road Chipboard. I painted the bottom banner off white and then inked it purple. Covered the next layer in patterned paper and then finished off the letters with lots of layers of Plaid paint, Plaid crackle medium, glossy accents and more purple ink. Not to mention the frame is crackled as well. I love using non traditional colors to crackle. the photo is mounted with Core'dinations Gemstone cardstock in black.
You can click on it to make it larger and get a better look. I am using my P&S these days b.c my lens for my Nikon is broken :(


Here are some close up of the letters and the crackle medium. I used my sponge dauber and purple Stampin' Up! Ink and applied it and then wiped it off so the crackles picked up the purple.


After all of that, as a finishing touch, I sprayed it with Maya Road Mists. I LOVE the iridescent look of this color.



Have a great rest of your weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

18 comments:

Jocelyn said...

LOVEEEEEEEEEEEE this!!! The purple is great!!!!

I have to check it out at MR!!!!!

Have a great one!!!

BabyBokChoy said...

Gorgeous gorgeous, such disstressed beauty. CHA in two weeks :)

Rebecca Keppel said...

LOVE it. Fabulous frame, love the banner and the papers work perfectly. Such a cutie too :)

Casey Wright said...

What a beautiful project! Thanks for sharing

Sarah Mullanix said...

Gorgeous, love that crackle paint!!

Sheri Twing said...

Love this project Ellen! Gorgeous!

Julie Tucker-Wolek said...

Bummer about the lens! I loveeeeeeeeeeeeeee this!!! LOVING that crackle in the alphas! :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)

Michelle H. said...

Gorgeous frame and love the color!!
I used that technique a couple months ago for the 1st time on some chipboard swirls it was a lot of fun!!
Loved how yours turned out!!
I need to do this again sometime soon!!
Thanks for the inspiration & motivation!!
Hugs!!

Murphy's Law said...

i love that purple. cute lo!

Teri said...

How delightful!!

Jingle said...

This is such a lovely frame! Great job!

@JoyceCasaldi said...

Love the frame! It's the perfect amount of purple!

Nancy said...

this is soo wonderful! LOVE the look of the crackle finish! These Webster's pages are perfect for boy projects!!!!

Jennifer said...

Oh wow! Love, love This Ellen! Soory to hear about you lens breaking!

Anonymous said...

how adorable is that! perfect ♥

Malin said...

Purple is easier once you got started ;) I thougt that it was going to be hard to until i saw the hollywood vouge papers!!
LOVE all the cool textures here and all the amazing details!

Shannon said...

Hey Girl! I am sitting here on pins and needles to see if you won over at GCD! I haven't seen an announcment post yet, but your layout ROCKS.. fingers crossed. ;-)

Mel said...

LOVE this Ellen! Way to rock the purple Girly!