Wednesday 8 August 2012

Stuck?! Sketch

Hi all,

Now that my other scrapping commitments are out of the way for now, I thought I'd have my first go at an online sketch challenge. I liked the look of the August Bonus Sketch #1 (by a 17 year old!) at Stuck?! so I gave it a go. I had just finished using October Afternoon's Cakewalk range on some invitations and had plenty of large scraps as well as whole sheets left over so I had to use these.

I hunted through some photos and found this gorgeous one of a friend's cat. I don't normally photograph other people's animals but I was inspired at the time by a fantastic photo they had of their dog. I was struck by the cat's expression - it was so intense! Talk about serious eye contact! I then thought of the hypnotist idea and had a lot of fun with it.

Here's the sketch:






And here's my take on it:


I had a lot of fun with this. I used multiple "O's" in the title to accentuate the hypnotist theme. I also utilised the pattern on the October Afternoon background paper to create the effect that everything radiates from the cat's eyes. A pinwheel reinforces that swirly, giddy feel. With that very busy background I kept the rest of the layout fairly uncluttered.

Here's a closeup:


And here's the journaling (yep - straight from Little Britain):


Hope you get a laugh out of this!

Heather

19 comments:

  1. I did get a chuckle out of this......very clever and its a great layout!

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  2. This is a fun LO & I ADORE your bg, Heather - it looks totally psychedelic....that cat has BIG eyes!!!!!!!

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  3. Love it Heather - well done!

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  4. Everything is nice. The background, the title block.

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  5. Very clever Heather - love the stitched edges to each of the papers and that pinwheel is the perfect finishing embellishment.

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  6. That's terrific. Too funny. Pretty too.

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  7. Love this layout! Love the stitched edges!

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  8. I love how you ahve used this background paper Heather - I love this OA collection too :))) Beautiful page! Thanks for joining us at Stuck?! this month.

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  9. LOVE this! Great job on the background and the stitched edges, love that cute pinwheel too!

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  10. What a great take on hypnosis and I love the Little Britain quote (did make me smile). I also really like these colours and the way the rays surround your photo. Oh and thanks for the Kindy Glitz hint, I'll definitely give it a try.

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  11. Omgoodness! What a gorgeous kitty and a gorgeous page! LOVE your title, and the O is a brilliant detail! Awesome mix of patterns, and your pinwheel is fab!

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  12. Oh, and I'd love to have you come play at my challenge, CSI-- csicolorstoriesinspiration.ning.com

    It's a really fun challenge, and I'd love to see your beautiful work in our gallery!

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  13. I love this so much!!! Sooo cool! Super duper work!

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  14. This is one awesomely cute layout.....great choice of pp's....just great, thanks for joining us at Stuck?!

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  15. Oh for cute!!! I really love that quilt-like background!!!

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  16. Love the paper you've used Heather and such a gorgeous pic! :)

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  17. Gorgeous Layout Heather... I love the pp used too...Beautiful... Thanks for dropping by my blog and leave sweet comments... I am your new follower now... hugs...xoxo

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  18. Wow! This layout is fabulous!! LOVE the background, the photo, the title ... everything!! Going to pin it! and I'm a new follower too!
    Btw, huge congrats on your new dt's!!

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  19. Oh!!! Just gorgeous!! Love every bit of this LO..x

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