Tuesday 17 November 2009

Challenge Two - Inspired By...



Our next challenge over at Cocoa Daisy was to use one of the advertisments below as inspiration for a layout.

Who can guess where I found my inspiration?

I was inspired by the advert on the bottom right {Hugo Boss Fragrance I think...} & flipped it onto it's side to include a second smaller photo where the bottle neck/top is.

Normally I wouldn't have scrapped these photos this way. As they were "Spring Day" photos {where the kids wear civvies to school & take posies to the local Old Age Homes} I was thinking along the lines of light & bright...but they were in my "already printed" photo pile & as I was perusing my photo stack I thought they would be perfect for this interpretation.

It has been raining on & off here so I had to take these photographs inside to get them uploaded in time before the crop ended so they are not the best shots, sorry...

I used plain black Bazzill & I stamped with bubble wrap using L'il Davis pearl paint. My title uses a combination of yellow "Typo" font Thickers from my September Cocoa Daisy kit, white Doodlebug alphas & red Pink Paisley stickers from the October "In Stitches" Cocoa Daisy add-on.

I had fun layering up punched circle accents {using my Creative Memories circle punch & random offcuts} before adding flowers from Prima, American Crafts, Sassafras, DCWV & my local haberdashery store, with brads & buttons from Sassafras.

Okay so I took a few too many photos...

But I know that I enjoy studying every detail of all your creations so...

There you have it! The yellow chipboard squares come with the Yellow "Typo" Thickers from American Crafts. I would NEVER have bought bright yellow Thickers but I have to say that I have used them several times, so being part of a kit club really does encourage you to think outside the box!



12 comments:

Stefanie said...

Cool.
I like your new blog header too.

Michelle Ramsay said...

Stunning layout Helen and I also like your new blog header.

tania said...

great intepretation of the advert helen,well done!! is this new header suppose to make me drool, about what i can not have?LOL!!

Sandra said...

Well it's plain to see you totally rocked that challenge, Helen!

topkatnz said...

Very cool take on the ad Helen - love it!

Amanda Dovey said...

cute layout of the "Hugo Boss" Ad ;-)
sad to have missed the crop - looks like you had a blast!

Ella Swan said...

Thanks girls...yup that was a fun one that really appealled. I printed out the ad sheet & would like to do a LO inspired by each one when I have time ;-D

Ella Swan said...

Oops forgot to say thanks for your compliments on the header. It has been up for about 10 days now & I was wondering if anyone had noticed actually LOL! Just wanted something a bit fresher for summer ;-D

Lynette Jacobs said...

Wow...this is amazing!

Shayne said...

Love this Helen. The flowers are so fresh and I love how they're piled on top of one another. Gawjuss!

Desire Fourie said...

Fabulous layout Helen and of course the inspiration came from the bottom right photo. Love the collage effect of this and of course that flower arrangemens is just so scrumptuous.
Hugs
Desire

Diana said...

Wow flowers galore. Flowerama! I love lots of flowers on my layouts too. And this colour combo rocks.
You have such great material (ie such cute kids) to scrap!