hello there...i love you! {SF August Sketch Challenge}

Hi everyone! I am very excited to share a new layout I did recently for my LSS, Scrapping Frenzy. I have to admit, I wasn't a huge fan of the Halloween themed papers at first, thinking how am I going to use these in a non-Halloweenish way? But I really put on my thinking cap with this one, we also were provided with this sketch as our inspiration:

So here is my take on the sketch:

 I did make a butterfly like in the sketch, as my focal point, and there's not much else I didn't do except I added more paper strips to the middle and clusters of flowers instead of hearts and stars. Also I put my 'swirls' in different places too. I have to say, I am really proud of how this turned out! It's an unexpected color combo but it really works and I will definatley think about how I can repurpose my
old Halloween papers in the future!!!

Okay, so since my LO is currently on display at the store I don't have any closies of it for you today...but maybe I can snap a few when I get it back! Overall I am really really happy with this and couldn't be more surprised by this color combo!! I encourage you to think outside the box when digging through your paper stash... I was inspired originally by the orange and black 'eyeball' paper because it reminded me of a pattern on a butterfly's wings, so I turned it sideways and started from there...of course I had to glitter it up a bit and rough up the edges, but it turned out great! My second favorite thing on this LO is the Donna Salazar blank canvas that I misted with Smooch in River Mossy and Silver foil...it totally absorbed the color and was a piece of art just by itself!! Well I hope I have inspired you today to dig through your stash and get scrapping...pay attention to design and pattern, you never know what you can use holiday themed papers for!! Until next time, Peace y'all~VV

Supplies: Halloween Patterned papers by Reminisce, 6x12 sheet Halloween paper, 6x12 bracket die cut black cardstock, a black shipping tag, a square of Donna Salazar Blank Canvas, a strip of striped ribbon and a length of black and white twine by Queen &Co, Basic Grey papers- stripe and black flower strips, Smooch Spritz by Clearsnap in River Mossy and Silver Foil. Tim Holtz paper distresser, Colorbox chalk ink cat's eye in iced jade, grey whale, and toffee. Martha Stewart holiday glitter 'tinsel', American Crafts black vinyl embellishments townhouse', Purple Pumpkin resin rose, fabric button, black crochet doily, vintage buttons, Teal paper flower and black roseby Prima Marketing, Tim Holtz distress stickles 'milled lavender',  sticker sentiments-unknown.

{True Blue Friend} :SF June theme challenge

Hello everyone! I am back today to share with you another layout for June using our color theme for this month which is blue and white! First I want to give you a little mini tutorial about how I created the background for this page and also my inspiration for this page and my 'jumping off point". I actually was really inspired by a LO we have hanging up at Scrapping Frenzy that was made by Suzanne. We were given the same paper in our June DT kit so I took some of the elements from her page such as layering and painting, and translated it to my page. Also I found this photo that was taken in June of 2006 the year one of my best friends graduated from Harvard when the other bestie and I traveled all the way to Boston to see her walk in person! (and visit a bit of course!) It was such a great trip I have alot of memories from it!! Okay, well on with the layout, here is the inspiration LO by the lovely Suzanne Austin!!

For the background, I used some light blue craft paint mixed with crackle medium and dry-brushed it across the background. I wanted to add more 'blue' to the page so that's what I came up with. When that was dry I traced over the paper design with stickles in 'true blue' and 'orange peel'. I let it dry overnight and this is how it came out:

And, going on the layering idea that Suzanne did in the inspiration layout, I used several kinds of items to give it lots of layering for a really funky look! Including some Tim  Holtz paper, cardboard, cream colored cardstock, a crochet doily and lots of other stuff! I really like how it turned out:

 And here are some close ups, just so you can see all the detail!! (My favorite part)

Ok, well that's all I have for you today! I hope you were inspired to funk up the background of your pages and get a little messy with some paint and stickles!!! Enjoy the weekend :D

Scrapping Frenzy Supplies: 

Ruby Rock-It "The Summerhouse" background paper, Reminisce cardstock stickers "the freedom collection", Moxxie "God Bless America" blue paper, cream colored cardstock, Stickles- orange peel, true blue, and TH collection faded jeans, Colorbox fluid chalk ink cat's eye 'brown' and 'butterscotch', Glossy Accents, sticky thumb pop dots.

Other supplies: 

Tim Holtz' 'Lost and Found' paper, Prima flowers, Recollections- teal button, teal resin flower, blue/gold flower, and metal brad.  Air mail sticker, orange glitter ribbon, blue crochet doily-Purple Pumpkin Crafts, paper clip flower-Pier 1 Imports