Thursday, April 11, 2013

{cousins}

This is my take on Amber 8 by Jessica L over at Scrapbook Steals.  The vertical and horizontal strips gave me the idea to pull out my hoarded scraps and make a rainbow weave with them.  (The current SWAT challenge is Dig Deep - using your hoarded items in a trendy way.)  The purple and orange are actually fairly new (Fall 2012 Nicki Silivis box), but that blue, green, and yellow are at least 2 years old (MME Hip Hooray and MLS Green and Simple Life .  The red if from last summer's MLS warehouse box (Sew Cute).  Then I pulled out my hoarded buttons and added some interest to where the papers cross.  Let's not talk about how many buttons I have in my stash!

The right side will get the journalling, but I don't want to post that online.  I might add something to the bottom right depending on how much I write.  I love how fast this layout came together - I put it together in less than 2 hours!

Here is the sketch:

9 comments:

  1. I love how you wove the colored pieces together and the rainbow effect :) So pretty! Thanks for joining us on the SWAT blog!

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  2. I love the rainbow strips! I just did a simple rainbow on a card today with the same thought as you - great way to combine different paper collections on one project! Thanks for joining the SWAT stash challenge!

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  3. Love your take on the sketch and what you did with the ribbons! I may (cough) have a couple ribbons in my stash that I could use in a similar way! I may even have a few (cough, cough) buttons in my stash to add. :) Thanks for playing along with us at SWAT!

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  4. I really like the weaving of the colorful strips! What a great way to use up old papers. Thank you for joining us at S.W.A.T!

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  5. LOVE those bright stripes of color!!!
    Thanks for linking up with SWAT.

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  6. Super Cute!! Thank you so much for sharing with us at SWAT

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  7. great weaving and fun bright colours... thanks for playing along at SWAT

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  8. Really cute and creative page. Love the rainbow of ribbons. Thanks for playing along with us at SWAT!

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  9. Love the weaved paper. Makes for a great visual background. Thanks for playing with us at SWAT.

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