Showing posts with label Good Vibes collection. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Good Vibes collection. Show all posts

Sunday, February 11, 2018

Sunday Sketch with Nathalie


Hi there!

Nathalie with you today bringing this week's sketch!   I was drawn to all the layers behind the picture, and  i knew it can easily work for me (with a few twists, of course!).  Here is this week's sketch:




and here is my take on this sketch ( i tried my best to stay true to the sketch!)



It all started by creating the layers of papers behind the pictures, for that i used the B side of some of the papers from the Good Vibes and Flourish collections included in the Cedar Grove Main Scrapbook and Patterned paper kits.   A few extra details in between the layers just adds more interest to the pictures!






All those large pieces of ephemera (from the Flourish collection) were the right size to fit as distress layers behind the pictures.  The sketch also contained a small vertical piece in the back of all the pictures,  since i couldn't find anything that caught my eye, I chose to replace it with a cut file and a bit of mixed media (just blended some Distress Oxide inks and sprinkled a bit of water to bleach it a bit!)






I am in love with the beautiful alphas included in this month's Cedar Grove Main kit, and used them to create the title of this page. A few lines of journal, some rose gold ink splatters and a few stamped images (This month's stamps are awesome!!!) complete the page.




Now it is your turn to put your touch on this week's sketch!.   Remember to use today's date when uploading your project to the CTK gallery or the CTK Facebook Fans page (you can be eligible to win a $5 gc to the CTK store).

I cannot wait to see what you create!

XOXO

Nathalie


Sunday, January 28, 2018

Sunday Sketch with Nathalie and Kathleen


Hey there!

Nathalie and Kathleen with you today (can you believe, I paired up with Scattered Confetti!! ) to bring you this week's Sketch Challenge. First let me show you the sketch we are using as inspiration for our pages:



And here is my take on this sketch using the beautiful Sugarland main kit, embellishment kit, and By The Numbers Stamp set:




As you can see, I chose to follow the sketch with a few modifications to document a picture of my daughter and her zing for life.

I love large picture layouts, so i decided to replace the large negative space of the sketch with a blown-up picture, and then added the title on to the white space in the picture.




I chose be true to the sketch, and kept the small cluster at the top left corner of the page,  but just added a few more pieces to balance the layout.





To finish my page, I recreated the picture cluster from the sketch but used pieces of ephemera from the Main Kit and the Emhellishment kit  instead of the photographs.   You can say I stayed true to the sketch with a small twist!

I love how easy this page was to put together using the sketch, and this month's colorful and versatile Sugarland Kits.

Cannot wait to see how you interpret the sketch!

That is all for me, now it is Kathleen's turn to show you her gorgeous take on the sketch.

XOXO,

Nathalie.

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Hey there, it’s Kathleen here, and before I’ll show you my take on the sketch, I just want to say: WOW! Isn’t Nathalie’s layout just absolutely stunning? I love the big photo she used and how she changed up the photos in the sketch and made an embellishment cluster there – so good!

For my layout I used the Sugarland Scrapbook main kit and actually also changed up the sketch a little bit. Because the orientation of my two photos was horizontal, I decided to have them stacked on top of each other rather than next to each other.







Other than that I stuck fairly closely to the sketch, although I did move the tag from the lower part to the upper left corner and used the “Love you tons“ ephemera piece from the Crate Paper “Good Vibes“ collection next to my photos instead. To be honest, when I saw last week’s Sunday sketch blogpost, I realised that my page – unintentionally – ended up being a mix between that sketch and the one from this post ;)



In order to have some separation between the two photos, I decided to use one of the pompom frames to highlight one of them. I picked the one with the aqua trim but didn’t really like the brown frame it had. So I just used some white gesso to recolour it and then added some sparkle with a golden glitter glue from my stash.

The white tag in the top left corner is actually from the “Good Vibes” ephemera package; I just chose one than I knew I wouldn’t use and turned it around so I could use the white backside :) and for the stamping I used the “By the Numbers” stamp set which I absolutely love! The inspiration sheet you get with that stamp set shows so many great ways you can use it – I’m sure it will make an appearance in a lot of my projects :D



So thanks for stopping by, I hope you feel inspired to get creative with this sketch now!


Now it's your turn!  To play along with this week's sketch and to be eligible to win a $5 gift certificate to the CTK Store, create a layout based off of this week's sketch and upload it to the CTK Gallery with today's date (01/28) in the title. We can't wait to see what you all come up with!!


Saturday, January 6, 2018

3-to-Inspire with Nathalie




Hi there!

Nathalie with you today for a new 3-to-Inspire!  This time i am using the beautiful "Sugarland" Main Scrapbook kit only for the challenge.

    My three prompts for this week are:
-  Use tags
-  Use a inks/paint/watercolor
-  Document a picture of you/selfie




This month's "Sugarland" kit is packed with color!, so what better way to make the colors pop than a neutral contrasting background.  A bit of  black acrylic paint -sparingly applied to the white cardstock-  is the perfect background for all the color found in the papers and ephemera pack.








I chose  to document this picture of my kids and I on the first large snow fall of winter (it is beautiful to walk under falling snow!!).   Converting the picture to black and white ensures that it will pop from all the color, but will balance the background at the same time.





The picture was then backed with some of the papers from the kit, and then layered with some of the large tags that are included in the ephemera pack.   There is so much to chose from, and it all coordinates so well, that it makes it so easy to put a page together.  A  few splatters of paint and stamped sentiments complete this page.  The following video will give you a more in depth look at how this page came together:





I hope that you are all inspired to take on this week challenge.   Remember to follow this week's prompts, and then share your finished project with today's date on the title on the CTK gallery or CTK Fan Page on Facebook.  I cannot wait to see what you create with these prompts. 

Have a great week!!!