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Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Technique Corner – Dance "flag" letters

Another one of my layouts was published on Prima blog! This time it's a really cute lo telling the story of two young dancers: my son and my niece. The dance and the choreography was completely theirs as well as the idea to make the performance it my son's 11th birthday.

I wanted to share an easy fun technique I used in this lo. Flags are in fashion these days, but sometimes I feel like it's been done too much. So, instead of hanging flags on the rope I decided to hang letters! The technique is simple:

*letters with holes like O, B, and D are easy to hang. Simply thread the twine or string through the hole and your letter is hung.

*letters like E, M and F are a little trickier because they have no hole. In this case hang the letter by placing the string in the corner of a letter creating the illusion that the string is holding it.

*The problem is with letters like I, L and J, they are straight and can't be hanged. The solution I found is put the letter on the string and let it blend with the other letters as if it is hanged as well…lol.

A few challenges:

CreativeInspiration Paints: Inspired by spring
OneStitch at a Time #109: Bright
Pileit on #16: Pop it up
Scrapit with a song: Beautiful Day U2
Thecrazy challenge:  Movie – Dirty Dancing, Dance, Streetdance
Thepink elephant #144
Clearit out: Based on a song - "Dance", "Dancing Queen"
PartyTime Tuesday #64: Color inspiration
AudSentiments #52: spring summer colors
ColorThrowdown #188
CreativeBellie #141: children
Movingalong with the times #144: Vintage, Shabby chic
Polka Doodles: Pretty in pink
Berry71Bleu: Inspirational photo

Have fun creating!

Einat

31 comments:

  1. Fabulous layout.

    Thanks for joining us at One Stitch at a Time this week, and good luck!

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  2. Gorgeous layout! Fun technique with the letters - thanks for sharing! Glad you could join us this week at Scrap it With a Song!

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  3. Aww this is So beautiful !! what lovely photos! The layout is fab and I love the gorgeous papers and embellishments - so many wonderful details!
    Thanks for joining us at MAWTT for my Shabby Chic/Vintage theme and good luck in the Challenge!
    Hugs Sue xx

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  4. Love it - such a great idea! Thanks for playing along at Polkadoodles xxx

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  5. A beautiful layout - a fab way to showcase the photos
    Thanks for joining us at MAWTT this week
    Lisa x

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  6. Awesome! LOVE the way you did the "dance" banner on this wonderful page. Cute photos too.
    So pretty.
    Thanks for joining us at Belli Challenges.
    Lynn

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  7. Beautiful LO Einat.. LOVE the word banner and all your pretty details!! Thanks for sharing with us at B71B :))

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  9. Hello Einat..

    What a special page this is! I love how you captured their photos while dancing. These are precious photos!

    Beautiful page as well..

    Thank you so much for joining our challenge at berry71bleu.

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  10. Thanks for sharing your talent with us at Scrap it with a Song. The layout is beautiful.

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  11. Beautiful, thanks for the tip on the letters too!
    Thanks for playing along with us at the Clear It Out Challenge blog :)

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  12. what a wonderful Lay Out so glad you joined us at Polka Doodles this week
    hugs

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  13. Thanks for joining us @ Clear it Out Challenge love the work you have done here...tfs

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  14. Beautiful layout! Thanks for playing along at Scrap it with a song!

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  15. This is so pretty. I love the idea of doing letters for the banner effect. Brilliant.Thanks for playing along with us at Scrap It With A Song.

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  16. What a pretty layout, Loving all the flowers. thank you for joining us at B71B, Channa

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  17. What a fantastic idea! I am so going to try this!!! Thanks for sharing you scrapbook page with us - what a wonderful memory. Thanks for the inspiration and joining us for our "Spring/Summer Color Challenge" at Aud Sentiments!

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  18. Gorgeous! Thank you for playing along at One Stitch At A Time xx

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  19. Thank you for joining us @Clear it out Challenge. Love your work.

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  20. Beautiful LO, love the flower decorations :) Thanks for joining us at The Crazy Challenge hugs Rebecca

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  21. This is a gorgeous page. Thank you for joining the CI Paint spring challenge this week.

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  22. Absolutely gorgeous! Thanks for joining in with our bright challenge over at OSAAT and good luck. Julie

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  23. Gorgeous layout. Thanks for sharing your art in the Creative Inspirations Paints blog challenge.

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  24. this is really beautiful Einat!! thanks for sharing it and playing with us at B71B

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  25. Beautiful layout! I love the design and the way you placed the title is so cool!!!Thanks for playing at B71B!

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  26. So many lovely details, especially the way you have the words laced to make a banner!


    Thanks for Joining the Creative Belli Challenge
    ~Markey

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  27. Niceeeeeeeeeeeeeee....really smart and elegant :)
    Thanks for sharing your work with us at Scrap it with a Song!

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  28. What a gorgeous page! Love the floral accents! Thanks for playing along with us at Color Throwdown!

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  29. Beautiful page! Thanks for playing along at Scrap it with a Song!

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  30. Very pretty page, thanks for joining Berry 71 Bleu!

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