I actually didn't think I was going to get much done today, but I finished another 2 layouts and with that, did all of the NSD weekend challenges at Studio Calico. I'm just excited that I got stuff done! And I love the challenges... I feel like it helped me use my stash and get a little more creative.
So first up, a layout about Adorable-Nephew-William at 9 months for the challenge to use triangles on a layout.
I actually really like how this turned out... another example of a challenge pushing me to do something I otherwise wouldn't have done.
I put baker's twine down the middle of the photos and then added some diecut triangles on top - those are an old Quickutz die shape. It was fun to pull those out again and use my cute pink QK Squeeze :)
I also pulled out some older Making Memories puffy stickers - the Giggles collection they did for Archivers a while ago... those are the colored circles and stars. I'm so glad I rediscovered those!
I also used my April Studio Calico kits and a library card journaling file from Kate Pertiet (digital). It was fun to see William tonight (and the girls too) when we Skyped for my mom's birthday party - he's almost 10 months now and just the cutest little boy you've ever seen. That smile is going to break hearts. lol.
My second layout uses pictures from last weekend - it's for two challenges. The first was to use confetti on a layout and the other was to use some kind of geometric shape - I chose circles and made them into peaches.
Coincidence that the secret ingredient on Iron Chef America tonight was peaches? I think not. And it was my favorite Iron Chef too... Geoffrey Zakarian. (And he won, of course.) Someday I'd love to eat at one of his restaurants. However I think it was the Hello Kitty bandaids in Next Iron Chef - Battle of the Super Chefs that really won me over to Team Zakarian.
However, as good as real peaches are, the pastry version is something in another realm entirely. I don't think I've done an Ode to a {insert food} layout since my Ode to Fried Pickles several years ago. Refresher:
I actually wrote a poem that time. This time I just described it. Although now that I think about it, it seems like poetry to me to just read about the ingredients. Drool-worthy, really.
I digress.
I'm too much of a control freak to really do confetti... almost every single one of these dots was carefully placed with a pick-up tool and precise dots of glue. lol.
For the "peaches," I punched the circles and hand-cut the leaves and stems from different papers. The circles are October Afternoon, Basic Grey, and Sassafras Lass. The leaves are Amy Tangerine - Sketchbook.
I'm SUPER proud of myself for the journaling on the tag... I put it on a sheet of 8.5x11 paper with temp adhesive and scanned it in. Then I created a path for the journaling, subracting out the area around the "love" cutout - typed and printed. And it worked on my first try! I think I absorbed more than I realized from listening to Renee Pearson teach another lady about text paths at the retreat last weekend.
So that's it! Classes, babysitting, and 4 layouts... a Skyped birthdy party, cooking up a new farro dish and did I mention I taught Sunday School today too? It's been a busy weekend. Now it's time to crash before work tomorrow.
You are CRAZY-BUSY!! It looks like you are having lots of fun though, so it's the good kind of busy! I had to laugh because I saw that Iron Chef late last night and as soon as I saw your peach, I was thinking about it. Then you had watched it too...oh the things that make me laugh. I would suggest that we plan an Iron Chef party, but you would slaughter everyone else! Glad things are so good!!
Posted by: Laura Hamilton | May 07, 2012 at 08:37 AM