Salt in the Air...."49 and Market"

Hello, Rachelle here with a LO I did, using the BEAUTIFUL Sand & Sea Collection, & Floral Mixology Flowers....

The 49 and Market used: http://www.49andmarket.com/

Sand and Sea

Beach this Way

Seafoam

Floral Mixology

Pina Colada

Mojito

Rustic Barn Med Blooms

The Dusty Attic used:http://www.dustyattic.com.au/

Tropical Foliage #1

Foliage #7

Salt in the Air...

Fancy Trim #3

Fish Net Panel

mini shells

Mini Seagulls

The Scrapbook Diaries http://www.thescrapbookdiaries.com/shop/

Dress my Craft-Green Sequins

Prills Minnie Pearls

The Scrapbook Diaries also retails 49 and Market products & Dusty Attic Chipboard

Other Elements used: Seed beads, pearls, seashells, netting from my Halloween stash, Versa Mark ink pad-pinecone,TH clear crackle paint, LuminArt-Silk-Caribbean Mist & Oyster 

Here are some close ups....

For the back ground,I cut the grass piece out of "Beach this way", did some punch work on the right side, distressed the edges, & handstitched the punch work, before gluing this piece, onto the "Seafoam" sheet. Once I glued this down, I did some cross stitching & hand stitched the outside edges.  For the the cluster, I used a Rustic bloom, & Floral Mixology blooms-Pina Colada & Mojito. I also used DA Foliage, that I just inked, & glued on seed beads & prills onto the one piece, & a couple seashells & pearls....

I matted the photo, with the same papers I was using (from the 8x8 Collection), did some handstitching, glued it onto the netting, then glued on some sequins & prills. I did this before gluing it onto the background, because it is easier to shake off the excess sequins.

I then glued the photo on to a piece of waste chipboard, to raise it, then glued it down to the background. I tucked in the fish net panel under the photo, added the Seahorses & then built the cluster....

I primed the Seahorses with clear gesso, then painted them with the clear crackle, once the crackle dried I painted them & the title with the LuminArt-Caribbean Mist, toned it down with the oyster silk then inked the edges...

I tucked the border under the punch work...

Did another cluster, repeating the other cluster, here are a few more close ups,,,,,

Thank you so much for taking the time to look....Rachelle