How I made my September Layout

For the September Scraplift challenge this month I used paint and paper with Hexagons to make this page. Just to remind you our technique this month is 'H is for Hexagons'

Here is Andrew on the front doorstep at 'Toadhall' (home) age 2 in 1994. My friend Margaret had made all three children these beautiful Aran jackets - they were so useful. He looks a bit like a little gnome here!

We are scraplifting this layout by Sutty (Katherine Sutton)

Which she in turn created using this sketch by Valerie Mangan

I used a sheet of Kraft Bazzill as my base and stuck it to my cutting mat with making tape to make a 1/2" border all the way around the page. It is a good idea to de-stick thetape a little before use to avoid damaging the card. Then with Vanilla Bean (Docraft) and Cornflower (Making Memories) Acrylic Paint I did some dry brushing and printing with bubble wrap. After the paint was dry and the tape carefully removed, I highlighted the border with brown zig-zag machine stitching.

The Hexagons were cut from more Kraft Bazzill on the Cricut using the Accent Essentials cartridge. Then they were dry embossed with a variety of different patterned embossing folders and the Cuttlebug.

These were dry brushed and inked to emphasise the patterns and the edges.

I added the hexagons to the page with 3D foam pad for extra dimension.

Using a 6" x 6" designer pad of My Mind's Eye Be Amazing papers and a sheet of 12" x 12" from the same line called 'Honey Blue' I cut my title using the Cricut and Freshly Picked cartridge for 'Garden' and George and Basic Shapes cartridge for 'Gnome'.

The bunting and flags were cut from the same papers free hand and inked. The bunting is attached to the layout hanging from Baker's twine, attached at either end with a brad. A little 3D foam pad under each flag helps keep it in place on the page. The three little flags in the bottom right were each attached to a match stick. There were also attached with 3D foam pads and used for journalling.

The photo was then added with more 3D foam pads.

Thank you for looking, please pop back to the post called 'H is for Hexagons' to see the details for the competition, which runs until 5th October.

Please see my blog for more details of this and many other projects.

H is for Hexagons

This month we are scraplifting the work of Katherine Sutton (known as Sutty).
HERE is Katherine's Blog - Fruit of My Scraps.

Hello everyone, I was delighted to have one of my pages picked for this months scrapology challenge. So a little about me; my name is Katherine Sutton, I also go by the name sutty in forums. I am a wife and mum to 2 energetic boys who are the features of most of my pages. I discovered scrapping in 2006 when my mother in law bought me a colorbok kit and fell in love with it straight away, it is perfect for documenting all the things that happen in our family life as well as being creative. My style (and my craft room) is a bit messy I love to use paint and flicks of ink on my pages, as well as make my embellishments and add lots of layers. 'Summer Days' was made for a sketch challenge at the Studio Blog (http://thestudiochallenges.blogspot.co.uk/) where I am lucky enough to be a DT member at the moment. The sketch was created by Valerie Mangan (http://paperandcookies.blogspot.co.uk/)and she based it on the page of another team mate Jules Dix (http://www.scrappingmojo.blogspot.co.uk/), if you would like to know how I made this page I took photos along the way which you can see on my blog (http://fruitofmyscraps.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/step-by-step-for-summers-day.html). I hope you enjoy creating with this sketch as much as I did and all the wonderful inspiration you get from the scrapology designers.

The technique is to use HEXAGONS on your layout.

Here is Sutty's original layout

Sutty made this page for a challenge over on the the Studio Challenge blog which is purely a scrapbook challenge site with a fortnightly challenge. The sketch was from a lady there called Valerie Mangan (who in turn based the sketch on a page by Jules Dix). 

VALERIE'S SKETCH

Here are the layouts created by our design team to give you some inspiration. Please click on the names to be taken to the relevant blogs.

LYNN

LINDA

SUE

KAREN

ALISON

LYNN

SANDRA

DEIRDRE

Our newest Design Team member
 LOU

& our Guest Designer this month is

DAWN EVANS

To see more of Dawn's stunning layouts go to he gallery on UKS. Where she is known as Evans1

PRIZE TIME

Jill at Cardinal Colours has come up with another fabulous prize this month.

A set of Spellbinders - Scalloped Octagons

We hope you will joining the fun and enter the challenge by creating a layout using the sketch and some HEXAGONS.  

To enter the challenge, comment below with a link to the post on your blog where your layout is featured. If you don't have a blog please email us with an image - address in sidebar.

Please create a new layout for this challenge - no back links will be accepted.

We will update the blog as often as possible, at least once a day. Please be patient if you don't see your image straight away. We will try to comment on your blog entry, but to make this easier please turn Word Verification OFF

Challenge closes at midnight on 5th October 2012

Prize available to UK residents only.

Looking forward to seeing what you all make - good luck.