Read - Show Us Your Stuff

This month I was invited to be a Guest Designer over at Show Us Your Stuff, a sweet little Aussie challenge blog which has a focus on hand made or hand dyed elements.  They usually have 3 challenges a month as well as a technique prompt.

 I was given this image to use as inspiration... did I get lucky or what!?!  There are so many wonderful things to draw from in this!!

I was inspired by the shape so I created a 11x8.5' layout, the bricks and the books... and the message on how reading fuels the imagination and creates beautiful worlds to escape into.

For a long time we couldn't get Kellan to read anything, let alone a whole book and then one day he realised how wonderful it is... now he always has his head in a book!!

 

The sprockets and the flower were created using Donna Salazar Dies by Spellbinders...

And these fabulous bricks that were perfect for this, are made by Dusty Attic.

I have a tutorial on how I dressed the chipboard bricks HERE.

Pop on over to Show Us Your Stuff and check out their challenges, they are cute, fun and definitely inspiring!!



Thanks for visiting, take care and

Products used:

Patterned Paper: 

GCD Studios - Antiquities by Donna Salazar
GCD Studios - Crafty Chronicle by Donna Salazar

Chipboard:

Dusty Attic - Brick Wall Panel

Dusty Attic - Bookman ABC Set

Flowers: 
Green Tara - Paper Rose

Ink: 

Clearsnap - Mix'd Media Inx {Pewter, Leather, Truffle, Patina, Jasmine} 

Embossing Powder: 

Clearsnap - Mix'd Media Inx Embossing {Honey, Leather} 

Dies: 

Spellbinders - Rose Creations by Donna Salazar 

Spellbinders - Sprightly Sprockets by Donna Salazar 

Tools/Machines: 

Spellbinders - Grand Calibur 

Zutter - Distrezz-It-All 

Other: 

Bazzil Cardstock  {Chatterbox Range}

Digital Elements: 

Designer Digitals - Carded Stacks No1 by Katie Pertiet 

Designer Digitals - Notebook Edged Photo Masks No2 by Katie Pertiet 

Sketch: 

Sketches by Mistra - Sketch 20