Pretty (Grungy) in Pink

As promised...here is another layout featuring my hot guy!  If you follow this blog you may remember that he's still learning about the craziness passion I have for all things crafty...and then the August Tres Jolie Kit showed up and it was full of pinks and flowers and all the girly things I love.  BUT...I knew I could do something showcasing the two of us and not make it too girly (after all...I don't wanna scare the man away do I??)

Here is the finished LO:

Even though the kit was fairly girly and pinkish in nature, most of the patterned papers had a few darker elements to them also.  I chose the background paper because it some brick on it and I knew I wanted to use some crackle paste and my scrapbook.com find.

Turns out every now and then sb.com will have a Tim Holtz "bundle" where you get all the things of one color in one fell swoop (read Distress Ink, Distress Oxide, the sprays, the reinkers...just...just...ALL THE THINGS 💓)  And there I was with this gorgeous pink paper and a new bundle of Kitsch Flamingo color items to make magic happen!

I started by tearing a few other pieces of paper from the kit to layer behind my picture.  I chose the picture of us from our trip to Washington D.C. that we took before eating at the Pink Taco.  If you haven't been...check it out...have the spicy margarita and thank me later!  To keep it from being too "girly" I used a few other pieces of paper that had black and pink tones in them, tore them, distressed the edges and inked them up using some of my new "bundle" items and some black ink.  

Below you can see where I used a brick stencil and crackle paste.  I sprayed the paste while it was still dry with just a little bit of the pink Distress Oxide spray, but then also made sure to paint a few bricks pink with the Distress Paint that came in the bundle.  I also used both the oxide and regular spray to splatter on all of my flowers and a few other places on the LO.  

The kit came with two pieces of Tres Jolie black chipboard. So instead of altering the chipboard the way I normally did, I opted to leave it black (and fit in with the color scheme) but I did add some pink glitter glass (for fun...who doesn't love glitter?)

Below you can see my other flower cluster.  The pink and white flowers came with the kit, but the black roses were from stash.  I also used some Heidi Swapp sparkly spray that was black to create some additional splatters around my background, especially on my brick work!

And there ya have it!  I have a whole stack of pics of me and this hottie...and nothing to do except unpack boxes and craft!  (Okay...maybe I should work on finishing painting the living room too...maybe...)

Thanks for looking in!

xoxo,

Mel