SSD: Nice Day for a Drive

I have to admit, I am loving this new series.  I get so inspired by all of the layouts I see on the 50 Projects Facebook Page.  When Tiffany puts of the Motivation Monday, my brain starts spinning as to how I can incorporate that into my Saturday Stash Dive.  I love seeing everybody's layouts and cards.  It amazes me how everyone's style is so different. 

For this weeks SSD, I started by looking for inspiration.  I was looking on Printerest and message boards for inspiration but nothing really jumped out and grabbed my attention.  It wasn't until I was moving some things around my scrap room where I came upon my binder of Shimelle Lain classes.  I just thought for the fun of it I would open the book and just look at the pictures and see if anything spoke to me.  Then, there it was.  The layout just jumped off of the page and I knew I had to use this design.  It was perfect.  I loved how you could used several papers so you could get a hint of each pattern.  So now I had my plan. 

Next came inspiration.  It is so true when the say inspiration can happen anywhere and that is exactly what happened.  Sandra (ohsnapgonzo on YouTube) and I were having a Skype scrapbook crop one night and I showed her what the modeling paste, that I had made, did.  She loved how it got all puffy.  Then she said I should do a layout using clouds on the top of a page.  So I was keeping this in mind while I was picking my papers.

I chose a paper pad that I purchased from Studio Calico for March, called Neverland.  I loved how their was some cloud paper and city skyline paper.  Now that I had the paper, I knew what photo I wanted to use.  I kept that in the back of my mind while I was pulling the rest of my embellishments.  I placed everything down on my desk and then put the picture on top.  GENIUS!!!!  It looked brilliant!

I couldn't wait to get started, so I got to it right away.  The farther into the layout I got, the more awesomer it got.  (Awesomer, is that even a word.)  I just loved how it turned out.

The process video is below:

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Smoldering look

So the other layout (Little Moments) didn't really turn out the way I planned.  However, this layout exceeded my expectations.  I already knew what color scheme I wanted to use.  I have another layout from the same place, but this time I was in the pictures.  I made a layout using a pink, black/grey, and aqua color scheme.  I wanted to use the same colors, but I wanted to change the feel of it.

Because I already new the colors I wanted it use, it was pretty easy to go into the Kit (Studio Calico Neverland Kit for March) and pick out the paper I wanted to use. Unfortunately, there really was only one piece of pink paper that I could use. So with that being said, I went into my scrap stash to see what was there. I found 3 pieces of patterned paper that helped bring it all together.  I couldn't find the aqua/mint color I was looking for so I ended up using some new paper from the Party Day collection from Crate Paper.  It coordinated so well with the other colors.

I really love the fact that I got to mix old product with new product.  I feel like I don't use enough of my scraps up and they are really starting to get away on me.  So a small goal for me is to use at lease one piece of old scrap paper on each layout.  (I will make a good attempt anyway.)

This is the full page view.

 

Here is a close up of the very gorgeous Mr. Depp.

This is a look at the embellishment cluster to the left of the photo.

This is the embellishment cluster of the top right of the layout.

This is the bottom right embellishment cluster. 

Here is a good look at the splatters of ink as well as the title.

 

The supplies used are:

 



Amy Tan - Yes Please - Commit (kit)
                - Ready, Set, Go - Puffy Stickers

American Crafts - XOXO
                           - Thickers - Goodness (kit)

Studio Calico - HeyDay - Cheerful
                       - Wood Vernier Arrows (Feb SC kit)
                       - silhouette die cuts
                       - printable
                      - Fabrips - Aqua Dot
                       - Wood "Hello" vernier (kit)
                       - Mr. Huey's - Inky Black
Crate Paper - Party Day - Cut Outs
My Mind's Eye - The Sweetest Thing - Honey label stickers
                          - The Sweetest Thing - Grey lace washi tape
Close to My Heart - Black bakers twine
Echo Park - Photo Freedom - Letter stickers and tab
Heidi Swapp - Color Shine - Primrose
Basic Grey - Enamel Dots - Blue/Green
                         

Little Moments

 

Ok, so sometimes you try an idea out and it doesn't completely go the way you wanted.  This would be that time.  I tried experimenting with the mask that we got in the Studio Calico kit for March.  I used Gesso Paint with the mask.  I was hoping to get a bit of dimention to the layout.  I'm not completely happy with how it turned out. 

 

The supplies I used are:

 

Maggie Holmes -  Sky Paper, script paper

Close to My Heart - White Daisy Cardstock

Amy Tan - Yes Please (stamp set, rub-ons, ribbon)

Dear Lizzy - washi tape (project life kit)

Studio Calico - Neverland (printables, stamp set, wood verner)

- Geotags (January Block Party Kit.)

Basic Grey - Enamel Dots

Gesso paint