March 2008 DT Layout

I struggled with this assignment! For the longest time I couldn't come up with an idea. The products we were given and HAD to use were:

1. Fancy Pants Ghost Shapes (I was given a variety of spring shapes)

2. Fancy Pants Transparencies (I was given a page of stripes)

3. Doodling template (I was given a circle template)

I began with white cardstock and took coordinating chalks and "smudged" circles all over. I also wet the edges and distressed them. I made some small tears then stitched them up with the DMC floss. Then I used the doodling template and traced circles all over to coordinate with the circles on the transparencies. I then hand stitched the circles in coordinating floss. I used the ghost shapes for the title," Live, Love, Laugh" and the photo corners around the picture. I wanted to maintain a transparent look to them so I used Ranger Inks to color them as if the colors were smudged together. I took the transparencies and cut around the circles on them. I decided to use them randomly to add color to the layout. I took 1- 5x7 Picture. The mat for the picture is the Fancy Pants "Wild Child" paper, framed by the Office Lingo Collection parenthesis. Once all this was on the LO I used buttons, buttons and buttons. I tied the buttons with the DMC floss and placed them everywhere there were circles on the transparencies and paper. I also made buttons by taking some clear buttons from Heidi Grace and adhering circles to them that I cut from the transparencies . I did the same with some Giant Buttons I had in my stash. Finally I hand journaled in some of the hand stitched circles.

I completed the following challenges

1. Use Buttons and/or create Buttons

2. Tear paper

3. Use 1 picture

4. Hand journal

5. Hand Stitch

6. Use paint or chalk