Kathi frequently stitches on her layouts so this challenge was natural for her! Her take on it:
This adorable card was inspired by a card on split coast stampers. Mara used Basic Grey Mellow patterned paper. The stitching was done by simply drawing with an American Crafts marker.
This cool page by Shiela includes faux stitching as well! Sheila used rub-on stitches. They add a nice detail to the page.
Martina decided to use her stitches as the lines for her journaling:
Challenges 9 and 10 run from Mid-May to Mid June! These challenges are all a play on the phrase “in stitches”…
Photo Challenge – create a layout focusing on a funny photo or story! Make us laugh 🙂 That simple.
Design Challenge – use sewing on your page! It can be machine, hand or faux… just sew on your page or project 😀
Can’t wait to see what the team creates and hope some of you will play along. Just be sure to post a link here!
I love how elegant her page came out! Love those swirls!
You have to check out this awesome acrylic book using black and white from Virginia. An interesting twist on the challenge:
http://twopeasinabucket.kaboose.com/pg.asp?cmd=display&layout_id=1326646
And I just adore this page by Laura on her love of the Indigo Girls! Very clean and sophisticated!
Some fun tags using the SEI paper with black cardstock (by jessica)
Funky little box (by jessica)
This is the cover of a minialbum that I (jessica) am working on for my FREE online classes at http://www.scrapfreak.com It was this album that inspired this challenge!
Back in Black
This months challenges focus on BLACK. With all the hot new black board books out from Cosmo Cricket, I could not resist making it into a challenge.
April Challenge #1 – Designing with Black Cardstock
Use a black background for a page, minialbum or project. Use fun colors of paper on the black background for a colorful look!
April Challenge #2 – Black & White photos
Create a layout using colorful paper and black and white photos! Using B&W photos gives you the freedom to use any color paper and embellies.
I love what Sheila did with this so less than perfect photo! The photo was too dark, taken from far away and had lots of other distractions in the shot. But this was THE photo of her friend graduating.
Sheila added the bling circle and some arrows, as well as cropping the photo to draw as much attention as possible to the focal point of the page – her friend graduating.
Mara did a great job with her less than perfect little book. The pages turned out to be the wrong size for the book but she made it work! This cute book shows the color of all the inks she owns to help her quickly select the right ink pad when stamping on projects.
Several of the team members used this challenge as inspiration to scrap those less than perfect photos!
Virginia’s page shows how a less than perfect photo can actually be more eye catching than a typical photo. And in her case, it helps tell a great story! If you know Virginia, you know this page is classic her. Even when you try new challenges, make sure your unique style is always still there!
Laura’s page uses a blurry photo that holds great sentimental value – of most of the ATL peas at CKU! Also mixing in hand sewing and a more “mixed” looking alphabet works well with the less than perfect photo.
Jessica fell in love with this photo and couldn’t wait to scrap it. Sometimes a blurry photo can have more personality than a perfect one. Again, notice the font choice… this messier font works well with the blurry photo, along with the distressed look of the papers.
Here a few examples of the teams take on challenge #1.
Jessica gave this page (an older one of hers) a more handmade look by hand-drawing and cutting out a scallop that is obviously not perfect. The same is true of the circles in the center of the photo. All of this lends a more organic and funky look to the page. Try this on your next project, rather than using scallop scissors or circle punches.
Veronica likes things very lined up and “perfect” so for her, mixing lowercase and uppercase was her take on embracing imperfection. Leaving the centers in on two of the letters also helps keep the page from looking “too perfect”.
The March ATL Challenges are a bit more unique. They are based roughly on the idea of “wabi-sabi”. From a website online:
Wabi-sabi is a beauty of things imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete.
It is the beauty of things modest and humble.
It is the beauty of things unconventional.
Challenge #1: create a page utilizing the idea of wabi-sabi. Idea for doing this:
Create a design that is “imperfect” – Allowing things to be tilted a bit, or not all perfectly lined up is a great way to create a design that is more appealing by looking more organic and natural. Or try distressing items to keep them from looking too perfect. Alternatively, consider breaking the rules of design convention and create something truly unique.
Challenge #2: embrace the idea of wabi-sabi by using a photograph that is either imperfect or unconventional. Just because a photo is not perfect, does not mean that its not worth scrapping. If there is a story there, use the photo and tell it.
Challenge #2: Mix old and new products
I am totally in love with the funky page by Martina!
This heartfelt page is by Kathi!
Fun page by Veronica – Snow Crocs
ATL Peas 