Paper and Such Design Challenge

Good morning friends!!  Today over at the Paper and Such Challenge blog we have a fabulous themed challenge for Valentine's Day!!  Use the above photo for your inspiration and have fun creating!!  I definitely veered from the photo but sometimes that's how inspiration works!  Here's what I came up with:

I worked a bit of the ivory, vintage vibe in with the bingo paper and painted, crackled fancy brackets.  I used the same Distress Ink painting and masking techniques on the heart balloons that I used on my Daffodil and You Lift Me up creations here.  Don't worry, a tutorial is coming, promise!! I've used one of the newest released sets from Paper and Such's Giggle Bunch - You Lift Me Up. 

I painted my balloons and used this sketch as my muse.  I did some fun stitching and made sure to pop my main panel up on foam adhesive. 

As you can see, when you paint with the pearlized water you get a super fabulous iridescent shimmer quality that is just so rich and beautiful!  The brackets were cut using my Cricut, painted with my Ranger Acrylic white paint dabber then coated in Crackle Accents and set to dry overnight.

For my interior, which I have recently decided that if left blank then my creation just isn't complete, I used the full image of the sweet little girl and her balloon purposefully leaving it in simple black and white.  I used another fantastic P&S sentiment from the awesome Just Sayin' set nestled inside of a fabulous oval MFT die cut doily.

I hope you have enjoyed my creation and will come play and create with us right here! 

Crafty Hugs!
Meredith