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Friday 18 January 2013

'Big Thanks'

I am on a roll!! Can't seem to prize myself away from my desk at the moment, but it's all helping to keep me on the straight and narrow :0) ....over a week now, so by my calculations that's £40 more to spend on paper, paint and pretty things!!!

I saw this week's sketch over at Let's Get Sketchy and thought it would be right up my street....albeit shrunk down!

It took a few little tweaks to get it right enough to go into an album....I went a bit mad with the mist...so not happy from the offset....I know, I know I should have started again, but I just can't bear to throw cardstock away!!

I made the chevron mask on the Silhouette and misted with Mr Huey and Tattered Angels mists and liked it. Then the postman delivered some new SC masks so I decided to use the star one...yeah I know hard to tell as the mist I used was clogged and squirted rather then misted...grrr! So there is a hint of the stars and then I turned the mask over to use up the residual ink. I cut the photo into two as there was a big gap between my Mum and Dad, wouldn't have thought of doing that if the sketch hadn't called out for 2 photos!

The title is cut on the Silhouette as is the arrow that you can hardly see on the left! Papers are Pink Paislee and MME. With Teresa Collins transparency and a chipboard corner from WRMK.

The heart and arrow were also done on the Silhouette. The 21 die cut is Pretty Little Studio (forgot I had them!) Teh stamp is MME, the felt flower is an old Heidi Swapp and the pearls are Kaisercraft
I added some drips of black ink to ground it all, and am now happy with the result :0)

Here is the sketch that inspired it all




Thanks for popping in,

Ali x 

15 comments:

  1. LOVE your layout, the misting, the layers, and nice pics! I also love your blog banner, very cool!! thanks for joining us at lgs!

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  2. Fabulous job with your layout! Love the misting background. Thanks so much for joining us at Let's Get Sketchy!

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  3. awesome take on the sketch, loving the colors you used. thanks for joining us again at LGS!

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  4. Thanks for adding me to your calendar!!!! Go girl...you'll be able to buy a tea chest of extra supplies by the end of the year at this rate:):):) Love the black - it does 'ground' it, doesn't it? That heart is sooo cute...& you've given me a great challenge finding them stars...THINK I can see a couple!!!!! I really like how this has turned out - nothing like not liking what we're doing to challenge us...& SOOOO glad I'm not the only one to 'fight' with spray bottles!!!!!!!!!!!

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  5. A fabulous layout! Love your colours and the idea of cutting the photo to rid of the extra space between the two -it's ingenious! It works really well.Great take on the sketch.

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  6. Great take on the sketch! I love how your misting turned out. Remember... there is never a mistake in scrapbooking. Your colors are awesome as well. Thanks for joining in at LGS!

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  7. Ali, this is just gorgeous. I adore your mix of medias. And I just used that heart cut for the silhouette myself on Friday. Great minds think alike :D Thanks so much for linking up with us this week at Let's Get Sketchy.

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  8. Fabulous page! Love the layers and misting! Thanks for joining us at LGS!

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  9. Oh I'm so glad you didn't throw this away and start again! This is fabulous!! I love that chevron mask and think you were so clever to cut your picture. Thanks for playing along with us at LGS!

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  10. fabulous background.. great mix of elements
    great take on the sketch and thanks for playing along at LGS.

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  11. Fantastic page! Love the splatter/misting and the stitching. Thank you for joining us at LGS!

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  12. Hi Ali it's been ages since I stopped by . . . The misting is fabulous as always on your layout! Love the stitching and colors!!

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  13. I LOVE this LO!!! the colors are amazing and all the misting and layering really adds to this LO! Amazing! Thanks for playing along with us at LGS!

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  14. I hate it when my mist gets clogged too but this came out brilliant with all the little splatters! So happy for you on keeping your promise and just think of all the scrappy lovelies you get to buy!!

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  15. I just LOVE your interpretation of the sketch! Great job! Thanks for joining us at LGS :-)

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