Let's get physical...

Okay that is a completely different Olivia and if you are younger than 40 you probably have no idea who I am talking about! But for us oldies, Olivia Newton John was 'the bomb' in her white leg-warmers and leotard singing "Let's Get Physical"... ahhh the memories!
Anyhow, I'm here to show you 'Olivia' by Bo Bunny and my November sketch sample as guest DT for Handmade by Suzanne.
Suzanne asked me to have a play with the delightful Olivia collection which is really rich in romantic colours and quite feminine in its approach. However, I have really been trying to broaden my scrapping répéteur so I came up with a plan... I picked out all the patterns and colours that I would normally choose and I flipped each of them over to reveal a completely different colour pallete! Oh my goodness did I feel like a fish out of water, I pondered and re-arranged and eventually started to see a way forward! Here is the result...

I still used lots of pale flower combinations in layers to create a bit of dimension and I added a hint of glossy accents to the centres. I even went a little crazy with my retro flower punch and covered the layout in a soft fall of tiny flowers to which I added pearl centres.

How gorgeous is this Prima butterfly which arrived neatly packaged with three other colourful friends, I'm saving those for my next projects :)

I decided to use a white gel pen to doodle around some of the Bo Bunny chipboard shapes to liven the darker colour scheme, can't help myself!

A little bit more 'glossy accents' on the Pink Paislee foam letters to give a Lovely sheen and there you have it... my sketch layout sample!
Now, if you would like to enter this month's sketch challenge you will find all the details HERE - and the prize is a $20 gift voucher to spend in the Handmade by Suzanne on-line store. And as an added bonus, Marg from Marg's Bits and Pieces has kindly offered to donate a gorgeous selection of her handmade embellishments to a second lucky entrant. Hope to see your creations in the gallery! Good luck!
From farm to you...