Life is Like Riding a Bicycle {ODBDLYLS18}

There's still time to play along with the June Monthly Scrapbook Challenge at Our Daily Bread Designs.  This month Patter issued a Photo Inspiration Challenge with a twist.  Using the photo (shown here) as your inspiration (think colors/theme), create a layout of any size, using ODBD stamps on your page, the twist is that you need to add something NEW to your page. 







8" x 8" page

      I pulled the colors and summery theme from the photo, changing the shade of blue a bit.  As for my something new....the Bicycle and sentiment are from the new ODBD June Release; the pattern paper is from Authentique which I picked up with this scrapbook page in mind; and the Cheery Lynn Designs Mini Fanciful Flourish and Exotic Butterfly Wings are things that I purchased from the ODBD Booth while at the Milwaukee Stamp Show last month.

Because I had purchased only 1 sheet of pattern paper for my layout, I wanted to stretch the paper a bit, so I cut a 6" x 6" panel from the center so I could add layers. To add interest to the already beautiful Authentique paper, I randomly stamped the ODBD Honeycomb Background in Ranger Gathered Twigs Distress Ink. 

The little girl in the photo is my mom.  I only had a Black and White photo, and was inspired the Tim's Tag for June to add color to the image using Distress Inks.

The Bicycle image is stamped on Vanilla card stock, cut out and colored with STAEDTLER Karat Aquarell WC Pencils/blending with Gamsol.  Do add extra dimension to the flowers, I stamped/colored them a second time and popped them up on dimensionals.

To embellish my page, I used a variety of flowers and Flourishes from Zva Creative along with the Cheery Lynn Designs Exotic Butterflies and Mini Fanciful Flourish.

My page also fits the ODBDSLC - Summertime Challenge and  Simon Says Stamp and Show a Bit of Brown

Details:
Stamps - Our Daily Bread Designs Honeycomb Background, Bicycle
Ink - Ranger Coffee Archival, Ranger Salty Ocean Distress Ink, Gathered Twigs Distress Ink
Card Stock - Espresso, Vanilla
Other - Ink Blending Tool, Zva Creative Flowers/Flourishes, Glue Dots, Dimensionals, STAEDTLER Karat Aquarell WC Pencils, Gamsol, Cheery Lynn Designs Mini Fanciful Flourish/Mini Exotic Butterflies/Angel Wings, Authentique Pattern Paper

ODBD Products Used: Bicycle, Honeycomb, Cheery Lynn Designs Exotic Butterflies Small, Angel Wings, Mini Fanciful Flourish (note the small Angel Wings and Mini Fanciful Flourish are not on the website, but are available at shows, or you can call to order)

This Scrapbook Challenge runs through Saturday, June 30th, at 6 p.m. Eastern Time, click here for more details and to also view Sue and Gemiel's pages.  After this month, the ODBD Scrapbook Challenge will be going on hiatus.

Thanks for stopping by!