The best thing about Patterned Papers is that they can be very
versatile! Lots of them come double sided and I love to take advantage
of that! Because I was stressed out about making sure I got things done
this week, in time for the class, I decided to use sketches to complete
my layouts...made things VERY easy!
CLASS TIME! Never too Many Patterns!***$5 GC Awarded***
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Gorgeous!! I printed the PageMap & will work on it after Bingo. Thanks!
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I'm here and that sure is alot of goodies!!! Looks like fun to me......
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Laura Fiore
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I
wanted the allover busy pattern of the brown text to sort of fade into
the background, so I used Kraft cardstock for the page. In deciding
where to use the bolder pattern of the GIRLY paper, I looked for the
next largest part of the sketch. I could easily have switched the
position of these two papers to make the Girly pattern show up more,
but I really enjoy using the Kraft for my backgrounds, so I went this
way! This sketch uses alot of different patterns and directions on the
papers, so I played around a little with the fronts and backsides to
come up with the rest of the placement. I find that if you start with a
few papers, then draw from the colors in them, you can add a smaller
pattern almost anywhere. The feeling of this page really comes from
all of the extras I've added...the acrylic flowers (those have been in
my stash for three years!), the paper flowers, the diecut stickers, and
the tiny green gems all add a teenage girly feel. As you can see,
I've mixed up the fonts for my title...making the Girly Girl stand out
by going with something bigger for it. I've even resorted to using 7's
for my L's because I'm out of L's!
wanted the allover busy pattern of the brown text to sort of fade into
the background, so I used Kraft cardstock for the page. In deciding
where to use the bolder pattern of the GIRLY paper, I looked for the
next largest part of the sketch. I could easily have switched the
position of these two papers to make the Girly pattern show up more,
but I really enjoy using the Kraft for my backgrounds, so I went this
way! This sketch uses alot of different patterns and directions on the
papers, so I played around a little with the fronts and backsides to
come up with the rest of the placement. I find that if you start with a
few papers, then draw from the colors in them, you can add a smaller
pattern almost anywhere. The feeling of this page really comes from
all of the extras I've added...the acrylic flowers (those have been in
my stash for three years!), the paper flowers, the diecut stickers, and
the tiny green gems all add a teenage girly feel. As you can see,
I've mixed up the fonts for my title...making the Girly Girl stand out
by going with something bigger for it. I've even resorted to using 7's
for my L's because I'm out of L's!
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Love this LO Lala. How many papers did u use for it? And were any double sided?
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Laura Fiore
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Layout #2 - Sweet Little Girl Page
I took the cutest photos of my niece Chloe last week...actually
bought her a dress to go with these papers...shhhhh, don't tell anyone!
This is what I started with:
I quickly realized that I wanted a little more contrast on my page, so I changed it up a little: 
Better, right? Once again, I'm using a Becky Fleck sketch for this: 
I LOVE to use a bold patterned paper for my page background, so that's
what I decided to do with this layout. And, since I really like the
backside of it, I cut the middle out of it that will be behind the
largest piece of Patterned paper:
I don't do this very often, but as I said, I may as well save it to use it!
Here is the finished layout:
For a softer looking, little girl layout, I used only the one bold
print. The rest of the patterns are small or even monochromatic so they
don't really stand out at all...they just look like a solid color. I
like to break up a busy photo with a solid colored mat to make it stand
out from a patterned paper background. On this layout, I actually
pulled the photo on the left away even more by using pop dots under
it.
I really wanted this layout to portray Chloe's sweet personality, so
I kept the embellishments very girly. The butterflies are cut out of
the patterned paper and I've used stickles on them to make them
shimmer. Once dried, I bent them so that the wings would have some
dimension off of the page. I used the diecut sticker as part of my
title...thought it fit with the theme that Chloe is just growing up too
fast! The journaling is around the edge to pull all of the patterns
together into a frame.
I took the cutest photos of my niece Chloe last week...actually
bought her a dress to go with these papers...shhhhh, don't tell anyone!
This is what I started with:
I quickly realized that I wanted a little more contrast on my page, so I changed it up a little: Better, right? Once again, I'm using a Becky Fleck sketch for this: I LOVE to use a bold patterned paper for my page background, so that's
what I decided to do with this layout. And, since I really like the
backside of it, I cut the middle out of it that will be behind the
largest piece of Patterned paper:
I don't do this very often, but as I said, I may as well save it to use it!Here is the finished layout:
For a softer looking, little girl layout, I used only the one bold
print. The rest of the patterns are small or even monochromatic so they
don't really stand out at all...they just look like a solid color. I
like to break up a busy photo with a solid colored mat to make it stand
out from a patterned paper background. On this layout, I actually
pulled the photo on the left away even more by using pop dots under
it.
I really wanted this layout to portray Chloe's sweet personality, so
I kept the embellishments very girly. The butterflies are cut out of
the patterned paper and I've used stickles on them to make them
shimmer. Once dried, I bent them so that the wings would have some
dimension off of the page. I used the diecut sticker as part of my
title...thought it fit with the theme that Chloe is just growing up too
fast! The journaling is around the edge to pull all of the patterns
together into a frame.
Last edited by Laura Fiore on Fri May 02, 2008 5:26 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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It's such a beautiful layout....Wanted to say and I'll be back later tonight to see if I can complete one and post
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Laura Fiore
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Hi Judy! Have fun at your IRL crop this weekend girly!
And Kristen, to answer your question, the Love, Elsie and the Daisy D's papers are both double sided. So I took advantage of that ALOT!
By the way everyone, the cute little girls in all of these photos are my niece's girls...she is immom2anc!
Now, I'm going to clean up those image errors in the above post!
And Kristen, to answer your question, the Love, Elsie and the Daisy D's papers are both double sided. So I took advantage of that ALOT!
By the way everyone, the cute little girls in all of these photos are my niece's girls...she is immom2anc!
Now, I'm going to clean up those image errors in the above post!
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touchalife
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Nice! Definately will have to print this one out so i can look at the layout at the same time i am reading how you did it.
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Love my bug!! She looks so sweet in those photos, Can't wait to get the disc from you!! Hehe... And don't worry I won't tell the family that you buy my children clothes to match papers, as long as you don't tell them I do it too...
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Love your LO's. Cute girls!!
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As always, you do a great job, Laura.
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Laura Fiore
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[quote="immom2anc"] Love my bug!! She looks so sweet in those photos, Can't wait to get the disc from you!! Hehe... And don't worry I won't tell the family that you buy my children clothes to match papers, as long as you don't tell them I do it too...[/quote]
LOL-it's a deal!!
And EM--seriously, you can do this...just play and keep playing! You might make a few bad choices...Lord knows, I have. I'll share a secret with you about one of my layouts later in the class, OK?
LOL-it's a deal!!
And EM--seriously, you can do this...just play and keep playing! You might make a few bad choices...Lord knows, I have. I'll share a secret with you about one of my layouts later in the class, OK?
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Miss Daisy-NC
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I'm in, it's 5am in Singapore
