The Memory Nest May Colour Challenge

The colour challenge at http://thememorynest.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/may-color-challenge.html. For this months colour challenge i have chosen a fun and very bright layout of my day trip to Great Yarmouth. I had a fun but exhausting day beside the sunny seaside which was most likely our only day of summer if i know what British weather is like.

 I've been experimenting with mixed media on my layouts which i some cases has gone horribly wrong so i decided to keep it simple and used a Bobunny distressed textures stamp and painted it with acrylic paint instead of using ink. I then sprayed misting ink into the corner of the page and let it run down it.

 I've taken a shine to chipboard flourishes latterly i like to paint them or distress them with ink and sandpaper.

 I used American Crafts Amy Tangerine papers and The paper company Secret Garden Blossoms 12X12 paper in this project which a quickly becoming my favourites.

It wouldn't be a seaside layout without a bunting which i made using a joycrafts diecutter and scraps of Pebble inc and Papermania papers.

Once upon a Sketch May Challenge

 

 

This months challenge by Once Upon A Sketch  is about Numbers so i decided to make another heritage page about my grandparents wedding. i used the date of the wedding as the title. Here's the link http://onceuponasketchblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/challenge-reminder-5-days-left.html. If you use chipboard you can submit your layout to berry71bleu at  http://berry71bleu.blogspot.co.uk/p/challenge-rules.html, so a chance to enter their challenge.

 I used HOTP Roses in Harmony papers and papermania pampered pets because the colours blend well. i used Prima and Bobunny stamps for the background.

 For the flower i used Tim Holtz tattered florals dies and embossed the petals using a balling tool, i then painted around the edges with white acrylic paint and added a chipboard flourish and beading .

 For the corrugated card effect i used a paper crimper and then inked the card with Tim Holtz Vintage photo ink and then mixed some white acrylic paint with a little water and blended them together.

I used something called paper mesh to tuck behind the tear.