Monday, January 9, 2012

Sketch Challenge at Sketches 4 All

Good morning! I hope you all had a great weekend! I did! I had some time to myself to scrap this past weekend, and it was such a treat! I have to say, this month's Counterfeit Kit really seems to suit my style, because I am really enjoying scrapping with it, and the pages just seem to flow so easily! The page I am sharing with you today is one that I did for a sketch challenge over at Sketches 4 All .

The sketch:
(Isn't it gorgeous?)

My Layout:
 A Close-up of my embellishment cluster:

Everything I used for this layout came from my January Counterfeit Kits. The background, photo mat and paper strip under the Mistables trim is Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses paper, along with a piece of diecut paper from Target's $1 spot, and I added a piece of light green swirl print paper tilted under the photo mat. The snowflakes were cut from a transparency, using my Cricut E and SCAL (still love what my baby does for me ;-) ), and then I dabbed it with a pearl paint dabber to make it stand out. The title is made up of Cosmo Cricket Tiny Type Stickers and Basic Grey letter stickers, which outlined with a thin black Sharpie pen to make them stand out. For my embellishment cluster, I covered a large white chipboard snowflake with glue, then silver mica flake, used a ZVA crystal swirl, then layered the glittered snowflake with light blue chipboard snowflakes, an embellished button, and a little eskimo girl from the Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses Chip Sticker pack. I added a pink "ticket style" journaling spot, some {crooked} hand-journaling, and I was finished! I have to say, that since I had that moment of self-discovery when I was sharing my favorite layouts from last year, it feels a bit easier to scrap! I don't feel like I am "wandering without a map"-I know my style now, and what I like in a finished layout, so it helps me to make decisions much more easily as I am putting my pages together. I have been inspired to find my style ever since I read about how Melissa found her style-and it was refreshing to find mine!

Now that you've seen my take on the sketch, won't you come and play along for a chance to win a 6x6 Echo Park Happy Days paper pad&Thickers? And while you're there, check out our guest design team call for February?

10 comments:

  1. Thanks for the breakdown of how you created certain elements in this layout. I would love to scraplift your snowflakes (now that I have the instructions)!
    Hope that is OK with you. I will gove you credit, of course.

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  2. Oh, it's sooooo beautiful! I love that background paper!!!! I'm so glad you didn't cut it up. That mica flake is AWESOME! Love love love!!!! I think I need to pick my top layouts too, good idea!xoxo

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  3. I love your layout, from the papers to the picture and I love that the colors are the same in both.

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  4. Really cute page - I love the colours and those snowflakes - lovely!

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  5. Prety LO!!
    Love the border strips and the snowflakes!!
    Thanks for your sweet words on my blog!!

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  6. Love everything about your layout but most of all the snowflakes and the cute girl!

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  7. Gorgeous! I especially love that embellishment cluster!

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  8. Great layout. I love all your little details. perfect choices to go with the photo.
    Ang

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