123 july reveal challenge 2019.

1.2.3. reveal july challenge
hi everyone 
what a cold wet  day it is today here in Logan qld
when  this challenge said it was going to have a gap year, i thought , what am i to do , as this is one of my favourite  challenges to get me out of my comfort zones , after a few  months i thought , maybe i too  needed a gap year to reflect  on my year &  do something different  for a while ,which i found  8 inch mini  albums . i still get the enjoyment of doing layouts but in a smaller version  which i  really love  still of course  i can enter them  into   anything goes challenges, but not ones that require  12  inch  pages ,
After having a 18 month break , its lovely to see this challenge back again
For the month of july  we have ( 1 )  a sketch  love their sketches, i always  know they will turn out  great,
                                                 (2)  two words    THIS MOMENT
                                                  (3)  3  colours

my products  ive used today are
KAISER   -  2 sheets ,cardstock ,  steele  CD 105
                   1/4 sheet of black  scrap cardstock .
                  1   Garden Arabesque  P398  fountain , patterned papers ,  this is a very old range of Kaisers
Kaiser   Violet crush patterned sticker sheet - butterflies ,
BoBunny, sticker sheet , beautiful dreamer  #item 19403345
Inks  Kaiser  IP732  orchid   ink
Kaiser  Alpha   letters  lower case   # 3
Kaiser  black cardstock 
Kaiser  purple bling
TIm Holtz  -dusty concord
                  wilted  violet
                  seedless  preserves
Staz-on jet black
Embossing folder & Die  are from cardmaking  magazine by chloe ( out this month)
Stamps,   Beccys Place -  Orchid
water brush 
Punch  EK large  2.25 scallop punch
flowers from stash
Dina Wakley  Black  media gesso
 magicals - prima  donna purple
doilies  white

 My thoughts  on this  challenge ,
after seeing this challenge  the other day, i thought why not   give it a try, but  im in the middle of holiday  album . this is where i start something & then start another thing ,before i  know it i have  10 things started and nothing finished,  today is going to be different , after me  starting  yet again to change  my table around yet again  lol

Getting my   Garden Arabesque i  cut   the middle out at  10 inches, (25.4)  on all four sides,  the middle is going to be punched  later. 
next cut  my steel cardstock at  11  inches, (  28cms )  glue both  together .
 I have distress the edges of  the grey  and have inked it   something i have a habit of doing lately  with anything  i distress or  even on straight edges if i  dont want to add a mat .
Ek scallop  punch  with the paper you put aside 
Kaiser  garden arabesque  - cut out  6
punch out  middles of  3  doilies,
cut 2 grey steel  cardstock
 when you punch this out be very careful as the doilies are very fragile and may tear,  lucky mine didn't,  i have a misti that i  place  my stamps into , so placed the doilies in and stamped and then coloured i also  used the   scalloped punch then cut out the  scallop part & fuzzy cut the  scallops off ,then is a circle  on some

while  i have my water brush i get the  chosen butterflies  from the  violet  crush sticker sheet and colour  them in also.
i havent measured anything  with  the   where i placed the scallops 
i have loads of scrap black cardstock  placed my  2  photos  and then just cut around  it
I wasnt going to  colour the  alpha  chipboards ,  but then thinking  i have all these wonderful magicals  just sitting in the cupboard. so then  got my gesso and with a paint brush  painted all the cardstock as well as the alphas
while i went for tea,  i put the fan on so it would dry  while i was away so i can come back straight away &  start again

i then added the   magicals which only take a few mins to dry.
added bling to die cut  flowers and  added my flowers and the butterflies to  each 

thank you once again  123  challenge i had fun creating this layout today .
until next time 
have a happy crafting time
cheers
Jacqui McCully
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