Sue Smyth Forgotten Meadows layout

A Beautiful Garden 

by Sue Smyth 

The gorgeous papers from the Forgotten Meadows range

inspired me to create this layout. The photo is of my Great Grandmothers sister

in her garden in Victoria.

I have fussy cut the wisteria and adhered it 

across the bottom of the layout with 3 D foam tape.

A nice close up of flowers with gesso and spray ink.

I like to take the straw out of the bottle and dab

it around the middle stamens for a darker centre 

Add a little soft teased muslin for an old world look

I just love metal trinket, this one I have dry brushed with gesso. 

Add a pearl and surround with 2mm gems, to create

a piece of jewelry to adorn the page.

I have created a paper cameo, by die cutting floral images

from the papers. Then cup them with 

a stylus and a mouse pad to give 

a neat curve.

Adhere to the layout with 3 D foam tape. Then

snip a pearl strip up in twos and adhere 

around the oval with gel glue.

Yes this takes a while with a pointy tool, but it is the last

detail I do on a layout and I kind of like the 

meditative value of it lol

Emboss chipboard with gold embossing powder and I like

how I could add the letter A into the metal book plate.

Often I don't have the right word in chipboard, or the room

to put one. My favourite solution

is to whip out my mini alphabet stamps

and make a little scroll  

Flowers pearls and cameos, what better way to celebrate 

a forgotten garden photo

Megs Garden Materials

Forgotten meadows collection

Megs Garden lace

Megs Garden flowers

Megs Garden Trinkets and metal

Happy Crafting 

Sue Smyth