… not the usual color combination for a scrapbook layout? That was my initial reaction too when I received this challenge from an online contest I joined recently.
But after reading the requirements of the challenge, I knew exactly what papers and embellishments to use. I have them all with me in my stash. I feel so lucky having my Daisy Bucket papers. DBD has a number of brown papers (in different shades) and even papers that has both brown and white on it!!!
Here’s what I came up with:
To make my layout, I used white cardstock as the base. I was inspired by the circles of the Very Merry paper so I decided to cut all the brown and white circles. I then used the same circle as a pattern.
Other papers I used for this layout are: Merry Wishes-Deck the Halls, In the Meadow-McKenna, Celeste; Sweet Marabella-Francesca, Loves Me, Loves Me Not-Pieces of my Heart. I love the loops from the Merry Wishes collection. Even though I had to handcut each loop, it was all worth it. I also love McKenna, it reminds me of animal spots and it makes me want to make a zoo layout.
The papers come from different lines as you see. Merry Wishes is a Christmas collection by the way while Loves Me, Loves Me Not is a Valentine/Love themed collection. The papers are designed so that scrappers like us will no longer have a hard time mixing and matching papers from across the lines : )
To finish off my layout, I embellished the circles and photos with rub ons (Words #9028) in brown colors, whiteVelvet flowers, and white and brown paper ribbons (Polka Dot Chocolate #7715). I added my journaling around the circles (another fun way to write the journaling) in brown ink too.
I really had creating this layout. Sometimes, it’s good to try out a different color combination, don’t you think?
Happy scrapping!
3 Comments
what sweet pics of your little boy!
love the layout, it started with such a simple color scheme and idea, but you did amazing things with them! i love how you embellished each circle differently, it really adds to the layout!
Comment by tami sanders — June 6, 2009 @ 3:08 pm
I had to smile when I saw this layout. My little girl has the same monkey (ok she’s got 8 of the same ones– 3 in other colors). When she turned 2, I bought all the kids this monkey for the party favors and now one who wasn’t born yet has this monkey as his favorite too. Glad too see others love this little “T-T” too.
Comment by Alaina — June 6, 2009 @ 10:29 pm
Thanks Tami and Alaina!
Comment by Pia — June 10, 2009 @ 1:39 am