DT Reveal - AAG Lots of Flowers Challenge

Is it Monday already?  Hope you all had a wonderful weekend and are enjoying the cooler fall weather!  We filled our weekend with fall-themed events and I can't wait until the work week is over so we can do it again!
Today's layout is for About a Girl's mid-month challenge.  The challenge is to use lots of flowers.  Sounds easy, right?  Well, if you are like me and don't often use flowers, it truly is a challenge.  However, I have a handful of photos from my daughter's ballet recital that are perfect for a flowery layout, so those were the ones I chose to scrap for this page.  I used a mixture of gesso, mists, gelatos, and modeling paste to create the background and color the patterned paper and doilies.  Then I added some perfect pearls and mists to the flowers and layered some tulle behind the patterned paper under the photo.  A very foo-foo, flowery layout perfect for my little ballerina. :)

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AAG August 15th challenge...white space!

Time for the mid-month challenge at About A Girl!  This challenge is all about leaving white space on your layouts.  Lucky for me, I recently discovered that I could print my instagram photos in 4x4 through the Walgreens app on my phone, so I am stocked with little square photos with fun edits that are perfect for these type of layouts! Here is what I came up with.

I picked a sketch from the Scrap Friends sketch archive and reached for my trusty Heidi Swapp mists.

These Heidi Swapp mists get a whole lotta play in my scrappy rotation lately.  The colors are fun, bright, mixable, and versatile. They might just be my most frequently used product this summer.  And the coordinating products I get in my Citrus Twist kits never disappoint.  Always plenty to mix and match from past months too!  Here are a couple of close-ups.  Scroll to the bottom for a list of materials.  Thanks for stopping by - your comments mean a lot! xoxo

Materials

Papers
Alison Kreft Composition & Color - True Story (Webster Pages)
Summer Love - Popsicle (Cosmo Cricket)
Mambi Cards
Studio Calico Sundrifter 6x6 paper pad
Studio Calico journaling card

Embellies
Heidi Swapp mists (teal, chartreuse, cherry red, yellow)
Basic Grey stickers - Knee High Bowties
Studio Calico die cuts
American Craft flair button
Thickers letters
sequins

AAG August 1st Challenge - One Color

Is it really August already?!  Summer goes by too quickly!  One good thing about it already being August is that it is time for another challenge over at All About a Girl!  This challenge is to make a layout using only one color (monochrome).  I chose a blue green hue for my Design Team contribution, pulling the tone from one of the colors in the photo.  I gathered up a bunch of scraps in my stash, a few embellies, and my molding paste and just started layering.  Here is what I came up with and a bit about the process of creating it.

 

 

Materials:

Papers
"Showers" - Crate Paper Season Collection
Allison Kreft Composition & Color "Units of Measure" - Webster Pages
About a Boy "Curious" - Lori Whitlock
Find Your Wings & Fly Up and Away "Admit One" - My Minds Eye

Embellies & Texture
Studio Calico die cuts
Twine
Colorbox Cats Eye ink
Liquitex molding paste
No-brand background stamp from Michael's

Comfort...AAG mid-month challenge!

It's time for About a Girl's mid-month challenge!  The July 15th challenge is off and running and this time we are challenging you to use torn paper techniques and flowers on your layouts.  There is also a sketch included for inspiration, which you will see  below.

AAG July 1st challenge!

It's challenge time again! The July 1st challenge at About a Girl is to use the word "New" in your layout. Stop by and see what the rest of the design team came up with and show us your "new" layouts! And while you're at it, enjoy your 4th of July holiday! ;-)

*Edited 7/7/13 to add links (previously posted from my phone).