CCCB Week 18 - Isn't She Lovely?

Today's challenge comes from City Crafters Challenge Blog. The theme is as this post's title and it is to make a project with a girl or lady on it. I chose my lovely niece, Carryn for this layout. She has such a lovely smile.

I learned this distress ink technique from Jennifer McGuire. To make the flower background, do as follows:
1. Stamp the HA Cling Wildflower Garden stamp with Versamark Ink onto watercolour paper. Sprinkle with white embossing powder and heat emboss.
2. Apply TH distress inks - first Tumbled Glass and Broken China at the bottom, then Barn Door at the top, then Wild Honey and Scattered Straw in the middle.
3. Don't bother trying to blend the colours with the applicator, just apply the distress inks quite thickly.
4. Then fill up the Mini Mister spray three quarters full with water, then with the back end of a paint brush or a spatula insert a 2-3 scoops of Perfect Pearls into the mini mister. Close Mini Mister and shake.
5. Then spray liberally onto the watercolour paper. This will make the distress inks blend and give them a shine (see image below). You can see some of the Wild Honey drip into the Tumbled Glass and it dries like that when you dry it with your heat gun. Lovely.
6. Then tear the top of the watercolour paper towards you to reveal the white core of the watercolour paper.

I learned to make this rosette from Tami Hartley. To make the rosette cut a strip of paper measuring 11" long and 3/4" wide or whatever width you want, depending on the size of rosette you want. (Lightweight paper recommended as it easier to fold.) Score the entire strip at 1/4" increments and accordion fold. Bring the ends together to form a pleated circle. Secure ends with glue or tape. Push down to flatten into a circle. Adhere stamped circle (I stamped the circle sentiment with Pumice Stone) on top, using Glossy Accents. Apply pressure until glue is dry. 

Supplies:
The Langton watercolour paper
Autumn Leaves clear stamps - Sentiments Circles by Katie Pertiet
Autumn Leaves clear stamps - Journaling Stamps by Katie Pertiet
Silhouette - beautiful_smile_C00021_23445
Red paper to make rossette
HA Cling Wildflower Garden stamp
TH Distress Inks - Tumbled Glass, Broken China, Barn Door, Wild Honey, Scattered Straw and Pumice Stone.
Versamark Ink
White embossing powder
Rangers Perfect Pearls
Rangers Glossy Accent
Rhinestone gems
Tools: Ranger Mini Mister, Foam applicators, Heat gun