Scrap The Boys March Challenge

Hi Ladies,

Finally caught up with all the day to day stuff since getting home from the Melbourne Scrapbook and Papercraft Expo.   Had the most wonderful time and was finally able to meet all these lovely ladies IRL:  Georgia Heald, Rachael Funnell, Jasmine Shea, Kim Ewins, Leonie Neal-Dawson, Heather McMahon and Teresa Abajo, just to name a few.   I had the most wonderful chat with Rachael and was able to chat with Georgia in between classes.. they are both such sweethearts.  Thanks so much to Teresa and Kim for helping me set up my display area... makes it difficult when you are vertically challenged!!  I had a fab time with my roomy Kim Ewins, who is just the loveliest person, Nicole and her mum... can't wait to catch up at the Brisbane Show.  A huge thank you to all the wonderful ladies who came to my Craft Queen classes.. I had a blast.   Hopefully I might see some of you at the Brissie Show.

I have decided to slow down a little with all my DT commitments, as I was really missing creating for the fun of it, with no pressure and just for me.  So now that I have a bit more time on my hands I can create LO's for some of the Challenge Sites I have been missing.

I have noticed that my pages have been mostly feminine LO's lately, so I pulled out some of my masculine stash and created this page for this month's Scrap The Boys Challenge.

The criteria for this challenge is to create a layout using these base requirements, you can add other items but these must be used...

2 Photos 6x4 or smaller
Chipboard
Washi Tape
Mists/Paints

Seriously?

I took these photos of Luke and his dad at our family Christmas gathering.  Silly me thought I could snap a fab photo of the two of them, but I couldn't get Luke to stop making silly faces and when I finally got one where he looks good, dad looks oh so serious.... I just can't win, so I used them anyway.

I had a play with the background using a chevron mask and some mists, then splattered over the top with metallic paint and some Tim Holtz distress stain splats.  For more added grungieness I stamped with a brick stamp and randomly punched the edges.  To make the punching stand out I backed it in a contrast colour and used a fineliner pen to make it pop.

The chipboard element is the arrow frame which I coated with metallic paint and wrapped randomly with some chevron washi tape.  I also added washi tape to the strippy background pieces.

Materials Used:  Pink Paislee, This and That, Basic Grey, Simple Stories pp's, Craft Queen washi tape, button and jute trim and twine, Tim Holtz brick stamp, distress inks and stains, Glimmermist crushed shells, Viva Precious Metal aqua, EK Success binder punch, Fancy That hexagon border die, Crafters Workshop chevron stencil.

Thanks so much for stopping by.