Here is another LO I did for Serendipity Scrapbooks design team call. This one we were to create a LO with at least 3 photos and hand cutwork! Ummmm hand cutwork? Not something I do alot! But I think it turned out nicely. It was a real work in progress for this layout! My original plan was using different paper for a layout from our Honeymoon in Maui. But then I was looking at these photos of Kaden from the pool and got the idea for this layout. I just love this paper - it's by Crate Paper and is perfect for summer or vacation layouts. The swirls were already on the blue paper and I cut them out leaving some here and there. The swirls are die cuts but from the same line so they match perfectly. I love how the golden background has real subtle swirls and matches the slide in the picture!!!! I also went outside my comfort zone on the placement of pics - it's not my usual to slant the pics like that but I like how it turned out! The title is more BG chipboard - have I mentioned how much I like that stuff????? These I used various Pallet spots in blues and some yellows to get lots of depth and variation - I had to keep going over them as the ink seeps in and washes out the color. I also wanted a little more so I added some flowers - I know I know on a BOY layout! But they are blue and yellow and I think they look good! My favorite part of this layout though is the details I created using Crystal Effects or Glassy Glaze it has several different names. It is a glue that dries clear making things appear wet - has MANY other uses as well! I used it on the hand cut work to enhance some details as well as on the title to look like water droplets and even on the flowers!!!! It took a while to completely dry as I used ALOT in some places!

Here is a close up of the flowers and title so you can see the CE looking like water droplets.