A different type of layout

This month the challenge at Kraft it Up is to make a layout in a style different to your normal style. Well, I'm not really sure what my normal style is as I have tried different styles in the past, but I do seem to keep coming back to simple layouts with some layering and embellishment clusters. Well, that's what a aim for anyway! So, this month I thought I'd have a go at lots of white space à la Louise Nelson. I find it very hard not to fill up almost every corner of the page so it was a challenge for me to actually stop adding stuff! In the end, this is what I ended up with:

While I'm not displeased with the final result, I don't think I'll be doing a layout like this again any time soon. 

Here are a couple of quick close-ups to finish off.

 

Till next time, happy days!

{Tools of the Trade} Batik

This is my layout for this month's Kraft it Up Challenge. 

It was a sketch challenge. I had intended to make the photos shaped as in the sketch, but they didn't really work, so I opted for the safer square/rectangle option instead. Since the photos had such bright colours in them, I wanted to mimic that in the patterned papers I chose. I love the bright colours on the kraft background.  I added some glimmer mists in green, blue and red as well as a ticket, some washi tape, ribbon, jute and coloured staples. I am pleased with the final result. This layout is a great reminder of a fun experience on our Bali holiday.

I'll leave you with a couple of close ups.

Till next time, happy days.
Francine

Grand Canyon

This month's challenge at Kraft It Up was a colour challenge to use kraft, white, black and green:

I love this combination and knew I had to scrap the photos of the Grand Canyon from our trip in July. I grabbed a double page sketch from Sketch Support (number 12) as my base. If you don't know about this website, it's fantastic, especially because they give you a printable format that includes dimensions, placement information and ideas for altering the sketch. All you need to do is click on the appropriate link on the right hand side under Printable Sketches. 

Left hand page

Right hand page

Background made with template and Distress ink

I selected some cardstock (kraft from Stampin Up!, black Bazzill and green Core'dinations), as well as some Graphic 45 scraps that I had from a workshop I'd done at my LSS. For the white I used a piece of lace from my stash and the top note die cut that I'd received from the die cut swap I participated in some months back. I used the Crafter's Workshop Tile Texture template and some Distress Ink to add the "squares" on the green cardstock, then sanded the edges back a little. I inked around the edges of the Kraft cardstock and top note die too. Since I'm a perfectionist it then took a while to measure up all the pieces and make sure that they were lined up equally on both pages. I'm sure someone else would have had it done in half the time!

I decided to print the journalling on the computer, something that I don't often do, but it meant that I could write more in the space. I do plan on doing another layout of the California Condors that we saw, and maybe the fossils too, but thought I should get the main information onto this page.

I had just recently purchased the flowers (Tyed-dyed gypsiesby Petaloo) at the Craft Show with nothing particular in mind. They were perfect for this layout. I found some other green button flowers in my embellishment stash, as well as some brads. The laser cut chipboard is from a2z scraplets. The branch die cut was made with a Memory Box die, and the little kraft cards are from Collections Elements. It was then just a matter of moving them around till I liked the design.  

I love how this layout turned out! Tell me what you think...

Till next time, happy days! 

Francine