Scraplifting at the Flying Unicorn

I know I've said it before, but it's worth saying again. I'm so pleased to have discovered and joined the Flying Unicorns community. They are such a feisty and fun group with a brilliant sense of humour and high output of creative talent.

This month, I've enrolled in an April Scraplift Challenge. We are in teams of four, each taking a week in turn. I'm in "Team Trouble" (no looks of surprise out there) and I'm down as week three. The two layouts preceding mine are both delightfully creative and individual. An intimidating act to follow!!!

This is the amazing page I had to scraplift...

and here's the layout I was inspired to produce from it...

I lifted the idea of stenciling in the top right hand corner, though changed the design from honeycombs to blooms on a branch. I also took the title and dimensional letters and gave it my own twist.  Neither of my teamies have used photographs in their layouts and I carried on with the idea and found an illustration on the web, of an album design cover for Singin' in the Rain. I noted the flourish on the right, so added a grungeboard version, found lurking in my stash. Finally, I lifted the garland of flowers from along the bottom. I used a spray of Prima blooms which I'd coated with a watery glaze of white paint to mute down their originally bright colours. The rest of the design was my take on how to balance all these elements together.

I trust this will meet with "Team Trouble"'s approval. Can't wait to see how my page will be lifted next week.

Have a wonderful, creative week my friends!

Px