I wrote about this blog Scrap for Help last week. They have tips, tutorials and step by steps there and they also have a monthly challenge. You can read about the June challenge here.
Practically the requirements were to scrap about
1. love/sentiment (in Brazil Valentine's Day is June 12)
2. use bubble wrap
3. use flags/banners/pennants
This is my page for the challenge. I used a photo taken by Andrea a week ago at the Strawberry Fair. I edited it and cropped it closely and thought it was perfect for this challenge as well as the quote that I used as my journaling.
Scrap for Help is a blog where the use of recycled materials is encouraged. Can you guess what my background is made of?
It's a paper towel I had been using to wipe my craft mat and blot the excess mist and ink from my layouts during these past weeks.
Here's a photo of the paper towel (this is another one, but you get the idea. I had already glued the one that I used to the kraft paper).
I used Mod Podge to glue it on the kraft paper
and after it had dried I stamped on it with bubble wrap and white acrylic paint and machine stitched a crooked square on it.
I just love how it turned out. The colors (too yellow on the photo above - used a wrong WB setting) are perfect for my photo.
Here are some closeups of the finished layout.
I used some scraps from a previous layouts and made the acrylic heart from a packaging
I made the banner and distressed the borders with a sanding paper and put some stickles, but it's really hard to see.
The quote is printed on cardstock which I cut into strips, inked the edges and attached with foam squares to give dimension.
As always your comments are VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.