On Monday the member challenge was posted at Studio Calico. The challenge was to make a layout about a significant relationship in your life. I knew I wanted to do a layout about my relationship with my husband - we celebrated our 25th anniversary in November. And over he years he has made me crazy, supported me, helped me, put up with my crafting even when he doesn't understand it, and most importantly, never stopped loving me.
But we take most of the pictures in our family and I will be darned if I could find a recent picture of us together. Then I remembered a picture I took of our feet when we were on a rare weekend trip alone to celebrate our anniversary. And it was really perfect - even though it was from a weekend celebration, it captured the everyday support for each other that marriage means.
I used the current sketch at My Creative Sketches to inspire my layout design. I liked the chance to use lots of layers and fun patterned papers - I was trying to capture "that loving feeling" without going over the top romantic.
I started with papers from my February Citrus Twist Kits for my project - then added some green and the black and white stripes.
The embellishments all came from the Citrus Twist kits and I love that there are so many textures in the choices this month. The cork stars with the gold glitter are to die for and rub ons are always one of my favorites. And I am a total sucker for rubber pieces so these Maggie Holmes tags and banners made my day.
The alpha this month was the biggest surprise in the kit. It is from the new Crate Paper baby line and it wasn't even on my "maybe" shopping list. But I seriously love it - the puffy alpha and the subtle gray lines are awesome - and the best thing - the letters are in two sizes which creates so many options. I used the small size here.
I can't believe the weekend is almost over - I'm off to finish laundry. Hope you found time to scrap this weekend.
But we take most of the pictures in our family and I will be darned if I could find a recent picture of us together. Then I remembered a picture I took of our feet when we were on a rare weekend trip alone to celebrate our anniversary. And it was really perfect - even though it was from a weekend celebration, it captured the everyday support for each other that marriage means.
I used the current sketch at My Creative Sketches to inspire my layout design. I liked the chance to use lots of layers and fun patterned papers - I was trying to capture "that loving feeling" without going over the top romantic.
The embellishments all came from the Citrus Twist kits and I love that there are so many textures in the choices this month. The cork stars with the gold glitter are to die for and rub ons are always one of my favorites. And I am a total sucker for rubber pieces so these Maggie Holmes tags and banners made my day.
The alpha this month was the biggest surprise in the kit. It is from the new Crate Paper baby line and it wasn't even on my "maybe" shopping list. But I seriously love it - the puffy alpha and the subtle gray lines are awesome - and the best thing - the letters are in two sizes which creates so many options. I used the small size here.
I can't believe the weekend is almost over - I'm off to finish laundry. Hope you found time to scrap this weekend.
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Love what you did with the sketch!!
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