The Craftminded: Mother's Day Layout with Fabrika Decoru Supplies

Hi guys!

It's Mabel here and I'm back with a layout I made especially for Mother's Day using the collection 'Especially for Her'. See the pun there? This collection is wonderfully appropriate for Mother's Day with the sweet color scheme and pretty blooms available to fussy-cut.

My layout is inspired by this month's Fabrika Decoru's challenge and More than Words challenge. For more information, click on the image below, it'll direct you straight to the challenge post. You can also check out wonderful samples from other designers as well!

Ta-da! The final look came out a little different from what I had imagine but nonetheless, I still love it! It was simple, clean-cut and yet full of details. It came out a little different from the moodboard, but it's okay, since it's up to one's imagination right?

I had use my markers in black and white to create some additional interest to the background and to write my greetings. Sometimes, freehand drawing looks so much better than stamped images.

See the bricks on the background, I had created it using acrylic paints and makeup sponge, by stamping it over the stencil. Since my background is dark, it is important to use paints with certain degree of opaqueness such that the colors will pop.

Isn't the white-washed, grainy looking background gorgeous? I had created that effect using my palette knife and heavy white gesso. Simply pick up some gesso on the flat side of the palette knife and press it down on the paper to tap of the excess. Once you have minimal amount of gesso on your palette knife, swipe it across your background to create this distress look. Control the amount of gesso you use depending on how 'grainy' you want your background to be!