Monday, September 17, 2012

What's your scrapping style?

What's your scrapping style?  As for me, I really enjoy different styles.  My husband, Tate, tells it best.  A different style makes my photo books more interesting.  So to show off my latest layouts, I sort of broke them down by scrapping style.

Artistic - This style uses a lot of blending and brushes.  Anna Aspnes has the best kits for this type of thing.  Anna really makes it easy for you to create layouts like these.



Linear/Graphic - When I do this style, I usually start with a template.  On line digital stores provides great challenges where you can snag a template for free.








Project Life - I wouldn't necessarily call it a "style" but definitely a style of its own.  Here I highlight one week on each page.  oops, missed week 14 somewhere.





Layered and Clustered - This is probably the style I do the least.  I'm just not comfortable with crazy layering and clustering.  I am always amazed by those who can throw everything but the sink into their layout.  But here is a few from me.  The first layout, I started with a great template by Lauren Reid then threw a bunch of stuff based on The Big Bang Theory.  The second layout is layering of all the Elemental:  Kym's Washi Tape onto the layout (not even sure what to categorize this layout as, I would love to call it Amy Tangerine style because she always use washi tape on her real paper layouts).



So what is my style?  I am by heart a minimalist.  I love white space.  Liz, of Paislee Press, is the queen of minimalist scrapping.  She is what brought me to love this hobby.  Over the years, I have been on various different creative teams, that allowed me to experiment and explore the different styles.  But when the day is done, this is the style that I am most comfortable with and what I end up loving the most.  Here are some layouts that show you what I mean.













So what's your style?

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

California Trip photobook

I finally finished our California photo book.  I just used the pre made stuff on Shutterfly to make things easier on myself.  Here it is.

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Visit Shutterfly.com to create your own personalized photobook.

Saturday, September 1, 2012

Kym's Washi Tape

I'm feeling oh so special lately.  I actually have a digi kit named after me.  It started a few months ago when I had this great idea for a kit.  I wanted washi tape that had an alphabet line, months, measuring tape, etc.  However I wanted to be able to customize the length by having a digital brush included in the kit that would mimic the look of a "tear."  Gennifer Bursett came to my rescue and created this fabulous kit just for me, Elemental:  Kym's Washi Tape.  She included so many different patterns that this set is so versatile.  Let me show you.


See how fun it looks!

Now here is a page that I did this morning.

Credits:
Elemental:  Kym's Washi Tape by Gennifer Bursett
Elemental:  Retro Alpha Set by Gennifer Bursett
Co-Curriculur Papers by Gennifer Bursett
Toolbox Mist v. 9 by Gennifer Bursett
Pictures + Words v. 3 by Paislee Press

I know, I'm so behind in my postings.  I'll be back later this weekend (hopefully) to catch you up with all the latest and greatest.