Felice - Purple Pumpkin October sketch challenge!

Hello my friends!

I wish you will all have a great October! Wow..time flies! We are lucky enough in Greece to have 30 degrees outside and we still go swimming!! Yeay!!! I LOVE the sea!!!! I get depressed in winter when everything is dark and moody...As you know I usually make happy and bright pages but I tried something different this time!

This is the inspirational sketch for October at Purple Pumpkin designed by Crece!

And this is my take on it:

I have used lots of Green Tara products and (of course) my favorite embellies from Purple Pumpkin!!! Below you can see a spotted button, a vinyl cog and a red ticket!

Materials used:

Cardstock: Alyssiane

Papers, Letters, die cuts, wooden elements: Pink Paislee

Flowers, ribbon, trims, leaves: Green Tara

Buttons, tickets, cog: Purple Pumpkin

Stencil: The Crafters workshop

Gesso: Martha Stewart

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You have until the end of the month to complete this Sketch Challenge and link it up in our sidebar by midnight 31st of October 2012. There will be two fabulous Purple Pumpkin prize packs to give away - one winner will be chosen by the design team, and the second will be a random prize draw.

Please check out our RULES HERE!!!

Everyone has a chance, even without using PP products!

REMINDER: Post your pages on our FACEBOOK wall whenever you use our products and we will choose a "monthly favorite" to feature on our blog and facebook wall! That's an extra chance to win some goodies!!

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Thanks for visiting me today!
 Stay tuned for a big anouncement!!!

Vicky

xxx

I got grungy!!! *Scrap for Help*

Hello friends and followers!

Today I will share with you a special project!

 This is the first time I tried the style called "Grungy"...I got my hands dirty!!!

 As you might know, I usually make romantic, girly layouts filled with flowers and dreamy mood...

Well, with my mood hitting red during last month and growing stronger inside, through various, complicated situations, I got inspired and made this grungy composition. I just let my emotions go free all over the page..anger, passion,despair....sweetness...love...

I really enjoyed it, I love the result...I hope you like it too...it is made by my heart and soul and that's what matters the most...

p.s the quality of the dog's photo is not so good but I will replace it as soon as I buy better photo paper (Cannon-I was out and had to use HP) And of course I should mention that I was also inspired by the very talented Finnabair!

This layout is my example as a design team member for the challenge blog "Scrap For Help"!

This time, as a recycle item, I used surgery bandage (it's placed behind the photo), a bottle cap and a beer tin cap!

Don't you just love that cute little puppy????

Some close up photos...

To accomplish this look, you paint your chip. letters with black acrylic paint, you apply a thick portion of crackle accents. When it is dry and you can see the crackles, you paint it all red and wipe off right away with a baby wipe! The red color goes inside the crackles and...voila...magic happens!

 After that, you cover with glossy accents.

The vinyl cog  and heart are "Purple Pumpkin" 

The button with the mushroom is by "Eye candy magic"

The chip cog is Imaginarium designs and the red button is Purple pumpkin

This piece of paper comes from Cherry Nest and it gives the definition of a dog (like in a vocabulary).

Now...the initials "GLAC" is something I could never translate..I'm sorry...lol

Another ID cog!

 For more inspiration on how to incorporate surgical bandage into your projects, please visit Scrap for help to see what my fellow DT members have created!!!

Materials used:

cardstock: Alissiane

Chip letters: Sizzix die

chip cogs: Imaginarium designs 

Vinyl elements and red button: Purple pumpkin

Mushroom button: "Eye candy magic"

Brick mask: Prima & Tim Holtz

Gesso: Ranger

Mists: Tattered Angels 

Paints: Ranger Dabbers

Distress ink: Ranger

Stamps: Glitz

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Enjoy Scrapping!!!

Hugsss!!!

xoxoxo