Scrapbooking | Fussy Cutting and Painting

I seem to have fussy cut the majority of a sheet a Cocoa Vanilla floral paper. I thought I'd paint myself a background for them to sit on... and then used barely any of them on top as I couldn't bear to cover the painting!!

The paints are all from Shimmerz in varying shades of blue with a touch of Miner Miner 49er - which is a fantastic shade of gold - thrown in towards the end.

This is take two of the painting as the first try was far too tight. I loosened up for this attempt so much so that I dropped the paintbrush at one point. That made for even more looseness as I had to incorporate the extra paint it left where it landed!

Embellishing was super simple with three gold thread tangles and some sequins.

I have loads of the fussy cut flowers left over so I have started painting another background to work on top of. Hopefully I'll be able to bear covering more of it up!

I've reached the fantastic milestone of 1000 subscribers on YouTube. To celebrate I've brought together some of my favourite YouTubers and curated prizes from some of my favourite shops. It's all happening on the 9th so be sure to be subbed to my channel so you don't miss out on the fun.

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