My FIRST Challenge Entered

Hi there,

I hope you're having a wonderful day today.

The sun is shining in our neck of the woods and that's enough to lift your mood 

and put a smile on anyone's face.

This is my first challenge ever entered.  I found this sketch on Let's Scrap and here's the link

to their site:  http://letsscrap.ning.com/

Hop on over to their site and check out all their challenges.  They have a great gallery too!

This is the direct link to the sketch I used (Challenge 138):

http://letsscrap.ning.com/photo/februarys-sketch-for-lets?context=album&albumId=2186252%3AAlbum%3A630432

This was a 3-point Challenge.  The requirements were:

1.  Black cardstock as the background

2.  Use chipboard, decorate or use as is

3.  Do some fussy cutting

 First, I rotated the sketch completely around.  I liked this look better.

I don't believe I've ever used black as a background.  This thick, glittery cardstock from

DCWV was perfect!

The title letters are chipboard.  I traced the letters onto the striped cardstock, then hand cut

around each letter.  Because I didn't like the "rough" look, I sanded them too.

The flowers were hand cut, layering a couple, scrunching them a bit and adding a gem in

the centers to complete the flowers.  The edges of the petals were sanded.

The swirls were traced and hand cut.  I was unsure how or where to place the swirls, and

decided just under the title worked well.

Supplies used:

Paper: DCWV

Black Sharpie Marker (for journaling)

Stampin' Up! Border Punch

Chipboard: Craft Stickers

Hand cut flowers, scrunched and edges sanded

Swirls: Traced and hand cut

Gems

Not much journaling on my layout, and since I always have something to say, I'll explain it better.

The four of us went to Bangor (a little over 2 hours away).  We wanted to be together as much as possible before my hubby was deployed.  He would be gone for ten months, so this

time together was special.  Of course I had my camera and had to snap this casual photo

of Lynn and Andrew.  We had a great time, yummy food and lots of laughs!

Here's a close up of my layout title.  The letters actually look pretty good!  

And I just love those swirls!

I think the layout turned out pretty good.  I've been scrapbooking for a long time, but to 

actually enter a challenge was a bit stressful!  

I guess it was the "stress" of my FIRST layout to add to a site for many people

to see!  Yup, when I think about it that way, it kinda freaks me out.  

Phew, thank goodness I'm over that!  :)

Thanks for taking a peek at my Blog!

Have a wonderful day!

Polly  :)