Monday 1 July 2013

Exciting News!

Oh hello everyone! I'm thrilled and honoured to be asked to be a Guest Design Team member for The Scrapbook Store. Suzanne and Marelize are such wonderful ladies and their design team has some of my all-time favourite scrappers ever, so I'm thrilled to be working with them for the month of July.

I thought I'd start with the monthly sketch challenge. Here's the sketch:


I had some pics of my daughter wearing steampunk clothes to her year 12 formal which I wanted to use. I really admire my daughter for her unusual tastes in clothes and the way she's not afraid to get out there and wear them. I figured there mustn't be too many teenagers who can figure out how to wear steampunk to a formal event. I think she pulled it off beautifully!

Even though the sketch is quite soft and pretty I figures I could adapt it. I flipped it vertically and dropped the top circular element as my page was getting quite heavy visually. There was a cluttered background in my pics so I photoshopped the background out completely. The blank background on the new photos allowed me to have a fairly busy page as the photos stood out quite clearly.

Here's my layout:


The background is made from the leftovers of other backgrounds. I was using Dylusions ink sprays through a The Crafters Workshop stencil for some other projects and every time I finished, I flipped the stencil over and stamped it onto cardstock. I did this a number of times onto the same cardstock and the result is this background.


I also used Dylusions to colour the chipboard and the flowers. I used to spend ages hand-painting chipboard until I discovered Dylsusions! The Scrapbook Store sells a whole range of Dylusions ink sprays here and The Crafters Workshop stencils here.



I attacked my stash from a class I did with Finnabair and found all those yummy screws and cogs. They're perfect for this page! I added some small Manor House Creations flowers along the bottom, colouring them with Dylusions.


To lighten and brighten the page, I added the bright pink flowers. I love the juxtaposition of this splash of girliness against the steampunk setting but my daughter doesn't like it. She's the steampunk expert and she thinks the pink flowers shouldn't be there. This raised a whole new issue - who do I make pages like this for? Are they for me or the people they're about? Should they contain what I like or what they like? I haven't been able to answer this question yet but the flowers are still there!

Hope to see you over at The Scrapbook Store soon!

Heather


12 comments:

  1. Congrats on the GDT!! AND HELLOOOOOOOOOOOOO GORGEOUS to your lo! LOVING the colors, the misting, the photos, the stitching and loveeeeeeeeeeeee that shoe with the gears on it!!!!

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  2. Love this layout. The background is awesome, congratulations for the GDT

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  3. I really love steam punk stuff and you're so lucky that your DD loves to wear it. This is a perfect page to showcase her outfit, the background looks amazing as does the large shoe with all the gears.

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  4. Great job with the background and chipboard elements. She is a doll!

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  5. I am so excited you are joining us at TSS this month Heather and can't wait to see what you create with your kit. And I love your daughters fun sense of fashion too.

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  6. Well done on your guest over on the scrapbook store... Your layout s fabulous, trendy and love the shoe and chain under the photos.. awesome take on the sketch with your touches...

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  7. Hmmmnnnn...interesting dilemma there re: the pages!! I think your girl has super taste...she's such an individual dresser....& I reckon the pink flowers add a twist....so I'm glad you left them there & DYlusions TOTALLY rock!!!!!!!!!!!

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  8. it's a fantastic page and I love how you altered your photo's to adapt to your page style - it's great work! So glad to have you as Guest Designer at The Scrapbook Store - look forward to seeing what you create :)

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  9. That background is fantastic! LOve the neon pops

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  10. wonderful page, love the background :)

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  11. Fantastic take on the sketch Heather! I love the pops of colour! Beautiful work! :)

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  12. So cool! Loving the grunginess!

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