October Afternoon

Thursday Sketch with Suz

Hello everyone! Suz back with you with today's #oasketchday Sketch Challenge!

This week's sketch was inspired by the "A" Side of the Scones patterned paper from the Saturday Mornings collection here.

 

In particular, the bottom left image (the one with the "9") is what I drew my inspiration from.

Here is the sketch that I derived from my design. I actually worked a bit backwards this time and created my card and then the sketch design.

The card design uses one of my favorite design principles; repetition.

 

 

If you look closely, you can see several ways I incorporated repetition--the repeating sentiments, repeating colors, repeating stars/stellar/sunburst shapes, circles, etc. Repetition just adds cohesiveness and makes the whole creation come together for the most visual impact. And is it just me or do any of you see a gum ball machine/snow globe/fortune teller glass or a Star Wars X-Wings aircraft depending upon how you look at it?! No, ok, well then, I guess it's just me! LOL

I cut out a portion of the Scone patterned paper and flipped it over to reveal the B side (pink and taupe-grey pinwheels). Then I machine stitched for a bit of dimension. I added a bit of stamping using some stamps designed by the lovely and talented Jessy Christopher and a bit of my own printing and handwriting. 3D adhesive was used to pop my central element up ("YAY" circle stamp-a bit imperfectly distressed (user error) but I went with it) and then a triangle stamp was used to draw the eye into this element. The "21" stamp is from a Cocoa Daisy kit.

I used items from both the Treasure Map and Saturday Mornings collection as well as some Pop Drops from Daily Flash - Eggnog.

Treasure Map: Side B of Siren's Point, Treasure Map - The Ocean Blue - Label Stickers 

If you decide you want to create using this sketch as a jumping off point, please use the hashtag #oasketchday when sharing on Instagram and tag me @suzmannecke so I can see!

No Instagram account? No worries! You can post on our OA Facebook wall, OA Flickr Gallery, or link your creation up in the comment section below. (Please note, comments are moderated, so your comment will not post immediately).

Have a great remainder of your week! Be sure to check back in tomorrow when our August Guest is announced! ;) 

Monday Challenge: Mixing Collections

Happy Monday! Suz back with you today with a simple challenge; create something that uses at least two October Afternoon collections in it.

So, I don't know about you, but my "lazy, hazy crazy days of summer" have been more "crazy" than "lazy" or "hazy."  We have had many graduations and Sweet 16 birthdays in our family and amongst our friends, so that meant lots of card making for me!

 

Here is a card that I created for this challenge:

 

For this card I used the Treasure Map, Saturday Mornings, and Daily Flash collection. Tip: To add a bit of dimension, I used some baby powder to the back of the anchor sticker from the Treasure Map Shape Stickers sheet in areas that I wanted to add some dimension and depth to. The baby powder gets rid of the tackiness of the sticker. Then I placed some 3d foam adhesive to both sides of the bottom of the arrow. 

 After layering my patterned papers and border stickers following the "pint -quart-gallon rule of design, I then added the "Ahoy" brad, sentiment sticker, and enamel red Pop Drop stars to complete my card.

 

The inside sentiment reads: "Hope your birthday is smooth sailing!" I typed the sentiment on a Treasure Map Label Sticker with my vintage typewriter.

 

Items used to create this card: Treasure Map Journal Cards (star pattern),Treasure Map Crow's Nest patterned paper, Treasure Map Ocean Blue Label Sticker (for inside sentiment), Treasure Map Shape Stickers (anchor and "anchors aweigh"), Treasure Map Designer Brad ("ahoy"), Treasure Map Border Stickers, Daily Flash Eggnog Pop Drops (stars), Saturday Mornings Pancakes patterned paper (side B; woodgrain), 

 

If you play along with this challenge, please link us up on Instagram with #oadesignerchallenge and tag us @octoberafternoon. Or, you can share on our OA Flickr Gallery, or on our OA Facebook wall.

Have a great week!

 

Father's Day Cardmaking

Hello all! Suz here with you today. Father's Day is right around the corner so I thought I would share with you a Father's Day card I created with little bits and baubles from several October Afternoon collections.

 

 

Inspiration for this card came from the tabbed stickers (games, daydreams, and adventures). I placed them on top of the B side patterned "Fresh Fruit" paper to mimic a striped file folder with the B side of Daily Flash Milk money "lunch paper as the background paper for my card. Then I clustered my sentiment over the top of the backdrop of Milk Money "Science" paper (Side B). This helped to ground my clustering of sentiments. For my sentiment I use the green "best day ever" sticker tag from the Daily Flash All Boy Sticker set and made it fit my creative needs by placing "dad" over the "day" and "U-R" at the top. I raised it up with 3D foam adhesive to make it stand out on the card as the featured item. 

OCTOBER AFTERNOON ITEMS USED: Summertime "Fresh Fruit" patterned paper (Side B), Daily Flash Double Take Stickers - Apple Cider, Daily Flash Double Take Stickers "All Boy", Daily Flash Mini Alphas "Deep Sea" - Shop Front (Side B), Daily Flash Pop Drops - Eggnog, Daily Flash Milk Money "Lunch" patterned paper (Side B), Daily Flash Milk Money "Science" patterned paper (Side B), 

Thanks for stopping by today! Enjoy the rest of your week and Father's Day weekend! 

 

Suz

 

Thursday Sketch | Suz and Emily #oasketchday

Hello everyone! Suz here along with Emily to share today's #oasketchday challenge, along with our takes on the design.

 

First up, the sketch:

 

Here's Emily's adorable design and what she had to say about it: 

"I really liked Suz's sketch, and I thought it would work perfectly for a card. I used the the adorable new Summertime line to create a quick little card. I kept my card pretty true to the sketch. I used the Swimming Pool paper as my background and included two overlapping rectangles of the Puffy Clouds and Sunshine patterned papers. I also loved the cute little sun sticker and layered it with one of the Summertime Tin Pins. Finally, I used some labels to highlight my sentiments. A big thanks to Suz for the fun sketch!"

 

The full Summertime Collection can be found here: Summertime Collection

Thanks so much Emily for playing along and sharing your time and talents here! :)

And here is my design. Clean + Simple. My traditional style for cards. 

 As you can see, I didn't strictly follow the sketch but you can see elements I extrapolated from it like the placement of the title and the stacked rectangles. I flipped the "embellishments" in the design and omitted a few as well. Oftentimes, one needs to do that when creating with cards, due to the smaller scale of the creation.

OA ITEMS USED: Treasure Map Word Stickers, Treasure Map, Border Stickers,Treasure Map Clear Cling Stamps, Treasure Map Designer Brads, Treasure Map Hangman's Cove Patterned Paper, (Side B), Treasure Map Siren's Point Patterned Paper (Side B). The full Treasure Map collection can be found here: Treasure Map Collection

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you play along with this sketch challenge, please share with us on Instagram by tagging us @octoberafternoon and use the hashtag #oasketchday. As always, you can share on our Facebook wall, the OA Flickr gallery, on Twitter (@oct_afternoon) or leave a comment below with a link to your design. 

TGI Fri-YAY is nearly here! Our June Guest, Jen Haggerty, will be back sharing some of her OA creations with you! 

Workspace Wednesday

Hello everyone! Suz here to share with you an adorable little workspace organization project by the talented and resourceful  OA DT Member; Jill Sprott.

For those of you that may not know, Jill lives in the part of the world that is both beautiful, but also has salty air and a fair amount of humidity (Hawaii). And while Hawaii a enviable place to live because of its beauty and many other things, the weather can alter and vintage-fy some metal household and scrapbooking items--namely the OA Tin Pins. 

 

No worries though! Jill has the perfect solution for those beloved and hoarded Tin Pins! Here is what she created:

Isn't it fabulous?! What a great way to showcase all of your super fun Tin Pins that you have collected.

Happy Tuesday!

 

 

 

Thursday Sketch with Sasha and Suz

Hi everyone! Sasha here!

I have a new sketch for you to jumpstart your layout today. This sketch would be perfect for you to showcase multiple photos. Suz and I will each be showing a layout example. 

Here is Suz's take on the sketch. I'm totally hungry after looking at this layout though! :D I love that Suz added that strip of patterned paper and a border sticker on the right hand side, and I adore the stitching lines for her precious handwritten journaling. 

 

Suz said :

"When I first saw Sasha's sketch, I knew it would work perfectly for some recent photos I took on a road trip with my hubby to an organic restaurant. I decided to use some photo and a few OA Doodads in place of where some of the photos are in Sasha's sketch. For the journaling areas, I decided to stitch a journaling box and a few stitched lines to journal above. I love the cascading movement to Sasha's sketch as it draws one's eyes down the page. Thanks Sasha for the inspiration!! :)"

OA ITEMS USED IN THIS DESIGN: DAILY FLASH: Flash Chip | Stars & Hearts, DAILY FLASH: Catch Phrase Roller Stamp | "Inspiration", DAILY FLASH: Eggnog | Pop Drops, DAILY FLASH ALPHAS: Snap Peas, Story Book ("green"), DAILY FLASH ALPHAS: Clover, Story Book ("Ruggles"), SATURDAY MORNINGS: 12 x 12 patterned paper; "Toast", SATURDAY MORNINGS: Doodads, SATURDAY MORNINGS: Border & Label Stickers

And here's what I made based on the sketch.

Can we take a moment and *sigh* for Treasure Map? I adore that collection oh so much!

I only used 2 photos and replaced the rest with randomly cut squares and rectangles of patterned papers, but followed the sketch quite closely otherwise. I scrapped about our very quiet vacation way back in 2009. We were practically the only family there. It was amazing to say the least. 

I completed the layout with some chipboards (heart and cloud), some Public Library doodads, a few pop drops from our Daily Flash Milk Money collection, and also a very cute Treasure Map anchor tin pin.

The title was made up from Early American Shop Front and Stop Light Story Book stickers. I'm still head over heels in love with those cursive alphas stickers just so you know! :)

We hope you'll have time to play with the sketch. I'm @sashafarina on Instagram. I usually post sneaks and my layouts with #octoberafternoon in the description. You can also share your creations with us via the October Afternoon Flickr Gallery.

 

Happy scrapping!

 

 

Celebrate Mom | Mother's Day Card

Hello everyone! Suz here with you today to remind you (lest any of you have forgotten) that Mother's Day is this weekend!  (Why do I feel that this is not news to you, but that I should be posting this reminder over on ESPN's Facebook wall?! LOL) ;)

Here's is a simple card I made for my momma by layering up a few items from the Public Library collection. Being a mom to two boys, I love taking any opportunity to break open the florals, the pretties, the more girly items in the OA collections. Card making gives me the perfect reason to do so and this collection worked well for my Mother's Day theme.

 

A little close up of the details:

 

 

 

OA PRODUCTS USED TO CREATE THIS CARD: Public Library "Librarian" Patterned Paper, PL Mini Market Index Card alphas, PL "Sh-h-h" patterned paper, PL Tidbits, PL acrylic stamps "true story", PL "Bookworm" Label Stickers, Daily Flash Milk Money Pop Drop (heart)

 

Hope each of you enjoy your Mother's Day weekend! Thank you for stopping by today!

Suz

NSD 2015 with October Afternoon! | #NSD2015OASKETCHCHALLENGE | Instagram Giveaway

Hello and happy National Scrapbooking Day (NSD) to all of you OA fans and paper crafters out there! Happy to have you drop by!

Today we are kicking off the day that celebrates everything paper + scissors + glue with a sketch challenge and an Instagram giveaway! 

 

First up the sketch:

This sketch can be interpreted for a layout or a card. I see all kinds of possibilities for breaking into your Doodads, Tidbits, Chipboard and Label stashes here! ;)

 

GIVEAWAY ALERT!!! vvvvvvvv

Play along by posting your creation based off of this sketch on INSTAGRAM with the hashtag: #NSD2015OASKETCHCHALLENGE.

Follow and tag me @SuzMannecke and I will enter you into a giveaway of some fun OA goodies!

I will close the contest at Midnight CST Sunday, May 3 and post the winners (Tag a friend to play along and you both can win OA goodies!) on my IG feed on Monday, May 4.

Not following OA yet on Instagram?!

Start now! >>>> FOLLOW @octoberafternoon to see the latest creations from Design Team Members and more. 

Happy NSD! 

 

 

Suz :)

Designer Inspiration | Timeline Graphics

Hello and happy Monday everyone! Suz here today (along with the fabulous Sasha!) to start your week off with a little OA Designer Inspiration (#oadesignerinspo); create a layout based literally or loosely off of the timeline graphic shown below:

 

 SOURCE: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/287526757436353015/

I challenged Sasha to interpret this design and, as always, her translation was amazing and impeccable!

 

Here is what Sasha had to say about the challenge and her design:

I looked at the inspiration piece and was straightaway drawn to the design of the page, which means I used it as kind of a sketch, even though it is not technically a sketch. I decided to use a half sheet of the Treasure Map Label Stickers. If you take a closer look, the stickers on that sheet goes from light blue to dark blue gradually. I cut the sheet in half vertically and used them in the order the very order they came in. Don't you just love it when that happens? :) 

 

 

 

I machine-stitched the labels with straight lines down the middle, imitating the line on the center of the inspiration piece.

 

 

 

 

I then raided my stash of Mini Market Alphabet Stickers and completed the title of my layout, adding some typewritten strips in the middle. Back to my sewing machine again to stitch straight horizontal lines across the alphabet stickers, again, to imitate the lines + bulleted points on the inspiration piece. I had to use some of the fabulous embellishments from Treasure Map, I had to! They were begging to be put onto this layout! :D I ended up using one of the chipboard, a tin pin and a banner. I also stamped the star a couple times here and there because I just love the way it looks together with my mist sprinkles. 

 

 

 

I must tell you this, I am in love with Treasure Map! Expect more Treasure Map layouts from me in the near future! Thank you Suz for inspiring me today!

 

ETA: Isn't Sasha's design Ah-Ma-Zing!?  I love the sentiment, the stitching, the photo and the embellishments that complement her design! Thank you for playing along Sasha!!

Next up is my take and my thoughts on the challenge.

When I found this challenge piece while perusing Pinterest, I found myself drawn to the clean + simple design of the graphic and it spurred a bunch of memories that needed to be documented from many different times in my life. I decided to hone in one particular year of time; 1996-1997 when my hubby Mick and I bought our first home and transitioned from Missouri to Gainesville, Florida.

I knew I had several items I wanted to document in a bullet point type of format, so I opted for an untraditional, vertical two page layout.

 

I used my Silhouette Cameo to create the "potty people" and used some Designer Brads from the Saturday Mornings collection for their heads.

 I machine stitched the timeline and used more Saturday Morning Designer Brads to finish off the timeline/list of details. I broke out the adorable glasses stamps from the Daily Flash collection ("Picture This!") as they were perfect for documenting my occupation; optometry. I also used lots of Snap-Caps from the Daily Flash All Boy collection.

Unfortunately the weather outside (windy!) and the lighting inside weren't cooperating-and so it goes! A small detail blew away (to the right of the "rad" I had placed a small Snap-Caps from the Daily Flash All Boy collection that read "You are my sunshine") so my sentiment at the bottom of the page should read: "I love this place. You are my Sunshine--State." Sadly, I have yet to find the piece, but I am optimistic it will show up soon (probably stuck to my pants leg or something! LOL -I am not alone in this quandary, right? *wink)

I hope you play along with this OA Designer Inspiration piece! Link us up in the comment section below with your design or post it on Instagram with the hashtag #oadesignerinspo and tag me @SuzMannecke and @sashafarina so that we can see it! You can also share on our OA Facebook wall. ;)

 

Have an amazing week!

Suz (& Sasha)

 

 

Designer's Choice with Patricia and Suz

Hello!  Patricia here with you today.  I love seeing interesting pieces and pinning them, and there was something about this piece by Amy van Luijk that interested me.  

Her piece inspired me to create strips from the Treasure Map pattern paper.  Then as I looked through the new Treasure Map pattern papers, I came across the Skull Rock pattern paper and it was perfect with the lines on it for this inspiration piece.  So I cut large triangles from it to place on either side of my strips of pattern papers.  Next, I added some straight machine stitching.  Inspired by the piece, I tucked my photos under the vertical strips of pattern paper.

Then I started placing stickers and die cuts from Treasure Map under the strips, and placing my title vertically along the left for my title.  

I typed my journaling onto one of the stickers, then finished this off with the Travel Daily Flash stamp, which goes perfectly with this collection, and Midway Token Sprinklers!  While my layout is not about pirates or being at sea, this layout came together quickly because it worked so well with our trip to the strawberry patch.

I am so excited to have Suz with me today and was thrilled to see what she would do with this inspiration.  She blew me away with her card.

This is what Suz had to say:

When I first saw Patricia's fabulous inspiration piece, a flurry of ideas went through my mind. At first, I had an idea for an Easter card in my mind, but instead opted for a Bon Voyage card (It could also be a pirate party invitation. Don't the cut up strips of patterned paper look like fun party straws?!) using the newly released Treasure Map collection; the Shape Stickers, Tin Pins, Border Stickers, Sea and Salt Mini Market alphabet stickers and Whale Bone Reef (Side A) patterned paper. I tucked the parrot with hook around one of the patterned "straw" strips for him to perch upon and placed the Tin Pin such that it represented the sun in a bit of an abstract way. The patterned straw strips not only give dimension to the card, but I also think it provides a little more movement to the static card!

 

Thanks so much Patricia for inviting me to play along with this inspiration piece. I so enjoyed it!!

 

Amazing, Suz!  Thank you so much for joining me!  Suz's card has such a cool tropical/pirate feel to it, and the strips just make a great base for her card.  I also love how we both used the new Treasure Map and the same inspiration, but two completely different looks.

 

Hope you join us and share your interpretation with us either on the October Afternoon Flickr group or on Instagram using hashtag #octoberafternoon.  Tag me @patricia_roebuck would love to see!