Trendspotting Triangles!

The past couple of weeks I've been partaking in a Trendspotting course over at Studio Calico and it's been a rather intensive look at the latest trends and incorporating them into your style. The first class was all about triangles and to be perfectly honest, I can't ever remember using a triangle on my creations!

Now, let me just say I spent quite some time trying to conjure up a triangle that would work with my style... nothing came to mind! So I was immensely relieved to be given the opportunity to use a supplied cutting file from the class. However, I don't have a cutting machine that worked with the file so I used my other cutting machine... ME!

Instead of using the spiral triangle file with a cutting machine I printed it out onto A4 paper and hand cut each little triangle so I could use the paper as a mask. Using Pan Pastels I created a gradient of grey around the mask.

I took this photo of my daughter at our local park and she was inside a bright yellow pipe, however the shape was perfect for using with the spiral so I printed the photo in black and white and simply used the cut out shape of my daughter minus the pipe.

Products Used:
Studio Calico Classic Collection - Tiny Chevrons
Studio Calico Heyday Collection - Ethereal, Dew
Studio Calico Wood Veneer - Butterflies
Mist Huey's Color Mist - Water Cooler
American Crafts Sunset Chipboard Thickers
Pan  Pastels - Neutral Grey Tint, Paynes Grey, Neutral Grey
MFT Stamps Die-Namics - Royal Leaves, Mini Rolled Roses
Doodlebug Mini Pearls

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