Sunday 3 March 2013

My First Masters Challenge

Hi there,

Hope you all had a great weekend. I went to the Scrap Expo in Melbourne on Friday. I caught up with the ever lovely Leonie Neal-Dawson there. She and her friends were heading off for a scrapping retreat weekend. I'm so jealous! Met Jasmine Shea who I follow online but had never met. People are so much nicer in real life - just like layouts!!!

For the first time, I'm finally able to post a Master's Challenge layout on my blog. I'm enjoying these challenges so much! Basically, each sponsor gives us a supply of goodies and a description of what we have to create - in this case, a single layout. The sponsor for the first challenge was Stampin' Up! The papers we received were gorgeously retro and one of the stamps depicted a girl and a boy in an old fashioned wagon. This stamp triggered off a vague recollection that I might have a photo of something like that. After a bit of a search I was thrilled when I found it.

Here's the layout:


I was really pleased with how this layout turned out. The colours in the photo matched the papers beautifully and, although I'd like to say the style of the papers is older than me, it's probably not that much older! I drew on the flags and banners theme in the papers to create my own. The flagpole is made from a skewer and I put a small kink in the flags on it to give the appearance of movement. I had fun making a double layer of banners, raising one lot above the other with foam tape.

Here are some close ups:



To colour the stamped image, I used a wet brush and just used the Stampin' Up! ink pads like paint. It was so easy and worked really well. The inks are colour coordinated with the papers so it's hard to go wrong!

I hope you're enjoying checking out the Masters Challenges each month in Scrapbooking Memories mag. I think we all have a ball making them!

Hooroo!

Heather

19 comments:

  1. Really liked this one when I saw it. I am also a big fan of stampin up. :)

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  2. Lovely layout Heather. Thank you for your message on my blog

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  3. I remember seeing this in the mag.. It looks wonderful.. very vintagey and how precious is that photo!! love it Heather!

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  4. Wow wow wow! This is gorgeous!! LOVING the colors, the layers and the banners!!

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  5. Lucky you to find such an amazing photo, congrats on a fabulous job with the StampingUp! Products.

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  6. oooh! love the banners!! Great LO..x

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  7. It is just a very precious layout Heather!!! I can see you really enjoy your Master's challenge, and you are doing an amazing job too! Love the banner!!!

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  8. I really love this layout - you couldn't of matched these papers more if you tried! Great photo!! :D

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  9. I love it Heather and the streamer at the bottom!

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  10. really think your layout is awesome, love how you had a photo with the same design :)

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  11. I have been having such a wonderful time reading my SBM because I 'know' who is scrapping what...it's really, really interesting how you all come up with such different takes....this is such a fun LO - & that banner is pretty darn amazing):):)

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  12. I've certainly been enjoying the Masters challenges! This layout is fabulous, love all your flags & as you said...the colours work so well, especially with that pic! :)

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  13. Wow Heather, your Lo is truly amazing. The photo is just perfect with the papers and stamp. I love the banner and flag pole. Stamping up products are awesome. Thank you for popping by my blog and for your comment. XX

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  14. Oh my this is just adorable, love you photo and these papers were the perfect selection to go with it. Gorgeous!!!

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  15. This was such a tricky challenge, being of first as Masters, but you've made it look easy.

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  16. check out that layering.. AWESOME.. and lucky you going to Paper expo!! Love seeing your work in SBM :) XO

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  17. I Loved this layout Heather, you did a super job. It really was the best photo for those papers. :)

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  18. Wow - how absolutely perfect!! You had the most suitable photo for the papers & embellishments. Good on you for finding it & getting that scrapped!!

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  19. This is such a fun and sweet page, Heather! That cute stamp is so perfect for your photo!

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