Weekly Challenge (Create a Layout from a Sketch) (Nichol Spohr LLC)

February 12, 2010

Weekly Challenge (Create a Layout from a Sketch)

This week's Weekly Challenge over at Two Peas is to create a layout based on this sketch I created:

The background is divided into 3 sections (shown by different patterned papers in my example), a photo strip of 6 - 2"x 3" photos, a large title, an embellishment border and plenty of room for journaling. I went with a "love" theme being so close to Valentine's Day but I didn't use Valentine's photos. Consider changing the butterflies to hearts for a Valentine's page or maybe stars for a page about a boy. So many different embellishments can easily be interchanged with the butterflies to change the theme.

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To participate in the challenge, simply create a layout based on the sketch (you can turn it on it's side, omit elements, etc. just as long as you base part of your layout on the sketch) then upload your layout to the Two Peas Gallery, being sure to check the box next to this challenge. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone's creations!

To create the die cut, I stamped and embossed butterflies using the technique shared in THIS blog post and video.

I die cut the butterfly out of vellum (it is the same design as the Hero Arts stamp). I cut it at 2 1/2" wide, removed all the inside cut lines and then stamped it with the HA stamp and the clear embossing ink. I sprinkled on some silver embossing powder and heat set it. Each butterfly is attached to the layout with a button and string.

The title also is layered. I just trimmed the bell from the die cut design (out of the silver SEI paper), then I removed the inside cut lines again on this design (by choosing ungroup in your Silhouette software) and cut it from vellum. I layered the silver title on top of the vellum one. I added a few gems for added sparkle.

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