Hydrangea Hippo: mixing things up with a mixed media layout

HEY ALL!

Holly here to hop along with Susan K. Weckesser and share a layout using the beautiful papers from Susan K. Weckesser AND the amazing Sweet Girl - April 2013 Kit from Hydrangea Hippo! The two sources of mixed media goodness worked absolutely perfectly and a quick, easy, and FUN layout came out of me playing!

First off, as soon as I laid eyes on this background paper, I knew that it was THE ONE! Look at all those colors and how natural it looks. Once I had that down, I started adding a few layers. I used acrylic paint with Susan K. Weckesser's stencil to create little flowers and the brush strokes.

Although I love all of the color that the paper brought to this party, I needed to tone it down a little. So, for my next layer, I double stamped (where you stamp the same stamp twice with out reinking) a film strip where my photo was planned to go and again at the bottom of the layout. I like how this technique adds a shadow feel. I use it pretty much a lot on my mixed media projects.

Once the inks and paints were dry, I assembled a few more layers of paper with my photo. I find that when I have papers I really love I tend to use a little bit of everything, that way I get to see it repeatedly!

I didn't really plan nor want to do a lot of journaling on this page. So I didn't. And that's perfectly ok. I did, however, use part of the Susan K. Weckesser stamp set and stamped the word "smile" over my layers to add a little more expression to the page...

The final touches include lots of goodies from Hydrangea Hippo's April Kit. The little felt hearts are a big hit with me this month, but i ALWAYS just adore Hydrangea Hippo's Trim. You can check out more mixed media goodies in the Hydrangea Hippo Etsy Shop!

Have a super Friday!

sunshine&bunnies,

holly*