Meg's Garden

Today I'm sharing a page as GD for Meg's Garden, 

using a brand new collection of papers 

designed by Denise Boddey, the Damask Garden Collection. 

MEG’S GARDEN PRODUCTS 

  I used “Damask in shades of green”

The papers are a delight to create with and lend themselves

 to many different styles.  

I've chosen to use a vintage photo as I think 

the muted grey/greens of this paper 

work superbly with the delicate frock and the bobbed hair style.

I chose the Bluey/purple colours as a foil for the delicate damask tones.

The extra strip was used to fussy cut some of 

the leaves to create the vine along the right.

I chose a textured alphabet cardstock to mat with, 

because Maris was a teacher for years. 

That long ago it was rare for a married woman to continue to teach. 

 She also had a family of five to care for.

The chipboard M was coated with gesso, then dabbed randomly 

with Glimmer mist and Gold paint to give an antique look.

The same treatment was used on the ornate corner frame 

and I added some seed beads as well.

This page was inspired by the sublime work of Heather Jacobs.

If you have not seen her Art, do yourself a favour and pop over to her blog.

I also made a card with paper from the new collection.

The flowers are fussy cut from P6368 "Blue and cream damask"

Apart from the texture paste background, some beads and ribbon,

I wanted to keep the card relatively simple to allow the flowers to shine.

The inside of the card.

Extensive journalling is on the back of the layout, 

so the papers and the design take centre stage.