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Thursday, 24 February 2011

Octopus Garden

Did I mention that I like sketches?  When I saw Sketchy Thursday's offering this week I knew I had to use it - and so I have stayed up very late tonight to get this page finished before the deadline!  Naturally I changed a few things and of course I used some more stash from my home-made Counterfeit Kit (contents here).


I've inked and covered some extra bare chip alphas from my stash for the title, but the tiny alpha stickers are from my kit.  There are no apostrophes in the set so I went with "I like to be" rather than "I'd like to be" - I'm a proper punctuation kinda girl!

Photos courtesy of my fellow holidaymakers - thank you
 The "waves" are cut with a Sizzlit decorative border die and I used a template to place Liquid Pearls in a fancy shape across the page.  Don't tell, but part of the photo positioning was determined by a smudge of the thumb!

Well, I cut into the final sheet of paper from my Counterfeit Kit tonight - it is now officially a pizza box full of scraps!. I reckon there's one more page in it before the card-making begins!
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15 comments:

  1. Julie Tucker-Wolek24 February 2011 at 02:29

    This is AWESOME!!! I loveeeeeee the photos, the colors and all the pearl dots!!! Thanks sooooooooooo much for playing along with Sketchy Thursdays! :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)

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  2. MiliPea Designs24 February 2011 at 13:09

    What a pretty page!

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  3. Sian24 February 2011 at 14:45

    Woaw! I'm gobsmacked by that liquid pearl work. Nicely done!

    It's okay - I knew what you meant this morning and I do agree. I love to create a different mood or feel on each page. Karen's theory is the opposite and I'm intrigued by it - she believes that if you decide on a few methods which work for you and then concentrate on those everything is faster and easier. I'll see how it goes! But thanks for coming back :)

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  4. kate blue24 February 2011 at 15:22

    if you like sketches, you can always join me at www.twistedsketches.com

    We do some great stuff too! And I think my next LO is gonna combine my Counterfeit kit with the Twisted sketch!

    Kate

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  5. Counterfeit Kit Challenge24 February 2011 at 15:35

    What a fun mix of papers! I like the feel of this page!

    Bethany

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  6. Mad for Paper25 February 2011 at 00:45

    Love the colors and the Liquid Pearls look fantastic.
    TFS
    Ang

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  7. A Creative Operation25 February 2011 at 02:09

    The colors are fantastic!

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  8. Margie25 February 2011 at 15:35

    This turned out great! I love the colors, the layering, and the pearls!!

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  9. Mary B25 February 2011 at 15:59

    Super Duper page and perfect pearly placements there too.

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  10. alexa25 February 2011 at 23:41

    Love those colour combinations of blue, green and brown ...

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  11. ~Mar27 February 2011 at 23:35

    This is a great design! And those Pearls are fantastic!

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  12. Missus Wookie28 February 2011 at 11:01

    This is gorgeous and thumb smudges are good design aids ;)

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  13. ms.schwiet28 February 2011 at 16:38

    your waves are so perfect for this page

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  14. Razzled Scrapper1 March 2011 at 17:05

    I really like how you did your own dots and the waves are awesome. The names uder your fish was a great idea.

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  15. Counterfeit Kit Challenge3 March 2011 at 07:35

    you did a PERFECT job with the liquid pearls! Looks awesome! I love the look of this layout!
    *meridy*

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