Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Friends - Once Upon A..Sketch July Challenge

Hi there! 

This month the challenge I set over at Once Upon A..Sketch was based on friendship. You can find all the details HERE but here is what the challenged looks like.. 

Theme: Friend

We would like you to create a layout and interpret the theme "Friend" however you like based on the following sketch. You can journal as little or as much as you like, but your layout must incorporate this theme and the sketch below. Please make sure that we see some sort of journalling on your layouts and please tell us where your journalling is . Hidden journalling is perfectly fine. 

Here is what I created with the sketch and challenge..

LOVE LOVE that quote from Kaisercraft and I have used it before. I love Kaisercrafts rub on quotes and now that I am designing for them I cam tell you I have A HUGE collection!

So I brought out my messy self here. Sometimes , when I do not think about it too much, I get results I am happy with. I can definitely overcomplicate things for my self I must say, because quite often I think about things too much. 

But for this layout here...I just went for it and it was all over in about 30 minutes. Does it show? I don't know..you tell me :) 



The Canvas Corp kraft envelope and mini peg includes my journalling .


Now, I was over at my gorgeous and super super talented and HUGELY inspirational friend Gerry Van Gent's blog the other day and I quite liked the way she listed her products under the logo of each Design Team she is on. Since I am on a few teams where I need to link back to the manufacturer and use pretty much their product these days on each project,  I have copied Gerry's listing style to make it so much easier for you to find something I have used on a project of mine. 

So here is what went into this project..



You & Me title  - I inked the title light brown and randomly sponged some gesso on to it 

 
available at Handmade By Suzanne (click on the link) 
Kaisercraft - Miss Match - Bingo Cards
Miss Match collection - Bingo cards

 Kaisercraft - Miss Match - Polaroid Frames
Miss Match collection - Polaroid Frames 

Kaisercraft - Paper Blooms - Dusty Pink Contains 10 Flowers, Mixed sizes, styles & shades.
Kaisercraft Paper Blooms - Dusty Pink 
Kaisercraft - Rubons - Quotes - Friendship
Kaisercraft Rub On Quotes - Friends 


DESIGN TEAM MEMBER FOR 'HANDMADE BY SUZANNE'

Canvas Corp - Mini Clothes Pegs - Natural


Canvas Corp - Mini Kraft Bags - 25 pack

Other 
Gesso, cardboard (from the pizza boxes your supplies come in!), gauze, brown paint, miscellaneous Prima flowers. 

Hope you have time to play along with us at Once Upon A..Sketch this month!

Bye for now!

21 comments:

  1. A beautiful page Nadia. Love the muted colours and the quote is perfect.

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  2. Awww...this is just too sweet- love the washed-out look; perfect!!
    xErin

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  3. Awwwwwwwwwww, exquisite page Nadia, love the palette!!

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  4. really gorgeous love all the texture :)

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  5. This is GORGEOUS Nadia! I loveeeeeeeee the cardboard, the flowers and the photo is precious!!

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  6. Your work is always stunning Nadia. I cannot believe you do it in such a short time. It would take me several hours to do a layout like that (and it still wouldn't look as good! Lol!)
    Love your sketch and such a great challenge. xx

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  7. Oh Nadia, such a gorgeous page!! I am with Marelize, it would take me forever and still not look as beautiful!! Certainly can not tell it only took a half hour to put together. I also love the sketch and I think I will try and play along with this one. Great theme this time! I have the perfect photo!

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  8. Your layout is so gorgeous and soft! I looove it!

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  9. wow! all this messiness makes this LO look so casual and light! amazing work, Nadia! ♥

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  10. This is soooo amazing Nadia! I have to admit that I'm jealous that you made such a fab page in only half an hour!! I know how you feel though about overthinking things....lately I've been trying to force myself to just scrapbook and not think too much about it...I read on another blog lately that they remind themselves why they scrapbook...it's not for other people to see online and say that it's awesome...it's to preserve their family's memories...that kinda hit home to me for sure...we scrap to preserve memories ultimately...but it's definitely sweet when people think it's awesome too! lol Your layouts are always amazing though :) Hoping to play along with your challenge this month...I think I might even have some photos that I already want to use :)

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  11. fantastic Nadia - love your 'messy' style - and loving the light tones purple and mauve - truly pretty!!

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  12. Love the subtle colors and the picture is fabulous!

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  13. OH this is beautiful Nadia, and something like this would take me all day!! I guess you just really have an eye for placement and this all looks beautiful to me!!

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  14. OMG 30 minutes!! wow I wouldnt have even put the first piece down by then LOL It's wonderful and no way looks like a quick layout Tx

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  15. WOW!! This is so super pretty. :-) Love the sketch and your page!

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  16. Love this Nadia - And I really like how you listed the supplies below - great idea!

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  17. This layout is just beautiful!

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  18. Gorgeous as always, I don't think it shows at all and I really love the colour of the paint you used! :)

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  19. Awww awww awww!! nope no signs of 30 minutes at all! dunno how you pulled this little beauty out of your sleeve in that short time, it's wonderful!! xoxo

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