Sunday 19 August 2012

SJ Crafts Challenge #8

It's time for a new challenge at the SJ Crafts blog, and the theme is 'Summer time'. Interpret this how you like - what does Summer mean to you?


The first thing I think of when I hear the words 'summer time', is the beach! I decided to use the beach as my inspiration for the layout, but not using beach photos, though the photos have a lose connection because of the mermaid / captain costumes (another layout for my 30th birthday album, yay!):

Supplies: Crate Paper Little Bo Peep 'Alice' Paper, Bo Peep Border Stickers, Crate Portrait Alphas, American Crafts Thickers, Gold Thread, Red Ric-Rac, Pumice Texture Gel, White Gesso, Anita's Glitterations Stickers, White Crepe Paper, Staples, A Black Gel Pen, A Blue Drawing Pen, and a variety of Gems and Pearls.

I used beachy colours of yellow and blue, layered blue border stickers and crepe paper under the main photo like waves, plus I used hints of gold for the glinting sun, and blue gems and pearls to look like water droplets. I also added some pumice texture gel to gesso for some sandy dots, which I doodled around with a blue pen to make them stand out more:


Have you ever tried to use a location as inspiration for your projects - but when the project is not about that actual place? I might try this again - perhaps a city/building inspired layout next!

Don't forget to join in with the SJ Crafts challenge - it would be great to see more scrapbook entries over there! You could win a pack of mixed embellishments, and the closing date is the 19th of September at 1pm. Good luck!

x

10 comments:

dragonllew said...

Great page love te way you doted the gems around it.
Jenny x

scrappyjacky said...

Such a fun page.

Sian said...

Summertime always means birthdays to me, so I think I had an extra reason for loving this page!

Your comment catch up made for such lovely redaing - thank you very much :)

Maria Ontiveros said...

Great pictures! And the color definitely screams summer.
Rinda

Alison said...

Very summery!
Alison xx

Lou said...

such a vibrant fun layout and photos. love it x

Ginger said...

A beautiful page! Love the costumes :)

alexa said...

Wow, that is a LOT of fun! The yellow is so perfect here. Those costumes are brilliant (as is the acting!).

Jimjams said...

I'm loving this series of pages - that party was SO much fun! Love the yellow background and the BIG bad black title letters.

Lisa-Jane said...

Looks like such a fun day and your layout really gets that fun across.

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