Welcome to the Family

The Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge this week is  Family!  Being inspired by family means different things to me.  I spend some thinking about what I would create..  I started thinking of the definition of family which had me pulling out an old dictionary that I have on hand to pull pages to use in my art.

I had purchased this cheap dictionary awhile ago when one of the kids needed one for school. 

I went through the dictionary and pulled out the definitions for family, sister, and brother.

I tore around the edges and taped it down onto a piece of white cardstock.  I painted around the edges with white acrylic paint.  I sponged and distressed the edges with brown dye ink.  I then circled and underlined the words.

I stamped trees to represent the family tree. I stamped splatter using he same brown ink.

I then added in a few smattering of birds flying across the sky.  I pulled out this cute baby chipboard button and added welcome to the right half and took the stamped home an added it on the front.  I used a metal embellishment and layered on a few background panels to finish my card.  I thought this would make a cute baby card.

Products:  Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black,   White Acrylic Paint,  Ranger Distress Ink - Walnut Stain,  Darkroom Door - Splatter,  Darkroom Door - Home Sweet Home, Darkroom Door - Trees, Visual Artistry - Lost and Found,  Idea-Ology - Metal Word Bands, Natural Hemp, Brown Cardstock, Melissa Frances Adopted Ancestors

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Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz