Monday, April 30, 2012

A new layout and contest!

Good morning friends, before I show you my latest creation, I'm super excited about national scrapbooking day which is coming up on Saturday May 5th!  It has always been one of my favorite days in the scrappy world, next to ScrapFest and CHA previews.  And to celebrate I'm having my first ever give away!

If I can make it to 35 followers by Saturday I'm giving away a new Tim Holtz Spring Seasonal Distress ink collection!


I got my collection yesterday and I have to say I'm in love with the colors already!  Now how do you win this fabulous prize?  Leave a comment on this post and let me know that you're following! You must be a follower and comment to be eligible. Winner will be chosen at random from those who comment and are followers the evening of Saturday May 5th!

Now onto the my latest little project.  This past fall my mom and I went to Cavalia in Minneapolis, a fabulous cirque du soleil inspired equestrian show, and it was just amazing.  The end of the first act culminated in the most amazing display of Roman riding I've seen in quite a long time.

Photography wasn't allowed during the performance, so I must thank google image search for this photo.  The page was created using the March Scraps of Darkness kit, which was full of the wonderful Graphic 45 Olde Curiosity Shoppe papers and a beautiful sketch by suepup.


I did a lot of fussy cutting on both the butterflies and the bg paper. The diamond paper is actually the second side of the outer background paper, but because I loved both sides so much I had a hard time deciding how to use it.  So I cut the bg paper to form a frame and gave it a slight mat using CS allowing me to flip over the center portion of the paper to complete the background.  The whole made from fussy cutting out the roller skate is hidden behind all the layers.

Then I just added in a bunch of the various boarders and tags from the collection.  The title was from the Graphic 45 Olde Curiosity Shoppe's alpha sticker sheet and it was mounted to cardstock.  The peacock feather was a gift from Brooklyn Scrapper-thanks lady!

So I hope to see you all entering my contest and happy scrapping!

16 comments:

  1. Beautiful! Love all the details! The feather is gorgeous! Thanks for the chance to win! Following you!

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  2. Love the papers you chose and all that fussy cutting! Absolutely stunning.
    I've been a follower for a while and would love to win the TH ink trio...it'd make a great b-day gift! :)

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  3. Jumped over from Scrapbook.com
    Love your layout and your blog
    I'm a follower =)

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  4. Beautiful LO Annie!! I love the peacock feather, and those papers are awesome!!I'm already a follower. Thanks for the chance to win the new seasonal inks. I have them on hold for me at my LSS just in case. Lol!

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  5. I am a new follower! Hope to see you make it to 35 in time! This is a great giveaway!!! Love your layout - the peacock feather is the perfect touch!!!

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  6. I'm a new follower! I love my double sided paper, but I feel like I'm wasting a whole side sometimes when I really LOVE both patterns!

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  7. Gorgeous layout! love all the layering and detail! Thanks so much for the chance to win! and I am following too :)

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  8. Stunning creation! I love how well the papers and layout go with that photo! Great job!

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  9. Oh, and I am following you now. It surprised me that I wasn't following already. Sorry, Diva!

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  10. I LOVE LOVE LOVE this LO!! It has everything that I love and it signifies the theme so well! It's beautiful. I'm also jealous that you went to Cavalia, I wanted to go so bad when it was in Minneapolis! :) lol!
    Thank you so much for giving us all the opportunity to win this awesome product!

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  11. Love your style. I'm a new follower from scrapbook.com

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  12. I'm a new follower...I just love your layout! :)

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  13. This page is super amazing! I love all your details...and that photo is so cool. The feather is a perfect touch.

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  14. stunning LO! New follower here...popped over from SB.com

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  15. I'm also a new follower. I'm so impressed and very inspired by your talent. I'm glad I found your site. Thank you forth chance to win!! I LOVE Tim Holtz supplies!!!

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