Tag Archives: color

Sep 19

Days 18 and 19: Using a color palette, and old photos.

Welcome back; I finished my layout too late yesterday to post it (I had to catch the latest episode of Inspector Lewis on PBS!), so I have two days to post today.

Day 18: Woodlands Wedding Shower. The prompt for this day was to use a color palette of gray, brown and yellow. Very autumnish, and also the right colors for my friend’s wedding! Her theme is a natural, woodsy one with tree stumps, twigs, burlap, etc. and the colors are very much what we used for a party we put together for her at work recently. Naturally, I forgot my camera, so I used my cell phone to capture some pics.

I was too busy eating and talking to take photos during the festivities!

Day 19: Mom. Today’s prompt is to use an old photo (or any photo that you wouldn’t use if you scrap on a timeline). I absolutely love the photos I’ve acquired from my mother; these are true treasures, and I really enjoy any opportunity I get to use them in a project.

Most of the materials used here are from Crate Paper, the Emma’s Shoppe line. I have always loved sewing on my layouts, but recently I’ve been wanting to do some hand-stitching as well. I’m interested in learning how to do more of that, so I’m going to see if Amy Tangerine can teach me a thing or two; later this week I’ll be starting her new 4-week class at Big Picture Classes, The Good Life. Should be a fun class to learn all sorts of ways to make everyday life more beautiful.

I’ll catch you tomorrow; I’m off now to start my Ali Edwards Halloween mini album (I’ll show you the finished project when I’m done!). Have a great day!

Aug 5

It Aint Easy…

I just finished the week 6 layout for The Mother LOAD class over at Big Picture Classes. This was a good one, because it’s about creating a layout around the journaling (instead of the other way around). I need to get things off my chest now and then, and this is a pretty good way to do it. I could actually write a lot more, which I think I may do at a later time, but this is a good start. And on this layout, I’m really just trying to use up some left-over embellishments, so it’s not a super-fantastic-OMG-to-die-for creation that some scrapbook company just made a pretty penny off of. Words, a photo, a little something extra.

To every mother out there who has weathered raising teenagers: I salute you.

On a different note, I also finished the last layout of my ‘Colour! Or is it Color?’ class. We ended the session with neutrals, a personal favorite. Black, white, and kraft.

Majestic. Photo by Robert Bryant.

I’m still working on my Week In the Life documentation, and I should have something to post next week. Stay tuned!

Jul 17

Show and Tell.

I’m catching up on my Big Picture Classes homework this weekend, and I have accomplished quite a bit. I have Four new layouts, thankyouverymuch!

First, “Colour! Or is it Color?”. This week we are focusing on the color green. You know, each week I am finding that I like each color more and more, thanks to this class. I am discovering the importance of color in my layouts like never before. I am certainly appreciating colors more, as well.

He is Content.

I followed instructor Nic Howard’s lead as far as style and composition here. Quite out of my comfort zone, which is good. I am here to learn and push my limits.

Next, “Design Challenges”. This is a truly fun class! The challenges we are given are so unique and interesting. Challenge 4 is to use a vintage type, or font. I love fonts, and I have always found them an important part of the style of a layout.

A Fourth of July party photos I hadn't yet scrapped. Kizmet!

Challenge 5 is to use symbols in our layout. We were given links to a font website for free dingbat downloads, which really  helped. Dafont.com is also a good resource for free fonts and dingbats.

Pause. Christmas photos I never scrapped. I'm batting a thousand.

And finally, “The Mother LOAD”. Basic training for the goal of hopefully becoming a “super scrapper” one day. I’m keeping my fingers crossed. This assignment is to create any layout we choose, but to keep tabs on how long it takes me; what is my process; how do I go about choosing this and that, etc. It took me a long time, and I do not have a method or protocol I follow; rather I am somewhat scatterbrained at times. I don’t think about the order in which I am doing things, or how long it is taking me, or taking any steps to organize anything. I am just doing. One thing I have learned is that I tend to get lost in my creative process. I am so happy, content, focused and creative-minded, I lose track of the time, whether I am hungry, and sometimes what is going on around me. It’s not intentional. But, I do have to admit that there are also times I do dawdle and end up sidetracked looking at Twitter posts, or playing my turn on Words With Friends. Love that game.

Hello Summer, inspired by Ali Edwards.

I feel accomplished today, and it feels good. Yesterday was productive, and today will be too, as I get to work on creating cards for a friend. Happy creating!

Jul 8

“Colour! Or is it color?”

This is the name of one of the Big Picture Classes I am currently enrolled in, and today, being my day off is assignment-catch-up day. At this moment, I just finished completing my assignments using color, and this week’s colors are orange and yellow.

2 more book pages.

I had a little too much fun with the baker's twine...

I’m telling you, these on-line classes are so much fun. I am learning and consequently growing so much. I highly recommend Big Picture Classes for anyone who wants to get crafty and learn more scrapbook techniques. It’s also a fun way to spend a scorcher of a summer day (air conditioning is underrated on days like this). I’ll be back later for more class layouts! Until next time!

Jul 6

Fun with color

One of the new classes I’m taking at Big Picture Classes is called “Colour! Or is it color?”, taught by Nic Howard (she’s from New Zealand!).  I’m excited to be getting an opportunity to focus on color in creating various projects. It’s something can be so important; I think that sometimes blocks or spaces of color can be a fantastic addition to a scrapbook page, in addition to the photos and journaling. You don’t even need to have lots of embellishments if you have two or three great colors to make your page eye-catching. I am looking forward to exploring the use of color in crafts.

a pre-class assignment

Right now, I’m really into red, which is our first week’s focus color. Do you have a favorite color? I’d love to know!

Have a colorful day!