Thursday, July 23, 2015

Awesome Layout

I've been admiring the beautiful mixed media layouts on everyone's blogs and finally gave it a go. I chose a photo of my daughter a few years ago at the splash pad. She barely went near the water all summer but this summer she is all over it.


I began with sketch #143 from Sketchabilities.

 
Next I chose my colour scheme from Pixels & Paper. I love the blue and white and I used the yellow/orange in the bottom corner to add interest.
 
 

I chose my title from Another Freaking Scrappy Challenge: Awesome. You need to use the word awesome somewhere on the layout.
 
I began with Tim Holtz Mermaid Lagoon paint. This was my first time using it and I found the dabber not very good for spreading paint. It was better for colouring embellishments. I switched to a paintbrush and it worked better. However, I didn't like the brushstrokes so I switched to finger painting. That worked much better around the edges. I added splatters around the outside.
 
Next I used papers from DCWV: The Snapshot Stack. The blue flowers are Michael's. The title words at the top are Simple Stories: diy stickers. The tag is manila paper and I used Tim Holtz: Fossilized Amber to make it match. The leaves were a lattice on a card that I had kept. The string, paperclip, heart brads and blue frame are from the stash.
 
Thanks for stopping by!

14 comments:

  1. Such a lovely bright and happy page Carolyn - your colour choices really make this page pop. Many thanks for joining is with us on Pixels and Paper this month.

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  2. AWESOME says it all :) Love those big bright blue splashes of colour.

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  3. Lovely!! thanks for playinf along with sketchabilities!!

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  4. your page is beautiful and bright. Thankd fro playing with us at Pixels and Paper

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  5. WOW!!! AWESOME color's!!!!! like it!!! Thanks for playing along with Sketchabilities!!!!!!!!!!

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  6. Loooove your choise of colours! Truly awesome!
    Thanks for playing with us at Sketchabilities. Hoping to see you with us again on the next challenge! ♥

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  7. Beautiful! So colorful! Thanks for sharing with us at Another Freaking Scrappy Challenge. Eli

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  8. Fabulous take on P & P challenge...such a gorgeous page.

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  9. lovely bright page thanks for joining us at P&P this month

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  10. "Awesome" and adorable page with lovely bright colours. Thank you for playing with our challenge at Pixels and Paper :)

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  11. Fab bright , sunny , happy layout . Love the blue behind your photo. Thanks so much for sharing at AFSC
    Mary

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  12. such a lively and creative page-thanks for joining us at Pixels and Paper!

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  13. Beautiful work, Carolyn!!! loving your colours and your design! Awesome to have you here at Another Freaking Scrappy Challenge - hope to have you here again soon!

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  14. ... and awesome to have a fellow Canadian here!!!

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