April challenge mix

Finally uploading this layout - it has taken a few days to complete! (Partly because I couldnt find the photos I wanted to use and had to do a nice big tidy up!) I was inspired by a few different challenges for this one, as well as by the amazing Ebony Van der Starre - I paid close attention to one of her tutorials over at 7 dots studios!!

I started with the March challenge at 7 dots studios. Part of the challenge criteria was to use 7 dots studio products with a "nature" theme. Well I didnt need alot of prompting to begin using one of my absolute favourite paper lines "Destination unknown". I decided to combine the challenge with this months mood board over at Scrap around the world and use some pictures I had from a gorgeous white chalk and pebble beach in Denmark. They fit both the beach and nature themes. I mixed the sand and surf colour scheme with the deep turquoise in destination unknown and loved the result. From 7 dots I used Destination unknown tags, words and die cuts as well as the line elements mask.



           

I pretty much always start with a sketch to guide my placement of elements. I decided to make two layouts to sit in my album as a double.
The first is from Stuck?! April 1st, the second is from Lets get sketchy April week 1

             
And here are my layouts:

For lets get sketchy (right)

For Stuck?! (left)

And combined:

 I am also entering at Scrap our stash for April. The challenge is to incorporate items beginning with the letters  S.T.A.M.P. I included:

Stamps and stars
Tags and thongs
Arrows and anchors
Mists and masks
Patterned papers and polaroid frame