This month, the theme is End of Summer/Back to School. Here's my contribution....
The inspiration for this project came from the Graphic 45 paper collection An ABC Primer. The canvas is 7 gypsies Artist Tray.
I started this project by cutting 2 3/4" x 3 3/4" rectangles and inking them with Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad in Walnut Stain. I then edged the tray in the alphabet that I cut from a piece of the collection, I just trimmed the middle out of the paper. I glued each rectangle into each cubby with Aleene's Tacky Glue. You need a good tacky adhesive (this I learned the hard way....)
All of the cuts were cut on my Expression, from A Child's Year and TBBM. The silhouettes on the Child's Year cart are some of my favorites! The chalkboard silhouette, apple and tag (TBBM) were cut at 3", the reading girl and "READ" for the tag were cut at 1 1/2". The other embellishments were cut from the papers in the collection.
With Kenji graduating from College this past July, this is the first September that I haven't had to deal with Back to School in 17 years! This project brought back so may school days memories... So ends a big chapter in Kenji's life and starts his next big adventure!
Thanks for looking!
