"The Magic of Christmas never ends"
This layout was inspired by an article by Georgina Heald "Layer upon Layer" in scrap365 magazine Aug/Sept 2013 p50-52.. This layout features Collage layering and it is a great way to use up old paper scraps, however I diverted from this and used co-ordinating papers from a Kaisercraft range. First cut out strips of paper of different widths(I used at least 6 papers) then weave them to form a grid (now unfortunately you cannot see my weaving as I had a 6" x 8" photo), secure them to background patterned paper, and then apply Gesso all over the papers. You can see some of the original paper colours in the triangle shapes. This is a good way of softening your background. For me as I was wearing predominately pink so it bought the colours more into line. Below is a close up of the paper strips after Gesso applied and dried before adding embellishments. I went to my stash to find anything that would complete the layout. I used glimmer mi...