100119 Archi-scraps October Challenge

The challenge is to use distressing.

This month there is a spooky seasonal flavor to our Archi-scraps challenge!

I've been wanting to document my husband's greenhouse build from this past spring. It's a lot better looking than our example above! This year I am going "off the page" with my memory-keeping for the Archi-scraps challenges & I chose a clipboard similar to this one for October. 

I used black gesso & a number of products to alter the clip portion.

I also altered the 7 Gypsies element.

  Love how this came out!

I have had so much fun playing with the Archi-scraps challenges this year.

Why don't you join in? There is a huge archive of challenges available to inspire you!

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070116 Archi-scraps July Challenge

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 (Don't you just want to feed him an apple?)

This month's inspiration from Archi-scraps above produced the following criteria:

DISTRESSING-(include corrugated card if you want) -PLUS WOOD

 (There doesn't have to be a horse on it.)

I had to smile at that last bit...

While browsing through recent vacation pics I chose these 

two options for the obvious element - the weathered wood.

 

The first won out as I felt the pier would have to be a 

large print & that wouldn't leave me much room to play!

I included wood veneer elements & wood-patterned sequins.

Some distress elements are the inked & dry-brushed "beach" wood veneer wood & the torn tulle.

An interesting detail to notice is how my title elements lined up with some of the details in my photo. I often notice those kinds of things when playing around with placement on a page. The palmetto and the "I" in life make a continuous visual line that marries that word to the photo even though it is hanging off of the edge. The "C" in beach borrows a starburst effect from the pickets in the fence...

More distressing with torn papers, messy stitching, & wood veneer accented with paint.

I used some walnut ink for some splatters (you can see a little on the kraft edge) but it turned out too dark. I used a white pen to mute the color & I'll confess that those white clouds hide a BIG splatter mess! I also dry-brushed the corrugated cardboard elements that flank the photo to mimic the fence.

It was fun to incorporate all of the criteria on this one!

(And no horse, teehee)

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