Monday Challenge: GO BIG!

Happy Monday October Afternoon fans.   Patricia here with you today to share a new Monday challenge.  GO BIG!  Think BIG photo, BIG title, BIG event, BIG embellishing...you name it.

I went with a combination of a BIG 6 and then used chipboard and alpha stickers from Daily Flash all around it.  I cut the 6 from the Silhouette, trimmed about a fourth of an inch around.  Then backed with pattern papers from Saturday Mornings.

I added a few stickers and brads from Public Library (the adorable girl is from Apple Cider), some puffy stickers from Milk Money, and was brave like fellow designer member Shanna and cut up Public Library alphabet stamp to stamp 'six.'  The "I Was Here" stamp is the Travel roller stamp from Daily Flash, and worked well with my theme.

I edited my photos in Photoshop Elements to shape into a hexagon using the Cookie Cutter tool...again it went with my theme.  I picked just three photos that make up who my daughter is at age 6 and turned to black and white.  Before I knew where everything would be placed, I put the entire 12x12 in my typewriter to type the journaling.

Now I am so excited to share what my talented friend Sasha Farina came up with for this GO BIG! challenge.

Sasha went with a BIG photo...and it is breathtaking.

I was so excited when Patricia said the challenge is to 'Go Big'! I knew then what I wanted to do, well, because I have been wanting to do this for so long!

I've been missing the beach lately. It has been a while since we went for a beach vacation. I went though my collection of beach photos and printed it full page, yes that photo is 8.5 x 11. 

As big as it gets, eh? :)

I layered a 'speech' tag from Milk Money Flash Blubs pack on a somewhat empty spot on the photo. I went with the Old Oak chipboard alphabets this time because I think it's just so fitting for this page about nature.

I then typed out the quote on my super old typewriter and cut them apart into strips. Minimal embellishing with a couple of brads from Public Library collection and leaves stickers from Daily Flash Apple Cider and we're done.

 

This layout now sits in a frame, near my scrap area. Oh how I miss that beach. 

 

Thank you Patricia for this awesome challenge and for reminding me that I need to plan for a beach trip soon! :)

 

I hope you will play along and share what you make with us in the OA Flickr Gallery.  You can also share with us on Instagram. Use the hashtag #octoberafternoon and tag both @sashafarina and @patricia_roebuck as we would both love to see your beautiful creations.