Donna Salazar Designs: "Malte" by ~ Helena Johansson

Hello everybody! Today I have a layout to share with you all, a layout about one of my sweet nephews, Malte. He is three years old and just adorable :)

I have worked with GCD Studios and Donna's Beautiful Family Jeans Collection. The two background papers are Denim Stripe B and Family Eyelet A. I distressed the edges and layered the papers. Then I used papers from the 6x6 paper pad (Denim Stripe B and Pages A and B) and layered several pieces of paper. I just love the pink polka dots as a contrast to the green and white on this page! I have also used a piece from the Mix'd Media Stax, just a left-over piece laying around my scraptable. I save almost every paper scrap, you never know when you need them!

I made several flowers using Spellbinders Rose Creation dies. I used the Denim Stripe paper for these. Love making flowers that coordinates perfectly with the papers I use! I have wrinkled the flowers and painted the edges with some white gesso, to get a shabby look.

Here is another flower, using the same dies:

I have put some Want2Scrap & Donna's bling with my flowers, Sprightly Sprocket white pearls.

When I created my background I also used Want2Scrap's and Donna's brick stencil with some texture paste. I first put some cheesecloth on the background papers, then "glued" this with some gesso, added the small pieces of paper and finally used the brick stencil.