Friday 10 August 2012

Kraft It Up! August Challenge

Here I am back again with another challenge page. The girls over at Kraft It Up! set a fantastic challenge for this month with Kraft (of course) + a sketch + lots of layers (dimension, texture etc). So here is the sketch:

And here is my take on it:


I love the look of corrugated cardboard especially for beach themes. And as you may have noticed I'm a fan of the colour aqua/teal as well. I've used these pics because they are of a time when I was at my most relaxed & this was a perfect holiday. It is where I snorkeled for the first time and totally chilled out & immersed myself in the total isolation of being on a tropical island where there were no day-trippers, cars, shops, phones or TVs. And I've never had a whole beach to myself!




I really got into this with the Gesso & Glimmer Mist. The flowers & birds nest are from Prima & Manor House, leaves are from Craft Queen. Chipboard is from Twiddleybitz & Imaginarium Designs.
I don't normally spend as much time on a project as I did with this, but I really wanted to take my time with it, so I tweeked it quite a bit as I went & sought some feedback from an outsider (thanks my sweet girl). Anyway this is the end result.  Thanks for looking :)

9 comments:

  1. This is stunning Jo, love the corri card and gesso background,the photos are spectacular,and I love the cascading flower cluster, the colours are beautiful.....Love the lot !!!!! Have a great weekend. :) x

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  2. Wow, absolutely gorgeous! Love the corigated background!

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  3. Great take on the challenge and FAB texture. Love those photos - it looks like paradise! Thanks for joining us this month at Kraft It Up!

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  4. Love your interpretation of the sketch and your background of corrugated cardboard! Thanks for playing along at KIU!

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  5. Great page - love the background and the great photos! Thanks for playing along with us at KIU

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  6. Wow! Lots of texture on that LO...so much to look at! Thank you for your contribution to KIU this month!

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  7. So gorgeous...really love your page and the beautiful colouring and distressing! Really love this!

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  8. grungy and floral go so well together...thanks for playing along at KIU

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  9. Stunning layout!!! Wonderful take on the sketch and such beautiful layering. Thanks for playing!! :-)

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