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Saturday, May 31, 2014
Create movement with collages
Friday, May 30, 2014
Lesson Learned
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Inspired by Color
Try something new and just have fun with it
Sunday, May 25, 2014
Keep it Simple
Saturday, May 24, 2014
Showcase Your Journaling
Friday, May 23, 2014
If at first you don't succeed......
Thursday, May 22, 2014
Skinny pic, room shot and an actual Polaroid!
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
100 Layout Challenge
I challenged myself at the beginning of the month to do a layout a day in May. I’ve been him-hawing (is that a word/phrase?) around all month trying to write the perfect blog post to introduce my new blog format and now the month is almost over. Ugh. Oh well. On the bright side, I have kept up with my challenge and I’ve completed twenty-seven 12 x 12 layouts so far this month!! (yay!!)
All this productivity has really got my mojo flowing and I want to keep the momentum. Now I’m challenging myself to 100 layouts. I’ll try to post as they are completed and intersperse the ones I’ve already done here and there. I’d love for you to play along. If you feel inspired, feel free to send your layouts to info@cropsyturvy.com or post them to Instagram with #CropsyTurvy100Layouts.
Today’s layout was a quick one. I bought some watercolors a few weeks ago, and had yet to use them. I pulled them out and decided to keep it simple by painting blocks in two different shades of pink, alternating my brush strokes. I started with a white border around it, because I knew I wanted to mount it to a larger background, but then I ended up cutting it down to 8x8. I sewed it with a zig zag stitch to the brick paper by Studio Calico. I used the back side of the branding strip as a place for my photo to rest. I originally planned on running the hearts up middle (all by Heidi Swapp) and mounting the photo on top, but I ended up liking them cascading down the side instead. I processed my photo (a selfie of Libby with her new haircut) in A Beautiful Mess and added some hearts and text. After a quick title with some Thickers and some handwritten journaling, I’m done!
Thanks for stopping by and Happy Scrappin’!!