Live, Love & Enjoy Life Always! with Charlene Byrd

Hello everyone!

Thanks for joining me on the blog! Today’s layout is fun, simple and captures the contagious smile on my friends face. The title says it all “Live, Love & Enjoy Life Always’! Anytime we are around my husband’s childhood friend Paul, all we do is laugh! I love his laugh and I love that this picture and layout captures that!

To create the chipboard gear clock I painted on Black Gesso. You could also use any black acrylic paint. Apply as many coats as needed to give you a solid coverage. I then added VersaMark and a thick layer of clear Ultra Thick Embossing Powder and heat set it.

I added Tim Holtz Black Soot Distress Stain to the honeycomb chipboard. I like the stain better than paint for this as I find the paint settles in the crevasses where I don’t want extra paint. A paint dauber would work well too.

Southern Ridge Chipboard Used:

- Gear Clock

- Honeycomb Pattern

Other Products Used:

- Black Gesso

- Tsukineko/Imagine Crafts: VersaMark

- Ranger Ink: UTEE

- Ranger Ink/Tim Holtz: Black Soot Distress ink

-My Mind’s Eye: Pattern Paper, Brads and Diecuts

- Dictionary paper for the flowers

- Pins

- Seam Binding Ribbon

- Metal Smile charm

- Black string

- Honeycomb stamp

- Black ink

Remember to play along in the monthly challenge over on the Southern Ridge Trading Company blog. Each month enter for your chance to win 4 designs from the online store - chipboard.ca -$20 (before tax) retail value of YOUR OWN CHOOSING! 

Thanks for joining me,

Happy Creating!

Charlene