Challenge blog. This week's challenge was to create a layout using a "recipe" of ingredients. I used the following recipe ingredients in my St. Joe lighthouse layout (by the way -
R - ribbon (
Offray ric rac trim large, turquoise)
I - ink (
Tim Holtz Distress Ink in vintage photo and faded jeans)
M - markers (
Zig marker )
K -
kraft cardstock (Bazzill)
The technique I featured on this page was paper piecing, using the
George Basic Shapes cartridge , the
Cricut and the
Gypsy . I "built" the lighthouse on my Gypsy virtual mat, then moved the separate shapes so that I could cut them in the desired colors (reflecting the colors on the lighthouse in the photos) using my Cricut. The title font is Gypsy.The button for the lighthouse is one of the
Rusted Sun buttons from Fancy Pants .
My entire layout was designed to echo the subject of the photos. The Swiss dot paper in blue forms the foundation for the layout. I tore
Bazzill Kraft cardstock and chalked the edge with tan chalk to create the beach, then sprayed it with
Glimmer Mist in gold to make it sparkly (which doesn't show up nearly as well in the picture as I would like!). The wave/water pattern is echoed in the blue ric rac and the die cut (wave cut with an original Sizzix machine and die). The journaling block was created using a clear stamp from Stampology, then the block was inked with Distress Ink. The photo descriptors were also inked, then attached using gold staples to echo the colors in the beach and light cone.
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