Apple Of My Eye

My oldest son Aaron..Guess how old he is in this photo?..LOL I really loved making this layout and it took me one whole day. I did a LOT of inking and chalking, but I love the effect if gave the letters and cuts..
I wanted to add apple blossoms to the layout to go with the apples (I know they look like peaches).. I really didn't mind adding a little bit of pink, I think its a nice a contrast color to all the yellow and green.
Here is a close up of the title.. I weaved it through a flouris and added some leaves, which I inked and chalked.
I didn't want to do your regular number 5 on this layout, so I went through the little ACY booklet and seen the hand.. I thought how appropriate for this layout, being he's 5yrs old..
This is just a close up of the apple with the boy cut out.. I cut it using light yellow cards stock which I then inked the edges with orange and rubbed the apple with red and the leaves with green. I also added a little detail with a white gel pen.

Supplies Used:

• Cricut cart: A Childs Year: Font, apple cut boy cutout, hand and all small apples
• Cricut cart: Storybook: leaves and little blossoms
• Cricut cart: Home Accents: flourish
• Cricut cart: Hello Kitty font: flowers
• papers: K& Co Classi Margo 12x12
• cardstock: pastel green, yellow,white, pink and blue
• Markers: colored in the blossoms-pink and dotted the flowers with yellow and brown
• Tim Holtz distress ink: *Shabby shutters and Walnut stain
• Colorbox inks: orange
• Stamping: flourish behind big apple
  
• white gel pen: added detail
• green ribbon'
• pop dots
  
• Cricut design studio: welding of letters
  

Thankyou all for looking.
Cheers