Progressive Blog Hop - Full Reveal!

Hopefully by now you have had a chance to hop around all the DT blogs to get a feel for what a progressive blog hop is. We all started with Joanne's fabulous sketch:

Then as you hopped along you found out what all the other designers added to our little mixing pot.
I added striped paper, Jayne added something wet like mist, paint etc, Christa added stitching, Carolyn asked us to distress our layout somehow, Ann asked us to add a quote and Amanda asked us to complete our layouts with 3 buttons.

And here is my final layout:

 

I distressed with ink and tearing around my edges for Carolyn's addition.

You can also see the red Mr. Huey's mist I splattered around to comply with Jayne's challenge

 

In this close up you can see the teensy buttons I used to fulfill Amanda's requirement.

 

Here is my striped paper with the stitching Christa asked for

 

And lastly here is the quote for Ann's challenge.

 

This was such a fun and challenging way to complete a layout!

I used Simple Stories for most of this layout, the background

paper is from the Basic Grey 'Hipster' collection.

 

I hope you enjoyed the TSF Hop and get a chance to play along!

Progressive Blog Hop with Two Scrapbook friends

Never heard of a progressive Blog Hop before?  Well, its brand new for us too!

All you need to do is move from blog to blog and see how our progressive layout challenge unfolds.  We will begin with a stunning sketch from Joanne Burton, and then each designer will incorporate the previous elements and then add a new element to the challenge requirements in her own creation.

If you complete the entire Hop, and you leave a comment on each Friend/Designer’s blog and the Two Scrapbook Friend's blog by 11:59 pm on May 6th,  you will be entered in a random drawing for a great prize! In addition, if you accept the challenge and create a design of your own and upload it to the Two Scrapbook Friends Gallery by 11:59 pm on May 31st, you will be eligible to win ANOTHER fabulous prize!

Finally, all the FINISHED TSF/Designer creations will be revealed on the Two Scrapbook Friend's blog on Monday, May 6th. 

The hop began with Joanne's sketch:

So I took Joanne's sketch and added STRIPED paper. I started my layout with some basic elements to get a feel for how I would interpret the sketch. Of course I had to use the new Simple Stories "24/7" collection for this challenge!

Now you can head on over to Jayne's blog and see what fabulous element she has added to the sketch and striped paper.

Here is a list of all the Blogs in order:
 

 Joanne
Shelby
 Jayne
 Christa
Carolyn

Ann

Amanda

Two Scrapbook Friends

The Bigger Picture

I generally get my pictures developed at Walmart. Their online ordering is easy and I can pick them up close to my house. Every now and then they run promotions where if you print 100 4x6s then you get 3 8x10s for free. I usually take a bunch of smaller pics and print them out on the 8x10s but the last time I printed I decided to get a couple as just one picture. When I got the pics back I thought, great, now what do I do with them. I often scrap single pages but an 8x10 takes up pretty much all of a 12x12 page so...wait for it...I scrapped them on double page layouts! I know, shocking.

For this one I cropped the picture down a bit

I cut out the sign free hand, added some Silhouetted letters and a couple of screwhead brads 



I found this button with real straw inside so I HAD to incorporate it 

 

On this layout I chose to keep the picture it's full size

 

I added lots of wood accents

 

 I thought this quote was perfect for all the cottage memories

 

It was fun to go back to double page layouts. I create them all the time for the store but not for myself! I will use BIG pictures again as I love the impact they make.