Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Summer Garden Challenge

The Counterfeit Kit Challenge blog had one more challenge for us to use our August kits:

Challenge #3: Summer Garden Challenge: Find some inspiration in a summer garden for your project!
And really, my whole kit filled with Summer Fresh was perfect for this challenge! I had some photos that I took while making blackberry freezer jam this summer (we have wild black berry bushes all behind our house, and they are yummy!), which I thought would be perfect to scrap for this challenge:

Supplies used were all from my August kit: Chatterbox patterned paper background (Oh how I miss that lovely linen textured paper!), Simple Stories Summer Fresh paper (the newsprint/chevron), and stickers-"Love Is" letter stickers, and the banner, word, and flower, Pebbles,Inc. navy letter stickers, and a journaling spot from Digital Design Essentials that I printed on water color paper and rounded the corners, and a scrap of red and white polka dot ribbon. After I photographed te layout, I decided to go back and add a line of stitching over the navy letters. Since it's after dark now, it will have to wait till morning for me to add that photo...

*Edited to add the photos of the stitching:

 
Do you want to know what inspired me to start stitching on paper? It was this fantastic class:
Stitching On Paper.
So many great ideas were shared for free, so I just had to play along-and I love what it adds to my layouts! I have decided to keep my sewing machine in a more accessible place so that I can use it alot more!
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11 comments:

  1. JimjamsAugust 28, 2012 at 2:53 AM

    Fab page - I love the contrast of the bright chevrons against the newsprint. Blackberry freezer jam sounds intriguing ... where does the freezer come into it?

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    1. MargieAugust 28, 2012 at 8:46 AM

      There is no cooking required with freezer jam...sugar, Surejell, smashed berries, and a bit of lemon juice, mix it, let it iset for 30 mins and pop it in the freezer. I like it better because the berries tast "fresher" to me, since they are not cooked at all. It's my absolute favorite way to make strawberry jam ...peach and blackberry I like either way! Thank you for the compliments on my page :-)

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    2. JimjamsSeptember 3, 2012 at 3:50 PM

      TFS Margie - I'll have to Google Surejell as I've never heard of it - but it certainly does sound easy peasy!

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  2. MargieAugust 28, 2012 at 7:59 AM

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  3. ChrissyAugust 28, 2012 at 8:37 AM

    ooooooh! Great page! Love the patchwork chevrons!!

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    1. MargieAugust 28, 2012 at 8:47 AM

      Thanks! isn't that Simple Stories paper awesome?

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  4. SusanneAugust 31, 2012 at 9:03 AM

    Oh the way you have done the chevrons is perfection!

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  5. Sassy BreeseAugust 31, 2012 at 10:21 PM

    I like stitching on pages too. Just to clarify here, is the chevron part of a patterned paper or did you construct it?

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  6. glorygirlSeptember 1, 2012 at 9:03 AM

    This is amazing! Loooove the chevron you made and the way you stitched it!!!

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  7. LCSmithSAVEDSeptember 1, 2012 at 9:25 PM

    I like the woodgrain mat for the photo - looks like a cutting board in the kitchen!

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  8. MiliPea DesignsSeptember 6, 2012 at 8:01 PM

    Wonderful page - and I agree with the girls about the chevron paper...wonderful touch!

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