This layout is pulling double duty– The prompt for this week’s Sharing Memories Scrapbooking summer scrap-a-thon is to draw or doodle on your layout. So I looked at some of the swirly/vine motifs out of the patterned paper and re-created them on the empty areas of my layout. I sketched them out in pencil first, then filled them in with a metallic gel pen.
I don’t normally just doodle or draw on my layouts, but it is so versatile. It’s definitely something I’ll keep in mind for the future! Be sure to upload your take on this week’s challenge to the Scrap-a-thon Flickr pool!
The layout also uses the Sketchy Thursdays October Guest Designer challenge sketch:
The sketch reminded me of an envelope, so I decided to actually make my LO into an envelope of sorts. Originally I thought I’d use the triangular piece as an actual flap, but it was more practical to just have a pocket along/behind the “seam”. I slipped my journaling (fairly long– it tells about how I emailed these photos to my parents and in-laws and called them to check their email, since only Husband knew I was going to cut my hair, after a lifetime of having it long) in the pocket, as well as some extra bits, like the postcard I received from Locks of Love acknowledging that they had received my hair.
Supplies:
plain cardstock: Paper Reflections
textured cardstock: the Paper Studio
patterned paper: My Mind’s Eye Simply Delightful paper pad
label holder: Making Memories
pearls: Prima, the Paper Studio
pen: GelWriter
eyelets: Making Memories
ribbon: stash
I also decided to kick up the challenge a notch and restrict myself to ONLY red (and black and white) besides the photos.
