You may recall from last month's challenge that the purpose of this challenge group was to take our scrapbooking to the next level, to stretch our creative process and to grow as artists by embracing challenges that make us think, work and grow.
This
month our challenger was the very talented Laurel Seabrook. Laurel loves flea markets and garage sales and would love to incorporate more of those items into her art. In fact, we have invited a valued guest designer to join us
this month; her name is Christy Riopel. We welcome, Christy from her regular writing and creating job at Canadian Scrapbooker magazine.
Here's
a bit of what Laurel had to say in her challenge this month.
"I love going to garage sales, flea markets and thrift shops to find fun items for me to upcycle into something else either for my own home or to give as a gift. I also love just to pick up some old things that appear to have some sort of story to them. I love the shabbiness of old, worn items and the warm comforting feeling they evoke.
My challenge for you is to scrap an old photo/photos. Not only that I want you to incorporate something that is not normally a scrapping item, upcycle/recycle something to include on your layout. Vintage is definitely not my style when it comes to paper crafting. I like clean and simple so this will be a challenge for me."
I hope you will stop by and see what the designers on this adventure have created:
We would love to see what you are inspired to create. Add your comment below with a link, I will be sure to drop by and say hello.
I have a busy day today with a fundraising crop, so I will be back with details and process later. And hopefully a less blurry photo. I am sure I didn't put that gate on that crooked, so I'm hoping a better photo will do this justice. Bear with me! And enjoy seeing what everyone else did with this month's challenge.
ETA:
I'm back with a few detail shots for you:
This shot gives you an idea of all the mucking about i did on the background! Yes, I'm having fun getting a little goopy on my layouts these days. It makes me happy. On this page, I misted, scraped texture medium through a Crafters' Workshop template, stamped, and smeared watercolour paint. You can also see the fussy cut flowers layered on the photo. I think between these fussy cut flowers in the lower right, the layer of yellow ticket paper in the upper right, the title on the left, and the chipboard gate, the photo is framed.
The gated was primed with gesso and then I misted it with 2 or 3 colours. Some fussy cut flowers from the MME Miss Caroline paper were added to the gate as well. The pearl hearts were a find at a scrappy garage sale and contribute to the vintage feel called for in this month's challenge.
ETA: This post went up in such haste, and I really should give credit where it is due. The background was inspired entirely by some online tutorials that Scarlett Salamone (remember her, she was our first guest DT) has been sharing at the My Sketch World forum.
Please let us know if you play along with our IE challenges. We love to see how we inspired you! Who knows? You might be asked to be a guest design team member?
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