"Use What You Have Challenge"

Hi there,

     You'd think by now I would be comfortable writing  this blog, but I'm still working out of my comfort zone. It is getting a bit easier, but I'm still learning and it still takes hours (or at least it feels like that) to compose each blog.

     So, for  today's blog I decided to try something else out of my comfort zone & take the Sweet Stamp Shop's "Use What You Have Challenge".    I pulled out some papers I 've had for over a year and other supplies as you an see in the picture.   After pulling out the supplies, I grabbed my folder of pictures and found this adorable picture of my nieces having their first ice cream soda. 

     From these supplies, I created my layout. I have to admit it took a bit of time with fussy cutting and numerous arrangements of the layout, before I came up with this fun layout.

First, I misted my Kraft paper with  Vanilla Mist and let it dry.  I then fussy cut the soda glasses from my paper, and using scraps from the same  paper I used to mat the photo, I cut several strips of paper, rounded the ends, used my white gel pen and added dimension at the top and stripes to make them look like straws and added them to the layout.  To achieve the foaming  soda effect, I then added some faded stamped clouds over the top of the picture and straws and added Snow Flower Soft to the clouds to give them a soda effect.  I used the Snow on the Soda Glasses to make them look full, foaming and running over.  I then added the Journaling beneath the picture about their very first Ice Cream Soda. 

This was a fun challenge and a great way to use up old papers that I wasn't sure how to use.  So, now I  think I'll go one step further and actually enter the layout in Sweet Stamp Shop's "Use What You have Challenge".

Of course, now I have to figure out how to link to their blog and back to this one.  So.............

I'll let you know next time if I "did it right" and got my entry in on time.

Happy Crafting till next time!


Aunt Dee

Products used:  Nikki Silvis You are my favorite collection, Colorbox Vanilla Misting, Core Kraft Paper, White Gel Pen, Flower Soft "Snow" and adhesive, unknown scrap paper for matting, Reflection letter stickers, Lawn Fawn Blue Skies Cloud Stamp, Xyron Mega Runner