Here is the right side of the layout. Some of the wood elements I added were the sticks and buttons from the kit. But I also found some awesome wood alphabets and butterfly in my stash.
I cut some leaves from the 8 x 1/2 X 11 garden words paper and the pieces of burlap added a feel of garden to the layout.
Have you ever wanted to make something looked distressed but don't have crackle. Here is a technique I used when I turned an old door into a corner bookshelf for my dining room. I wanted to hide those radiator pipes. This worked so well I thought I would incorporate it into the wood elements this month.
1. Paint the wood sticks from the kit with a base coat. I used gray and added a smidegeon black. Allow to dry thoroughly.
2. Brush surface with Elmers white glue and brand wood glue, a thicker coat will result in larger cracks. For my project I used one part water and one part glue.
3. When glue is tacky, apply a thick coat of top coat. In this example the top one was not quite dry, but I put the paint on anyway and it worked the same, as the bottom one that was drier.
4. Let dry and there you have it. Sad thing is it looks like my fence out back! Time for me to start painting! But I ended up not using them for a fence like I originally intented, as you saw in the layout.
Products Used:
Other products, wood alphabet and butterfly, ink, paint, glue, burlap, brads.
Thanks for stopping by.
Donna
11 comments:
Donna, love the little burlap pots and how you distressed the wood plant stakes! Such a fun layout. Great work.
Wonderful clusters you have created Donna! Thanks for the crackle tutorial, how easy is that?! Super cute photos of your littles!
Omigosh, so many yummy details on your pages! The touches of burlap are so cute, and I think the crackle finish on the plant stakes is so cool...thanks for the quick tutorial!
What a fun lay-out! Everything looks great together and I love how you crackled the wood stakes!
Lovin those potted plants and how you painted them!!!
Wow! Love the crackle wood stakes. Who knew it was so easy?!
What a beautiful pages, Donna and your daughter is the perfect model!
Thanks for the technique on how to paint the wood, I have to try it.
Love the crackle on the wooden stakes - so many great details on here - and perfect photos for the kit!!
Great tutorial and layout, Donna!
Great page and LOVE all the details!
Gorgeous page! I love your pots and love the crackle used on the wooden stakes.
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