Hi everyone. Marcy here with this week's challenge. And, no... I'm not going to take you back to grade school. ;)
There's been a lot of inspiration floating around in the form of geometric shapes. Circles and squares have now made way for triangles and hexagons... among others.
So, today I challenge you to use a geometric element on your page.
I tossed this challenge over to our new DTer Mou! We're so happy to have her here!
Here's what Mou created for the challenge. I love the slight wonkyness to the hexagons. They add just the right amount of charm for this birthday card.
And here's what I came up with.
Truth be told, hexagons have scared me until now. But it was the perfect opportunity to step outside my comfort zone and give them a try.
I placed hexagons in various sizes on a 12x12 sheet in my Silhouette software and cut them out with the machine. I backed the cut-outs with little pieces of patterned paper and used some of the white hexagons that I cut out as well. These I raised up with pop-dots to add dimension.
Both Mou and I used the Little Flyers from the 9 to 5 line on our pages. They're basically little geometric accents all on their own.
While Mou used hers as flags and attached them to the wooden picks, I used mine alone as little banners.
You'll be seeing a lot more of these little flags this week. ;)
If you participate in our challenge this week, we'd love to see what you do. You can share your layouts in our Flickr gallery.