After spending a wonderful week with family in Los Angeles I am back to my desk and back to work catching up with life that is speeding by. I had two layouts post at Get It Scrapped over the holiday week so I better get you caught up with both!
The first was in an article about using found objects on your layout:
In Loving Memory by Michelle Houghton | Supplies: papers, doilies, tag, brads, crochet flowers and die cuts; SEI, ink; Sharpie, chipboard letters; American Crafts, butterflies; my husband’s grandmother
This is a special layout in terms of the subject. I had been holding on to those butterfly magnets for several years and I knew that I wanted to do something special with them that would connect the magnets back to the beautiful people they were from. This layout was the perfect opportunity to add the gift the the memory and emotion of knowing these two amazing people. There is other beautiful layouts and inspiration HERE.
Next I had a very fun layout post just a few days ago that is inspired by artwork found in children’s literature. I will admit I am a fan of good art in children’s books so i have quite the collection hiding in my girl’s libraries that I love and bought because I loved the illustrations. Here is what I created:
Knock Knock by Michelle Houghton | Supplies: paper; Bo Bunny and American Crafts, water color; Shin Han, ink; Sharpie and Tsukineko, embossing powder; Ranger, washi tape and staples, unknown
Can you tell I had fun? The background is created with water color. I created the wash underneath on a heavy watercolor paper and then added the circles to mimic the art work I had picked out. I finished buy using a Sharpie to add some doodled details. The title is embossed stamping and then I added small details with Washi tape and staples, I really did not need a lot since the background had so much richness to it. I’ll be honest this page makes me giggle when I see it and if my family checks in they might know where the inspiration came from. Here is an image of the book that I used:
Lamont the Lonely Monster
I had a wonderful job imitating the look of a favorite from my own childhood. This book is so well loved that the pop ups that happen on every page and the doors that are included on the pages are all torn and falling off. Yes every single one. They have been taped, glued and re-taped. But then I guess a book that has been around since I was 2 is allowed to have a little wear and tear 🙂 You will have to see the other Creative Team Member’s work as well, it is brilliant! Check it out HERE.
Off to gymnastics and writing on my newest classes!
Happy Tuesday!
Michelle–the page you did for Kathryn and Eugene is elegant-just perfect to remember 2 beautiful people. And I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the page with your girls in their costumes! And then when I saw the page from your old book–all I could do was smile. As always–you amaze me with your talent.