Once a month there is a Designers Challenge and a sketch challenge over at Cocoa Daisy. The sketch challenge is in the first half of the month while the Designers Challenge is the second half of the month. The sketch challenge is pretty self explanatory. The Designers Challenge can be anything, depending upon what the lead for the challenge of that particular month feels like posing as a challenge. This month, we have been challenged by Katherine to create about a favorite summer memory or summer bucket list. Easy enough!
Here's my project for that challenge; I went with favorite summer memory.
The kids had a tough time choosing a favorite summer memory that wasn't travel related. I wanted something that wasn't "over the top". Yes, I put stipulations on it. It would have been endless otherwise! After much humming and hawing, I decided to choose a memory for them! National Ice Cream day! It's a special treat to build your own sundaes and it's even more of a treat that Mum remembers National Ice Cream day and finds a way to celebrate!
Here's how this layout came together using my May 2017 Cocoa Daisy kits;
I challenge myself when the kits come to use something in particular, something that is either usual, not part of my comfort zone, something. This month's challenge included two things; this Cocoa Daisy exclusive patterned paper, the banana side in particular, and the acrylic pieces. The busyness of the patterned paper was a challenge to me, and bananas?! I mean, come on. I get flamingos, pineapples and other such things, they are all the trend right now. But bananas? So, challenge accepted! I love acrylic pieces and frequently buy them. But as a bulk-o-phob on my pages, I'm always challenged to actually use them. I still have to get at least one of them used... But you see, I conquered the bananas!
The rest of the layout is a grid constructed from ephemera from Crate Paper Oasis, a DITL card that I cut up and either die cuts that came with the kit of print and cut files from the kit. Not only did I use the banana patterned paper but I used it as my color palate for the layout. When creating, I pulled all the yellow and pink elements in the kit and set to work.
Are there elements that you like but the colors don't work? Use enamel dots to "re-color" as I did here! The pop of teal just didn't work with my yellow and pink so I just covered it up! Viola! Simple solution, right?
Have you recently received a kit, if you are a subscriber, and thought, "hmmmm?". What was it that made you go hmmmm and how did you use it?
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