This week at Let’s Capture These Sketches, we had another gorgeous sketch by Ness to work with. I loved working with it and felt that a photo strip would be perfect for the layout. I chose a strip with Larry holding Christian. He was so fascinated by their image on the screen that he kept pointing to it and saying excitedly, “Look, Dada”! 😀
Here’s my take on the sketch:
Materials:
American Crafts cardstock My Mind’s Eye Stella & Rose Hattie papers MME Stella & Rose Hattie frame MME Stella & Rose Hattie brads MME Stella & Rose Hattie charm Little Yellow Bicycle doilies Maya Road chipboard alphas Folk Art Acrylic Paint
A lot of factors came into play when making this layout. It started with finding this fab sketch on the Stuck Sketches site, then reading this post on the Cosmo Cricket blog that really spoke to me. It was only too relevant to what was going on in our lives the moment I read it and struck so incredibly close to home I was smiling yet in tears as I read it. Over the last week or so, I was thinking about scrapping a page for my son, Alex, who is also 9. At first, the song F***’ing Perfect by Pink kept coming to mind, but he seems quite a bit young for that one. Then, True Colors by Lauper came to mind last night and I knew I just had to scrap this layout. I went with the most recent photos of Alex that I have printed except for the 1st day of school photos. The baby is in his lap, but if you really know Alex, it’s only fitting that he would be. 😀 Since I was inspired by a post on CC’s blog, I went with a blend of their papers. Red and black are his favorite colors, but he also likes some greens and ocean blue. I added a twist to the sketch from Stuck Sketches, but attaching a sleeve of sorts to the back of the strips under the photos so I could slide journaling strips under each one listing some positive traits my son possesses. I used a different color of ink to write on each strip. Here’s what I came up with (this is with the journaling strips fully inserted):
Here’s a view w/the strips pulled out slightly:
Here’s a close-up of the strips:
Here’s the sketch I worked off of from the Stuck Sketches site:
Materials:
Cosmo Cricket Circa 1934 12×12 cardstock papers CC Circa 1934 diecut stickers CC Salt Air 6×6 paper pad CC Social Club 6×6 paper pad CC Tiny Type alphas Webster’s Pages Storyteller Alphas Paper doily Tattered Angels Shimmer Mist
In case you’ve never heard the song that further inspired me for this layout, I’ve embedded it here. I picked this version from youtube rather than the official video, because it also includes the lyrics. TFL!
The first challenge for the SYAO event on Paper Secrets is now closed and participants are now moving onto the 2nd sketch. I’d already used it before for the “1st mohawk” layout of Alex last winter, so I rotated it 90 degrees to give me a fresh perspective. There’s also a list of 10 supply items and you need to select at least 5 of them to include on your layout. I chose dry embossing, misting, 3+ brads, 3+ buttons, ribbon and 3+ photo corners. I combined it with Challenge #4 (Bright Colors) on Sketches4All‘s Spring is in the Air event. Here’s what I came up with:
Materials:
October Afternoon Schoolhouse 12×12 cardstock paper OA Schoolhouse alpha stickers OA Mini Market stickers OA Schoolhouse diecut stickers Core’dinations G45 Core Impressions American Crafts white cardstock chain links from craft store Maya Road chandelier beads Making Memories brads Bo Bunny buttons Twine from The Twinery Paper doily Tattered Angels Shimmer Mist blue photo corder brads
Adhesives:
Helmar Craft Glue Helmar 450 Quick Dry Glue Arts Glue Glider Pro Perma Tac
For this layout, I combined 3 challenges. I used the sketch provided by The Paper Variety for their weekly challenge, a manufacturer challenge on Paper Secrets and a number challenge on Sketches for All (1 ribbon, 2 buttons, 3 patterned papers, 4 flowers, 5 of any bling…I went with pearls). Here’s what I came up with:
TFL!
Materials:
October Afternoon Schoolhouse papers Paper doily OA diecut stickers OA diecut alphas American Crafts solid cardstock Prima flowers Bo Bunny buttons DMC embroidery floss My Mind’s Eye Lost and Found Trim Kaisercraft pearls Tattered Angels shimmer mists Martha Stewart marker Inkssentials white pen
Adhesives:
Glue Arts Glue Glider Pro PermaTac Helmar 450 quick dry Scotch Quick Dry Liquid
The sketch I used for this layout:
If you would like to use this sketch to create your own layout and enter The Paper Variety’s challenge (entries must be submitted by March 22, 2011 noon est), CLICK HERE.
To join the fun challenges on Paper Secrets, CLICK HERE.
To check out the challenges on Sketches 4 All, CLICK HERE.
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