Family Together Page
Bronze Border Strip: Peel the protective backing from one side of the Creative Palette. Drip small dots of Antiqued Bronze and Picked Raspberry onto the palette and use brayer to roll the paint out onto the palette, covering it. Place a sheet of bubble wrap over the wet palette and press down with hands. Quickly peel off the wrap to expose the dots on the palette. Place ivory cardstock on top of the palette and lightly press down with hands. Immediately peel off the cardstock to see the transferred pattern and paint. Let dry.
Background Paper: Drip small dots of Broken China and Peeled Paint Distress Paints onto the clean palette and use the brayer to roll paint out onto the palette, covering it. Place a sheet of bubble wrap, with wet bronze paint still on it, over the wet paint on the palette and press down lightly with hands. Quickly peel back the bubble wrap to see the dotted design in the paint. Press the leaf branch stamp directly into the paint randomly over the palette. Place ivory cardstock on the palette and press down lightly with hands. Immediately peel off the cardstock to see the transferred pattern and paint. Reposition cardstock on the palette and press down again to get more coverage on the paper. Before the background paper is dry, place face up and place bubble wrap on any unpainted areas. Place the leaf stamp on the wet paint remaining on the palette, and use to stamp the cardstock edges. Let dry.
Leaves and Green Border: Repeat the above process using a clean palette and more Peeled Paint than Broken China, and stamp with bubble wrap that has Antique Bronze on it. Let dry, and then stamp with four sets of leaves and cut a 1¼”x9¼” strip of paper. Cut out leaves.
Flower Papers: Using a clean palette, place dots of Tarnished Brass and Picked Raspberry on the palette. Brayer paint across the palette and place ivory cardstock over the paint. Press and peel away. Let dry. Clean the palette and repeat with Tarnished Brass and Antique Bronze. Let dry. Stamp large daisy and small flower images on the pink paper, and a medium and small flower on the bronze paper. Cut out the flowers. Cut 4½”x1” strip from the remaining pink paper and cut a “V” shape from the left end. Glue even with the top right page edge, 1½” from the top.
Cut the background paper to 11” square and mat with brown cardstock, leaving 1/8” border. Glue to 12” square of light blue cardstock. Cut the bronze paper into 3 3/8”x10 1/4” and mat with brown cardstock, leaving 1/8” borders, and glue ¾” from the top and 1” from the left side of the page. Glue the 1¼”x9¼” green border 1¾” from the top and 2¾” from the left edge.
Mat the 7”x5” photo on light blue cardstock with 1/8” borders and then again on Hammered Gold with 3/8” borders. Glue to the page 2” from the right and 3¼” from the top. Use black ink to stamp the swirl image along the left side of the page and bottom as shown.
Slightly curl the flowers and leaf edges, arrange as shown, and glue and foam tape into place. Place one leafy stem and one bronze flower on the pink strip at the top of the page. Place dots of gold glitter glue on the flowers and let dry. Write or print on ivory cardstock and cut into thin strips. Cut “V” shape on the end of two strips and ink the edges. Glue the strips among the flowers as shown and the remaining strip along the left side of the photo.
Hammered Gold Paper
Background Paper: Drip small dots of Broken China and Peeled Paint Distress Paints onto the clean palette and use the brayer to roll paint out onto the palette, covering it. Place a sheet of bubble wrap, with wet bronze paint still on it, over the wet paint on the palette and press down lightly with hands. Quickly peel back the bubble wrap to see the dotted design in the paint. Press the leaf branch stamp directly into the paint randomly over the palette. Place ivory cardstock on the palette and press down lightly with hands. Immediately peel off the cardstock to see the transferred pattern and paint. Reposition cardstock on the palette and press down again to get more coverage on the paper. Before the background paper is dry, place face up and place bubble wrap on any unpainted areas. Place the leaf stamp on the wet paint remaining on the palette, and use to stamp the cardstock edges. Let dry.
Leaves and Green Border: Repeat the above process using a clean palette and more Peeled Paint than Broken China, and stamp with bubble wrap that has Antique Bronze on it. Let dry, and then stamp with four sets of leaves and cut a 1¼”x9¼” strip of paper. Cut out leaves.
Flower Papers: Using a clean palette, place dots of Tarnished Brass and Picked Raspberry on the palette. Brayer paint across the palette and place ivory cardstock over the paint. Press and peel away. Let dry. Clean the palette and repeat with Tarnished Brass and Antique Bronze. Let dry. Stamp large daisy and small flower images on the pink paper, and a medium and small flower on the bronze paper. Cut out the flowers. Cut 4½”x1” strip from the remaining pink paper and cut a “V” shape from the left end. Glue even with the top right page edge, 1½” from the top.
Cut the background paper to 11” square and mat with brown cardstock, leaving 1/8” border. Glue to 12” square of light blue cardstock. Cut the bronze paper into 3 3/8”x10 1/4” and mat with brown cardstock, leaving 1/8” borders, and glue ¾” from the top and 1” from the left side of the page. Glue the 1¼”x9¼” green border 1¾” from the top and 2¾” from the left edge.
Mat the 7”x5” photo on light blue cardstock with 1/8” borders and then again on Hammered Gold with 3/8” borders. Glue to the page 2” from the right and 3¼” from the top. Use black ink to stamp the swirl image along the left side of the page and bottom as shown.
Slightly curl the flowers and leaf edges, arrange as shown, and glue and foam tape into place. Place one leafy stem and one bronze flower on the pink strip at the top of the page. Place dots of gold glitter glue on the flowers and let dry. Write or print on ivory cardstock and cut into thin strips. Cut “V” shape on the end of two strips and ink the edges. Glue the strips among the flowers as shown and the remaining strip along the left side of the photo.
Hammered Gold Paper