This One Threw Me for a Loop!

When I saw the new sketch for Sketch Along Tuesday @ Frosted Designs, I immediately knew what photo I wanted to use.  But for the life of me, I couldn't figure out how to design my lo based on the sketch.  I looked back at it everyday since last Tuesday trying to get a vision going of what I wanted to do...with no success.  And then finally, as I was browsing through my Creating Keepsakes May/June 2011 issue yesterday, I came across a lo by Stacy Cohen.  She used a piece of leftover chipboard, where the shapes had been removed and used it as the background of her lo.  She added a liquid adhesive and used small beads in the negative spaces.  That's when the lightbulb went off!  I grabbed a piece of old chipboard that I had taken the shapes out of and painted it white with acrylic paint.  I backed mine with a piece of Echo Park paper, but didn't add any liquid adhesive or beads, because I wanted the paper to show through.  This lo is kind of a mis-match of colors and embellies, but I am really happy with the final page!

The Frosted Designs sketch 4.19:

Products Used:

Papers:  Echo Park & Scenic Route

Grommets:  WRMK

Brads:  Anna Griffin

Paint:  Apple Barrel

Tiny Type:  Making Memories

Pen:  Sakura

Corrugated Alphas:  Jillibean Soup

Other:  Chipboard