SYTYCS08 Round 2 layout

I got through Round 1 and I've finished my layout for Round 2 of SYTYCS08. I'm really happy with it; a layout using a photo of Wini and Clarissa at a wildlife park way back in 1990. For a very long time Wini wasn't keen on animals and she dropped some bread just out of reach of the fattest, laziest kangaroo that wanted the bread but wasn't going to move. Wini looked perplexed about what to do, and in the end I picked up the bread and gave it back to her. Such a fantastic moment to capture, and one that still makes me laugh.

Here's my layout and 3 close-ups:



There were 6 elements to this week's challenge:

1. PP 3+: 6 PPs & transparency: (Basic Grey x3, Sandylion, My Mind's Eye, MM Ledger Text (journaling strips & title))
2. Ink: red on red cardstock and squares, aqua on squares, one square stamped
3. Journaling strips: check
4. Weight layout to one side: layout weighted to the right and bottom using cardstock as border and title/journaling strips to the right
5. Dimension: various buttons & brads, bookplate, photo turn and journaling strips mounted on card
6. One large photo: size 10 x 5.5

Fingers crossed I get through this round!

SYTYCS08 Round 1 layout

I've never posted before about being a scrapbooker, and for fun I thought I would enter a competition hosted by the online store Scraptacular called So You Think You Can Scrap 2008--that's the blinkie on my blog to the website hosting the competition.

Here's my layout for Round 1, which closes in less than four hours, together with three close ups:

This round required seven elements to be included on the layout and I found it a real challenge because my work is usually very simple. The elements are:

1. Hand cutting: several flowers hand cut from Making Memories Animal Crackers paper
2. Edge distressing: patterned paper under the main photo distressed with sandpaper
3. Layering: several PP layered under the photos
4. Negative space: 40-50% empty space
5. Texture: brads, MM brad word, machine sewing and a couple of handcut flowers mounted on cardstock
6. Non-standard size photos: x3 cut to different sizes
7. Clustering: hand cut flowers in top left corner

Even if I don't get through this round I'm happy with the layout I've done of Wini from when she was about 12 months old. I love this photo by Horace ... he's such a talented photographer.

Another one for the album, and only 9,999 to go!