08 April 2015

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It's been a while since I joined in a challenge at Scrap Around the World(Actually, I always feel a little intimidated ~ the entries from around the world are so truly brilliant and I am WAY out of my depth.)  However, April mood board caught my eye and I really wanted to try it:


I was inspired by the nautical theme and the calming bleached-driftwood-and-aqua colour palette, and that big rope coil immediately brought to mind a random photograph that I took on a tall ship last year.  I decided to give it a go, and this is the 8x8 layout that I came up with:



In keeping with my personal scrapping style, it's very linear and simple.  I added hand stitching for the border and machine stitching for the papers and photograph.  I was going for a 'sea spray' effect with the paint splatters but it was a bit of a disaster!  I used a pipette to 'splat' the spearmint colour; it looked a bit odd on its own so I added a few texture paste splotches and aimed for a 'sea foam' effect instead... still not terribly successful.  My last ditch attempt to salvage the page involved a tiny amount of glitter and hoping for the best:



Over at Picture This the first April combo is ONE PHOTO + SPLATTER + PHOTO CORNERS - I checked all the boxes!  {I made my own photo corners with corrugated cardboard.}

Materials:
Webster's Pages Allison Kreft - Recorded patterned papers and journal card
Plain twine
DMC embroidery thread #422
Prima Cartographer wooden embellishment
Kaisercolour Spearmint acrylic paint
Carolee's Creations Adorn It - Tiny Worn Navy alphabet stickers

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14 comments :

  1. Wow! Your layout is so beautiful!
    What a great way to keep an important memory...
    Looooove tthe big photo. It is so harmonious!
    Thanks so much for playing along with us at Scrap Around the World!

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  2. Perfect photo!! It works so well with your design and style. Thank you for joining us over at SATW xx

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  3. Beautiful layout! Thank you for joining the SATW challenge!

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  4. This is fabulous! I love the distressing you did and those splatters are awesome! Thanks for joining us at Picture This!

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  5. I know exactly what you mean about Scrap around the world-I see all of the LOs on my facebook feed! But you joined in beautifully!!! Gorgeous work! thanks for making it work for PICTURE THIS TOO!

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  6. Your page is wonderful! I love it! I love your picture, corners & splatters! Thank you for joining us @Picture This!

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  7. What a beautiful layout! I love it! Thanks so much for sharing with us at Scrap Around the World!

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  8. Fantastic photo!!!!
    And so Beautiful page!
    Thanks for playing with us at SATW!
    Xoxo

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  9. Fabulous page. Love it! Thank you for joining us at Picture This!

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  10. Gorgeous you captured the mood board and the added elements from our Picture This! challenge are a perfect touch!

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  11. So glad you decided to try this Month's Mood Board! Don't be intimidated your work is beautiful! Love the look of your linear layout! All the best from SATW! :)

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  12. Such a gorgeous page! thank you for joining us at Picture This!

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  13. Gorgeous page. Thanks for playing at PT.

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  14. I love this. The corrugated paper corners are so perfect for your page. Thank you for sharing it with us at Picture This

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