I'm really loving the Process class. Just as I thought I enjoyed week 3 about creating layouts the most. There were some really great ideas in there. I've made three more layouts using my new knowledge. This first one was about mixing patterns:
With this second layout I wanted to work with an irregular grid and experiment with balance:
This last one was also about balance, trying to add a large title. I added and removed all kinds of alphas and I just wasn't happy with the way it looked. Finally I just decided that it was good enough. I gave up on perfect! I cut off part of a J to make a comma, and the last E is made up of an F and a Z.
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I knew Catherine Davis' Process class would be awesome. I signed up right away. This first project is made with the SC Antiquary kit and one of Catherine's class templates.
I hardly ever make 12x12 layouts anymore, but this paper matched the photos so well. I only added a tag and a paper clip from my stash.
This seceond layout was made the featured layout at SC this week. Thank you so much! I used a pin from the class board as inspiration.
I started by cutting out a larger triangle from the triangle paper and then placed it on top of my photos and handcut around it. The geometry isn't perfect, but perfection is not my thing anyway.I used three different photos. The tags are Bananafish Studio and was in the Salinger addon a while back.
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I love www.picmonkey.com! I usually edit my layouts there before posting. I brighten them up and sharpen them up just a bit. Last I add a drop shadoww. But they have awesome actions for editing facial pics, too. Here's a fun photo I edited for Halloween. I used a mix of the witch and demon themes.
My before pic:
My after pic:
Happy Halloween, people!
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I'm so glad I jumped on this project! I absolutely love this easy way of documenting our everyday life. I found my style quickliy, as opposed to my scrapbooking style. The SC PL kits make it so easy to stay up-to-date. Here are my first three pages for October:
Something I've learned is to use lots of filler cards. At first I thought they were a waste of space, but then I realized they make the pages much more airy and pleasing to the eye. My PL has been especially inspired by two people. One is Catherine Davies who makes very beautiful but simple PL spreads. They're never over-worked. The other person is Kelly Noel, who has taught me how to do my journaling. There just aren't enough of the journaling cards in the SC PL kit for me. Kelly has a very creative way of adding journaling to the filler cards also. Love that!
And you know I had a to document the fact that The Walking Dead is back on!
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WCMD has come and gone, but the challenges at Studio Calico are open until tomorrow. So keep creating! Here are a few of my challenge entries. I used Dana Fleckenstein's idea to print the Antiquary labels on kraft. I love it!
Materials: SC Antiquary card kit, kraft cardstock, Versafine Onyx black and Versamark stamp pads, gold glitter Zing, Hello Forever Antiquary printable labels, tiny attacher
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Sometimes I forget to blog and to even read other peoples blogs. It's been three weeks since I posted anything, so here are two layouts I've made with Double Scoop! The first one has some hidden journaling underneath the photo:
And here is one I made for the BOYS challenges on the SC challenge board. The challenge was to lift one of the SC DT members. I lifted Jen J and made this:
Enjoy fall!
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My son recently learned to ride his bike. It has been a struggle for him so it was a really big achivement. Once he put his mind to it he learnt it in just a few days. It's so much fun to see him riding his bike to pre-school and out with his friends. He's so proud!
Materials: SC Marks & Coscrapbook and project life kits, Steinbeck and Salinger addons, Mister Huey's in Inky Black and StazOn ink
Also do NOT miss this amazing new class from Nina at Strömsvigt. You really want to see all the gorgeous watercolor projects. Lots of different techniques to try and a challenge to go with each. Shop the class at Etsy right now!
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