Tuesday, May 7, 2013

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!

Saturday, May 4, 2013

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 unfoldsWe 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:

 
Two Scrapbook Friends