Beautiful Girl Layout

I wanted to share a layout that I made that is really not my style but I am trying to explore and I actually loved the Layout. I am particularly proud of the flowers that I made and I want to thank Myrna @  http://myrnamarcanocrafter.blogspot.com/ for offering a class teaching us how to make different types of flowers 

and now I am an addict!! 

(you can click on the picture to see it bigger)

The word beautiful is from the Home Decor Cart and 

the tag is from the Sweet Treats Cart. 

I split a frame from Gypsy Wanderings in half and placed them in opposite sides. I inked them with Royal Blue to make them stand out.

The word Girl is from Gypsy Wanderings. 

You probably can't tell but I distressed the edge of the photos and inked them with a Martha Stewart ink Walnut Color. I also distressed around the pages with my 

Tim Holtz Distressing Tool.

These are the flowers that I am so proud of!! 

I love how they came out!! 

I did it with 4 flowers from the Home Decor Cart 

( I used the shadow feature) 

I did a technique that was shown in this 

month's issue of Creating Keepsakes.

What I did basically is applied a coat of glossy accents

 and let it dry overnight.

Then I put it on the freezer for like 30 seconds 

(although the tutorial says 15 seconds)

and bent the picture to make it crack. The glossy accents go soft again so I repeated the freeze and crack part three times and then I inked it with the Martha Stewart Walnut Ink. Is a shame you can't see it that well in the picture but it really looks like an old picture. 

I heat embossed some butterflies and the paper left over from the frame and cut them out. I just glued the center and bent the wings to give it some dimension.  

I hope you liked my layout as much as I like it!!

Oh, I almost forgot to say that I am entering this in the

Cooking with the Cricut Challenge: Spring Flowers.

Take Care!!