9.29.2014

Final Layouts for September

I'm not sure why I do this to myself every single month, but I get a few layouts done each week and then always end up procrastinating in photographing them and getting them uploaded here.  I promise that one of these days I will learn my lesson, but until then I have three layouts to share today...

For the first layout I used the September 15th sketch from Stuck?! Sketches.


Quite often I find that I need to change a sketch up a bit to accommodate a different number and/or size of photos, but not this time! I just got these photos developed a few weeks ago and couldn't believe it when I saw the sketch. Perfect! I was inspired by Drill #39 over at S.W.A.T. which is to use primary colors, so for product I used mostly Fancy Pants Nautical. The black alphas are Prima and Scenic Route, and the "crazy" chipboard arrow is Pink Paislee Hey Kid. I was also inspired by the September challenge at Scrap It Girl which is to use masks or stencils, so I used some modeling paste with the Crafters Workshop Bricks template to add some texture to my background.

For this next layout I used the September 15th sketch from Scrap Our Stash.


For this layout I was torn...I absolutely fell in love with the sketch and knew immediately that I wanted to use the above as my background paper because the design resembled the sketch. However I had already planned to use the above photograph with the paper, and part of the challenge at Scrap Our Stash is to use (2) photos. In the end I decided to follow the rule that I have set forth for myself for competing in scrapbooking challenges, which is to never let a sketch or guidelines for a challenge hijack my pages. I compete in challenges because they are fun and a great way to spark my creativity, but they are not the driving force as to why I scrapbook. Having said that lol, I was inspired by the Classic Craft Challenge over at Child's Play to use sequins. I have  ton of them that I just don't use often enough, so it was good to have a "gentle nudge" to do so,

My final layout was inspired by the Scrappy Friends' September challenge. Brenda's sketch is below.


And Rochelle had a Tic Tac Toe board for her challenge.
In keeping with my above-mentioned rule I did not participate in Kelly's Color Challenge, as I really wanted to use this particular photo and these papers for my page. As far as the Tic Tac Toe challenge, I completed the vertical, middle row: Stitching, Numbers (in the tape measure patterned paper) and Jewels.

Thanks so much for looking...see you back in October!





16 comments:

  1. GREAT PAGES, LOVE YOUR TAKE ON THE STUCK?! SKETCH, THE TEXTURE ON YOUR BACKGROUND IS AWESOME! THANKS FOR JOINING US!

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  2. Awesome layouts! Love the photos in the first layout! Thanks for playing along with my blog challenge and Scrap Our Stash! :)

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  3. Oh my goodness! How fun! Love your take on our sketch. Great photos and the perfect color combo to go along with them. Thanks for joining in with us at STuck?!

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  4. Great primary colors and super cute photos to go along with it! Thanks for joining us at SWAT! :)

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  5. Great pages! Looks like you had a productive month of scrapping. Thanks for sharing your sweet sequin page with us at Child's Play.

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  6. Wonderful LO's!!! That first one is so fun!! Thanks for joining us over at Scrap It Girl!!

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  7. These are all wonderful pages and I like your philosophy when it comes to challenges! Looks like it works well for you!
    Thanks for playing w/ us at CPC!

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  8. I am totally the same way with photographing and getting blog posts up. Fantastic pages though! Thanks for joining us at CPC

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  9. Lots of great layouts and fun challenges! Thanks for playing along at Child's Play!

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  10. Fantastic and fun LO. Thanks for playing along with us at Scrap It Girl!

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  11. Great layouts Jenessa! Awesome job with the both challenges at Scrap Our Stash and the Scrappy Friends Challenges! Thank you so much for playing along with us this month!

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  12. Cute. Thanks for playing along at Scrap It Girl!

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  13. What a fun & cute layout! I love the texture. Thanks for playing along with us at Scrap It Girl! :)

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  14. What a lovely family photo and wonderful page ! Thanks for playing with us at Child's play challenges !

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  15. Great layouts!! I just love how fun the primary color one is!! Thanks for linking up over at SWAT!!

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