Getting Crafty on Waitangi Day

It's Waitangi Day here in New Zealand so we have a public holiday. I spent the day crafting and it feels good. To start I completed another layout from CAD 2018 using photos from CAD 2018!  The layout is from one of Terhi Koskinen's classes.  It was so funny listening to the rest of the class during this lesson as we were not allowed to use rulers! I was happy to go free-form but many were not happy at all lol!  #terhikoskinenworkshops @terhi_koskinen Here's the layout:

Lately I have been doing a lot of catch up and finishing projects from craft weekends so I was itching to create for creating sakes. I was inspired by the faux stitched blocks on Terhi's layout, an idea popped in to my head and I decided to run with it.  I had a few orange toned chipboard stickers left from the class kit so I wanted to try the matching the colours like in the first layout too. I chose a number of coral, pink and red paper squares from the kit and laid them out. Once I inked the edges and glued them down, I added faux stitching with a Tim Holtz ruler.

Next I decided I really liked the paint behind the squares as in the first layout, but I had already glued the squares down! My alternative was try some water colouring around it. I also added splotches of colours - one of my favourite techniques.

Lastly, I layered on the chipboard stickers and fussy cut 2 storks - love those stalks! I must really love them because I don't like fussy cutting!  I channelled Terhi and just kept adding items from the leftovers of the class kit. Here's my final layout:

I am entering this layout in two challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge -  Add Some Red (definitely some pops of red on my layout - I deliberately made sure to include red so I could enter this challenge)

It's 5:45pm and I forgot I am on cooking dinner tonight so I better get to that now!

Materials:
Inks: Tim Holtz Distress Oxides (for watercolouring)
Sprays: Prima and Heidi Swapp (for splotches and some light colour spray)
Waterbrushes: Sakura and Prima
Papers, Swatch Books, Chipboard Stickers: Pick Me Up by Paige Evans by American Crafts (including fussy cut items from the papers)
Glitter Enamel Shapes: Box of Crayons by Shimelle by American Crafts
White Pen: Kikki-K
Sticker: Vicki Boutin by American Crafts (journal box)
Page Base: Heidi Swapp
Stitching Ruler: Tim Holtz
Pen: Sharpie (for faux stitching)
Buttons and Butterflies: from class kit (unknown)