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It's been a while since I joined in a challenge at Scrap Around the World.  (Actually, I always feel a little intimidated ~ the entries from around the world are so truly brilliant and I am WAY out of my depth.)  However, April mood board caught my eye and I really wanted to try it:

I was inspired by the nautical theme and the calming bleached-driftwood-and-aqua colour palette, and that big rope coil immediately brought to mind a random photograph that I took on a tall ship last year.  I decided to give it a go, and this is the 8x8 layout that I came up with:



In keeping with my personal scrapping style, it's very linear and simple.  I added hand stitching for the border and machine stitching for the papers and photograph.  I was going for a 'sea spray' effect with the paint splatters but it was a bit of a disaster!  I used a pipette to 'splat' the spearmint colour; it looked a bit odd on its own so I added a few texture paste splotches and aimed for a 'sea foam' effect instead... still not terribly successful.  My last ditch attempt to salvage the page involved a tiny amount of glitter and hoping for the best:



Over at Picture This the first April combo is ONE PHOTO + SPLATTER + PHOTO CORNERS - I checked all the boxes!  {I made my own photo corners with corrugated cardboard.}

Materials:
Webster's Pages Allison Kreft - Recorded patterned papers and journal card
Plain twine
DMC embroidery thread #422
Prima Cartographer wooden embellishment
Kaisercolour Spearmint acrylic paint
Carolee's Creations Adorn It - Tiny Worn Navy alphabet stickers

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