the incredibly talented nichol posted a challenge on her blog last week. the challenge was to use white ink and raw chipboard on a layout. i’m still learning about stamping … so i didn’t get too crazy. this is actually the first time i’ve ever used white ink.
i have wanted to scrap these photos since we went to the aly and aj concert … a year and a half ago. i was so excited that i got such great photos … i have tons of them that were so good. and i just love their music … listen to it all the time. in fact, when the girls were in disneyland … that’s just about all i listened too that week. their first cd is my favorite … but the second one has some great songs too.
and i actually sketched this design out … i very rarely sketch any ideas. but i didn’t start this until last night … being as i’m so last minute and all. so we were driving to our golfing adventure yesterday since i had the day off (more on that later) … and i’m sitting in the car sketching my idea. then after golfing, we went to grab a late lunch … and one of my favorite aly & aj songs came on in the restaurant. and of course, i start singing and talking about aly & aj … and then pull my sketch out of my purse to talk about the layout i’m going to make that night. yes, the girls said i was dorky and embarrasing! lol! go figure!
so, back to the challenge. lol! like i said … i’m still trying to learn this whole stamping thing. but nichol has me seriously wanting to learn more! for this layout, i took the raw chipboard frame and stamped it with the white ink using a polka-dot foam stamp. simple enough, right? i also cut a strip of chipboad to use down the side of the layout … and did the same stamping on that.
pattern papers, shimmer brads, chipboard frame, clear frame, and staples are all making memories. chipboard star is scenic route. polka-dot foam stamp is heidi swapp. white ink is tsukineko brilliance ink (which i know nothing about ink, it’s just the one i picked up).
Laura Vegas 
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