Yes, I'm aware that school started quite a bit ago...and that's fine...we can live these beautiful memories all year long! (Plus I still have one Back to School LO to post after this one! 💗) Here we are with a sweet little LO of my precious niece on her first day of First Grade! Plus at the bottom of this post I have posted a step by step video of how I created this! Here is the LO:
Lily is a special kind of kid. She loves the color pink, and she loves her fairies and baby dolls, but she also LOVES be a tough little kiddo and play in the dirt, build things (generally out of whatever tools and material she finds around the farm) and use her imagination. So I wanted to make sure this LO captured her complete spirit and used lots of girly things, but also put some fun trinkets (including a few gears and what nots) to fully show her personality!
Below you can see one of the flower clusters on this LO. The background paper was a gorgeous mix of yellows and pinks and I knew I had just the flowers to match. (And now since I used so many flowers I can buy more...right?) The papers I used for this LO had a bit of a sheen to them and I realized when I was spraying the shimmering white mist that I was able to use a paper towel to wipe some of the color into the paper. I used the same mist to splatter some spots on the flower clusters.
Below is a closeup of another flower cluster on the opposite side of the photo. You can also see one of the chipboard gears that I covered in gesso followed by some extreme layers of pink mist, Tim Holtz distress embossing glaze in Speckled Egg and a bit of pink glitter (just for fun). I also had some metallic gears that I glued down all around the LO and they really worked well with the colors and the chipboard gears.
In addition to the chipboard gears I also used some chipboard butterflies and used the same array of sprays, embossing glaze, etc. On the one pictured below I also used some Tim Holtz Foundry Wax for a little bit of extra texture.
Finally, the last flower cluster, a few clock and gear trinkets, and a slight view of the chipboard I put behind the picture.
This girl has had such a great year in First Grade already and we can't wait to see what she does next! Thanks for looking and watch the video below for step-by-step info!
xoxo,
Mel
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