Kraft Plus | July Challenge

The Kraft Plus Challenge Blog has a new inspiration photo to get the creative mojo going and I just loved it when I saw it and had to play along.

A Mustard Explosion!

The Criteria:
Use Kraft as your background
Draw inspiration from the photo
and
Use Yellow Paint on your creation. 

I decided to give my Silhouette Cameo some lovin' and cut a jar of pencils (cut file from the Silhouette Store) and letters for my title from different Studio Calico Snippets Collection patterned papers which I layered on top of each other for extra texture and interest.

For my background I mixed yellow paint with Modelling paste and put it through a Donna Downey stencil.

I added some stickers and chipboard from the SC Snippets collection and a scattering of enamel dots from MME.

I also layered some loose yellow thread under my photo.

I traced around the letters with a black marker and then stitched over that to secure them but to also add more texture.

I then very roughly coloured in my pencils with markers to add to the hand-drawn feel of my page.

This was a small step away from my usual style but it was a lot of fun and I really love how it turned out!

Kraft Plus | June Challenge

I don't often get to join in with challenges but I have been following the Kraft Plus Challenges and have been itching to play along.

This month's theme is "In the Jungle" and this conjured up black, white and orange for me.  I also knew I had some scraps of Zebra patterned paper in my stash as well as photos of my eldest son wearing orange.  

The Inspiration Photo featured circle shapes as well, so I decided to create a background using leftover "O" Thickers since my son's name is Oliver.  I also added black chalkboard paint to a chipboard circle piece to lay under my photo.   Some bits and pieces from an older Amy Tangerine collection were the finishing touches.

This was a fun challenge to do and I hope to be able to play along at Kraft Plus again soon.