Tuesday, 25 March 2014

Bundle

I'm still plodding my way through the Birthday Stash-a-Thon challenges from Scrap Our Stash, and wondering if I can complete them all by next Friday's deadline. This page was made for Challenge #8 which was to use gesso or textured paste on a page. I've seen some beautiful pages online where other people have achieved stunning effects with gesso, but whenever I try it I find that the page warps too much and I never like the results. With that in mind, I used a simple polka dot stencil to create an all-over pattern on cardstock as a basis for my page.

 Once I had my textured background, there were no other requirements for the page so I turned to my list of sketches and picked 'Inspired By' Challenge #3 from Sketch-n-Scrap. In these challenges, a DT Member's page is interpreted to create a sketch. I just used the sketch and the page it came from as inspiration rather than sticking to it faithfully as is the case sometimes.  

Supplies
Cardstock - Papermania
Paper - Studio Calico Snippets, Studio Calico Sundrifter, Studio Calico Atlantic, Dear Lizzy Neapolitan
Vellum - from Stash
Letters - American Crafts Thickers
Texture Paste - Farrell & Gold
Tag - American Crafts
Sticker - Studio Calico Snippets
Butterflies - Prima
Gems - Papermania

Tools
Dreamweaver Stencil - Background Dots
Fiskars Postage Stamp Border Punch
Woodware Postage Stamp Punch
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10 comments:

  1. Isbaha26 March 2014 at 13:47

    I don't like gesso either (I mean on MY pages, I love it on others' layouts !), but I love the way you used it in this clean and beautiful way ! You did a great job and your layout is very pretty. Thanks for playing along with us at Sketch-N-Scrap !

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  2. Lisa26 March 2014 at 22:18

    LOVE your background, I too have not found a way to make it work so my pages don't warp....but this is just lovely! Thanks for joining us at Sketch N Scrap!

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  3. Kerry27 March 2014 at 23:38

    I just love the background Amanda, I thought it was a piece of polka dot paper to start with - awesome job. The photo is wonderful and such fun! Thanks for sharing your layout with us at Scrap Our Stash and Sketch N Scrap. xx

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  4. Darcy30 March 2014 at 02:48

    I love your background! You met that challenge and our sketch challenge perfectly! Thank you for sharing with us at Sketch N Scrap!

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  5. theoldesaltbox30 March 2014 at 03:52

    Wow, that textured page is awesome! Thanks for sharing with Sketch-N-Scrap!

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  6. Sura30 March 2014 at 16:41

    Love your background. Love the colors! Thanks for joining us at Sketch N Scrap.
    Surama

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  7. Joefil31 March 2014 at 02:06

    Great job on the challenge! Love the background work! Thank you for playing along with us at Scrap our Stash!

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  8. RockinReddRobin31 March 2014 at 05:19

    So much fun! Thanks for participating at Scrap Our Stash!

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  9. Rochelle Spears31 March 2014 at 05:45

    great job on the challenge! Thanks for playing along with our Stash A Thon at Scrap our Stash!

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  10. souDulce1 April 2014 at 03:29

    Well done on the challenge! Thanks for playing along in our Stash A Thon at SOS!

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