"Zoo" Pendous Day

In 2002, we took a trip to New York to visit some friends. We took a drive down to the city to go to the Bronx Zoo. Here is a 2-page layout of our day at the zoo. (Click on photo and then click on photo again to enlarge.)

It's reveal day for this fabulous sketch by Shanon ~ AKA ~ The Scrapping Stamper:

Be sure to drop by her blog to see what her talented DT did with this sketch.

This is also the layout for our May Challenge #9 ~ layered textiles over at Scrap-Friendzy. If you're looking for a great scrapbooking community and loads of fun along with interesting challenges come on over and join us. 

Here are some close-up shots.

I used a net stitch on the scalloped circle frame that I learned from this tutorial by the talented Irene Tan:

I layered burlap, gathered tulle, zebra print fabric, stitching, and braided trim:

I used one large rolled rosette and 7 smaller ones to create this fun flower. I was inspired by the Prima Romani flowers:

Here are some rolled fabric flowers that I snipped to make them fluffy. Changing your fabric strip width and how close you make your snips will change how these come out:

 

To create this LO I used:

Scrap-Friendzy March Kit ~ Spread Your Wings and Fly:

MME Lost and Found ~ Market Street "Adore" Pleated Skirt Paper - 2 sheets

Glitz ~ Hoopla Zebra paper

Black Tulle

Tim Holtz Die Cuts ~ Black Swirls

Webster's Pages ~ Teal Flower Trim

Other:

Green Cardstock ~ stash

White Cardstock (inked for photo mat and journal strips) ~ Stash

Burlap ~ cut from rice bag

Zebra Print Fabric ~ stash

Braid Trim ~ stash

Muslin ~ stash

DMC ~ Embroidery Floss

Zebra Buttons ~ stash

Ranger Distress Inks

Sewing Machine and Hand Stitching

Entered in:

Whimsical Wednesday ~ Back to Basics Challenge ~ No cricut used and old school embellishment - buttons **
"Get Your Glitz On" Challenge #2 ~ Clustering - The Hoopla Zebra Paper was my starting point for this LO. Everything else had to coordinate with this gorgeous paper! I clustered three different items - the three buttons; the layers of textiles: burlap, tulle, zebra print fabric, stitching, and braid trim; and the 7 smaller rolled flowers were clustered around a larger center to make the "daisy" like flower on the upper left side of the layout. **

Thanks for dropping by

~ Blessings ~