Explore and Discover by Adri du Preez

Hello everyone!

Here is my layout featuring the Vintage Artistry Shore collection with the laser cuts, ephemera stack, and rub-ons. I had the perfect photo for this collection.

This is a photo of my daughter holding a collection of shells during our visit to Mozambique a few years ago. Mozambique is a beautiful country to get away too, with warm weather and beautiful beaches. We went on a boat excursion to Pansy Island off the coast from Inhambane where we picked up some Pansy shells.

For this layout, I used the Barrier Reef as my background. I changed the colour cast of the photo to black and white to suit my very colourful layout. I also used a Katie Pertiet digital brush on my photo. I added some rub-ons (I am totally in love with these rub-ons) and stamped on top of the rub-ons with the Shore stamp set. I used the Explore and Discover phrase as the title of my layout. Next, I primed the background with clear gesso. I added a design with a stencil and white crackle texture paste and added colour to the background using Distress Oxide in Broken China and Fired Brick.
I framed my photo using a stitched frame from the Coral Collection and layered this on ephemera die-cut pieces. The edges of each piece were inked and distressed. I glued the stack to the background on cardboard to give more dimension to my layout and to allow me to tuck in the laser cuts.

Next, I worked on the two clusters. The Shore collection includes two stunning laser-cut sheets. I used elements from both sheets with a few Dusty Attic chippies and die cuts. For the fish, fishnet, and banners I used foam tape for dimension. I stamped a few shells from the Shore stamp set on craft paper and fussy cut them to add to my clusters.

To finish off my layout I added Wishing Bubbles in Crush, art stones, and splatters with diluted white gesso.

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