Monochromatics

There is something about monochromatic projects - they are somewhat challenging, but look oh-so-delectable when finished.

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I always find that if you do not restrict yourself too much within the boundaries of monochromatic design, such as adding one other colour (i.e. black or white) for titles and accents it can be so much fun to create a project using varying shades of a specific hue.

For the above layout I have been playing with October Afternoon and as soon as I saw the 5 & Dime collection I knew which colour scheme would work perfectly: brown as it would suit the vitage look of the papers.

I dug deep and found a picture of my from 1974 (in those days most photographs turned out with a brownish tint, so very perfect for the look  am trying to achieve) and started spraying my background paper with a helping of Cosmic Shimmer. After this dried, I outlined some of the bigger slashes of colour with a black pen and added some pearls as accents.

 

Now I could start to shuffle layering the tags, journal cards and my picture until I was happy with the arrangement and using some adhesive such as Herma, stuck everything in place.

Have you tried your hand at monochromatic projects yet? If you want to recreate the above layout, you can purchase the product used directly from Papermaze:

• Papers: October Afternoon - Rock Candy * Root Beer Barrels
• Stickers: October Afternoon - Sticky Keys Playtime * 5 & Dime Found Alpha
• Tags: Maya Road
• Journal Card: My Minds Eye
• Pins: Maya Road
• Pearls: Dew Drops * Prima

bo bunny...

I had so much fun making this layout .. i love the fact that there are so many wonderful things to cut out and use on your layouts with this collection of papers...

STEPS

1 Start off by gluing your patterned paper onto brown card stock pealing back the scalloped edges to make this raised.

2 cut two different size patterned papers and glue into your background , roll the edges of your patterned paper as shown.

3 glue your photo into place cut your flourishes out of the patterned paper and place as shown

4 cut a few flowers from the patterned paper ,, using white flowers stamp scripted writing to give them more detail sew buttons into the middle to complete the effect

5 take three large fabric flowers fold them over to get your desired effect as shown

6 finish off the layout by adding butterfly's your title and stick pins ..

Take Note...

My last creation with BoBunny's Gabrielle line was very masculine (despite all the beautiful butterflies) so for this piece I wanted to go totally feminine.

I started with a 7 Gypsies album but I took it apart by pulling back the wire binding and gently taking the pages off the wires. Whilst the front and back covers were off, I had the chance to cover them with one of the sheets of BoBunny paper. I cut it to size, stuck it down with wet glue, and then sanded the edges when it had dried. I repeated this for the reverse of the covers too, but in different coloured paper. I then used acrop-a-dile to make holes and set eyelets where all the original holes had been on the covers.

I then started decorating each of the pages inside, and constructed the book back together with bookrings instead of the wire binding.

For the front cover I embossed the edges in a copper colour, then grouped together some Tim Holtz metal embelishments, with some prima ribbon and pearl swirl, and a butterfly cut from one of the gabrielle papers. I embossed the butterfly with UTEE so it was more durable, and added a sheen.

I decorated two pages (four sides) with each of the design. Some were a little more plain like these ones...
Some had Maya Road kraft envelopes for storing appointment/contact cards.....

...and others were really spritzed, inked, stamped and distressed. I always made sure the shade of background was kept light enough to write over.

I also added some Fancy Pants note cards, cut down to size.

And for the back, a small message with a few embelishments that echo the front design.

River Side

A quick 8.5x11 page, using up the leftovers from the Jillibean soup papers. I wanted to remember this gorgeous photo I took during the Easter holidays when the sun was blazing and it felt like high summer. The bright green backing paper was perfect as a backdrop, and I used Kraft cardstock to provide a basis for the title and some journalling.

I used EK Success border punches to add interest to some of the cardstock edges, and used Autumn Leaves alphabet stamps for part of my title - American Crafts foam thickers were used for the rest.

The hearts were handcut from one of the papers, and embellished with gems. A few stickers and some ric-rac finished off the page nicely.

A little note...

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Jillibean Soup

I had never used Jillibean Soup papers that much before receiving this little lot in the post from Papermaze, but I have to admit to becoming fairly smitten with them! The Dutch Mustard soup papers are gorgeous browns and greens and oranges - some of my favourite colours to scrap with. If you haven't checked out Jillibean soup before, go and take a look - all of their ranges are lovely!

This page was made by layering up a number of the papers, along with a scrap of notebook paper and some lovely adhesive trim in a floral design.

The butterflies were punched with Martha Stewart punches, and the title is made using American Crafts chipboard thickers.

Three Cheers for Jenni Bowlin

Hi,

Today I am raving about Jenni Bowlin Studio products.
These products seem to get better and better.
I have made this LO below using mostly Jenni Bowlin proucts to show you what a wide range of products this company has to offer.



Have you seen that you can now buy Acrylic Paints from Jenni Bowlin?
I have quite a few of these now and love them. I can't recommend them enough.
They are so smooth to use. I don't tend to use the dabbers, but prefer to remove the lids and use with a brush.
You can see the collection of paints here.
My favorite has to be Seed Packet.



To make the flower above I have used some pages from the little Memo Note Books.
The note books come in a variety of colours, lots of pages inside with 4 different styles and a page of stickers too.
To make the flower I have hand cut 3 circles, roughed up the edges and spray misted. They have been layered and finished with a button.

The tickets are one of the most well known products I think from this company.
There are so many to choose from now. I just love these.



I have backed the larger Alpha stickers onto some card to help them stand out a little and used 3d foam tape on the back so they are slightly raised.
There are lots of the Alphabet Stickers to choose from that coordinate well with everything else. You get alot for your money too.

I have also used a Butterfly on this page. These come in a pack of 5 and there are a few colours to choose from. Each one has a sticky pad on the back so they are really easy to use.



If you aren't overly familiar with the products, I recommend you take a look.
I highly recommend them. You can see all that we have to offer from Jenni Bowlin here.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Lisa x