SC Lifted - Week 2 Lesson 1

Hi All - I hope you are having a good week so far. I was able to do 5 layouts last week related to the Lessons in the Studio Calico Lifted class, as well as another layout I "lifted", so that was 6 layouts last week! (You can see them all in my SC Lifted Gallery.) Quite a lot for me. It has been a lot slower this week as my week has just been busier. However, I did get a chance to work on and finish a layout today for Week 2, Lesson 1. This week's inspiration layout was all about circles. I have to admit it has been a LONG time since I have done a layout where the picture was cut into a circle, but I gave it a try and I liked the result. I also took a few progress pictures along the way. Most of these were for my own benefit on my iphone so I could remember where I wanted to place things when I was gluing them down, but I thought I would share those as well.

I first cut my photo into a circle. I used my Sizzix Big Shot and wafer thin circle dies also from Sizzix. I like these dies because you can see through them and see where your photo will cut.

I chose to go with navy, red, orange and yellow as my colors. I pulled these colors from the clothes the kids were wearing in the photos. I basically just went through my scrap paper bin and found a bunch of papers in those colors. I chose to go with papers that were mainly just those colors (i.e. no multicolored prints). I just thought this would be easier to work with.

After I cut the circles I laid them out in various arrangements that I was happy with. I did look at the sketch provided for the lesson along the way but my circles ended up in quite a different pattern than the sketch.

I glued the circles down. Some of them I put on 3D Foam Squares to give a little bit of dimension. At this point, I decided I want to add another shape and went with the handrawn wood veneer stars from Studio Calico (my new favorite embellishment!). I decided that I wanted a darker wood look to add some more contrast. So after I placed them down, I took a picture so I could remember where I had them arranged. I then removed them and inked them with Prima Chalk Fluid Edger ink in Knotted Wood.

I also decided that the white background was a little "too stark" so I ended up adding drops of SC Mr. Huey in various places on the page. I used a navy, yellow and orange-red color. Later, I ended up adding some enamel dots in orange and some rhinestone stickers in brown to go along with the splatters.

After this, I glued down the stars and added the title. Looking at the page, I felt it needed something at the top and bottom, so I cut a little off the top and adhered the page to yellow patterned paper. I then added a strip of red at the top and orange at the bottom.

I am pretty happy with how the layout turned out though it pushed me out of my comfort zone by having to use circles. Hopefully my process/line of thinking helps you a little bit and maybe encourages you to try something new in your scrapping!

Also, I thought I would leave you with one final picture - I got Eli some kid stamp pads today, and he was stamping and coloring as I was working on my layout. (He is often across from me painting, cutting, gluing or coloring!) I praised him for how well he was stamping and he said "Yeah Mommy, I stamp better than you!"

Thanks for stopping by! 

Megan