Rainbow Layout | DT project by Tarina Lafollette

Hello Everyone!

I hope you're all having a great week so far!

This is my very first try using watercolor crayons and I would have to say, I really liked playing with them! For this layout, I used a 6pc., tropical scented, watercolor crayon set from Recollections and a piece of watercolor paper from Close to My Heart. I used Gesso to prep the page before I started and that helped minimize the warping. It also helped the color not soak into the paper, which gave me more vibrant colors. 

After I dried the watercolors with my heat tool, I used my new, CTMH stitch guide to create the patterns for the hearts. I could have drawn them, but I have a hard time making my hearts symmetrical lol and it drives me nuts! lol So, this stitching guide is wonderful for that! I then went through my stash of embroidery thread to match the colors on the background. Thankfully, my grandma gave me her collection. It took about 30 minutes to stitch all of the hearts and swirls.

After that, I worked on the photo mat. I pulled out some bright green and fuchsia/lavender-ish cardstock that I thought might go with the background, and I knew I wanted to add in some black and white to balance out all the color. I generally don't go for green, but it ended up looking great on the layout, and muuuch better than the fuchsia color.

I pulled the striped and polka dotted papers from the Live Beautifully papers I have in my stash. I cut down the watercolored paper so that I could get a good sized border of black and white stripe. And yes, I did distress around the edge of the watercolored paper! lol I just can't help myself!

After I got the photo mat down, I went through my little hoard of embellishments and pulled out the Good Life Compliments. The blue glitter words worked perfect for this layout. Why did she choose purple? you may be asking lol because there was originally purple between the orange and pink watercolors! I just blended it a bit much and forgot to add more on there lol It did end up being the exact purple that I used in the crayon, so even though it got blended, it still fit right in.

Can you believe it?!?!? I didn't add any bitty sparkles to this project! :D

If you'd like to get your hands on the stitching guide, tonight is the last night! It'll be retired tomorrow. The link for the stitching guide is in the layout recipe below.

Layout Recipe

Live Beautifully paper pack

Recollections Watercolor Crayons (from stash)

Good Life Compliments

Clear Gesso (from stash)

Distress tool

Stitch guide

Embroidery thread (from stash)

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I have a video up on my Youtube channel (hellotarina) if you'd like to watch my process. It's a bit of a long one, but I wanted to show and explain my thought process in real time. If you do watch, I hope you gain a bit of inspiration and/or bravery to try your hand at something new.

I hope you have a lovely week, and thanks for stopping by!

~Tarina

@hellotarina

It is that time of year again.

The VFW and Auxiliary State Convention started on the 14th.

I finally finished the scrapbook just in time for this years convention.

Yes, I said Scrapbook.  As in one  (1), singular. lol

Last year it was in 2 books and the year before it was in 3 books. 

I am the historian and this is just one of my jobs.  This coming year will be different, because I was voted in as Sr. Vice President, which means I will be a little more busy, but I think I can still do the scrapbook for this coming year.  

Without further delay here are some of the 68 pages in this years scrapbook.

In February and September we hold a Crop 4 Vets.  

It's a small group that attends, but we have a lot of fun.  If you would like to join us, let me know 503-708-6889 or jwilson@bctonline.com 

We helped get the Larry Dahl Memorial moved to a more appropriate place.  

Larry Dahl's Son and Mother attended the ceremony.

The OC JROTC was invited to participate in the 50th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor event in Hawaii

Our Christmas party.  

The Commander and President hand out the Scholarship awards.

February is our Post's Birthday and we celebrate.

Canby VFW Auxiliary puts on a great Iwo Jima Flag raising ceremony.

Our Patriotic Arts Winner. 

If you ever get the chance to go to Bill's Place in Clackamas OR, you should go.  Bill has an amazing car collection and a great story to tell.  Bill is a member of Post 1324.

Steve took some WWII uniforms up to Pendleton for the event. The National Guard partnered with the Pendleton Air Museum to organize the Doolittle Raiders Gala, a commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the air raids on Japan during World War II led by Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle, and featuring 80 soldiers based in Pendleton.

The gala was a day-long affair that featured vendors, a display with World War II-era weapons and equipment, and military planes and vehicles from both World War II and modern day.

May 1st is Loyalty day! It is the day we retire the tattered flags that the community turns in to out post.  It's a huge ceremony done with honor and dignity. If you haven't been to one, you really should come.

Poppy Distribution started May 19th and ended on May 29th.  We had members at most of the grocery stores in Oregon City, Gladstone, Happy Valley and Wilsonville.

Our Honor Guard participates in the Mountain View Cemetery's ceremony and then comes to the post for lunch. We serve hamburgers and hot dogs to about 130 and have displays out from 12:00 -5:00 pm.

Here are some of the quilts we have made to go to the Portland VA Hospital in July.  If you would like to help or learn more about what we do please call me 503-708-6889.

Here is a link to join us.  https://vfwauxiliary.org/join-us/become-a-member/https://vfwauxiliary.org/join-us/become-a-member/

You can join our Auxiliary #1324 or you can join at large and find a local Auxiliary that is close to you and one you like.

Or if you are a Veteran of Foreign Wars you can join the VFW Post #1324 here. https://www.vfw.org/join

Yes, I did get a little bling in the Scrapbook too.

If you have any questions please call me 503-708-6889 or you may email me at jwilson@bctonline.com

Happy Scrappin',

Janice Wilson