Sunday 17 January 2016

Gingerbread Memories - Scrapmatts DT

Scrapmatts came out with a couple of great new Christmas designs in late 2015 and I couldn't wait to have an excuse to use them. It just happened that my mother-in-law decided to have a gingerbread decorating contest after Christmas lunch this year so I got the perfect photos to use with the CB5145 Christmas Shapes 01. I teamed it up with CB5144 Layered Poinsettias 01.
 
 
I have used the Cocoa Vanilla Studios 'Tis the Season' range and for this layout. I got so much use out of the couple of sheets of 'Flying High' I had previously purchased from them and have great expectations for the versatility of this new range too.

 
I kept a lot of my paper off-cuts from designing the background and added them as extra detail layers under the photos right at the end. I found this to be a great technique both to use up scraps and add extra depth.

 
 This layout shows how many different techniques you can use to colour chipboard. Some parts have been inked with a stamp pad, some have been painted with acrylic paints and some parts have been coloured with pens.

 
I used the current sketch over at Stuck?! Sketches as the basis for this layout. Who says you can't create a double page layout from a single page sketch? :)
 

5 comments:

  1. This is such a great page, I love that your turned the sketch into a two pager! Thank you for joining us at Stuck?! Sketches!

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  2. What a great idea to stretch this sketch to create a two page layout. Great details! Thanks for joining us at Stuck?! Sketches!

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  3. Awesome job turning this sketch into a 2 page LO! It's fantastic! Thanks for sharing with us at Stuck?! Sketches

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  4. Love your gingerbread house! This page is really yummy. You rock, girl! Thanks for sharing at Stuck?! Sketches. Eli

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  5. Love how you've turned it into a double page - Thanks for joining us at Stuck?! Sketches. Hugs Sarah x x x

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