Creating a layout using a color scheme and sketch!

Good Morning everyone!  TGIF!  Sharon here to share with you an easy way to make a great scrapbook page.  I have found that using sketches really helps me with my creativity and is a great source of inspiration. There are so many wonderful sketches just waiting for you to check them out!  I know you can find awesome sketches and templates right here at Ideas for Scrapbookers by clicking on the sidebar under "LINKS TO PAM'S SPECIFIC TEMPLATES."  Pam's templates/sketches are really cool and so easy to use!

But today, I would like to share a sketch and color scheme from a different source, a challenge blog.  There are lots of them out there, and here is just one that has lots of inspiration:  Color Me Scrappy. They have a challenge going on right now using the following color scheme:

 

and sketch:

I loved the sketch and used it to make the following layout:

I used bricks instead of stitching for my border, and burlap to frame my photos.  As you can see, you can use the sketch as loosely or specifically as you like.  Check out the Color Me Scrappy blog to see what others have done with this sketch and color palette!

P.S.  You can use your creations as gifts, too.  I gave this layout to my sister for her birthday on September 30th!

VISIT THE CONTRIBUTOR'S BLOGS/GALLERIES

Cathy Dippolito

Dolores Schaeffer

Cindy deRosier

Marlene Murphy

Lesley Walker

Gael Spence

Sarah Routledge

Sharon Fritchman

Tanya Ham

Sheila Burns

Pam Callaghan

Challenging Myself With New Color Palettes

Hey, Pam posting today. So, my first question is..... what are you working on right now? Are you challenging yourself in a different way? Are you trying new scrap products or techniques. Please send me your fun pages at scrappingpam73@yahoo.com . I love your reader's pages!!!

So, what I am working on? I have been challenging myself a bit!! We went to Archivers a little while back and I bought colors, products, and lines I would NOT normally buy. Why? Because I always buy the same things, which I think is a good thing. But sometimes we need to step out of our COLOR comfort zone as well. That was hard. Now keep in mine, or browse my gallery here, to see what colors I normally chose. Super bright, fun, festive, etc. I almost never get greys, peaches, salmon, very light and very very light teal.

I had a small budget, so I picked up some Studio Calico Atlantic and Teresa Collins Memories & He Said She Said (NOT the whole collections, just a few things). I feel in love with those papers immediately. I would not normally purchase them, but the more I looked at them, I wanted to use em. So here are my two pages using those color palettes and designs. I put my normal spin on my pages, but I love how it turned out!! first one is Teresa Collins Memories and the second is Studio Calico Atlantic.

Hope you are inspired to try this!!

VISIT THE CONTRIBUTOR'S BLOGS/GALLERIES
Cathy Dippolito
Dolores Schaeffer
Cindy deRosier
Marlene Murphy
Lesley Walker
Gael Spence
Sarah Routledge
Sharon Fritchman
Tanya Ham
Sheila Burns
Pam Callaghan
 

Winners and Designer Showcase: Projects using Favorite Color Combos

Hi Pam here. The winners are listed at the bottom of the post from the class giveaway.

Onto this week's designer showcase! I asked the contributors to send me projects using their favorite color schemes.  I will start...

My favorite color combos change a lot. But right now I am totally into these colors. I included two color schemes b/c I couldn't choose which one I liked better. For the first page my favorite color scheme is kraft, navy blue, teal, yellow, tangerine, red, and white. The second page has the following colors I love: teal, red, tangerine, yellow and kraft!!

Up next is Cindy's project with her favorite color combo. Cindy's favorite color combination and ones she uses a lot is blur, green, and brown. This goes great with nature photos and lots of other pages! I like this combo too!

Here is Tanya's project and her favorite color scheme: orange, lime green, teal, navy blue, and white. This is what she said about her page,"I made this card for my nephew's birthday, and loved the color scheme.  I used Doodlebug's Boys Only collection for the inspiration and background paper.  I used Stampin' UP! stamps, ink and punch to finish the card."

Sharon's favorite color combo is hot pink and orange. Her page looks great in this scheme. Take a peek!

Cathy is sharing her favorite color combinations on this page. She loves teal and orange together. The journaling reads, "All my life, I’ve always dreamed of getting to Wyoming.  Actually the dream is to one day have a cabin on a ranch there. But at the very least, to vacation there. Finally made it there for a week of vacation in 2012. We had the best time. We spent time in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. I fell in love. I can’t wait until we can go back there again. The dream of having a cabin on a ranch there may not be realistic, but my mind knows that my heart will always long for the open spaces and mountains of Wyoming. It’s a dream I’ll always hold on to."

Lesley is sharing her favorite color scheme. This is what she says about the favorite colors on her page and such, "My favorite colours are blue and pink, I love these colours in all aspects of my life and have done since I was very young, so it naturally came out in my scrapbooking layouts especially when my granddaughter Sofia was born and my love of pretty and fancy girlie layouts was born as well.  I also love yellow combined with blue, so in this layout I managed to include that with both blue and pink to showcase all my favorite colours together.

I've used mixed media on this layout, the lines of dots down the sides were created by using moulding paste and a Crafters Workshop template.  When dry I covered this and the centre of the page with Gesso, then rubbed it back with a 'baby wipe' to soften the impact of the white.  I then used white Pan Pastel around the dots to emphasise them.

Another one of my loves can be seen extensively in this layout, dies, I used 5 different ones on this page."

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Here are the two winners from Heidi's class giveaway. Winners please send your emails to me at scrappingpam73@yahoo.com .

Dawn MinerJune 29, 2013 at 7:51 AM

thanks would love to take a class

Kayla WJune 29, 2013 at 3:22 PM

Wowzers!!! What a neat opportunity to win Heidi's classes. Love all that she creates!

VISIT THE CONTRIBUTOR'S BLOGS/GALLERIES
Cathy Dippolito
Dolores Schaeffer
Cindy deRosier
Marlene Murphy
Lesley Walker
Gael Spence
Sarah Routledge
Sharon Fritchman
Tanya Ham
Sheila Burns
Pam Callaghan
 

Designer Showcase: Red, White and Blue

Happy Birthday America!  To celebrate, our Designer Showcase this week has the theme red, white and blue!! It's Cathy here to share all the wonderful creations with you, so let's get started!

First up today are 2 really wonderful pages from one of our brand new contributors!  Anupama created this page all about a birthday.  I really like how edgy her page is. It is filled with texture and dimension. It looks and feels intriguing!

On this second page of Anupama's she framed her photo beautifully using a wonderful masking technique.  I love how she has brought out the gorgeous blue color of the water in her photo by framing it in red, and then adding blue accents to her page.

Marlene shares a totally red, white and blue page. She has taken a treasured photo and dressed up patriot style.  That multi-pointed star mat, made of the star paper, is perfect for this!  Marlene also use a really neat little trick to balance her page, she used offsetting strips of light blue paper in the upper left and lower right of her page. Neat idea!

Next up are two pages by me.  This one was done using Pam's 4th of July template.  You can grab it right here. I changed it up just a bit to fit in more photos. Such a great template design for capturing your July 4th celebrations. 

This is one of the very first digital pages that I ever made.  I enhanced the photo to leave color in the flag to make it stand out. I used some brushes to create the look of fireworks behind my title.

Nancy has shared this beautiful page with us. There is so much to love on this page. Nancy has done a great job of using a design triangle to create a layout that gives focus to her photo, while keeping your eye moving about her page so you don't miss a single detail!  I really like the clusters of flowers. Most of all, I like how Nancy has balanced the cuteness and maturity on this page. Reflects the emotions of her daughter growing up!

Wow, that's what first came to mind when I saw Lesley's page about the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.  Her photos have captured the emotions of the memorial.  I like how she stacked the photos, starting with the top one that has information about the memorial, then the statue of soldiers, and then the very poignant photo of the memorial with the reflection of visitors in it. Very moving. Her choices of patriotic papers and embellishments really adds to the powerful feeling of the page. She continued the color scheme in the mats of her photo to tie the look together.

July 4th and summertime are filled with great celebrations, picnics, barbecues, and family get-togethers. All events that have lots of photos to go with them. Cindy has shared 3 layouts with different ways to showcase all those great photos. In the top page, Cindy has done a great job of blocking her photos, I love how she does that! The thin red frame around the larger block is really eye catching. I also really like her added word art pieces.  The double pager also uses that great blocking technique. On this one, Cindy let her title block and journal block extend beyond the boundaries. Very nice way to spice up her page.  In Cindy's 3rd page, she has some great photos that she set slightly of kilter and then added some varied strips of paper beneath. A neat way to show off that handsome guy!

Oh my goodness!  Dolores brings on the cute charm with this page. What a darling photo of her dog all ready for the holiday!  I love the layout of this page. The vertical design takes your eye right to that awesome photo and then allows it to float down the page taking in all the elements and details.  I like how Dolores stacked circles and stars behind the photo too and then repeated that in a smaller version at the bottom of the page behind the word art.  I wonder how long the dog stayed with the flag in it's mouth? It looks so content, and ready to cheer on a parade!


I hope you've enjoyed these samples of using a classic red, white and blue color scheme.  

A Challenge by Color

Hi everyone!  Nancy here today and I am so excited to share with you that Ideas for Scrapbookers is hosting a color challenge sponsored by The Sampler Kit Club.  Here is your color inspiration.

Bits of Gold, Purple, and Green with maybe a little kraft thrown in for fun.   

Here are few samples from the Sampler kit club design team using the June kit, Walking on Sunshine.

Shaunna Farral 

Amy McMullen Soltolongo

Amber Goble

Amy Brock Coose

and me  Nancy Keslin

You don't need to have the kit to play along.  Just take inspiration from the photo and show us what you've got by putting a link in the comments to your project.  You have until June 30th to play.  Winner will be selected randomly from all submissions and will receive a prize pack from The Sampler.

So, are you up for the challenge?  

Hugs.

Nancy

Designer Showcase: Wearing of the Green

St. Patrick's Day is coming up. Some say if you're not wearing green, you are to be pinched!  Well, we didn't want to be caught without wearing our green, so this week for the Designer Showcase you'll be seeing GREEN! 

Let's start off with some digital pages.  Dolores created this page just for this showcase!  I really like how she used St. Patrick's motif's to reflect on her relationship with her husband. "Lucky in Love", the perfect title! There is so much to like on this page, the subtle patterns in the background, the scattered bling and the beautiful clusters with a few shamrocks thrown in. I like how she has modified her photo to blend with the coloring of her page too.

I've also got a digital page to share.  Every year on the eve of St. Patrick's Day, our house gets invaded by a Leprechaun.  My boys try to build a trap to capture him, but we've never been lucky enough.  However, that clever lad leaves a trail of mayhem throughout the house. I captured a few photos of the destruction on this page. I went with a modified block design. The cluster of flowers in one corner and the journaling in the opposite corner bound the block.  I broke up all the green with a dash of blue, not to mention my son's bright red shirt.  Guess he's going to get pinched!

Heather has also designed a digital page. I love how she has used the word art strips to create a very meaningful title.  The patterns and shapes of the layered papers really add to the fun on her page.  The touches of purple highlight her daughters cute face!

Pam is sharing two traditional pages that she created. Pam is great at giving her pages dimension through shape. I love how in the top page, she has used a large circle with smaller squares, and in the bottom page she has used a large square with smaller circles. The plaid pattern and color combinations really give her pages a lot of spirit!

This page by Nancy is great. I love the masculine feel to it. All the details give it just enough grunge and edginess. Yet, there are touches of chic to give it a soft, happy feel too. The stars and argyle pattern work so well for a guy page. Check out the stitching on the sides and the big star! Nancy says she doesn't work with the color green much, but she has done an amazing job with the color combo on this page!

Vicky has this "sweet" page to share with us. The color combination of green and pink is so fresh, like Spring. The patterns in the papers she selected are such a perfect match to the dress and the chair in the photo. I really like how she has used the gem swirls to give that butterfly flight.

Now this page is wearing some green!! And it really shares the spirit of St. Patrick's Day!  Marlene has done a great job decorating this page. Look at the way she has used eyelets. She that gorgeous blingy trim going through them, and she has also used them as accents on the page. I like the way she used that trim again to highlight her fun title.

How perfect for St. Patrick's Day is this page by Marlene?  I love it!  The title has me laughing!!  Is it just me, or do you automatically take on an Irish accent when you say it out loud?  Try it!  I like how Marlene has pulled the colors from the striped paper into the flourishes about the page.  The ripped circle in the middle of the page is so creative. What a great way to give focus, texture and dimension to her page.

So, you see, there shall be no pinching here as we're all wearing our green! We hope you have a wonderful St. Patrick's Day!

Designer Showcase: Playing with Color

Today we are having a little fun with color. First we used some basic math and then we threw in a splash of color. We went with a simple palette. We are showcasing projects that use black and/or white +1. So they can have black or white (or black and white) plus one other color.  Sounds easy doesn't it? Sometimes these limits make it very difficult to create. But take a look at what the designers have to show you!

For her page, Pam used white plus yellow. Isn't this adorable?  OK so her photos are really special. But the bright yellow is so happy and cheery. I love the way she has done the papers in a sun-ray design. Makes the whole page feel happy!

I have a card to share. I did white + blue. In this case a Tiffany blue. It is the brides color, this is a shower card. But I'm guessing you figured that out by the umbrella.  Turned upside down to catch all the happy wishes for the new couple!

Black and white + tan = a wonderful page from Heather. I just love the heart that is all filled up with love!!  Then take a look at all those layers. Really neat how she used small amounts of paper and trims to have such a big impact on her design.  This is a great idea for how to use up scraps of paper that you just can't part with. Another idea I like on this page is the neat, straight border around the page, It contrasts with the staggered layers, and scattered splatters (that's a tongue twister!)  to keep the eye centered on the page. Neat idea!

This is another one by Heather that uses the white and black + tan = gorgeous equation! On this page Heather has used more white and shades of tan with black accents. It gives such a warm feeling.  The treatment to her photograph really adds to that feeling. I like the mix of patterned papers and the journaling around the page is really fun.

Marlene did a page that is black + white! I love how much detail she was able to get on this page with just the 2 colors.  The way she did her title really gets your eye moving on the page, and the three swirls repeated in the upper and lower corner help you take in the whole page.  I also like the use of circles below the square/rectangle photos, adds so much dynamic to the page.

Vicky has 2 pages to share with us. In the first she has used white + a soft rose color. This makes a real vintage beauty.  The bits of lace peeking out and doily are super sweet. The distressing and curled edges make it oh so shabby chic!  I really like the way she laid out the heart doily, photo, flowers and ribbon. It reminds me of a hand help bouquet of flowers.

How gorgeous is this page? With just black and white, Vicky has created a lovely page that is timeless. Black and white are so classic. Each of Vicky's layers builds a gorgeous frame. The filigree corners blend so well with the patterned paper in the center.  I really like the soft touch that she added with the dainty flowers at the corners of the photo.

Try limiting yourself to just 2 or 3 colors on a project and see how fun it can be. You just might spark some brilliant creativity!