Thursday, October 11, 2012

Adventure, Swingin, & some cute older pics of Joseph


Here are this weeks' projects (sometimes done a long time ago, but it's their week to post...)

Over at ARTFUL DELIGHT I have played along with their layout and card sketch using this month's kit....




And for SKETCH N SCRAP I played along with their first sketch for October

And now for some of my DT projects:
At THINKING THROUGH DESIGN our thought this week is burlap

My layout and thought:
 I love burlap’s natural neutral color and the awesome texture it can add to a page and it was perfect to maintain the “rustic nature” feel for this older photo of my son in a tree.   I also love that it can help “hide” a busier background paper.  So that is how I’ve used it on this layout.  I wanted to keep the “hint” of the pattern paper, but not have it overwhelm the layout, so the burlap is really nice to achieve that and also add some texture.  I also used some of the little strings that I pulled out of the frayed edges of the burlap to make a nice little embellishment border to ground the photo.  I also changed the color of the burlap in two ways, one by using a sponge tip and dipped it in ink to make border lines in the burlap around the photo and second by simply dripping on some red mist.

And at SKETCHES IN THYME I used this sketch for the next layout:

And finally...at FROSTED DESIGNS our challenge is WILD (use the word WILD)...
So here is a layout from Legoland

10 comments:

  1. These are all GORGEOUS my friend!!! I love love love that one with the burlap!!!!

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  2. Great layouts Joni! I love seeing the baby pics of you son, how cute! Great job with our sketch and the others as well! Thanks for joining us at Sketch N Scrap this month!

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  3. Great layouts Joni!!! Love your layout and card using both of the sketches from Artful Delight! The black background is perfect on your layout as it highlights the splattering and dots! Thanks for playing along with us at Artful Delight!

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  4. Fabulous card and layouts! love the texture the burlap adds. So glad you joined us at Artful Delight for our latest challenges.

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  5. So many great layouts! Love your take on the Lisa's sketch at Sketch N Scrap. Thanks for joining us this month! :)

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  6. Love the distressed edges on the banners card, many thanks for joining us at Artful Delight.

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  7. Wow! Look at all your amazing work! Love everything you've done...I'm so glad you played along with us at Artful Delight!

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  8. Wonderful pages....love that twine and great photo blocking on the Swingin layout!

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  9. Wow, you have been very busy. Love all your layouts and your card! They are amazing!

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  10. such fun and cute LOs. my fav has to be one with the burlap background. it adds wonderful texture!

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