demise: noun

the end of existence or activity; termination

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It looks like a simple lay out but there is a lot going on actually, but it's all in the little details. :) First off, I am following this sketch by Becky Fleck. I absolutely love her sketches and have been following her blog for 4 years? I think that's right, but then I have a habit of losing track of time, so who really knows?

So you can see I followed the basic design of the sketch. I was really focused on the paper itself which shows the ocean washing up on the beach. But I think you can see that the large hand torn sand castle replaces the paper layering on the right and the flag is the date element on the top right edge. The only layering I didn't incorporate is on the left side. The flower embellishments are replaced with the 2 clouds and the sand dollar.

 I'm not the best at making lay outs ahead of time as my pictures usually dictate my creative process but I will have to keep in mind the lay out and work in reverse. Taking pictures to go with the design, harder to do than it sounds!

I was really inspired by the jar, and built a beach scene within a beach scene. This is one of those details. If you look inside the jar, you can see the same elements repeated, sand, seashell, sand castle, seagull and clouds. Now look at the general lay out and you will see the same embellishments. It's my beach washing up on the beach. ..( welcome to my world, lol )

Sizzix Jar Die, and Sand Dollar

Really Reasonable Ribbon Hemp Cord
Cricut - Everyday Paper Dolls, clouds

I also had a lot of fun with the sand dollar and the castle itself. I did shading, added gold beads and stickles to both. The sand dollar on the other hand became way more involved, I added LuminArte' Twinkling H20's, paint, and a thick layer of Ranger's Candy Crackle. It actually wasn't this color, but when I added the crackle it changed! lol That was a "breathe and let go" moment!

As I have discussed before, I don't add a lot of dimension to my lay outs, I prefer to use doodling, shading, bead work and sinking. But the jar began my demise into dimension, with the cloud following suit, lol It's not too bad, just a little height.

For my "sinking", I used the water paper tearing for the sand dollar and the jar, and my exacto knife for the sand castle. You can see the differences in the edges of the 2 techniques.

 Here is what the back of my lay out looks like ;) I was a little sloppy with my glue and you see where I had too much glue around the edges, be careful and don't glue your lay out to your craft table!! I can say that I've never done that, but I have come close ;)

Becky Fleck - Fancy Pants Sketch Contest

Just Add Water Silly - Artist Playroom - Turquoise and Lime

Paper playtime - Challenge #81 - Hot and Spicey + a Die Cut or Punch