Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Red Helmet

      AAB (About A Boy) having fun for their Sept 1 Challenge and crossover with AAG (About A Girl) the challenge is to create a page with black white + one color. And here is my attempt, combined with Let's Get Sketchy September Week 2 Challenge.

Sketch by Ashley Horton





I am still behind using enamel dots so
 I used brads instead (need to use up my stash). 
And since I have no small white brad, I made my
own using ink and embossing powder.


use a piece of cardstock to hold the brads


ink them 


embossing powder


heating tool


Voila! Paints and nail polish 
will be great too (I think). I will try
and will let you the result.

Supplies :

  • cardstock - Authentique
  • patterned paper - Fancy Pants, Studio Calico and American Crafts
  • brads, twines - American Crafts
  • spray ink - Tattered Angels
  • chipboard - Heidi Swapp
  • alphas - Basic Grey
  • tab - Pinkpaislee
  • ink pad - Brilliance
  • embossing powder - Recollection






24 comments:

  1. What an awesome idea to emboss the brads!! I'm going to have to give that a try. I love your color combo on your project, it's very striking. Thanks so much for playing along with us at Let's Get Sketchy!

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  2. Love the design! Very cool page. Thanks for joining us @ AAB.

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  3. Great page and a good idea changing the colour of your brads. Thanks for playing along with us at LGS!

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  4. Love your layout. Thanks for joining us at AAB.

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  5. Cool brads...and I love how you used a triangle for the photo!!! Thank you for participating at About A Boy!!!

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  6. Awesome job with the color challenge! I love this combo. And what you did with the brads and your twine is fabulous! Love your take on the sketch! Thanks so much for joining us at Let's Get Sketchy!

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  7. Cool page! Thanks for playing at AAB.

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  8. Awesome page! Love your triangle photo and all your detail! Thanks for joining us at AAB!

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  9. Great page! Love the triangle pic. Distress paint works and stickles help make them sparkly as well. Thanks for playing along at LGS!

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  10. I love how you altered those brads! Your layout is awesome! I love the triangle picture very very much! Thanks for joining us at LGS!

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  11. Everything is FABBY about this layout, Shirley!! First, I love how you used the Sketch and created the Triangle shape for your photo! And love how you incorporated the color challenge with the Sketch challenge! The Red looks awesome with the b&w! And how creative is that technique with the brads!! Really love that idea! Thanks for playing along with us @ LGS!! :)

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  12. Great job - love the triangular photo! Thanks for playing at Let's Get Sketchy!

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  13. Awesome layout! Love all the details. Very creative. Thanks for playing along with us at About A Boy!

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  14. This is so super cool, and really creative. I love that you made your own white brads. Thank you for playing along at LGS :)

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  15. Love your altered brads, twine work and your triangle shaped photo!
    Thanks for playing along with us at LGS!

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  16. fabulous take on this weeks sketch, Thank you for joining us at Lets Get Sketchy!

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  17. Oh wow! so many cool elements on this page. The embossed brads are awesome! The black and white photo with the red helmet is so cool!! Well done all around and thanks for playing along with us this week at LGS!

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  18. such a cool technique and LOVE how you used the twine!! thanks sooo much for playing along with LGS!!!!

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  19. Love all the splatters and colors too! Thanks for playing along with LGS!
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  20. Beautifully done, thanks for joining us at LGS!

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  21. I love your use of nail polish! Thanks for joining us at LGS!

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  22. What a great take on the sketch !!! What a great tip!! Thanks for playing along with LGS and AAB!!!!!

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  23. Your work never ceases to amaze me, such a fantastic layout. Thanks for playing along with us at AAB.

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  24. amazing colour combo.. love the triangle and accents.. and great take ont eh LGS sketch

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