To me there is nothing more fun to scrapbook than a themed birthday party! I love to scrap with a theme. It's just plain fun. So fun in fact, that I often have too many ideas for embellishing. Sometimes the creativity just won't stop.
I found an old die cut- just a plain simple paper single layer diecut bulldozer, and I thought, how could I make this "work" on my page? At first I popped it up with foam tape and left it plain.... finished the page and as I was taking pictures of it for my blog, I thought wait- it isn't quite finished yet...
I could add the tires by punching a "bottlecap" die out of black and silver paper... I just happened to have the perfect die to do it. I knew I bought those bottle cap dies for something.... I layered the dies, and added a brad to finish it- but as I was digging through my black box for the brads, I found a black arrow that was just perfect for highlighting the date.... and added that...
Now, I know that some of you out there are afraid to dump all of your little things together, there is a fear that grips you as you pour all your black brads and tiny embellishments into one pile, but trust me, one day you will be digging through your pile and you'll inevitably end up finding the perfect last minute touch for your layout. Trust me it WILL happen!
So play, build on a theme. What other things can you find on my layout that build and support the theme?
This got me to thinking. The trick to knowing when a layout is really complete is to walk away from it for a bit, or get a second opinion, ask a friend, or take a picture of it and see it from another artist eye. Sometimes just when you think it is finished , it is not. When you hold up your layout, ask yourself, is there more points I can add to this page without pushing it too far?
I found an old die cut- just a plain simple paper single layer diecut bulldozer, and I thought, how could I make this "work" on my page? At first I popped it up with foam tape and left it plain.... finished the page and as I was taking pictures of it for my blog, I thought wait- it isn't quite finished yet...
I could add the tires by punching a "bottlecap" die out of black and silver paper... I just happened to have the perfect die to do it. I knew I bought those bottle cap dies for something.... I layered the dies, and added a brad to finish it- but as I was digging through my black box for the brads, I found a black arrow that was just perfect for highlighting the date.... and added that...
Now, I know that some of you out there are afraid to dump all of your little things together, there is a fear that grips you as you pour all your black brads and tiny embellishments into one pile, but trust me, one day you will be digging through your pile and you'll inevitably end up finding the perfect last minute touch for your layout. Trust me it WILL happen!
So play, build on a theme. What other things can you find on my layout that build and support the theme?
This got me to thinking. The trick to knowing when a layout is really complete is to walk away from it for a bit, or get a second opinion, ask a friend, or take a picture of it and see it from another artist eye. Sometimes just when you think it is finished , it is not. When you hold up your layout, ask yourself, is there more points I can add to this page without pushing it too far?
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