Hello Helmar fans, Raelene with you Today.
Due to the way life is working out this year I won't get to see my eldest and granddaughter for Christmas so they visited for a little bit last Monday and I gave my Granddaughter some of her presents, we saved one for her to open with Papa Bear on her sleep over Thursday. I really wanted to get this into my December Daily but with the chaos of packing and purging to move I haven't done a single day in it, not even typed up my journaling since we got word about the move. I decided to make a 4 x 8 1/4 inch tip in page for my DD, that way it can go anywhere in the TN insert when I get it done
I started by cutting down some white cardstock to size and inking the edge with Squeezed Lemonade Distress Ink (I chose this colour as Miss E was wearing lemon), then to ensure the Distress Ink wouldn't blend with my next stage I took it outside and gave it a coat of Crystal Kote Fixative.
I wanted to add some blue and pink to the background and decided using my very old sprays would be a great idea. So I just sprayed a assortment of blue, pink, yellow and silver sprays onto the cardstock, dabbing it with a cloth if it was too much.
Since Miss E's presents from us were Frozen based fine motor skill and sensory play I wanted it to feel like colourful snow.
I then took it outside and gave it a coat of Chrystal Kote Gloss Varnish to add to the shine of the shimmer some of the sprays had.
I adhered my photos to some white cardstock with Helmar Acid Free Glue.
I then adhered my matted photos to my background along with some lemon tissue paper (Miss E was wearing lemon) and some die cuts, including a Labrador as our Lab cross rescue came in during the unwrapping and was all over my daughter with lots of loving doggy behaviour while she was watching Miss E unwrap, so this die cut was a great prompt to help me remember when I type up the journaling.
I am really happy with how this tip in has turned out and can't wait to get it into my December Daily happening after the move.
Are you doing a December Daily type project this year? I would love to check it out so please let me know in the comments.
