'Scrapping on a budget' layout by Ingeborg Dijkstra

A couple of weeks ago I created a layout for less than $ 1.00 and I have had so many wonderful responses that I thought I'd do it again! This layout was made using one sheet of cardstock and a piece of Prima packaging and other stuff I had in my stash. I do love buying new products, but with this layout I want to show you that you can still make a funky, colourful and balanced layout without spending too much!

List of materials I used:

• Pink Cardstock (Chromatics)
• Die cut letters (I used Sizzix Shadowbox die cuts)
• Black pen (Sakura)
• 'Say It In Crystal Flourishes' (Prima)
• Black and white paper (Grace by Bella)

I started by distressing a sheet of slightly textured pink cardstock. Using a ruler and pencil, I marked a square on my layout (about an 1.5 inch / 4 cm from the border, see picture 1). I used die cut letters for my title. If you don't have a die cut machine, you can also use a chipboard alphabet (or whatever you have left). I placed my title on the left (see picture 2 and 3).

I removed the die cut letters and traced the pencil lines with a black marker. I wanted to make the letters stand out, so I stamped dots on them. I cannot remember the brand name of the dotted stamp, sorry.

I used the 'negatives' from the die cuts to define the area I wanted to stamp. I used them like a mask or stencil (see pictures below). If you want to skip this step, you can also choose to doodle in your letters ...

I have a package of 'Say It In Crystal Flourishes' by Prima. These bling flourishes are gorgeous, but I didn't want to use them, since I wanted to make this a BUDGET layout. So ... I opened the package and carefully cut out one of the swirls. Using my scanner (see pictures below) I printed the swirl. I put the cardstock on top of the printed swirl (yes, I held it against the window when the sun was shining to create my FREE light box ) and used my black marker to make 'dots' following the printed shape. I still have the original bling flourish to use on another layout!

Whilst opening the package of bling swirls, I couldn't help but noticing the super cute black and white dots. So ... I used the packaging instead of patterned paper. You can see the barcode on the picture below. I chose to cover the barcode and product name with ribbon and a picture, but it is quite funky to even have that shown on your layout too!

I went through my stash to find a matching piece of ribbon. I also had some leftover paper from the Bella Grace collection. I used the black and white paper to cut out three flowers.

I added some lime flowers from my stash and punched three little white flowers and finished off with a pink rhinestone in the middle of each flower. Done!