25 Μαΐου 2015

SNP Scrap Wars: Flat vs. Layered - Celebrate yourself (Scrap Around the World again)

Good morning!
Did you see my title? Yes, it says something about scrap wars!
Sounds interesting, doesn't it?

Let me explain: You probably know that my scrapping style is defined by layered clusters, lots of details and a variety of embellishments in many forms, with  elegance being the necessary element that glues all these together.  It's not easy for me to create outside of these margins, honestly. Whenever I decide to try something different, most of the times my project ends up to be in the above-mentioned style.

BUT our ScrapsNPieces coordinator, Amy Petrou, thought to provoke me by asking me to compete with one of my favourite super-talented scrappers, Aliki Cavras, in a scrap war, where we would both do THE EXACT OPPOSITE of what we usually do.

Aliki is the absolute Clean-and-Simple girl.  Flat and simple is her signature (can you imagine my horror when she told me that I'm allowed to have only ONE layer in my layout???? lol), so I was required to create a page in this style.  Now this is a challenge, ha!


Without further ado, this is my page with NO LAYERS - unbelievable to me

(I couldn't do without my colours, so I maintained a bit of my mixed-media trait in the circles, that were done with Gelatos - the truth is that the stamps saved my reputation lol)






In search of inspiration, I turned to the Scrap Around the World Epic Event (AGAIN).  Initially I thought that a clean and simple page wouldn't fit the style of the challenge, but why should we submit to boundaries in inspiration?  I think that the Scrap Around the World mood boards can definitely be used for any creation, in any style. So I picked one rose for the down right bouquet of the mood board and stuck it to the little hand of my girl. I also used the general theme, which is "Celebrate". Of course I couldn't ignore the lovely colour combination that I usually don't use, but since the challenge was to go beyond our limits, I tried these colours, as well.





I also used this STUNNING, AMAZING Fairy sketch, that I rotated



This is all from me. 

In order to see how my friend Aliki answered to the challenge, please head over at the ScrapsNPieces challenge blog!

Thanks for visiting my blog and for the lovely comments you always leave me! They keep me going!



21 σχόλια:

  1. Stunning!!! Thank you for joining us at SATW Epic Event!

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  2. oooooooooooooooooh this amazing LO!!! Fantastik background!!!! Freestyle is true!!!!

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  3. Wow! even with a clean and simple layout is outstanding! thank you for joining the SATW challenge!

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  4. Awesome soft page !! Thank you for joining us at SATW Epic Event!

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  5. Πολυ όμορφη σελιδα, σου παει και αυτο το στυλ! :) Ευχαριστούμε που (ξανα)έπαιξες μαζί νας στο SATW Epic Event!

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  6. Oh. My. Goodness! This is seriously good! I can't believe this isn't how you usually scrap! Thanks for playing along in the Epic Event at SATW.

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  7. Wonderfull, scraps, greeting from Mons in Belgium
    http://louisette.eklablog.com

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    1. Thank you! I passed by Mons last June, it is a beautiful city!!! Love from Heraklion, Greece!!

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    2. Αυτό το σχόλιο αφαιρέθηκε από τον συντάκτη.

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  8. Wow!Wow!Wow!! This is absolutely awesome!!
    Thank you for joining in our Epic Event at SATW!!

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  9. This is adorable! I love that you only used one layer! You did a magnificent job with it! Love the watercolor! All the best from SATW! :)

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  10. Fantastic page!Thank you for participating in the SATW may epic event!

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  11. This is absolutely brilliant! Thank you for celebrating our May Epic Event with us at Scrap Around the World!

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  12. Πολύ όμορφη η σελίδα σου Μελένια, μου αρέσει πολύ αυτό το στυλ! Ευχαριστούμε για την συμμετοχή σου στο SATW epic event!

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  13. ANYTHING you do Melenia is always GORGEOUS!! tHANKS for entering our Epic Event at SATW!!!

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  14. ΥΠΕΡΟΧΗΗΗΗΗ σελίδα Μελένια μου <3 I Love it <3

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