Love - You and Me

I'm on a Roll

I've managed to combine 8 challenges for this layout!!

~see challange list and details below~

First of all - this is what I created

After getting the layout 'more or less' how I wanted it I decided it was too 'clean'.   So I smudged some pale blue and pink Stickles glitter around the two photographs to mess it up a bit.

This is the 1st time I have managed to scrap a photo of our wedding.  I've always struggled on where to start so I am quite pleased hwo this turned out.  With a brother, son and grandson I am so used to doing 'boy' layouts, so it was fun to do such a girly layout.

I used a the September sketch from Stuck Sketches

Remaining Challenges

Scrap around the world: September Mood Board 

I took inspiration from the wings, pink and metal and used them on my layout.

Colour Stories Inspiration - Case File: 138

Colour Scheme - All colours used

Evidence – Woodgrain/Damask/button/Paint

Testimony – Tuck your story into an envelope

Scrap it with a Song

Song Title/Lyrics Challenge – Imagine Dragons – On top of the World

    inspired by lyrics: love somebody and title ‘on top of the world’ which is how you feel on your wedding day.  

Scrap it Girl – Use Stencils or Mask - I used a TCW – Mini Wood Grain Stencil on scrap white paper with shimmer mist.

Paper Wings – Use Ribbon Twine or Trim – Used bakers twine on journaling tag, l on love and wrapped around woodgrain heart.

Challenge YOUrself  - You must be included in your layout - the photograph used is of husband and myself on our wedding day.  The link to fall is that my husband and I got married on September 7th (we've just had our 18th wedding anniversary) so this is a favourite time of your for me.  Also we tend to visit the west coast or the islands of Scotland around this time of year which holds many happy memories for me!

ARTastic Challenge Blog – Use string or twine on your work

Thanks also to Scrap Challenge who provided a list of most of the challenges I have used on this occasion.

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What I used to put together this layout:

Products used:

Hampton Art – Ditto - 5x7 Envelope

Glitz Designs – Love Nest – Damask

Mulberry Street – Petaloo – Wild rose – Pink

Riff Raff Designs – Love – Wood die cut

My Minds Eye - Lime Twist – Happy Go Lucky – Perfect Activities

Tim Holtz - Distress Ink – Faded Jeans

Impress die ink pad – Chocolate

Cosmic Shimmer Mist – Ancient Copper

Ranger Stickles – Baby Blue

Ranger Stickles – Glam Pink

7 Gypsies – 97% complete – Journaling tag – Celebration

Core’dinations – Great White

Papermania – Bakers Twine – Blue/White

Metal butterfly – make unknown

Metal photo corners - brand unknown

Button - brand unknown

Tools used:

Tonic – Square Layering Dies

Martha Stewart - Heart Edge punch

Heart Dies

Tonic Corner punch – Fancy

Cuttlebug  - Embossing Folder – Damask

TCW – Mini Wood Grain Stencil

Friends

Triple Challange

I challanged myself to take part in 3 challenges - each one focussing on a different area.

Colour Stories Inspiration - Colour challenge with 'case file' requirements to attain (see attached colour/case file below)

Sketchabilities - Sketch challange #122 (see below for Sketch)

Scrap it with a Song - (Pop Gals lyrics Challenge) - Jackson Browne – Running on Empty - used the word 'Friends' for the title.

I also challenged myself to only use paper I had already cut into (scrap) - so the four different papers are all scrap.

This is what I created 

Friends

Layout with journalling tag on show

Journaling reads: 06/07/14 – Jacob handling an owl when he, Paul and I went to a car rally on the way back from our weekend in Berwick upon Tweed. He loved it!!

 

 Colour Stories Inspiration Challenge 137

For the evidence I used:                                For the Testimony I used:

Stripes (paper)                                             Tuck your story in an envelope                

Envelope (for journaling tag)

Dry Embossing (on metal shapes)

Metal (shapes)

 Sketchabilities - #122

 I pretty much followed the sketch for the challenge on this one

 

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Products used:

Core’dinations Great White 12 x 12 paper

AC Thickers Alphas – Niki Riki – Yellow Glitter

Brilliance Ink Pad – Pearlescent Yellow

Staz On Ink Pad – Azure

Tattered Angels – Glimmer Mist – Slate

Adirondack Lights – Alcohol Ink – Aqua

Adirondack Brights – Alcohol Ink – Sunshine Yellow

AC Amy Tangerine – Ready Set Go – On The Clock – Scrap

Graphic 45 – A Ladies Diary Collection – Afternoon Tea - Scrap

Blue/Yellow spotted paper – unknown – Scrap

Core’dinations – Spotted paper - Scrap

Darkroom Door Background Stamp – Splatter

Andy Skinner Stamps – Tempting Textures – Rings

7 Gypsies – 97% complete journaling tag – General Instructions

100% boy tag -

Brads – pink

Bottle cap – unknown

Photo Anchors – blue

Metal Shapes – Stars/Tag (used embossing folders for texture)

Fancy Pants – Swagger – Banner Die cuts - 100% boy tag

Page Boy

This is a layout I created using CSI Case File No.6 which can be found over at Colour Stories

 Inspiration

The journaling reads: This is the best paige boy in the world.  He looked like a mini version of his dad.  At the reception everytime I saw him he had a different glass of sherry in his hands.

Jason - Aged 8 - Paige boy at his Mam & Dads wedding.

Below is the Evidence & Testimony shown in the picture above with the items I chose highlighted.

EVIDENCE DETAILS
Choose two (or more)of the following elements to include on your layout:

• glass or transparent elements
• wood or wood-grain accents
• combine two different patterns that have the same colors
• fabric
• pleating
• metals

 JOURNALING DETAILS (TESTIMONY)
Choose one (or more)of the following to inspire your journaling:

·         Tell three things about your subject.

·         Use a transparency or vellum "container" to hold your journaling.

·         Illuminate your subject: shine the light on something the viewer wouldn't know by just looking at your picture.

·         Inspiration words: clear, comfort, shine. --Use one or more of these words as a jumping-off point for your journaling.

  
Along with:

Sketch 195 (see below) over at Creative Scrappers 

I used the following:

MME - Lost & Found Madison Avenue Alphas
American Crafts Thickers Foam Alphas White - Giggles
Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Brushed Corduroy
7 Gypsies - Lille Paper - Abundance
Glitter Paper - Brand unknown
Collage Press Journaling Cards - A Day in the Life
Crafters Workshop 6x6 template - Mini Woodgrain
Paper Pizazz Vellum- Vellum Hearts
Pink Paislee Paper - Office Lingo - Outside the Box
Ranger Glossy Accents
Sassafras Lass - All boy clearn stamps
Papermania Kraft Cardstock
Pearlescent Shaped cardstock
Transparency - Green Swirls

I really enjoyed putting this together and would most likely not have normally chosen this colour combo to scrap this picture, but using the prompts from CSI is really helpful for me and I get my layouts done much faster.

Hope you like it!

Lynn