This first layout is one of my new favourites. I love the bold, bright feel and overall tone of the page. Every time I see " Swing Like a Demolition Ball", I immediately smile. I love how the rich colour and layered details highlight these wonderful photos of my husband as he pushes my son and his friends on a tire swing. I hand cut all of the elements on this page.Inking the patterned papers and using the Bic Mark It's added subtle detail to the page. Lately, I have really been favouring my pens and stamp inks as an inexpensive way to add a more finished look. I used an EK Success punch along the notebook style paper. I wanted it to look as though it was really torn from a notebook, so I bent and ripped the tabs a little to provide that effect. Rolling the paper at the edges also gave it a more worn feel, adding another subtle detail.
Scraplift of Little Stingray by Amy Peterman for Club CK Scraplift challenge Card stock: white- Colorbok, blue-Coredinations sanded slightly to show the core Patterned papers: notebook paper-Basic Grey all other papers from Echo Parks' Summer Days,Sweet Summer time and Playground collections Ek Success notebook border punch Alpah stickers- Echo park - green alphas from Echo Park's Playground collection all other alphas from the Echo Park's Summer days collection Arrow and yellow photo corner from Echo park's Summer days collection Bic mark it's: Rambunctious red,Sunset orange,tuxedo black and Blue Skies Blue SEI ink blue ink on patterned papers Studio G orange ink on the sun's papers DMC floss-white |
When you think of the colour pink, you don't immediately think of boys or fish. So this next page may surprise you a little. I chose pink as the base card stock, not because of it's feminine quality, but rather for how it reminds me of the Caribbean. It ended up being a nice compliment to these photos of my son feeding stingrays at the Atlantis resort on Paradise Island, Bahamas. The bright shade of pink with this fun combination of Echo Park Papers screams out "summer fun". Papers cut into round shapes give the hint of bubbles floating on the page. I used a black pen to add a bit more detail and to refine the idea of a bubble. Hand cut fish also lend to the theme.
Scrapbook Challenges Sketch #240 White Acrylic paint Card stock-DCWV Bic Mark it-tuxedo black papers,border sticker and Alphas from Echo Park's Sweet Summertime collection |
The last page I will share with you tonight is one you may remember is you have been following my blog. It features the only other female in my household, my cat Sweetpea. This page is the perfect example of how a few embellishments can make a page more feminine. For " A Pair of Roguish Eyes", I wanted a fun,yet girly page. I chose pink and yellow papers paired with prima flowers to achieve that effect. the use of an orange pen adds to the fun feel of the page and provides the added detail it needs without adding bulk.
My husband captured this photo of Sweetpea peering out of the bathroom sink. It's one of her favourite places. She loves to lay init when she's warm. She also loves playing with the water out of the faucet. She is quite the little imp, hence the title of the page.
I hope you have enjoyed these pages featuring some of Echo Park's paper collections. Now it's time for me to cross my fingers and hope that just maybe you will get to see some of my pages featured on Echo Park's blog.
They're all wonderful! Love them!! And good luck with the EP Fresh Faces! My fingers are crossed for you!!
ReplyDeleteThey are all fantastic!
ReplyDeleteThe first layout is pure eye candy :) So much to look at! Love the little fishies on the 2nd and the adorable photo of your kitty on the 3rd.
ReplyDeleteWow , what a great layout you made for scrapping the music ! I love that sun and all the circels !!
ReplyDeleteAnd beautiful colors :)
I hope it will catch their eyes at Echopark :):):)