Yamba Winter
Whenever the weather gets cold I like to create projects that remind me that somewhere in Australia it is warm enough to paddle in the rock pools.  One such place is Yamba on the north coast of NSW.

 My eldest daughter and her family are fortunate to live in that beautiful part of the country and as always, my granddaughter, Layla Rose makes a beautiful  subject

I used 7 Dots studio Cotton Candy Dreams Cloud Watching paper and for the background I used Lindys Sassy Saphire spray.  I must say I really like the effect.
I usually lay out the projects to see how it will look when it's finished.  The other thing I do is take photos with my camera so I can remember where everything goes.

I remembered I had bought some shells a while back and decided to use a selection of those too.  The sand is a mix of White Sand texture paste and tiny art stones.  I just put these around the focal image.

I added some chipboard pieces which I coloured with white gesso.  The net chipboard I decided to leave plain as it looked more like a fishing net.  Then I just added more shells to complete the canvas

Here is the full length video tutorial