The Studio Challenges: October 2017

Sunday, 22 October 2017

22nd October -Sketch

Sorry for the delay, we have had a storm and I have no internet so I'm currently borrowing some!

It's sketch time again here at the Studio. For today's sketch I was inspired be Hannah's Tic Tac toe layout.

Here are

Hannah

Jinny

Vivian
I love how easy this sketch . . . at least for me. I've been making "complicated" layouts lately and this one came together so fast!!! Hysterically, I have three different titles going on because this photo is the center of so many events. It's my son's birthday, he has the best smile and it's Fall. I am forever grateful for my little man.

Guest Designer -Marie
Here is my layout for this month’s sketch challenge. I’ve recently lost a lot of weight, nearly 5 stone! To celebrate the ‘new’ me, I decided to do this layout. My photo matched the Prima Rose Quartz collection perfectly. You will notice that I altered the sketch slightly by placing my paper diagonally rather than horizontal. I loved all the layering and clustering on this one. I used die cut flowers, and stamped and embossed one of my favourite flower stamps onto vellum, then cut them out. I splattered rose gold paint over the background and added black lace under the photo along with some inked doilies. I cut out lots of feathers from one of the papers, snipped them along the edges and ‘fluffed’ them up to make them appear more realistic. I dipped the Prima flowers into the rose gold paint so that they blended well with the background. I’m really pleased how this page came together. I love the new me and I love this page!

Thanks to Marie for this month, it's been a pleasure having you.

Don't forget our design team call is now on, you have until 4th to enter it, we would love to see you enter.

You have until 5th November to enter this month challenges, please link them up to the side bar.

Sunday, 15 October 2017

The Studio Design Team 2017 - 2018

Hello and welcome to The Studio Challenges design team call for 2017 to 2018!
We are looking for some lovely, friendly and super talented scrapbookers to be part of an amazing team, to create layouts to inspire others. We are a UK based scrapbook challenge blog where we create fun and different challenges and sketches to inspire. We are looking for at least 3 new members maybe more.

If you are one of the chosen few you would be responsible for:

A six month term starting from December or you are welcome to stay for longer!
You would need to make a layout every two weeks, which is usually 2 a month.
Commenting on participants blogs and help with picking our favourite entries.
To take good photos of your layouts to show them off!
To blog about the challenges and promote this blog on your personal blog and on social media.
To be a friendly and active part of the team which works well together to create ideas and to help to keep The Studio Challenges running well.
It would also be helpful if you were on Facebook but not essential.

This is an international call, anyone can enter, doesn't matter where you live as long as you can speak/ write English.

All you have to do is email me, your favourite layout that best demonstrates your style, a link to your blog and a bit about yourself, the current design team's your on and why you think you would be a good edition to the team to me Anna at: thestudiochallenges@gmail.com by midnight GMT Saturday 4th November and please put 'DT Call' in the subject box.

We would love to hear from you, all styles are welcome as we are looking for a rounded team, with something for everyone!

If you have entered a DT call here before please don't be put off entering again!

I can't wait to see your amazing entries! Good Luck!

June's Favourites

Thank to everyone who joined in with June's challenges, these layouts all happen to be from our 'not to be squared challenge'.

Our June's favourites are ....

Denise

Barbara

Jae Hee

Sunday, 8 October 2017

8th October - Colour Pallette

We have a lovely, warm colour pallette to inspire you today ...

Imagine from Colour Pallettes

Hannah

This colour challenge inspires me to combine it with fall. I stamped and cut a few leaves to decorate. I used the photo from when we visited a farm with my family last week. We fed goats with grass, it was fun. It was really a wonderful day.

Vivian

The color scheme "gave" me a wonderful excuse to break out some fall patterned papers that I purchased last year. I have been reaching with my creative outlet these days in making large die cut backgrounds. I just love how this looks. Thanks for stopping by today!!!

Guest Designer - Marie Willetts

I used inks and some bubble wrap as a stamp to create the background. Underneath the photo, I layered book paper, die-cut doilies, fabric leaves and some tangled thread. I also tore strips of corrugated card, dampened them, sprinkled chocolate embossing powder over and heat set. This made them look like tree trunks! I used the same embossing powder on the branch and added more leaves. The resin owl has been inked to blend in with the colour theme. Finally, I added broken tooth picks in a criss-cross shape to emphasise the ‘natural’ feel of the page.

I hope you enjoy using these colours in your layout, we would love to see how you get on so please link them up to the side bar when you are finished.

Watch out for a Design Team call coming soon!

I hope you manage to fit in some scrappy time this week, enjoy!