It has been ages since anyone has seen anything new out of the Chatterbox company. I for one am really sad as it is a company that i have really enjoyed using. There have rumors about there closure and then out of the blue here they are.
They are back with a few new lines for us. And because they are just soooooooo gorgeous i had to show you.
First of all they have change the thickness of their paper. I always found Chatterbox paper to be really thin and low quality, but now they have changed to a lot thicker nearly like cardstock paper and soooooooo much better .
Also some of the lines have something other than flowers and stripes on, which i always found hard with their old lines.
Okay so here is one of the lines. It is called dressing room.
And this this line is called Foyer...
I am going to Papermaze in a few days so i am going to pick some up and show you some pages!!! i cannot wait!"
The first layout is by Hazel who has used the visual triangle to great effect on this simple but very striking page. The main photo is strong in itself but to ensure the eye travels around the page, Hazel has placed her embellishments (the buttons, trees and title) in a clear triangle. In fact, one side of the triangle crosses directly through the eye-line of her subject, bringing further focus to gorgeous subject of the page. Hazel has also helped to unite the design by using similar colours for the embellishments which form her visual triangle. It is worth noticing too that Hazel has stuck to the rule of odd numbers too with the five trees clustered together and the three words forming her title.
In this layout, Wendy has also used the principle of the visual triangle but in a subtler way. The little paper flowers are positioned in a triangular design around the layout, again crossing through the eye-line of her little boy, helping to draw attention to his face. While she has used a four word title, she has arranged the words in three blocks which form another triangle around the page and reinforce the overall design. Finally, Wendy has used three green elements which also help to create balance.
Finally, in my layout, Flamingos, I have tried to show how the principle of the visual triangle can be used even on a very busy page. Firstly, I have arranged the photos themselves into a triangular design which helps to lead the eye around the page (in this case I have printed one photo at a smaller size as it allows the eye to naturally focus on the two more important photos first – too many photos at the same size can cause the eye to become confused as to what to look at first!). The blocks of journaling strips are also arranged in a triangle, giving balance to what might otherwise be a chaotic page. The flowers are grouped into three main clusters on corners of the layout, giving a sense of unity to the design. And I have even used the triangle principle with the little stitched crosses which add a touch of detail but do not detract from the balance of the page.
My first layout was about my cat Ernie, who has a habit of jumping into any box which comes into the house. Of course, with ours being a scrapping household, he gets a lot of opportunity to practice this trick! The Kitty’s whiskers paper worked perfectly with the bright fuchsia blanket in the photos, so I decided to create a simple but bold and funky layout, doodling a wavy scalloped edge and hand-cutting the papers and then using stamps to create a title and add interest with a few hearts and stars. If you find the papers are too bright for your photos, consider changing your shots to black and white in a photo-editing program – the strong pinks in this particular paper would make a black and white print really ‘pop’.
