A Challenge from Tiff

As promised here is another challenge....and this time it is one from Tiff. And boy oh boy what a challenge it is! A blind scrapping challenge....i will leave it to Tiff to explain..

So,have fun with it and look forward to seeing all your pages!!

HI Sue.

This is my blind scrapping challenge. There is no example with this challenge. The idea is for each Scrapper to interperet the instructions in her own way and pull a LO together with her own perceptions. Not mine. Usually everyone's LOs are fairly different even tho everyone has the same set of instructions. I have 'borrowed' this challenge from Mandy at Scrap Therapy. www.teacupofscrapisms.blogspot.com
I strongly recommend that you print this out and have it by your elbow as you create!!!

the ingredients are

MATERIAL LIST
1 photo – no bigger than landscape 10x15cm
1 cardstock or background plain paper
1 contrasting pattern paper 1 scrap contrasting plain paper (perhaps an offsetting colour) approx 3x5in
2 x small book print pages(can be torn from a book) and/or music paper (I’ve used one of each) 1 ricrac approx 14cm
1 braid/trim/lace (whichever suits) approx 20cms
2 small embellies (hearts/flowers etc) approx 3x3cm or 3x2cm –ish
Alpha for a 2 word title
double sided tape or tape runner, circle punch, glue, sander or distressor and ink.

Instructions are
STEP ONE Using cardstock or background paper – tear a strip off the top – you can make this to your desired size whether it be just under your 12x12 or 10x12 (I’ve done this size) or to the standard 8.5in size – so it looks landscape. slight ‘wobbly’ tear is fine.

STEP TWO Using your patterned paper, you will be tearing (a contrasting or similar tear) along the top BUT you need to make sure that all sides measure 1cm smaller all round from the edge of your background paper. THEREFORE, cut down two of the vertical sides 1cm in from the edge on both sides (or 2cms on one side – depending on pattern of paper) (there is one ONE torn edge – the top – the others are CUT) ONCE you have done this, then place it on your background paper with a 1cm border on the three sides INCLUDING the bottom and tear along the top – a distance according to your taste (1-3cms – or varying degrees of this) If you are doing a 8.5in landscape – it would be wise to use approx no more than 1cm. Sand, distress and ink your sides and bottom straight edges then stick pattern paper to background paper.

STEP THREE Layer your two book print/music pages one over the top of the other with the underneath one peeking out to the side and a little above the top page, (lower page is slightly bigger then the top page) – stick to the left side of the LO. You can tear and roll the edges of the top piece a little – make a little shabby. You may want to ink the edges?

STEP FOUR Overlap your photo as the 3rd layer on top of these two book prints – Sand, distress or ink if you like.

STEP FIVE Stick your ricrac down the left side of the photo vertically

STEP SIX Run some double sided tape on the underneath of your braid/trim/lace and pinch into little gathers and stick it along the left side of the ricrac running it the same way vertically. It should be about a cm longer each end than the ricrac

STEP SEVEN Glue your two little embellies on the top left hand corner of the photo overlapping the photo, ricrac and onto the trim.

STEP EIGHT Place your title one word on top of the other word to the right of the photo near the bottom of the page.

STEP NINE Cut out a butterfly (or a figure that is appropriate for you LO) from your scrap piece of paper – the offsetting colour scrap. ( Bella glitter butterfly paper as a template about right) you can freehand draw them and cut out or use a punchie. If you have a boy- how about a bug, bee or bird, star for eg. Stick just at or above the top right hand corner of the photo. You still need a little bit of the same scrap paper for the next step.

STEP TEN Punch a half circle (or draw and cut out) from the same scrap paper about 2inches in diameter as a journaling block and stick just under the top book/music printed page towards the bottom on the left of the trim. AND then you are ALL finished!

cant wait to see what comes out of this one.

And keep tuned as there will be yet another challenge later this week or maybe next ;).....

Happy Scrapping xx