challenge with nichol . . .

i love doing challenges. and i really love nichol magouirk's designs. so i thought it would be fun to do a challenge with nichol ... and she was totally up for the idea. we decided on a few things that we would stick to for our layouts: 
1. the colors turguoise/green/red 
2. stampin up roller stamps
3. use buttons
4. include a photo strip

you can see nichol's layout and all her details here on her blog, along with a great video.

and here is my layout:

 

can i say how much i love nichol's layout! i love that we both used all cardstock ... since we usually like to use pattern paper on most of our layouts. love that we both used the dotted line roller stamp ... without planning it. love that we both used journaling strips ... we like those! and we both added "just enough" embellishments ... still keeping a nice amount of white space on our layouts. i think we both have such similiar styles in so many ways ... one reason that i'm always drawn to her designs! although she has a ton more stamping on there than i do. i always love to see how she can incorporate so many stamps onto one layout! and have to add this. just got done watching nichol's video ... and thought it was cool that she added her entire photo strip to her layout with pop dots. since that is exactly what i did too! i know we both love our pop dots!

 

i had these crackle paints in the turquoise, green, and the red ... and knew that they would be perfect. plus, i wanted to use them since nichol was the one that actually got me to buy them! so the cardstock colors were based on those paints. the chipboard flowers are some really old ones that i had ... and i just brushed on the crackle paint and let it dry and crackle up ... and then added a simple threaded button to the centers.

 

and the roller stamp ... that was something else that nichol enabled me to purchase a few months back. i had just never gotten around to trying them out. i had other plans for it ... but to be honest i couldn't get it in a straight line. lol! i have the wheel guide too ... but i think i have to practice more with it to get it straight on longer strips. then simple added the puffy letters ... are they not the coolest things? i just love them!

supplies:
cardstock - bazzill
stamps - stampin up
chipboard - deluxe designs
puffy letters - making memories
crackle paint - ranger
other - buttons, string 

thanks nichol for the fun challenge and for playing along with me! love seeing how we took some of the same products ... and used them in our own ways. will have to do this again soon! 

Comments

[Heather Crawford]

oooooo, love BOTH of your layouts...I've been "that close" to ordering that lined rollar and that number rollar..lol...love the colors you used and such fun pictures!

[Diana]

Laura! Totally LOVE your bright vibrant page, and you used crackle paint! I have some and I still need to figure out how to incorporate it...I've been meaning to post I saw your layout in Celebrate the Holidays, it's great! I was REALLY excited because I'm on pages 69-71, I was so honored to be in a book with such talented girls! Keep the inspiration coming, I LOVE it! :)

[Sara Rossi]

Love the challenge & BOTH LO's!! So cool to "play" with the same things yet have totally different looks!

[Mary]

These are BOTH so cool! Love them! Love the colors and the stamping and the photo strip (I am so linear, it isn't even funny!) and it is so fun to see how different your layouts look even though you used a lot of the same stuff! Your styles really shine through!

[Sandi]

Laura

This was a great idea to have a challege using the same items. I really enjoyed seeing how you both used these colors and items Funny you both picked the same SU dot stamp...LOL Good minds think a like. I love both of your styles right down to the string. I have been using this goodness over and over again. Jennifer turned me on to the string and I have not looked back.

Thanks for sharing both your talent with us!!!

Sandi N.

[Leslie]

This is so cool - I love looking at two different perspectives on the same supplies! Both of you rocked it - two VERY fun lo's!!

[danni perez]

both of these are ohh so adorable.
so fun.
~d

[Amy]

Love the layouts!!!! Wow, please let me know when you are teaching a class again...I need to come a. meet you b. learn from you! :-)
Hope you have recovered from your wild weekend!

[Carla]

So cute Laura and Nichol! Love the colors too and you both worked those rollers
stamps well.
And Sarah makes the funniest faces! What a riot!

[Christine]

WOW they are both awesome LOs, what a neat challenge to do- Yes do more of them! So great to see what you both come up with.

[Lynn Ghahary]

Ooooh! What a fun idea! Love both layouts! And I have been drooling over that dotted line roller in the SU! catalog and I think I may just have to buy one now. How'd you like that cyber enabling?!? LOL

[Renee]

ok, I'm a dork, but what's twitter and what's the deal with the rubberband/police pissed story?

[Shaun Paddock]

I LOVE your layout. It is simply amazing. I so envy your talent.
Have a groovy week.
Shaun

[KristaLund]

very cool! i love both your layouts! so many techniques that i got to try, especially the pop dots with the photo strip.

[Sasha Farina]

I'm so glad I don't have to pick one layout to call my favorite! I love them both! To-bits!!!

[michelle lanning]

Love both of these -- the colors are just beautiful!

[Susy]

Adorable layouts both of them but I wouldn't expect anything less from two of my favourite scrapbookers ;-)

[Heather Ruwe]

Those layouts are so fun! I must get the rolling stamp now. :) Thanks for sharing!

[Nancy Mackey]

love the birthday layout(and the cake!)

[Nichol Magouirk]

Hey Laura!
I love the close up photos of the flowers, it really shows the great texture of the crackle paint...yummy!
This was such a fun challenge and we most definitely will have to do this again! I feel so inspired now... :)

[Laura T.]

And I think I got to see this layout before anyone else (this is the one you forwarded to me the other day).

Love your layout and also love Nichol's. I'm going to check out her website as we speak.