October Swirlydoos Kit and the first of the Wedding Layouts

Hi Guys, 

Well it seems that i have actually had a good a whole good week of days blocked together for a change and during that time I have managed to play with the October Swirlydoos Kit - Belle Chanson and the Amazing wedding photographs from my fathers recent marriage and taken by the enormously talented and long time family friend Rhiannon Taylor. 

 

Using the reverse of the beautiful Teresa Collins Vintage Finds Music Paper (which came in the October Kit) as a background this page came together reasonably quickly. The beautiful black and white photograph of my father and his bride, is surrounded by the new number *5 Prima door embellishments which i have turned upside down, as it seemed to look and match much better with this layout as the yellow tended to muddy the rest of the colours on the layout. Four teal Petaloo flowers have then been topped with the Kaisercraft roses creating the corner cluster.   

 

Above is a close up of the flower cluster made from a combination of Petaloo flowers, a gorgeous prima diamond dusted rose from the simply irresistible kit a year or so back, and three teal Kaisercraft mini roses. hiding underneath the the cluster is a white Prima SIIC set.  

The corner flags are further embellished with Kaisercraft pearls and miniroses, and again are completed with the addition of one of those gorgeous Prima diamond dusted roses that i have had hanging out in my stash for just the perfect layout.  The Prima Resist Canvas triangle banner pieces have been alternatively coloured with a combination of Tim Holtz Peacock Feathers, and then lightly topped off with Viva Decor Inka Gold Metallics in Metallic Green. A product which was later used on the Fab Scraps header.

 

Martha Stewart punches have also provided a bit of extra design around the edges of the paper and also has been used to highlight the bottom part of the photograph. 

 

Now the most challenging part of the layout and a part which i'm not entirely happy with the way it turned out was the Fab Scraps heading piece - Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. The chipboard piece was covered in in a light coating of Viva Decor's Metallic Silver Ferro which when dry was rubbed and coated in different places with Inka Gold Metallics in Green, Blue and a Metallic Purple. Unfortunately i was unable to get a really nice shine from the Inka Gold colours on the chipboard like that of on the canvas which i had previously trialled it on. The chipboard has a rather gritty feel and look to it, which to my liking is perhaps just that little bit too much for the beauty and more elegant feel of this page.

 

Finally to finish the page off i have added a few extra Prima Trinkets both hanging and the lovely new ceramic lady just as a final highlight. 

Well as you can see there is just so much yummy goodness to play with in the October kit from Swirlydoos. And if you look closely i have only actually used one of the gorgeous pieces of paper included this month. This means at this rate i have tonnes more paper and embellies to use on the rest of the wedding photos. It is simply amazing just how versatile, and how far these kits can stretch. 

Thanks for dropping by to take a bit of a look....