All About Twos

Two cousins...Two photos... Two challenges...

It had been a while since I had popped over to Let's Get Sketchy. When I visited the site last week and was inspired to play along with their May week 1 sketch (see previous post), I saw that Brenshevia had a new or rather altered challenge blog named Picture This! Challenge Blog posted in the sidebar. The May challenge of (2 Photos + Black & White + Doily + Yellow) really appealed to me. Right off the bat, I knew that I wanted to use My Mind's Eye Lost and Found Two Sunshine collection from my stash (an old My Scrapbook Nook kit) and I had two photos in mind.

Supplies: cardstock (white - Canadian Scrapbooker Super Stock and black - Bazzill), gesso (Golden), script stamp and damask stencil (Magenta), texture paste, Distress inks and Distress paints (Ranger), Black Stamper's Big Brush (Faber-Castell), patterned papers, layered die cut stickers, layered chipboard element, brad (MME), chipboard letter stickers (American Crafts), flowers (Petaloo), Mod Podge Melts and Molds (Plaid), butterfly punches (Martha Stewart), pen (CTMH), doily, mini staples, and vellum (Dollarama)

I had a few design ideas kicking around in my head but then I saw this week's Let's Get Sketchy sketch and it was just the ticket.

I stamped the background with a Magenta Script and Post stamp and then stenciled with a Magenta Damask stencil and Ranger Texture Paste. I added yellow with Distress Inks and Distress paints until I got my desired hue and look. Once dry, I then splattered black paint in somewhat of a diagonal ray.

Next, came all the layering, doily (was white, I used Distress Paint to alter it to black), lots of embellies (even tried out the new Mod Podge Melts and Molds for the little frames) and titling. A little journaling and it was done.

It was great that I was able to combine the two inspirational challenges from the sister sites, use up some stash, and come away with a layout that I really like. Total scrap happiness!

TTFN,