I was inspired to use that incredibly gorgeous green wood grain paper from Webster's Pages as my background. I'm not a huge green fan, but that paper is just beautiful. It was just begging for a tropical layout to be built on it, so that's what I did. I pulled out an old photo of me and my husband in St. Lucia from 2003 and made a very bright and tropical layout.
I do have a process video down below if you'd like to see how I created this from start to finish.
I actually added my gesso and gelatos after most of the layout was put together. At first, I didn't plan on adding any extra color to the background. But the more I looked at it, the more I wanted to add some pops of bright blue. I really love how that turned out. I added some of the Prima Watercolor Pencils to that square wood veneer from Heidi Swapp, and that turned out wonderfully! The wood took the color from the pencils really nicely. I layered in some of the white Thickers down here at the bottom and finished it off with some of the cute Crate Paper flower sequins.
The very first thing I did on this page was give this "swiss cheese" dotted watercolor card some color. I used the Prima pencils again to add pink, orange and yellow to it. Next, I cut it diagonally and backed it behind my photo. I also added a Freckled Fawn wood veneer word here that I backed with vellum.
Here's the right side of the page...layers of paper, wood, sequins and thread. I really am glad I added the blue gelatos...it really pops.
One last close-up of the top layers. This beautiful cut-apart piece just had to be used here because of the gorgeous tropical flowers on it. I added some blue stitching at the top and a few Elle's Studio sentiment stickers here and there.
I hope this inspires you to create something tropical and bright with your kits...this was so much fun to make!
Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!
This is ever so bold and bright and full of fun, Missy! So many gorgeous, textural details, and so perfectly balanced! Really love that triangle piece!
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