Friday 7 February 2014

Before and after layout

Over on Sues blog, Me and Mine, she has set us a sketch challenge that instantly got me pondering! Normally I jump straight in and make a LO but this one had me stumped... I couldn't see how I was going to link the elements together, which is a style I prefer to use.
Here is the sketch...


In the end after a couple of days deliberating, I decided the simplest thing to do was to add a strip of pps behind the two photos and rotate the sketch. From there it all came together very quickly..under an hour all told.. While DH is having a lie in! Lol

Of course it also complies with MAs Blogbits over on UKS too, earning me extra points for my team over there too. If you're  a dedicated Scrapper we'd love for you to come on over and join us here on UKS.



And of course... I just had to make the LO using my Counterfeit Kit from the challenge blog here. Now, as you can see from my earlier post, I had included some chicken wire papers and die cuts, and I was determined to use them! I knew the photos I wanted to use were country scenes, so from there I went with the flow, adding both of the elements and some real chicken wire that a friend was about to throw away on Saturday and I scrounged off her ( I just knew it would come in handy! )

To finish off I used some snowy clouds, snowballs and wooden country animals and I was just about there. I had some Thickers that blended well with the LO, but they didn't jump off the page as they blended a little too well! So with a little inking around the edges, I added the title to my LO and voila.. Here it is. All finished...thanks Sue for the challenge and to CKCB for the inspiration for my kit.



11 comments:

  1. Oh that's a fabulous take on the original!

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  2. Super cute season layout :) and I love what you did with the chicken wire paper s fitting for the pictures

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  3. Oh wow! I just love what you have done with my sketch - brilliant! Thank you for joining in my challenge.
    Sue @ Me&Mine

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  4. Love how you've done this, and love the photos showing the difference In the weather!

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  5. Lovely layout Elaine, great interpretation of the sketch :) hugs x

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  6. Love the rustic look of the layout

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  7. Love how you used the chicken wire.

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  8. Brilliant use of the sketch - great interpretation! Love the chicken wire too :-D

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  9. That's a tricky sketch and you've turned it into a great page. Love the use of the chicken wire.

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  10. Those are adorable wooden animals! Who makes them? We keep chickens & have kept rabbits so have pics to scrap.
    You did an incredible job with the sketch - pure genius to tip it over!

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  11. CONGRATULATIONS on winning my sketch challenge with your fab page, Elaine. Don't forget to email or PM me your snail mail so I can post your prize kit. :o)
    Sue @ Me&Mine xx
    aka MiniOwner

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