Hi there, Maggi here.  Its seems like forever since I last posted anything here.  We were on an extended (5 weeks!) road trip so I got all my March work done in February.  It is great to be home and in my craft room again.  I had the greatest package waiting for me when we got home,  a box full of yummy Leaky Shed chippies!

I used Leaky Shed Family and birdcage chippies on this layout.  They have been heat embossed with shabby white embossing enamel.  I  did some masking in the background with a Prima mask and Viva altgold paste & then I added some Lindy's Grab a Guy Gold mist for good measure! The metal flower on the right has been liberally sprinkled with Aged Gold embossing powder, love how that looks - molten metal on metal.  

I love this vintage photo of my parents, my older brother and sweet (?) little ole me. I think the photo was taken Easter 1952. Do I look the size of a 5 month old baby?

Closeups of the birdcage and family word.

 

Supplies:

Leaky Shed bird cage 907-29

Leaky Shed Family Tree word 8040

Fabscraps French Heritage paper collection

Prima flowers

Flying Unicorn Adornments

Thanks so much for dropping by.  We appreciate the time you take to visit our blog!

Leaky Shed bird cage chippy with Maggi

Happy New Year everyone!!  Maggi here to share two of my favorite things; well really, make that 3 of my favorite things!

1.  Leaky Shed's birdcage chippy

2.  Marion Smith Designs Garment District paper collection

3.  My beautiful and ever so sweet spoo, Nika!

 I've covered the beautiful birdcage with Stampendous aged ivory embossing powder.  I love the look these powders give to chipboard.

I know, I use these embossing powders all the time! 

Here is the Leaky Shed birdcage complemented with flowers and greenery and a resin bird, of course!

I like to give my layouts dimension so I often pop up my layers.  In the next two photos you can see how I've popped up the layers by using thick cardboard on the first layer and much thinner cardboard on the next layers.  Cardboard is great for popping up your layers as you don't have to worry about the sag  that you sometimes get when you use  foam tape or pop dots.

Supplies:

Leaky Shed Studios Birdcage

 Core'dinations cardstock

Marion Smith Designs Garment District collection 

& Mad Tea Party Collection

 Stampendous aged Ivory embossing powder

Martha Stewart punch around the page

 Flourish Lace, Scallop 3 Dot;

 Spellbinders for Heartfelt Creations Bella Rose

 Prima Le Mia 571498 white flowers

Mixd Media Inx vintage, Distress walnut stain

 Lindy's Wild Honeysuckle Coral, Apline Ice Rose

 Flying Unicorn lace, Prima resin bird