Saturday 28 March 2015

Sketchabilities #135/The Studio Challenges/Scrap Our Stash- Word #24



Hey everyone.  This is our border collie, Maggie.  My daughter calls her Maggie Moo Moo Wiggle Bum. Moo Moo because she is black and white like a holstein cow, and Wiggle Bum because her little tail and bum never stop moving.  I used 3 different challenges when creating this layout.  The Studio Challenges challenge was to use your old stash.  I had some pattern paper from Bobunny's 'Powder Mountain' line that was from 2012.  The vellum I used had to be at least 8 years old.  Scrap Our Stash's #24 word challenge was to include an item from your stash for each letter in the word 'stencil'.  I used the following:


S : stitching, snowflakes
T : tag
E : embossing (The journal piece and some of the snowflakes are embossed)
N : numbers in the date
C : cup (I used a styrofoam cup to stamp the circles)
I : ink
L : letters


The snowflakes were cut using Spellbinder dies.  I layered some and popped most of them up with foam squares.  For the pleated borders, I used 1/2" strips of cardstock.  I placed some adhesive where I wanted the border to be, pleated the cardstock, adhered it, and then stitched it down.  After stamping the circles with a styrofoam cup, I flicked some splatters around the layout as well.


I had originally journalled directly onto the layout but had messed it up. It was difficult to write on the textured cardstock, so I cut out a label using a Spellbinders die, wrote on the nontextured side and covered my boo-boo with it.  I rather like the look.  The sketch I used was Sketchabilities #135.  Be sure to check out the different blogs.  Hope you liked it and thanks for stopping by.

Michelle


12 comments:

  1. Such a sweet memory of a great family friend. You are so freakin talented!

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  2. Very cute! Thanks for playing along with us @ Sketchabilities!

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  3. Oh melt my heart!!! A puppy:) love the different tones of blues you used to make texture and layers!

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  4. awesome layout! love that you used a cup to stamp the circles. Thanks for joining us at Scrap Our Stash.

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  5. very very creative to use a cup for your stamp! Great layout, love all the BLUE and all those snowflakes! Kate (SOS)

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  6. Such a beautiful winter layout. Great take on the STENCIL challenge. Thank you for joining us at Scrap Our Stash.

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  7. Fabulous page and great take on the challenge! Thank you for playing along with us at Scrap Our Stash!

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  8. wonderful colours! thank you for playing along with us at Sketchabilities!

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  9. great page!
    Thank you for playing along with us at The Studio Challenges!!

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  10. Eeek! Love all those pearl-studded snowflakes! So pretty! Thanks so much for playing along with us in The Studio!

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