Hello Hello! I'm up on the Paper Issues blog today. I cannot believe this is my last post of the year!And what a crazy year it's been!  Thought I'd end on a good note. I used this week's sketch for a layout that made me smile. 

I'll say this sketch had me stumped! I couldn't find photos in the right orientation.Or even a combination of photos and journal cards to ephemera. That's when I decided to do my one thing. That always seems to work. I chose 3 vertical photos work with. So instead of a photo block, I now have 1 main photo and 2 supporting it. Still 3! 

Now the fun part. I have a bunch of Studio Tekturek papers, stickers and flair. I love them. The patterns are great, There are bold and muted, like this 3 stars/4 dots paper I used as the background. It looks like it's whitewashed! Cool right? I added a bit of tonal stenciling using Tumbled Glass Distress Oxides. I love the extra texture it gives the paper. I used the This Summertime cut apart paper for the ephemera. Labels-check, tags-check, snarky sentiments-yes please! I was even able to cut the Pencil,  A, B and C I used in the title. oh, and my line is horizontal across my page. Dare to be different is my motto!

So you see, the sketch is still there. It just looks a little different. That's the point of  sketch right? Be inspired!

Thanks so much for stopping by my creative view today and all year. You deserve a treat for that! ! Grab yourself some Studio Tekturek,  new Elle's Studio , or whatever makes you smile ! Remember to use DEVRA at checkout for 20% off your purchase. You have until Jan 3 to enter your projects for a chance to win a gift card to the Paper Issues shop. Add your projects to the December Album in our Facebook Group. See you next year! 

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Diamonds are my Best Friend

 Good morning ! I'm on the Paper Issues blog today. In case you don't know by now, baseball is my favorite sport. I live and breathe baseball season. That's why I had to tackle the World Series challenge!

No, you wont find any baseball themed products today! I got a bunch of new things I wanted to try including Distress Oxides and the PinkFresh Chevron Stamp!  I started with one of the Vicki Boutin water color backgrounds, then used the Faded Jeans over a stencil an several other colors with the stamp. Nope, its not a chevron! I took the smallest piece, stamped it twice to make a diamond shape. 

After I was sone with the background, I grabbed the new StudioTekturek  papers and embellishments. A page about 'diamonds' has to be girly right? Oh right! Baseball. See what I did there?  The background is so much I didn't add very much paper. I felt like it needed something else, so I covered some old wood pieces with Nuvo drops. Now it's done!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  You can find this and all of our October Challenges in our Facebook Group.  Head over to the store! There is so much new stuff including Amy Tangerine !  Use DEVRA at checkout for 20% off your purchase!  See you next time!