My Beautiful Mother-in-Law

I'm entering this in two challenges one over at C'est Magnifique and the other at  Once Upon a Sketch 

This layout didn't come together easily for me, I think I was feeling like many others at the moment and didn't have much motivation or creative thought.  

I'm happy with it now as I lifted the hexagonal background with a thin piece of cardboard to give it some dimension.  I've also fussy cut some of the patterned paper and layered them along with a few extra hexagons.  The little jewels you see are a cheap pair of earrings I bought on sale.  I used some texture paste and a stencil for the little flourishes around the edge of the page before I painted them with JoSonja's pearl paint. I also used a Dusty Attic chipboard frame embossed with Opals embossing powder.

Products Used:

Patterned Paper from Lincraft Stores

Prima Shabby Chic TreasuresBirds

American Craft Thickers

Kaisercraft Flowers

Handmade by me Flower

Purple Pumpkin Button http://purplepumpkincrafts.blogspot.com.au/

Seam Binding from The Craft Queen

JoSonja's Paint and Texture Paste

Urban Artist Stencil

Fiskars Border Punch

Sheer Ribbon from Stash

Dusty Attic Chipboard Frame (cut in two)

Opals Embossing Powder