just finished up a fun new challenge … with my good friend doris! we met when we were on the lil davis design team back in the day … and i've been a fan of her work ever since. i just love her style … she has such a way with embellishments and color. and, she's just a cool person! we thought up this challenge about 2 weeks ago … and yet we both waited until the last day or two to actually create anything. and i love that we both work so well at the last minute. lol! we challenged ourselves to use the following items on a layout:
1. fall colors … your typical greens, oranges, and browns .. but with a fun, unexpected color mixed in.
2. corrugated cardboard … how fun is that
3. ribbons … we both love ribbon … but have admittedly gotten away from them lately
4. buttons … we both LOVE buttons
here is doris's layout … which you can read more about HERE.
first off … how cute is her little dude? love the missing tooth … and he just lost another one … making his smile just that much cuter. i love how she matted the photo on the corrugated cardboard … and tied the chunky ribbon around it. and her bow … how i wish i could tie good bows! love the colors … the kraft paper makes all the other fun colors really stand out. the orange, the green, the purple, the magenta, the yellow … and they all go together so nicely. doris has such a way with color! and i love the title letters … those chipboard letters are some of my favorites … but i have a hard time working them onto my layouts sometimes. and look .. we both dotted our "i" with a flower. great minds think alike!
and here is my layout:
i actually had an easy time with this layout. obviously, i love having a starting point … and the 4 product guidelines give me direction. but while i was in my big cleaning mode this weekend … i ended up finding most of these products on total whims. starting with the photo. totally fit the fall colors. i found this on a layout that i had started ages ago. i had no problem tearing it off the other layout (and tossing that one in the garbage) … and using it for this challenge. it's one of my favorite photos of me and the girls … taken at the pumpkin patch 2 years ago. edited to add a little fyi (since shaunte asked!) … trust me, it was just the cami tanktop i had on under the sweater. certain "things" appear larger than they really are. had i known … i would have adjusted! trust me! lol!
and the corrugated cardboard. i knew i had some … because i had used it on a project a few months back. but then i found this strip of it … and it was all tore up to perfection and the perfect size. and i was moving some things around and stumbled across these ribbons and trims from rusty pickle. i seriously love how cute and rustic these are … and yet i have never used any of them. they begged me to be used .. and the colors were perfect. and that pink gingham fabric strip … that is my fun color i added in.
i love buttons. and when i think of buttons … i usually think of flowers. they just seem to go together. i mixed up some felt flowers and paper flowers … and threaded buttons to the centers. also added a piece of metal mesh along the row of buttons … found a bunch of that while cleaning too!
been using lots of these american crafts "thickers" letter stickers lately … love the foam ones. and want to know how crazy i can be about having everything perfectly straight and even? you see that "s" … it is totally bugging me that it's slightly hanging off the white grid paper. lol! you have no idea how this is bugging me! lol! i also lost the dot to the "i" … so i just grabbed a flower brad to add in it's place.
supplies:
pattern paper – WRMK (green), scenic route (grid)
ribbon and trim – rusty pickle
letter stickers, felt flowers - american crafts
paper flowers, tag, buttons, metal mesh - making memories
other – corrugated cardboard, string, staples
i want to thank doris for the challenge … i know we both had a lot of fun doing this. and if anyone wants to join in and play along … we'd love to see what you come up with!
Laura Vegas 
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