Friday, September 19, 2014

Hello Gorgeous!

Hello crafty friends! Summer is over, the kiddos are back in school, and that means I have my craft room back again. Last night I was in the mood to scrap, so I made myself a cup of tea, found a good 80's flick on Netflix, and browsed through some of My Favorite Blogs for challenge inspiration. I decided to go with a sketch #168 from Deconstructed Sketches, a color combo from Color Throwdown, the Who's Who challenge from Shopping our Stash, the photo inspiration from {PIN}spirational Challenges, as well as the polka dot challenge at Clear It Out, and punch challenge at Paper Take Weekly. Here's the end result:


A few things to note about this layout:  

Obviously the POLKA DOT challenges is in my pattern paper. I have had this in my stash for at least a year, and loved the rosy-pink of the paper went with the tones in the picture. I also inked up the edges of the paper to give it a bit of definition and distressed the corners with a bit of extra ink. For the PUNCH IT OUT challenge, I chose to punch hearts from a scrap of rose cardstock, and used the negative space left rather than the punched pieces itself. I just tucked the strip of punched hearts behind the photo so they're just peeking out. Did you notice my "instagrammed" and "hello Gorgeous" sentiments? Those are stamps from A Muse Studios. Joined a stamp club with Pamela at Attempted Creativity and a very talented group of women, and have been purchasing new stamps up a storm. Excited to start putting them to good use! Finally, not sure if it shows in the photo, but I adhered my pic with pop dots so it is raised off the page a bit. Adds a bit of shadow beneath the photo and helps it to stand out. 

Now it's back to the craft room for me while the inspiration strikes!Thanks for stopping by =) T

11 comments:

  1. Thanks for joining us @ CIO challenge blog...your take on the challenge is awesome...stop by and play with us again <((><

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  2. love your layout!! It's inspiring me to do some scrapbooking :)

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  3. Beautiful LO, wonderful colour combo. Thanks for joining us at Clear It Out!!! I hope you get to join us again for our next challenge. Agnieszka

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  4. You nailed all the challenges....this is a fabulous layout and what a darling picture!!! Thanks for joining us for the Color Throwdown Challenge!!!!

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  5. What a great scrapbook page and a great way to use the throwdown colors! Thanks so much for playing along with us this week!

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  6. This is absolutely darling! What a terrific smile :) Thanks for sharing with us at Shopping our Stash!

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  7. Great layout! Colors are so well integrated and give your photo the perfect presentation. Thanks for accepting the challenge here at Shopping Our Stash!
    Hugz,
    Chana

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  8. oh WOW! this is gorgeous in every way and the PERFECT entry for our "who's who" challenge at SOS! :)

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  9. Fabulous layout - the photo is great!

    Thank you for participating in the {PIN}Spirational Challenge!

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  10. This is a wonderful layout!!!! Thanks so much for participating in our {PIN}SPIRATIONAL challenge!! Hope to see you again for our next challenge!!
    ~DEANNE~
    A Little Bit O' Paper

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