24 - Us 2

I thought I was going to struggle with this case file first, but when I started with my layout (and found the perfect match photos) it came together very easily. The inspiration photo felt very wintery to me, so I scrapped some icy photos. From the evidence items I used: silver accents, crown, circles, glimmer, lace, sparkly things. From the testimony items: inspired by the word ‘cool’, journaling on three circles.

I used dies to make my own number stencil (I explain how on my blog if you are interested). I made a mist with Iced Spruce reinker and Perfect Pearls and misted the layout repeatedly through the stencil. When the numbers were dry, I used a water-soluble grey graphite pencil to outline them for a 3D effect, again using my stencil as a template. I placed a darker shadow at the bottoms. Then it was blended with a paint brush and clean water.
The red stamping was done with Hero Arts Punch Chalk ink. The snowflakes were die-cut from grungeboard, painted pink and then coated with glitter. The silver lace is die-cut from cardstock covered with aluminium tape. Finally, I did some more stamping on the background, some circles, a tree and a heart. The journaling circles and the text strips were stamped with Versafine Smokey Gray and with the red chalk ink. I die-cut a ‘2’ from a piece of mat board that had been covered with red washi tape and glued it right on top of one of the misted ‘2s’. The silver accents didn't photograph well.

Journaling: This was one of the first times you experienced snow. We were taking a walk on the ice of a lake on a very cold day. The whole family was with and we had a little picnic at the side of the frozen lake. You ate maize hooks with very cold hands.' TFL!!

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Comment by Debbi Tehrani on June 25, 2012 at 11:58am: Gorgeous pics, Anna-Karin, and such a cool design! The numbers in the background, those target designs, all the sparkly, shimmery bits...every detail is just perfect for this wintry page!

Comment by Anita Stokes on June 21, 2012 at 9:01am: love this anna-karin!

Comment by Ali Parris on June 19, 2012 at 4:38pm: Another fantastic page with amazing techniques to 'borrow' A-K!! Truly beautiful :0)

Comment by arnlaug koppang on June 19, 2012 at 7:39am: What a great page! Nice to see something from the wintertime to:-)

Comment by Debbie Standard on June 17, 2012 at 10:08pm: Adorable page - great photos and love your texture!

Comment by Eila Sandberg on June 17, 2012 at 9:34am: Menar du att Anton käkade ostbågar alldeles på egen hand? looove reading about how you create your pages Ankan, fascinated each week. I can sooo relate to the photos, the thick ice, the frost and crispy cold air. Beautiful page!!

Comment by Kimberly Kett on June 17, 2012 at 7:25am: This is so adorable! I love the photo's!

Comment by Sarah White on June 16, 2012 at 11:22pm: Your photos are gorgeous. Love how you created this page and all the information you have on your blog.

Comment by Jacynthe Loubier on June 16, 2012 at 5:25pm: Beautiful series of photos, Anna-Karin. The lighting is so nice. I love the tone-on-tone neutral background, with the little touches of red here and there. Great work, as always :)