Friday, January 13, 2012

Time for a Punk Sketch!

I love the Punky Scraps sketch challenges!

Trying to come up with fresh design ideas is the hardest part of the layout process for me so I gladly hand the responsibility over to Marie who is able to provide something beautiful for us Punky Team members to work with at least 1 every month! Thanks Marie!

Here's the resulting page:
Keith's Playground (FDR Dream)
Materials: Scenic Route paper, Studio Calico exclusive radar stamp (LOOVE!) Studio Calico exclusive woodgrain alphas, Basic Grey Alphas, Tim Holt'z waxed kraft paper, Basic Grey brads, Prima heart button. Fiskar's arrow punch, K & Co arrow die cuts, Smash polka dot tape and tag. Canvas Corp tag baggie. That "T" pin is AWESOME! Got it from a pair of men's pants at Banana Republic. Looks like something Tim Holtz would package at 12 for 4 dollars.
I've always wanted to visit Keith Haring's "Crack Is Wack" mural. He painted it in the late 80's. Ever since his death from AIDS in the late 80's,  folks in the neighborhood have volunteered to touch it up to keep it from disappearing. When I arrived, 3 people had just finished retouching the orange side to erase some punk kid's silver tags. They thought I was Park Police and showed me how they stayed away from the outlines to preserve the original design. Gotta love NYC!

Here's the sketch:

Now please feel free to swing by and add your page!
http://punkyscraps.blogspot.com/


MuChoS SmOoChES!
Michelle

14 comments:

  1. I knew you would do something cool with those photos!

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  2. and you said your mojo was off...this is awesome!

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  3. Hi Michelle :)

    Totally Groovie layouts & photos!
    Have a fun weekend...

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  4. I LOVE the way this turned out and you used your photos!! Awesome job Michelle!

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  5. yep, works for me :-) I really like the same-on-same arrow at middle right, and of course the layering under the photo cluster. mojo back? x

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  6. I love all those arrows! I love sketches too.

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  7. This is awesome! Love the arrows and all of the other cool details on this page!

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  8. This is absolutely awesome!!! I want to lift this!!

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  9. That is cool how they preserve the mural.Love the layout! It is super cool! Love all the layering! -Amanda

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  10. Love this, Michelle! I love the story behind it, too. My favorite detail is the strategically placed brads that work off of the orange paint splatter. I don't think I've ever used a brad on a LO, and you have so inspired me to look at them in a new way!

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  11. I just love your style. Something about it... just makes me smile big smiles :)

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  12. Love this!! Oh, the paint and layers... :) A girl after my own heart! he he.

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  13. omg-I am in love with all of it! You rocked this!!!!

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