Thursday 10 January 2013

Funny Face

Hello!

I'm back with a Quirky Kit main kit/lite kit mash-up to share today. I took these snaps of DS3 just the other day, he looked so cute clutching his teddy with his fingers in his mouth! I printed the picture off in black and white so I had total freedom with my colour scheme. I used ILS pops of PP for the base from the main kit & stenciled a chevron border in mustard seed to tie in the yellow photo mat which is a journalling card from the EP PP in the lite kit.
Here is a closer pic so you can see the layering. Theresa Collins for the ripped paper, a kraft tag, a little EP mint stripe and more of the EP journalling cards cut up and used in various different ways, including for the title. I couldn't resist dipping into a previous kit for the star punchinella, it really helps the photo stand out I think! The punched out circle is a scrap of ILS paper I had left over from a previous layout.
You can see here how I used the Studio Calico letter stickers,die cut arrows, cirles and stars from scraps to embellish along with a few drops of weathered wood distress ink. The way I tend to work is I design my photo mat first and stick it together without sticking it onto my base. I then ink and spatter the base after I have decided where I want to put the mat. After the mat is fixed to the page I can add any other embellishments I want.
I have used the fabulous ScrapFriends sketch to make this layout here...

Thanks for looking!
Nikki xxx

7 comments:

  1. beautiful layout, cute picture and the colors blue and yellow are great!

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  2. Sweet page!! Adore your big arrow & those bright chevrons behind? YUM!!!! Thanks for playing with us at Scrap Friends:):):):)

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  3. Great take on the sketch. LOVE your stencilling! Gorgeous!

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  4. Hi Nikki, lovely layout! I have something nice to ask you and I can't find anyway to contact you, do you think you could email me, makeandcreate@hotmail.com please? Thanks!

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  5. An interesting solution to the substrate, I really like LO!

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  6. what a sweet layout!..LOVE the misted chevron in yummy mustard :)

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