Baby wall art using Sara's Signature Little Angel Collection

 Hello and welcome back to our popular Anything Goes week over at  Addicted to Stamps and More challenge.

As you know, we had a new addition to our family late last year when our first Grandchild, Alice, was born.  I wanted to make something for her but I am an atrocious knitter so I raided my stash and made this wall plaque to welcome her.

1) Take a papier-mache plaque and remove the paper cord before coating it with white gesso.

2) Paint the plaque front with grey paint. I used a tester pot of emulsion paint that I had in from when we decorated my craft room. When it is dry, repeat on the back and then give everything a second coat.

3) Take the Memory Box stencil 'Stars Starry Nights' and place it on the plaque so you can spread glitter texture paste through it. This was a little time consuming because the stencil is smaller than the plaque, so you have to do it in stages, letting the paste dry each time before moving onto the next bit.

4) Die cut the Friendly Elephant ( from Crafter's Companion) using some paper from the CC Little Angel paper pad and ink through the die to enhance the features. Curl the elephant's ear and then cut it again from some white card and stick it to the back to give the image some structure.

5) Die cut the heart balloon from the Balloon Trio set from the same CC range using some stripey paper from the same pad. Cut the strings from some coordinating paper.

6) Cut three banners from grey card using one of the PTI Countdown details die and stamp and white emboss the words from PTI Wonderful Words: Baby Stamp Set.

7) Stamp the greeting on the back in Smoky Shadow ink using a mixture of Avery Elle Lovely Letters alphabet stamps and PTI Love Lives Here.

8) Finish off by adhering the elephant and balloons to the front and replacing the paper cord.

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Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Carol x