Fashionably late (again), but I got there in the end!
It's the fourth week of the month so it's Shimelle week at Moira's "Inspired by Scrapbooking Classes" series and I jumped in at the very last minute for Kristin's Memory Lane hop.
This time as I explained in my video I left the journaling area blank to be added later after this layout goes up on socials. Was a tough call for me and not something I will be doing often, but sometimes it's necessary. It goes on the lined paper next to the photos.
It's challenge time again over at The Paper Girls Challenge Blog and I'm hosting Challenge #209 so I'd really love it if you played along! The theme is Weddings since the NotPinkCraftyHubster and I will be celebrating TWENTY YEARS 😱😱😱in two days (on the 7th)!
That's almost a life sentence and there's no-one else I'd rather be serving it with. 😘😘😘
If you are taking Shimelle's Start with a Sketch class my layout is based on sketch #13.1. Co-incidentally, Shimelle actually shared this one on her Insta just a few days ago!
Instead of two photos, I used just one which gave me room for a longer title and plenty of journaling. I meant to do a process video for this one and my last TPG challenge, but life and adulting got in the way. I'll do a layout share instead sometime soon so watch out for that!
Cut files are one element which I'm trying to use repeatedly in my wedding album and this floral wreath by Paige Evans had what looked (at least to me) like roses and hypericum berries like we had in our flowers!
Shimelle's version uses backs fewer elements of the cut file and fewer "sprinkly bits", but I always love more and being a wedding album layout means I can do more!
I sprinkled gold mist on the cut file first and some of the leaves are backed with the dictionary print vellum from the kit. I also ended up sacrificing more of that moon paper being the most perfect watercolour for the roses and I love the feint scripty text as an added bonus. I also tried to make the berries look like the hypericum I desperately wanted in the bouquets. The extra effort was well worth it!
Title
I just don't know how Shimelle managed to fit two photos, a title and
all her journaling in the same space! I definitely had to be a bit
creative in trying to get my title in. I could have left it out but I
felt it kind of tied into the story. I did have have to pull in three
different small alphas not in the kit (and of course the enamel dots)
Journaling
Embellies
One Thousand Words
Want more wedding inspiration?
Here's my layout for Paper Girls Challenge 208. It uses photos from out pre-wedding photo shoot. The paper at the top reminded me of the wrought iron in the picture and I really wanted to use that fun red paper from Love Elsie. The layout as a whole didn't exactly turn out the way I hoped, but it's ok. I also "cheated" by bringing in the red flocked Thickers, but they did come out of my huge wedding album kit of supplies.
Unexplored
The third project (which I actually made second) from my September FLHK does have a process video.
I did have to bring in the background paper, which wasn't in the kit, but I explain a bit more about that in the process video.
This was created for September's Quilter's Vibe collaboration.
It also uses a cut file by Paige Evans, but with a very different look to it.
Process Video
Title
Embellies
Journaling
You Are My Sun, My Moon and All My Stars
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What's this? Another BMU for the second month running? I guess it really must be a sign of staying inside too long and going stir crazy, maybe? To be honest, as a Spoonie life in lockdown isn't really any different for me.
Aaaaanyway, when Sara asked me whether I wanted to do another BMU this month, I told her yes (natch) and she promptly gave me the inspiration piece below:
Oooh nice one, right?
Great prompt for journaling! And you know I love a good bit of journaling
As the cylinders in my brain started up and I pondered my options, she informed me that Jody of SpiegelmomScraps had designed a cut file loosed based on last month's BMU since Sara had some issues getting it to cut properly on her machine.
OK. That narrows down the options somewhat. I'm glad cos I don't have to think as hard. What's that? It's going in the SMS newsletter AND we have to use sequins??
I'm joking! Sara isn't bossy at all. I 💖 her! And it's lovely of her to offer to include my project in the newsletter!
All those elements combined in my head to come to a single conclusion - make a montage using all the photos from TCD's* season of summer soccer and turn it into a 2 page layout vaguely reminiscent of layout 2.3 from Shimelle's Start With a Sketch class.
Here's the link to the video, otherwise keep reading to see more pics.
Since I'm not a boyMOM, I didn't use that bit of the cutfile (watch the video to see exactly how I used it). I couldn't really cut off the "mom" and change it to "Mama" because the font had the letters really closely welded together. Besides I already did that.
The hashtag Jody included reminded me that on my social IG I would use #soccermum when I shared pics so I went with that as the title and just use the subtle "balls everywhere" bit.
I turned each ball into a shaker and it wasn't easy given how thin the outlines were. I'm happy enough with it, though.
Here is my journaling which I talked a little bit about in the video.
Aaaand the embellishment clusters:
Lastly the full layout
#Soccermum
Well that's all from me for now. I do hope you take the time to watch my video and also see Sara's Video.
How are you all holding up in lockdown? Let's look on the bright side and take up the opportunity to get up close and personal with our supplies.
There are plenty of online challenges, activities and free classes around right now.
Guess what else? Quilters Vibe is BACK and here's my video and piccies of QV for March!
Quilters Vibe is the brainchild of Sara Scraps and involves creating a paper project based on an inspiration photo of a quilt or quilt block.
This month's inspo is on the right.
I took inspiration from the colours (blues and greens mainly), square ans half square blocks (which ended up as quarter square in my case). In fact once I was finished, I realized I ended up with an Ohio Star block!
I decided to incorporate this into Shimelle's NEW class called "Start With A Sketch". This class consists of 15 sketches and three interpretations of each sketch.
Today's layout is based on interpretation 2 of sketch 1 (so 1.2)
You can find tyhe channels of the other girls taking part in Quilters Vibe below:
If you're keen to get on with the video, you can view it below. Otherwise, scroll down for more pics.
Close up of some of the embellishment areas. The colour scheme and stitchy look was based on Maggie Holmes "Willow Lane" collection.
And the title which is a little hard to see on the video. The camera angle wasn't set up the best. Sorry!
I always include a close up of the journaling since my writing isn't the easiest to read and impossible on video.
Stitching on QV projects isn't obligatory, bu I just love the way it looks (despite my machine misbehaving a bit). The only thing worth noting is that it makes the layout more bumpy, so a stronger adhesive than a typical tape runner is needed. Glue Dots are my personal preference.
