Playing with Paint

I recently discovered Classgirl's blog which included a fabulous video on building your own page kits, which I'm a huge fan of doing. She also features challenges, and this month it included Anything Goes With...Paint! I have a huge stash of paint because I love colors but haven't used it much lately. I was working on a layout with Teresa Collins Carolina Breeze collection which is a combination of grey, black, and yellow. I added some more yellow by painting the edges of the chipboard flags I made and a bit of the brocade sticker. I also added it to the edge of my black photo mat.

Give it a try!
Classgirl's Anything Goes With Paint Challenge

Sketch N Scrap

Sketch N Scrap had another great layout challenge featuring lots of squares for patterned papers:

I used papers from Jillibean and Basic Grey for this layout of Jack at his preschool graduation:

A Birthday Party Pearl #3

I used the Pearl #3 sketch for this layout for the Paper Girl challenge to scrap a birthday themed page:

I used Basic Grey papers for this layout of Hannah's birthday pizza party...

Basic Grey August Sketch

The two page layout for Basic Grey included three cute banners which I made with my circle punch and twine.

I used Basic Grey's Out of Print papers for my layout:

Color Me Scrappy August Color Challenge

Sometimes color challenges are a great way to find inspiration with new combinations you may not have thought of. This week's challenge at Color Me Scrappy was an example of that. I don't think I would have thought of mixing pinks, oranges, and greens but the warm and eclectic tone was perfect for some fun and silly pre-recital pics.

Sketch N Scrap and Lily Bee

For the month of August, Sketch and Scrap has several sketches for challenges including this one...

This challenge can be located at:
Sketch N Scrap August Sketch Challenge

I used Lily Bee This & That papers and also participated in their Designer's Choice challenge which was to use strips of papers as the main design element on your page.
I did this layout of Hannah and her dance class at the spring recital.

Paper Secrets August Scraplift

I use other people's layouts much the way I use sketches. So for this month's scraplift challenge at Paper Secrets, I used the inspirational layout and my Echo Park papers to come up with this...