I've really been going strong in my scrap room lately, but this past week I slowed way down. I had a stack of sketches on my desk and lots of pictures, but I just couldn't seem to get started on anything. Then last night I came across the latest Creative Jumpstart.
Creative Jumpstarts are challenges published (I think bi-weekly) by Marcy Penner and Stephanie Bryan - two of my favorite scrappers. The challenges vary but this one was a recipe challenge - striped paper, chipboard and washi.
This was just the push I needed. I had a picture of my cube-mate at work where she is looking between the glass panels that separate our workspaces that I had wanted to scrap and a fun striped paper from the Studio Calico Lisse Street kits that reminded me of her (I don't know why - it just .did). And I had a sketch from My Scraps and More I really liked but had been struggling with
I thought it was perfect for my photo because the stripes reminded me of the way the cubes are lined up and the way we look for the glass panels. But I finally figured out that the angle of the stripes was throwing me off. I am a pretty lazy scrapper and its a lot of measuring and work to get those angles straight for a whole page.
So I turned the sketch 90 degrees, straightened out the stripes (sort of) and ended up with this.
Most of the papers I used were from the 4x6 paper pad - the smaller scale worked well for the size of the strips.
I layered some of my paper strips for added interest. And I used foam tape to adhere some of the strips and the photo - this created some dimension which I really liked.
Next the washi - one of my favorites right now is a whide tape with navy hearts. It was perfect, but I wanted a less perfect strip. So I adhered one side of the tape to the paper and then tore down the middle for an uneven strip at the bottom of my page. I finished it off with some chipboard thickers.
If you try the creative jumpstart, the sketch or both, I'd love to see. Link me up!
Thanks for stopping by.
Creative Jumpstarts are challenges published (I think bi-weekly) by Marcy Penner and Stephanie Bryan - two of my favorite scrappers. The challenges vary but this one was a recipe challenge - striped paper, chipboard and washi.
This was just the push I needed. I had a picture of my cube-mate at work where she is looking between the glass panels that separate our workspaces that I had wanted to scrap and a fun striped paper from the Studio Calico Lisse Street kits that reminded me of her (I don't know why - it just .did). And I had a sketch from My Scraps and More I really liked but had been struggling with
I thought it was perfect for my photo because the stripes reminded me of the way the cubes are lined up and the way we look for the glass panels. But I finally figured out that the angle of the stripes was throwing me off. I am a pretty lazy scrapper and its a lot of measuring and work to get those angles straight for a whole page.
So I turned the sketch 90 degrees, straightened out the stripes (sort of) and ended up with this.
Most of the papers I used were from the 4x6 paper pad - the smaller scale worked well for the size of the strips.
I layered some of my paper strips for added interest. And I used foam tape to adhere some of the strips and the photo - this created some dimension which I really liked.
Next the washi - one of my favorites right now is a whide tape with navy hearts. It was perfect, but I wanted a less perfect strip. So I adhered one side of the tape to the paper and then tore down the middle for an uneven strip at the bottom of my page. I finished it off with some chipboard thickers.
If you try the creative jumpstart, the sketch or both, I'd love to see. Link me up!
Thanks for stopping by.
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Really clever. I like the strips and the dimension. The plus signs are the perfect embellishments. Cool. Michelle t
ReplyDeleteLove this! I really struggle with what to do with the + signs but you make it look effortless they just go so well how you have them! Lovely layout! x
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