Saturday, August 1, 2009

Scrap & Stamp's Friendship Challenge!

Scrap & Stamp's challenge this week is to create a friendship theme, and the sponsor this week is Lizzie Anne Stamps!!! If you want to play along, you have a chance of winning an adorable Lizzie Anne Stamp set! In addition to that we have our very first GDT member......Rose Anne Reynolds of Paper Delightz! (What a rock star she is! And a sweetie to boot!) And the last bit of news? Scrap & Stamp has decided to do weekly challenges! This means more blog candy and more fun! Woot woot!

Now on to my friendship LO! Remember THIS picture? I altered it a bit in Photoshop using a Chocolate Black & White action. (Learned this in Michelle Lanning's Photo Editing Cheats class!) I love how it turned into such a warm black and white photo. The girls suits and background were a bit distracting before! I used Noel's Five Foot Two kit (sold out) for most of this LO. The butterflies are by Sweet 'n Sassy (In His Time set) . I stamped those on a newsprint transparency with Staz on. Then I cut the butterflies out with good scissors and folded their wings up. I then added some itty bitty rhinestones to their bodies. The flowers were homemade. I got the directions from a Martha Stewart magazine. The directions will be found HERE tomorrow. (Sunday, August 2). They were easy to make and I love how they added just a little somethin' somethin!

Love these gorgeous butterflies!

Gotta love Martha Stewart!

I hope you can find time to play along this week! : )
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Off to Wisconsin today to celebrate my niece and nephew's birthdays. So I guess I better get showered, dressed, and get the kiddos up!
Hope all of you have a wonderful weekend!!!!! : )

18 comments:

  1. Awesome layout! Beautiful butterflies!

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  2. What a beautiful page. I love the altered picture

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  3. gorgeous!! love the floweres & i do love the mratha!! have a fun time in WI! >"<

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  4. WOW what a beautiful page and LO, I love that butterfly!! Beautiful!

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  5. I absolutely LOVE the colors you chose here! I wouldn't think to pair black, red, and the pastels together but they look stunning! Gorgeous!

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  6. This is a wonderful layout!! Gotta love the butterflies - great job! Have fun in WI...was up there a couple of weekends ago = very relaxing :0)

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  7. Gorgeous page Michele! I love those transparency butterflies, the flowers, colors, layout, and everything!

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  8. Love the flower and that Butterfly!!!! You did an awesome job with this one!!! :)

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  9. Yes, I remember this photo!! What a wonderful way to bring extra focus to the girls and their friendship! Love the layout and especially those beautiful butterflies ... awesome creation Michele! Happy Weekend to you & yours!

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  10. Your page is gorgeous, Michele!! I love how that photo looks in black & white....and your butterflies are incredible!! I love your wonderful flowers too!!

    Thanks also for kind words!!

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  11. This is beautiful, love the colours and the flowers look awesome.

    hugs
    Kaye x

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  12. This is beautiful, love the colours and the flowers look awesome.

    hugs
    Kaye x

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  13. This is beautiful!
    Love those flowers!! And the butterflies are truly wonderful!
    And I want to thank you for those lovely comments on my latest work, I appreciate that!

    hugs Dora

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  14. Love the layout! Especially the butterfly... soo beautiful!

    Hugs,
    Vanessa

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  15. The joy on their faces speaks volumes Michele! Beautifully done!

    Many Blessings,
    M.

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  16. THis is gorgeous - that butterfly is stunning!

    Hugs
    Leanne
    xx

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  17. This is beautiful. Loved the photo and your take on the layout. Awesome.

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  18. WOW! This is a BEAUTY! Love the butterfly stamped on Acetate!!!AWESOME!

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