BY2010: Mar Layout

Heres this months sketch that Sam challenged us with ....And heres what I came up with.......I altered the photo to a black and white background as it was so full of colour before that it detracted the eye from the main subject(s).

As the remaining colour was blue I decided to use this as the main basis of the layout.
To go along with the "hanging out the washing" in the picture I came up with the clothes line with pegs on, then decided it could hold the title up.

I had run out of lower case t's so used a capital T as a washing line prop.

To continue on your way please head over to Chatty Crafty Arty Pig

And if your lost the others joining in on this blog hop are:-

Sam's Card Making Blog
Liberty Cottage
Chatty Crafty Arty Pig
Clearing the Brambles
Dogs Socks and Scrapbooks

& the winner of the BY2010 blog candy is....

.....chosen from the list of those who entered the February BY2010 who were...

.....& using Random.org which chose...

Furrypig!!! Congratulations Furry, your candy will be winging its way to you on Wednesday.

February BY2010

Welcome to februarys BY2010 blog hop!

A quick reminder of the layout sketch I challenged everyone with:-

So heres my interpretation:-

The blue background sheet is from a pack of random 12x12s I bought off ebay.
The rest of the paper is from Dovecrafts Charcoal prints.

The letters are papermania.

The "duck footprints" I did with foam cut into a shield shape, and another 2 cut into the 3 prong shape. The shield shape I inked up and then stamped on scrap paper to take off some of the ink so it would give a pale stamp. I then stamped the tri shape over it, one facing one way, the other flipped over.

Thanks for joining me and please ontinue to your next stop on the blog hop Chatty Crafty Arty Pig

And if you get a little lost the other participants are:
http://cardsbyjones.blogspot.com/
http://libertycottage.blogspot.com/
http://socksandscrapbooks.blogspot.com/
http://clearingthebrambles.blogspot.com/

Februarys BY2010 blog hop info

2 days left until our blog hop using the following sketch

and I am very excited to see what everyone has come up with.

The order will be:

http://kscraftycorner.blogspot.com/
http://chattycraftyartypig.blogspot.com/
http://cardsbyjones.blogspot.com/
http://libertycottage.blogspot.com/
http://socksandscrapbooks.blogspot.com/

http://clearingthebrambles.blogspot.com/

can all those joining in please put a link on their post to the next person in the chain and also put a full list incase anyone has got derailed along the way.

The blog hop will start on the 28th february at 11:00 gmt so could everyone please have their posts up before then, the post below gives details on autopost if you want to give that a try.

The draw for the blog candy will be held on the 29th.

Any questions please ask away in the comments.

BY2010 February Sketch

For details on BY2010 please look Here, but in short each month a sketch is posted on a blog of someone joining in with BY2010 to inspire everyone, anyone can then enter into a blog hop to show what they have come up with.

Well, this is the first sketch I have made, and it was inspired by a sheet of 12x12 I have (see here for more on this).

So without further a do heres februarys sketch to hopefully inspire and interpret in your own way

AND as an extra bonus, any one partaking, will be entered into a draw for the blog candy shown below, all you have to do is put you name on the McLinky below, post the BY2010 logo (at the top of this post) to your blog with a link back here, then on the 28th February take part in the blog hop (more details will be posted on the 26th Febraury) and post your layout from the sketch above before 11:00am GMT .... for all those who may still be in bed at that time, or cannot access a computer that morning I will post a tutorial on the 26th on how to set your blog automatically upload a post at a set time and date. You have until 11:00am GMT on the 26th February to sign up.I have done a couple of examples of how I've used the layout if you need a little bit more inspiration, just follow the links:

Bubbies
and
Butterflies

If anything isnt clear please just ask in the comments box, this is my first time doing anything like this so learning as I go along.

BY2010 - Jan layout

Over on Liberty Cottage, the lovely Kate has brought together a group of people interested in scrapbooking to share ideas, layouts and inspire each other.

This is Januarys layout sketch that Kate challenged us to make our own, so heres my interpretation

My apologies for the hidden faces but I havent had chance to ask permission to have piccies of my nephews & niece on my blog & think its only fair to do this.

The background sheet is covered in holly, setting what I thought was the perfect scene for a christmassy layout.

The large photo is mounted on vellum from Hot off the press Paper piazz sheets - vellum papers.
I also used another sheet from this pack to print the journalling on by using an ink jet transparencies setting and leaving it to dry.

The three smaller pictures are mounted on a piece of DCWV the Christmas multistack. Its covered in Christmassy words, and I printed "Cousins" across it in green to tie in with the holly leaves. I then used Glossy Accents over the letters to make them stand out more, I love using glossy accents for this. The font used on this & the journalling is Christmas Card.
The vellum with journalling on is held on by a red eyelet in each corner. I didnt want too much red on the page though as I thought it would highlight the babies in the their red clothing more than the older 3 boys in their darker clothing; I wanted all children to show up about the same.

The page was missing depth, and under the three photos was yelling out SPACE!!!! so I found out some wired holly vines I'd bought I think from Tesco's a couple of years ago. I wound this into coils and fastened with a little bit of wire wrapped round and opened like a brad under the paper.

Please return on Tuesday when its my turn to post a sketch, watch this space.!! But in the mean time have a look at what other people came up with with this layout. Next on the blog hop is the lovely Sam whose doing a wedding album over on Sam's Card Making Blog.

If your lost then here's a list of all the participants:
http://libertycottage.blogspot.com
http://kscraftycorner.blogspot.com/
http://cardsbyjones.blogspot.com/
http://craftygrannyscraftycorner.blogspot.com/
http://whoopidooings.blogspot.com/
http://mycraftydesk.blogspot.com/
http://chattycraftyartypig.blogspot.com/
http://www.curlyscrapbooker.blogspot.com/
http://clearingthebrambles.blogspot.com/
http://socksandscrapbooks.blogspot.com/