Morning, y'all! Just popping in with our second September challenge over in
The Studio. We're asking you to include as many things as you can that begin with the letter s on your pages this go around. I dove into my September
Twin Falls Citrus Twist kit for this
challenge and included the following twelve things that begin with the letter s: sequins, stitching, stamping, Silhouette, splatters,
staples, stars, fabric swatch, sun, sky blue, September, and string.
I started this page by adding a little gesso, to the black and white, starry, patterned paper, base page, behind where my photo would lie. Once it was dry, I added
sky blue and yellow, watercolor puddles to it and
splattered the entire page with those same shades of watercolor, as well as green and red watercolors and Titanium White acrylic paint. Once again, I set it aside to dry, while I used my
Silhouette to cut a large, black, cardstock star which was anchored to the page with gold-threaded, straight, machine
stitching. It was then topped with several color-coordinating, patterned prints, anchored with more gold-threaded, straight, machine stitching, as well as folded, fabric
swatch and my photo which was matted with white cardstock. The photo itself was then sandwiched between a "YOU'LL MOVE MOUNTAINS" die cut, popped up with foam tape, and "SHINE ON"
sun which was die-cut from a cut-apart sheet...
as well as a cut-apart and stapled, "LOVE THIS" tab, on the right...
and an "EYES ON THE STARS", cut-apart, journaling card, secured with a couple more
staples, on the left. My journaling reads,
Off you go, with your daddy, to your 2nd year of Awana Truth & Training. A manila tag, laced with Baker's Twine
string, was tucked behind the journaling...
and a gold-foil, butterfly die cut tops it.
The entire design was then grounded with a 1" x 12" "SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL IS ON THE HORIZON", cut-apart strip, topped with "SOUL ON FIRE" and blue label cut-aparts. A
stamped, in Jet Black and Brilliant Blue inks respectively, "this is Real" sentiment and frame, the latter of which was used to house my hand-written,
Sept. 6, 2012, date, and scattering of hand-cut from patterned paper, die-cut, and cork
stars, not to mention a healthy dose of
sequins, complete the look.
Further inspiration for this page came from
Sketches in Thyme's
Sketch #294.
Be sure to stop
by the challenge
link above to see what my talented teammies have cooked up just for your
viewing pleasure. Then, you have until Sunday, October 8, 2017, to
link up your takes, on this
"S" Challenge and/or our previous, September
Book Cover Challenge, in the
right-hand column of The Studio blog. Thanks
so much for stopping by! Have a blessed week, friends!
{Supplies & Tools}
Stamps: frame & "this is Real" (Citrus Twist) Paper: white (Paper Studio); textured black (Bazzill); black & white star (Maggie Holmes); blue, black, & green stars & green designer (Paige Evans); blue diamonds (Citrus Twist); mustard triangles (Crate Paper) Ink: Jet Black (Ranger); Brilliant Blue (SU!); Black PITT artist pen (Faber Castell) Other: gold thread (Coats & Clark); sewing machine (Janome); foam tape (Scrapbook Adhesives); Nicole Nowosad November cut file (Hip Kit Club); Cameo (Silhouette); gesso (O'Leary Paints); watercolors (Kuretake); Titanium White acrylic paint (FolkArt); Clear Cut Stackers: Circles die (Wplus9); Big Shot (Sizzix); "SOUL ON FIRE", blue label, & "LOVE THIS" tab cut-aparts, sequins, fabric swatch, & cork stars (Citrus Twist); Escape the Ordinary ephemera & "SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL IS ON THE HORIZON" & "EYES ON THE STARS" cut-aparts (Pinkfresh); manila tag (Paper Studio); Baker's twine (Clean Country Paper Supplies); staples & stapler (office supply store)