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Audrey's Corinne layout makes us smile. Sometimes we may have tendency to scrapbook only the best occasions. Audrey shows us that it's good to preserve those "not so perfect days" too.
This detail shows the fun way she used different alphabets to mix her title. What a good way to accent different words. The long title easier to read broken up too.
Misting the blue background adds to the airy feel. This little group of embellishments is a playful addition and a great spot for journaling.
Come back tomorrow to meet next week's guest blogger!
Audrey has two double-page layouts to share today. When choosing which papers to use on her layouts, she carefully considers the colors in her photos and uses papers that will compliment them. We hope you enjoy reading her thought-process in the papers and accents she chose.
FUN WITH FLOWERS
"There were so many busy colors in my photos that I needed to use a background that was dull so that the photos would stand out. I used some greys from Couture and some greens from Corinne. But to highlight what was going on in my photos, I used a lot of bright colored accents."
DELIGHTFUL DANDELIONS
"When I do pages, I usually use papers that are oppisite in color of my photos so that my photos pop off the page. But in this case, the colors of Sunny Day just matched my photos so perfectly that I had to use them, and my photos still stand out! I stamped a flower image with some grey ink on my background cardstock, and used some swirly metal accents and a pearl gem for the middle to add some 'movement' to the flowers."
Next time you are creating a scrapbook layout, don't forget to consider the photos you are putting on your page. Thanks for your insights, Audrey!
Audrey's project for today is over-the-top amazing! She used so many different materials and techniques for this decorative Easter basket. So, we thought we would let her explain it in her own words.
"I was originally going to make my own basket design, but there are so many great tutorials out there, so why reinvent the wheel? I used a tutorial from this blog to make this basket, which I altered just a bit. I used some of the beautiful White Elegance papers for the basket and I added only one handle and a ribbon around the top edge. The butterflies are from the spring breeze accessory pack."
"For the 'grass' I used some tissue paper which I cut into thin strips, and then misted with some green 'tumble dye' which works just like a spray ink. I let this dry overnight."
"The eggs are paper mache and I purchased them from my local Hobby Lobby. I painted them with a few coats of white paint. My initial intent was to cover them with strips of paper, which I attemped. But SEI papers are so high quality that you would have to use paper thin papers to cover the shape of the egg. So instead, I misted my eggs with some light pastel colors, and then punched some shapes from the purple and green papers of the Couture collection. I used a few coats of Mod Podge to make the punched shapes lie flat on the eggs. On the last coat, I added some glitter to give them a bit of sparkle. Once dry, I added some pearl gems from the accessory pack."
"Lastly, I made my little sign by pleating some papers and using some circle punches. Some tiny rub-ons letters for my sentiment went in the middle, and I attached all to a wooden skewer that I painted white!"
When Audrey sent us this layout we were surprised because it's not her usual style. It is so great that she was able to stretch herself and still come out with a nice layout. This is really hard for most of us to do, but we can learn so much when we try something new.
Audrey explains the journey, "When I got the White Elegance papers, I KNEW they would be perfect for misting or distress inking, and that the silvery images on the paper would resist the ink. They turned out just beautiful!! I have to admit that this purply-blue background paper was supposed to be just an 'experiment' piece to see how the paper would mist, but I loved the way it turned out, so I used it on my page. I also used another piece of the White Elegance for my base and inked the edges with a light brown ink. It, too, resisted very well. Papers and die cuts are from Moonrise, and more tickets from En Route. The flowers and butterflies are Monsterville yellow cardstock, and the flower centers are brads from Claire."
Audrey decided to mix it up on this layout. How did she make it work? Audrey says, "I focused on color combinations and went searching through the different collections for the colors I wanted."
"I used Kris Kringle for the background, strips from Monsterville and Corinne, sentiments and pther papers from Corinne, brads from Claire, and I even found some of these tickets from the older 'En Route' collection! I just love the way this page came out." (Count 'em up... that's 5 different collections!)
We hope Audrey's tip on mixing collections inspires you to shake things up on your next project!
Audrey's layout is about playing outside with her daughter. We love all the fabulous layouts our design team has made with children and Corinne! Kids and Corinne go together like peanut butter and jelly. This layout is a perfect example of why that combo is oh so sweet.
Don't forget... you could win a $25 gift card to shopsei.com. To enter, create a layout using Julie's sketch and at least one SEI product. Then link up to our party, going on right now! You only have one more day.
Audrey created this cheerful layout using three different paper collections, White Elegance, Corinne, and Claire. The striped White Elegance paper works great to resist the mist. It makes a textured background without overpowering the layout.
Audrey made this Valentine's heart garland and created a tutorial so you can make one too. In fact, hop over to her blog, Audrey's Reflection a little later today and you could even win some All My Heart goodies like she used to make it with by entering her giveaway.
Here is her tutorial...
1. To create TWO hearts, you need SEVEN 1”x12” pieces of paper. The instructions below are for creating one heart. Use your remaining pieces to create the 2nd one.
2. Cut FOUR of your 7 strips into 4” and 8” lengths. (This creates four 4” pieces and four 8” pieces.)
3. Cut the remaining 3 strips into 6” pieces, giving you 6, 6” pieces total.
4. Align 7 of your pieces in the following order (for one heart), 8”, 6”, 4”, 6”, 4”, 6”, 8” .
5. Using a quick dry glue, apply a thin line of adhesive to the bottom edge of the first 4 strips and glue them together, all facing the same direction.
6. For your remaining three strips, make sure they are facing OPPOSITE of your first four strips. Add these three to your other four strips. All 7 strips will now be glue together at the bottom.
7. Starting on the left side with the 8” strip, glue the top of the 8” strip to the top of the 6” strip next to it, and then glue these strips to the 4” strip.
8. Repeat on the right hand side, leaving the middle 6” strip unattached to either side.
9. Fold the tops of the glued strips in and curve them to make a heart shape. Glue to the center 6” strip, about 2” up from the bottom. Repeat on the other side.
10. You now have one complete heart! Use your remaining strips to make another one!
11. Punch a hole in the top of the center strip on each heart to thread some ribbon through. (Note: I ended up trimming the middle strip down to about 5 inches.) String your heart along some ribbon and hang to enjoy!
Audrey has two sledding layouts to share today. She used the Kris Kringle collection, and even snuck in a little Spooks!
LEO AND THE SLED
Audrey told us a little about how she created the layout. "I printed my journaling on white cardstock and adhered my photo to it. The grey background paper is actually from the Spooks line! Some of the grey paper in this line are perfect for snow and winter pages, too! I wanted to keep the design simple to make my photo stand out."
The photo she used was scanned from an old photo. We are impressed with Audrey's efforts to preserve family memories by using older photos and journaling.
DASHING THROUGH THE SNOW
Audrey describes how she made the second layout. "I cut some hill shapes from the black and white swirly paper and then inked the edges with white ink and paint, and added some glitter. I layered each hill with 3-D adhesives to pop them off the page. I added some red accents on the page to stand out against the blue!"
The fun scene on this project has so much depth! Mostly Audrey used paper techniques to accomplish this. Way to go!
