Designer Challenge Monday - Emily Pitts

The extremely talented Emily Pitts is here with us this week.  Emily is here with us to talk digits... Yup!  Numbers!  Something that we take for granted every day that make our lives interesting and easier.  Here's Emily with her numeric challenge for you this week:

Hopefully by now you’ve had a chance to soak in the beauty that is the Fall issue. I think it’s my favourite to date! It’s full of inspiring eye candy and ideas. If you haven’t yet seen it, download a copy now and go to page 14. That’s my article – I Spy With Emily. While writing the article, I kept coming up with different ideas for using numbers. I shared a number (ha ha) with you in the article, but there were so many other ideas that I had to leave out because of space constraints. So after you’ve read the article, I challenge you to do a layout using numbers as the focus.

I wanted to record the phone number that I grew up with. It’s the first set of numbers I remember HAVING to memorize, and I think that’s why it’s stuck with me for so long. We moved when I was a teenager –a couple of times– and I don’t remember any of the numbers from those other homes. It was fun to find a way to document something that wasn’t connected to a photo. I ended up using a picture of our house that we lived in at the time.

Here's the layout I created:

Remember
by Emily Pitts

supplies: cardstock, Bazzill; patterned paper, Studio Calico; ribbon, Jillibean Soup; metal numbers (used as a mask), Making Memories; pins and mist, Maya Road; pearls, Basic Grey; embroidery floss, DMC; pen, Micron

I look forward to seeing how you use numbers on a layout!

Comments

[PaulaSG]

Ooh pretty! I love that cluster by the butterfly! Nice work:)

[{vicki}]

What a great idea to do a l/o with your phone number---I don't know that I remember any of my phone numbers growing up BUT I DO remember my Granny's # (the # I called the most)---I think I'll do l/o using her #.

Thanks

[Kim T]

That's so cool! What a great idea! And love your misting/masking!

[Barb]

Oh Emily, I love your LO. Wow, you ROCKED the Maya Mist! And your embroidered journalling lines... I am adding that to my list of things to lift during my LO a Day stint next month. Thanks for the inspiration!

[emily pitts]

i forgot to mention i used MYB's acetate "remember" title. oops!

[Courtney B]

I live in Vernal! Wow I never thought I'd see a layout or especially one on a blog I follow with Vernal on it. I think I'll have to do a layout with my first phone number (from back in Indiana). Thanks for sharing!

[Nathalie]

This is such a fun subject and a wonderful way to record this memory! I too have numbers stuck in my head from childhood and now, I might have to make a page about them! Thank you for the inspiration!

[Aphra Bolyer]

Bee-U-tiful misting! Love this whole concept. I think I'll use my address. For some reason I don't remember the phone number, but I sure do the address. Now my boyfriend's number...ah, well, I digress....

[kary sol]

Just AWESOME!!!!!

[Jennifer Colinet]

My favourite page of the new fall issue is page 32. I love the colour and the image. my favourite season is fall and this captures it perfectly.

[Brenda Hurd]

beautiful Emily!!

[Rose S]

What a great idea. I so remember my phone number from the house I grew up in. Thanks for the idea.

[quail hill homes]

I shared a number (ha ha) with you in the article, but there were so many other ideas that I had to leave out because of space constraints.

[turtle ridge homes]

It was fun to find a way to document something that wasn’t connected to a photo. I ended up using a picture of our house that we lived in at the time.