Beyond Grey - X marks the spot

I am hosting this fortnight's challenge over at Beyond Grey again.    I planned a straight-forward challenge this fortnight, so you can adapt to whatever you are celebrating or in the mood for. I love paper crafting, but adding a different texture can take a project to the next level. For this challenge try to incoorporate stitching as one of the main design elements of your project.  Head on over to Beyond Grey to see what the other designer's have come up for the challenge.

I used this new 5th&Frolic patterned paper from Dear Lizzy as a template. I let the arrows spill off the paper and repeated it to highlight the title. The burlap feather embellishment came pre-stitched.  I am also in love with the gold glitter and gold foil letter stickers.  They just feel so luxurious, and perfect for the pirate theme I think.

Link up your stitched projects here too (direct links only, please).

 

Graphic Shape Challenge

I am bringing you this fortnight's challenge (fortnight?  fortnight!  I love being able to use fortnight in a sentence on a regular basis now.  It just doesn't come up in conversation enough) at Beyond Grey.  I tend to buy lots of florals and themed embellishments, but I was really inspired by some of the geometric projects that have been popping up on pinterest.  I love to get inspiration for layouts from non-layout sources, so I thought I'd give it a try.

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Here is what I came up with. I fussy cut some hexagons here, added a few more chipboard hexagons and one large hand cut hexagon.

I ended up using this dark pink cardstock to match the shiny red train in the picture.  Then, the pink sort of took over and I just went with it.  It was actually a lot of fun, and I think it turned out not too over the top girly and will be a nice breath of fresh air in the album.  I have been hoarding that bee stamp forever and am so glad I finally just broke down and used it, even if it is a bit random.  The wood veneer was a chance for me to add something neutral to the page, they had broken a bit in the package, but that just gave me the chance to layer them on top of one another.

Supply List: AC cardstock, MME patterned paper and chipboard, gold airmail washi, label sticker, SC wood veneer titles, SC kit stamp, ribbon and sequins.




Take the challenge and create something outside of your comfort zone.  Can't wait to see what you all come up with! Add your link to your direct post below!   You have one fortnight to go for it. 

White on White Challenge

This week the challenge over at Beyond Grey is white on white.  Their sponsor is Whimsy Stamps.  Also putting this layout up for the Simon Says Stamp anything goes challenge and at purple mailbox.
I really loved this idea and have been wanting to do this since I saw the 'white weeks' for project life by Jamaica Makes and Vee.  Looking back at their archives, I see that they did this months ago, but the idea has been rattling around in my head ever since.  Now that I have done it on a layout, maybe I'll have the confidence to try it on project life too?

I cut the 'hand-drawn' circles with my Cameo onto white cardstock.  I placed that sheet in front of resist paper, that I had lightly inked with pale grey chalk.  I added something different to almost every circle. I just eyeballed everything, though I'm pretty sure it doesn't follow any graphic triangles or the rule of three.  I allowed myself a few metallics or neutrals here and there. The title is a Cameo cut and wood veneer, both covered in gesso to add a little texture.

 I tried using the typewriter on a glassine bag to give the journaling a more ethereal (and white?) look.

In one circle I embossed cardstock with white Zing.  I stamped two others in gold.  A few I even covered in glassine.  What do you think?  Hope you'll join the challenge!

Supply List: white cardstock, pink paislee resist paper, BG paper cottage doily paper, JBS buttons, bow and pearls, MME and Amy Tangerine stamps, Ormolu flair, gold alpha washi.

This time I am bringing you the Beyond Grey challenge. A little bit of

Source: thecakeblog.com via Stefanie on Pinterest

I have been seeing this trend pop up on pinterest a lot lately. Cake decorating, home decor and in fashion, but not much in the crafting world.  Plus, I think it is a good project for using up little bits and pieces that seem to hang around forever, like buttons, scraps of paper or ribbon.  I am obsessed with using up as much of my stash as possible lately.  I think it would look with washi too, because it is translucent and can be layered. 

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I made an ombre backdrop and added it to the center of a layout for my project.

I kept the title black for contrast. I had to turn the v's upside down to make the a's, but I think it turned out pretty well.

I painted some yellow ombre stripes with my new watercolor set and then punched out circles and butterflies.  I added a few buttons and stickers for dimension and texture. 

Supply List: target watercolor set and watercolor paper, butterfly punch, circle punch, assorted buttons, resin flower, chipboard butterflies, mistable butterflies, MME chipboard, woodgrain patterned paper, taxi and sunshine mister hueys, and black foam thickers.

It is a relatively simple concept, easy to achieve, but with striking results.  I hope you'll play along!


Link up here before July 14th:

Sand Nandini

Beyond Grey has a new challenge up this week.  I really love this bright, summery pallette.  I think it lends itself really well to late spring/summery type layouts and is good for boy or girl pages.  Don't forget to check out their sponsor Di's Digi Downloads for lots of cute inspiration too.

Here is what I created with this color combination:

I ended up using a little green for the background, but the real star is the teal on the color file I think.  I liked combining my own painting with the watercolored Amy Tangerine paper.  I also had fun shading the letter stickers.  I went back over them with a white pen to make the letters stand out more.  Of course I couldn't resist adding on some sequins at the end.
Oh yeah, I trimmed down the top photo so it lost it's white border.  I painted one back on with opaque white mister huey.  It's not  perfect, but I think it has a neat beachy effect.

Supplies: Amy Tangerine Viridian vignette paper, color magic memory files, color magic alpha stickers, white foam thickers (I feel like I use these on everything now), sketchbook fabric stickers and flyers, sequins ripped off of this ribbon and martha stewart journaling stickers.  I used these inks together on the color magic stuff using a paper towel to blend where needed.  I used coltfoot yellow, cold ice, blossom tree, rose bud and blue jay.

Don't forget to play along the challenge, it can be anything you want - a layout, card, or other project.  I can't wait to see what you create!