Jill van Iperen has used the K & Co Smash Folio Simple orange and absolutely loves it! She has decided to use it as a place to keep her day to day thoughts, as well as a journal to keep all of her "scribbles" in the one place. (and yes.. many of us wish we could ‘scribble’ like jilly!)
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Welcome to Week 3 in our Design Principles Readers Challenge. Each week we’ll be posting information about a different design concept, together with sketches from Becky Fleck at Pagemaps, and our design team, that work to demonstrate the concept. We’d love you to join in by creating your own layouts, either using any one of Becky’s sketches OR creating your own design that showcases that week’s design principle. This week we are looking at rhythm and repetition in design.
Please email your pages or cards to us by next Tuesday 5 June to appear on our blog. Please try and use products supplied by Aussie Scrap Source brands (you’re quite spoiled for choice there!). Our favourite layout each week (as voted for by our design team) will win a prize pack of Aussie Scrap Source goodies!
WEEK 3: Proportion/Scale - Emphasis
Scale and proportion is all about the relationship of elements to other elements, based on their size. Scale can be used to draw our attention to the unexpected or exaggerated. Creating a focal point draws your attention to the most important element on the page, and one of easiest ways of doing this is by making this element appear bigger than the other elements on your page. This size or ‘visual hierarchy’ is determined by the scale of all the elements on the layout.
Louise Williams often uses a focal photograph with smaller ones and loosely based this layout on the sketch by Becky Fleck. Another way she makes one photo in particular the focus is by making the main one colour and the others in black and white.
Leeann Pearce has used the sketch as this shows a very clear example of scale, but she’s definitely added her own creative twist to it. By enlarging the main photo it makes this the focal point. Leeann has used a mixed of Studio Calico papers and embellishments.
This fabulous layout from Nikki Hobbs is a perfect illustration of proportion in design. The large photo is accentuated by its size whereas the two smaller ones are balanced with the journaling while the whole layout is tied together with the central band of paper.
We look forward to seeing what you can do to create a focal point on your layout using the simple but effective principle of scale and proportion!
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We’ve loved receiving all your responses to this challenge, which focused on repetitive elements and rhythm within a scrapbook page – a big thanks to everyone who joined in. We really enjoyed the creativity using the different repetitive shapes in Becky Fleck’s Pagemap – from stars and hexagons to cupcakes!
Our design team voted, and though it was a close call, we congratulate … Ebony van der Starre for this weeks favourite layout! Enjoy a browse through everyone’s entries below (and stand by for this weeks challenge!)
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The Beautiful Dreamer range of papers from Glitz is so stunningly beautiful, Janine couldn't wait to play with them. The delicate colours lent themselves to be cut into intricate designs for a very feminine page. Janine then mixed it with a touch of the yellow paper from the Dance in Sunshine Collection for a dramatic effect with the butterflies.
Louise W created this boy's layout using the Glitz Pretty in Pink range. With the brown undertones adding a masculine and vintage edge, it's a range that can be made to suit pretty much any theme. Louise utilised the print in the papers as the layout title and tied it all together with a prima vine, curled to frame and add focus to the photo.
Jilly van Iperen turned this gorgeous Glitz Design French Kiss Chipboard Album into her own Paris dream album. The vintage French images on the album, papers and stamps are brilliant for making either classic heritage style album or an album with a slightly cheeky feel.
We loved Sandi Smith's beautifully soft layout using a combination of Glitz and Prima. The torn and sewn edges and sweet heart details add texture and depth while the masking and paint effects in the background lead the eye across the page and tie the colours together beautifully. http://sandi-smith.blogspot.ca/
Karola Witczak has created these two stunning pages using Glitz Designs papers. This first one features the Beautiful Dreamer range which is a perfect range for Karola's feminine style. The second LO features the Dance in Sunshine collection and Karola brings the yellow and purple of this range to life so beautifully! Thanks so much for sharing your pages with us Karola.
The very talented Gerry van Gent created this beautifully layered Glitz based layout. Fussy cutting, punched edges and a pop of blue add drama and interest while paint scrolls add a beautifully soft touch.
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Leeann says she’s not much of a fussy cutter but was keen to have ago and Webster’s patterned papers provide you with the most gorgeous fairlytale like images. Leeann has used mainly the Ladies & Gents line of patterned papers and embellishments. It was just a matter of fussy cutting out everything and then arranging and layering. The fabric blooms are gorgeous and add a beautiful softness to the page.
The combination of muted tones in the Webster's Pages "Clean and Simple" line and the bright romantic patterns in the "Classic" line provides a crafter with the perfect mix of background papers and elements which can be hand-cut and layered. Aussie Scrap Source designer Iris Uy who is also a member of the Webster's Design Team shares with us a layout featuring the classically beautiful and romantic "Everyday Poetry" collection. You can also see here some of the new embellishments from Webster's.
Here is another layout from Iris Uy this time featuring the stunning, recently released (currently on preorder!) "Girl Land" collection.
Stacey Michaud is part of the "Clean and Simple" design team for Webster's Pages. Here she shows us how to make a stunning page with the new "Palm Beach" line with a clean and simple approach to design. She loves to use Webster's journaling cards and she started building the layout using this embellishment. She then added the chevron pattern to give the layout some moment. Thank you Stacey for this great idea on how to make simple yet stunning pages with Webster's pages products!
Someone who knows exactly what to do with Webster’s patterned papers is this amazing lady Brit Sviggum. She is so incredibly talented with a very unique style. All of her pages are like fairly tale stories starring her children and each page is filled with detail and layers. Thank you so much Brit for letting us share some of your amazing pages. You can see more of her work here.
Gabrielle Pollaco created a stunning work of art with the new "In Love" paper collection. Soft colours, beautiful patterns, romantic embellishments - all in one artfully designed page.
Finally, feel free to gape in awe at this gorgeous layout by Webster’s DT member, Emma Trout. (We might have!) She has created a tutorial for this subtle rainbow page over on the Webster’s blog, here.
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Louise N really enjoyed creating lots of colourful visual texture on the background of this layout. The white resist freestyle pattern was first created with gesso, and then the graded colour was created using three shades of the Tattered Angels Chalkboard Glimmer mist; Inchworm, Valencia, and Polka Dot Pink.
Janine used several techniques while creating this LO to showcase Tattered Angels products. Firstly, she used a mask and sprayed Seven Seas Chalkboard Glimmer Mist onto a sheet of sticky backed canvas. While the mask was still wet she quickly flipped it onto a sheet of white cardstock to get a "stamped" image of the mask at the top of her page. Once the canvas was dry she cut around it for the striking fabric layer in this design.
This amazing canvas [from Canvas Corp], was created by the wonderful talent of Vicki Chrisman.
Vicki used Pop Rocks, Turquoise Blue, and Cupid Glimmer Mists to create the delish colour toning on her canvas. Thank you Vicki for sharing your wonderful canvas with us.
This book was created by the wonderful talent of Lene Vibstad Neby. The book cover is altered using gesso, snow paint, laces and Glimmer Mist; Dragonfly, Chalkboard Grape Ape, Glimmer Mist Pop Rocks, Glimmer Mist Wheat Beer. Thank you so very much Lene for sharing your wonderful creativity.
This lovely layout was also created by Lene. She has created a bright funky background for her photo using glimmer mists. Isn't it gorgeous! Again thank you Lene.
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Iris totally fell in-love with the idea of having her K&Co Smash book to hold an inventory of her art supplies. She currently has an on going love affair with art mediums and goes crazy over the discovery of a new one. Often on the look out for supplies, she sometimes has a hard time remembering certain colours that she needs.
This Smash system will work for her because she simply needs to carry this book with her on her shopping trips and will then be ready with an actual record of the stuff that she already has and those which she needs to buy.
Iris lightly covered the first two pages of her K&Co Smash book with gesso to prepare it for the various art mediums she wanted to layer over this spread. This page represents what motivates and inspires Iris in her art... her two girls. In this page you will see a lot of mediums used such as acrylic paint, gel mediums, glass bead gels, distress stains, pigment powders, mists, and pan pastels.
A sample page of her work with distress stains. A fun way to record Iris' collection of distress stains and an effective way to have a sample of the actual colours on paper.
This page holds notes about Iris' favorite art mediums.. the ones she has, the ones she intends to stock up on, and the ones on her wish list! She has used one of the Smash pockets to hold them.
Iris has a growing collection of smooch inks. She loves to colour stamped images with it as well as add colour detail to her embellishments. The first page shows a sample of an artwork and the opposite page hold a small envelope where she keeps a list of the inks that she currently has.
This spread contains a small Smash pocket where Iris inserted the colour diagram of her pan pastels. At the opposite page is a sample of her work where she used the pan pastels. This system makes it easy for Iris to have a look at her colour collection as well as provide an inspiration for her whenever she wants to start on a project using this medium.
A page showcasing the effect of vintage glass glitter, Tattered Angels Glimmer Glaze and Glam.
Finally, Iris stamped small postage stamp images and colored it with her current collection of distress markers. Each image is labeled making it easy for Iris to identify the colors that she has right now. This way, she will not make any duplicate purchases in the future. A great use for her Smash book - beauty and function combined!
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Welcome to Week 2 in our Design Principles Readers Challenge. Each week we’ll be posting information about a different design concept, together with sketches from Becky Fleck at Pagemaps, and our design team, that work to demonstrate the concept. We’d love you to join in by creating your own layouts, either using the sketches OR creating your own design that showcases that week’s design principle. This week we are looking at rhythm and repetition in design.
Please email your pages or cards to us by next Tuesday 31 May to appear on our blog. Please try and use products supplied by Aussie Scrap Source brands (you’re quite spoiled for choice there!). Our favourite layout each week (as voted for by our design team) will win a prize pack of Aussie Scrap Source goodies!
Welcome to Week 2: Rhythm and Repetition
Repetition is exactly as it sounds, the repeating of one or more design elements to add consistency to a design. It can add visual interest and often reinforce an idea within your page. These elements can be as simple as the repetition of colour, the space between elements or a texture or shape. This repetition creates a rhythm and reassuring predictability to a design.
Sue had a wonderful time creating this page using the Becky Fleck sketch. Using a sketch takes all of the hard work out of designing a page! Sue stayed fairly true to the sketch which surprised her as usually her pages end up looking very different from what she begins with. The repetition of hearts on the page add a lovely softness to complement the photos of Sue's daughter, Lily. Sue has used Prima Fairy Belle papers and flowers to create her page and also added texture with the use of hessian and washi tape. The stitching, sequins and beads finished off the look Sue was trying to achieve.
Chris went for a repetitive pattern and colours on this card. She stamped the Heidi Swapp Foam Dot Stamp with the different coloured inks onto white cardstock then punch them out with a circle punch and alligned them in columns on the card. She then stamped the letters with the corresponding colours to create this very effective card.
June 2009 Cardmaps
Chris says that working with the Becky Fleck CardMaps sketch certainly makes creating easier. Becky had done all the hard work by putting together the design for this card and all Chris had to do was decide on some patterned paper, a sentiment and a little bit of embellishment! In keeping with the repetition theme Chris went for all the same pattern, polka dots and she also went for a repetitive sentiment.
The obvious repetitive design Chris used on this card is circles. There are also little repetitions within the circles, Chris has used triangle wedges, diamond patterns and semi circles.
Chris spotted these great examples of repetition design in the following two cards from Cecilia Hsieh. In this card Cecilia has used the repetitive pattern of the four panels of cardstock and she has also stamped the butterfly from the Antique flowers and butterflies stamp and frame cut set repetitively over the cardstock panels and as the main embellishment for the card.
In this next card by Cecilia we see more repetition in the design. Cecilia has again used repetitive panels and butterfly embellishments. 3 of everything on this card! Cecilia has used Basic Grey Picadilly pattern papers to create this well balanced, repetitive design. Thank you Cecilia for sharing your lovely creations with us.
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We thank all the following fabulous scrappers who have participated in our Design Challenge for Week One. We looked at balance, symmetry and asymmetry, and loved hearing how these design concepts might help you pay more attention to where elements might go in your scrapbook pages.
Congratulations to…. (drum roll!) Sue Althouse for her layout ‘Gateway Arch’!
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