my girl

i used a plain purple cardstock for the background, and cut a strip of the orange paisley print paper (by DCWV) to dress the center. then i matted the 5x7 photo on the same purple cardstock and set it at a slant a bit more off center (to the left).the white flourishes are stamps and my own doodles, which i used Staz-On {cotton white} opaque ink pad and my Signo Uni-Ball opaque white pen. the title is self adhesive chipboard, which i placed at the bottom of the photo, with the felt butterfly behind it and flowers to the left.I used chalk on the flowers to create depth on the petals, its very simple, just use a color a few shades darker than the flower, and start either in the center of the flower, or the outer tips of the petals, and blend out (or in) with your fingers. Dont worry about the chalk rubbing off, scrapbooking chalks are permanent once applied and given time to set...usually over night is plenty of time.