What A Beautiful Mess: 49 and Market/Vintage Artistry Countryside/A Girl and her Duck

Friday, December 16, 2022

49 and Market/Vintage Artistry Countryside/A Girl and her Duck

Hello Lovelies. Can you believe we are at the end of December? It is also the last time I will be posting a project for 49 and Market this year. I cant wait to show you what 2023 will bring!!

I will end my projects with this 12x12 layout created with the gorgeous Vintage Artistry Countryside. I am in love with this wonderful collection of farm fresh, sunflower laden, bee keeping, duck walking, rooster crowing goodness!!! And if you think I used 2 pieces of the same paper to get the front and the back designs?? Think again. I like to make the most of my papers. I took one sheet of Countryside gaggle and measured a 1 1/4 inch border all around. I then carefully cut around the border creating a square from the middle, and a frame. I adhered the frame part ( red and white gingham pattern side up) to a 12x12 piece of corrugated cardboard and distressed the edges on the outside, and placed pieces of chicken wire washi tape to the inner part of the cut out frame, overlapping it onto the patterned part of the paper so it shows when you place the square piece on top of it. Then I adhered the cut out square using the opposite side of the paper (geese and floral side up), to another piece of corrugated cardboard, and cut off the excess cardboard from the square and distressed the edges. Once the edges were distressed, I applied white acrylic paint to the edges. Once it dried, I hot glued the square piece over the 12x12 piece. There you have it. Your base to start decorating!

I used Sunflower and Florets paper flowers in Amber. They match the papers in Countryside beautifully. I placed some laser cut bees over the flowers and leaves. The bees are so dang sweet!! I tucked some laser cut floral clusters under the flowers. I think the red makes the yellow pop. The colors blend so well together. Surround the floral clusters with some laser cut greenery and you just cant go wrong. I also added a bit more of the wonderful Chicken Wire Washi tape around the layout. I just tore strips freehand, to get that uneven edge.

There is cute little laser cut floral filled basket that I popped off of the page using pop dots. I only added the cute little laser cut button hearts to the front of the basket using pop dots as well. There is a bit if laser cut picket fence underneath, and I wove in the tall red vine flower. I cut a big sunflower in half, and tucked each piece to opposite sides of layout. It looks like half of a flower is peeking out. And it really is a half! I added a sentiment under the basket.

I matted my black and white photo onto a piece of yellow cardstock. I added the sweet yellow gingham laser cut bow to the top of my granddaughters head in the photo. Little country girls need big big bows!! And every little country girl needs a duck!! This is Charlotte with her duck Lucky. I adore the picket sign with all of the country names. All of the things you would find on a farm. I popped it up with thin pieces of chipboard. I love dimension on my pages, and the easiest way to do it, is to pop everything off of the page.

Thank you for visiting today. I hope you are inspired to create something with Vintage Artistry Countryside. Gather those photos from days gone by. Countryside will help you preserve those memories of the country. Or the farm!!