Pile up

Extra time has been in short supply this last week.  I wish I could say I was off on a vacation but no, just busy with work projects and meeting some upcoming deadlines.  I AM still on the stencil kick and have a layout for you today.  I don't usually do layouts but I wanted to scrap a favorite picture that has been sitting on my desk for some time.
Today was the day.
To get started, I gathered some supplies along with a piece of cream cardstock.

 A little Evergreen Bough on a craft sheet.

Lay the creme cardstock into the stain and dry with a Heat it tool.  Blot off any heavy spots with a paper towel.

Once dry, use the Schoolhouse Layering stencil over the stain to add letters.  I used Worn Lipstick Distress ink to color the letters of the stencil.

I stenciled the letters in a vertical pattern over the stain leaving some white space.  I can always go back and add more later once the layout comes together.

I wanted to mount the cream cardstock on patterned paper so I cut the cardstock a bit smaller, inked the edges and then picked a paper from the Destinations Paper Stash for the foundation.

 Stitching it down added a bit of needed texture.

 Now add the picture to the right side.

  I used the pointing finger stamp from the Ringmaster Blueprint set to point to the picture.

 

Coloring the hand with Distress Markers and a water brush.

 

I used the Stars stencil to add a row of stars under the photo.  I took the stencil off the ring and masked the stars right above the last row.  Then I used Wendi Vecchi's new Translucent Embossing Paste (more on that in an up coming post) to create the row of stars.

like this...

To give the stars a bit of pop, I used the new Distress Glitter...yes, I have it!  I hope you can see the texture of this Glitter in the picture.  Sorta like fine mica, but not.  Sorta like glitter, but not.  It doesn't fly around like glitter either.  That is a plus in my book.

Look how cute these little stars turned out.  I think the word "subtle" applies to this kind of glitter.
Notice that you can see the letters under the stars?  that's because the embossing paste was translucent.  Love that little detail.

 Add a piece of Film strip ribbon and a Remnant Rub.

I covered a piece of Grungeboard with Core'dinations Kraft Core Cardstock in black, then ran it through the Vagabond using the Block Talk Alphabet die. 

After I added the words, I decided to go back and add more stenciling on the left side to balance everything out.  Super easy to do since I am using Distress Ink to stencil, no messy sprays today.

Only a couple more things...I cut Ranger Manila cardstock using Tiny Tabs and Tags die to get a nice group of shapes to work with.

 I arranged the tags next to the title.

Then inked them with Distress Ink: Broken China, Vintage Photo, Mustard Seed and Worn Lipstick.  I used the Dot Fade stencil to add some random dots over the tag shapes. 

Next I added Mini Fasteners, Long Fasteners, Remnant Rubs, stamping, numbers from the Typeset Decorative Strip and a glittered heart.  I wanted to see how traditional glitter (platinum) would work with the new Distress Glitter.  I think it works great!

I decided I liked the stamped message I used on the tab (Going Somewhere set) so much that I stamped it on the small tag (part of the Tiny Tags and Tabs set) and hid it behind the picture.  A Stencil Mark was used for the pull.

And there you go...super easy layout using the new stencils!  Love the Schoolhouse letters, definitely one of my favorites.
now carry on,
paula

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