Monday, June 3, 2013

Guessing Game #3 -Simple Strategies with Melissa

Hi, everyone! Melissa here to share a layout with you today and some ideas for working a bit backwards in your scrapbooking process by taking inspiration for starting your page from an embellishment rather than a photo or patterned paper.

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Most of the time I start my layouts by choosing photos that will work with the products I have on my desk. From there I decide on an arrangement for the photos and layer in patterned paper. Embellishments are usually one of the last things I add to a layout.

For this page, though, I started close to the end of my process. As I was unpacking my June kits, the chipboard frames from Crate Paper's The Pier collection really caught my eye, and I found myself playing with them on a piece of cardstock, working on different layered arrangements. Somewhere during the process I also decided that the cheesecloth in the main kit would make a great layered element behind them. It wasn't until after I had a cluster of the chipboard frames arranged that I went to my photos to look for something that would work for my page. I chose some photos of a tropical sunset and placed them behind three of the frames, adding clusters of small embellishments and my journaling to the others to finish off the page.

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Sometimes starting at the end of your process is a great way to get out of a creative rut and discover new ways to use your supplies!

2 comments:

  1. This is so pretty Melissa and full of depth and texture!

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  2. Love this Melissa :) the background just matches the photo so well!

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