Centipede #3 - Kit building

My girlfriend and I have a standing monthly crop date at our local Archivers store.  I used to pack all kinds of stuff, without much plan of what I was going to do... results = lugging a bunch of unused stuff + spending extra money in the store because I didn't have what I really needed.

So I started kitting up projects - usually I'll start with a photo or a sketch or a layout I found on a blog somewhere that I wanted to use as a starting point.  Then I'll go thru my stash and start pulling papers, alphas, embellishments, etc that I think I might want to use and create a kit from that.  Then when I get to my crop, I have a stack of 5 or 6 layout kits ready to go!

Here is an example of a kit I put together for a pumpkin patch layout I wanted to scrap.  I started with some photos of my boys that I knew I wanted to scrap.  Then I went thru my "inspiration pile" -  a stack of printed layouts, sketches, etc from teh internet and a pile of magazines, looking for a layout that uses 3 pictures that fit my photos.  Then I found another sketch that I wanted to use of embellishments run down the left side of the paper and went from there.

Here is what I pulled from my stash and tossed in the bag for this layout:

And here is the finished layout!



 

 

Centipede... bodies 1 & 2

Cropping last night gave me a chance to get started on my Centipede finally :-)

First challenge was to try something new & get messy.  I signed up for the Art Class with Wilna workshop over at 2 peas in a bucket.  An awesome mixed media workshop filled with lots of fun techniques to use on scrapbooking pages.  One of the chapters involved using Masking Fluid on your layout page to highlight a quote/title, then add water color over the top.  When you remove the masking fluid (basically dried rubber), it leaves an awesome mask of the quote.  Here is my take on the challenge!  Totally love the technique and will be definitely trying it again!

Natalie issued another challange to use the oldest product in your stash.  I happen to have a tub full of Scenic Route Alphas - I dug those out to put a title on this page....  also these pictures are well over 6 years old as well :-)  

So my poor little centipede only has two bodies at the moment!  but it is a start!!!

Happy Sunday!  Off to cheer on the Houston Dynamo soccer team today!

JBS Centipede + winners!

New game in town over at the JBS website....



Lots of fun & interesting challanges....  I must get started on some of them :-)

But firstly, I have stamps to mailed out to Evie (artfulscrapbooking) and Lori!  Send me your addresses and I'll get them in the mail this week :-).  You can email me directly at ritatimmons@swbell.net.  Congrats ladies!

Now back to the laundry....