Dream Big

It's time for a new Blended Sketch challenge over at Scrap Our Stash. 

And here's my take on it:

I chose to use 3 photos and that were in the 1st sketch, and layered them on top of a large square with torn edges, similar to the jumbo bracketed piece in the 2nd sketch. I just love that jumbo scallop element! (using a scrap of red polka dot paper I’ve had in my stash for years). I flipped my title to the top, rather than the bottom on both, and added 3 wooden buttons along with puffy hearts and nests of thread in 3 embellishment clusters. 

I hope you'll visit the Scrap Our Stash challenge blog to see what the rest of the Design Team has created, and take part in the challenge too! Looking forward to seeing your take on this Blended Sketch challenge. =) Tiffany

Boston Pride Parade

Hello crafty friends! Back again with another fun challenge over at Scrap Our Stash! I'm a big fan of movies, so I always LOVE  the Golden Globe challenge. How fun to take a bit of inspiration from a favorite mobie or tv show? This month the challenge was based off of the award-winning show, Transparent:

The trick for this one is to create a grid design, and include a transparency on your layout. Here's what I came up with:

The Boston Pride Parade was the perfect event to scrap for this challenge. I printed my focal point photo as a 4x6, and then printed my other pics as 3x4 and grouped around the main photo in a grid formation. I had a great little rainbow flag transparency and rainbow stickers from the parade that made simple and bright embellishments. Because the photos were busy and I had lots of rainbow embellishments, I decided to keep my background plain white (although it was very hard to resist the urge to ink and splatter!).  For a final touch I tore the edges of the background paper to reveal a strip of rainbow pattern paper. This helped to frame the layout a bit, and draw your eye into the center. 

Want to play along with this fun challenge for your chance to win a $20 gift card to Michaels, JoAnn, or Hobby Lobby? Visit the Scrap Our Stash blog for all the details and see what my fellow designers have created! =) T