My second child arrived into this world just days before Christmas, so you can imagine how many things fall off the wagon when a child arrives in such a busy time of year. Truth is it took me months to start to get on top of things and well, his 'thank-you' cards for all the lovely well wishes and gifts we received for his arrival were a bit (and when I say bit I mean LONG OVERDUE) late in getting out.
It was mainly due to wanting to create something special (as I did for child number 1). Although it became unrealistic to hand make each one as I did for my first child (much easier when you only have one child keeping you busy) I wanted to it to be just as special. I then decided to create a 12 x 12 layout that would go in his album showing a journey his first 6 months. Once finished I photographed the layout and printed them onto postcard size cards that I had pre-printed a message on the back of. They were then ready to pop in the mail and send off.
I also now do this for birthday invites as although super special to you it is unrealistic to think that everyone will keep them. You however get to put that original invite into their albums.
This is the layout I created.
I first created the background using some Gesso and acrylic paint. The circle strip was sprayed with Tattered Angels chalkboard, the words with Glimmermist, and the stars with glitter. I sprayed the back using some Helmar V2 prior to placing the pieces of paper and photos to the back of the circles. I then adhered the circle border down using some Helmar 450 Quick dry (to ensure it wouldn't go anywhere) whilst using the same glue to adhere the photo sitting on top of the chipboard piece. The page was then embellished with rub-ons, liquid pearls, tags and twine. The remainder of chipboard word pieces and tags were adhered using some Helmar liquid scrap dots to give a little extra dimension.
Hope you have enjoyed my share today.
Happy Creating
Helmar USA Inc. Design Team Member
