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colours and words: week five

 

 

Here's what Chris has to say about this layout: 'I took this photo of my daughter Annaliese and my nephew Jack enjoying a bit of poetry from my husband a few months ago and I've been wanting to put it down onto a layout and didn't really know how I wanted to the page to come together.

That's where these sorts of challenges are perfect. When I saw the word prompt was 'listen' I thought of this photo and worked a title around it. I used quite a few different pattern papers from Crate Paper and some more from SEI and a little bit of Scenic Route thrown in for good measure! With some Hero Arts flowers and a combination of Crate Paper and Little Yellow Bicycle alphabet stickers the layout came together wonderfully!'

 

Caz combines 2 different companies paper rages to get the colour scheme for this weeks challenge, Heidi Swapp's World Traveller and Dream Dining Room, and Basic Grey's Granola. She cut out a few heart shaped templates and then randomly cut the hearts from different papers that complimented each other. All the edges were inked with brown ink to give them uniformity.

This is probably not the first colour scheme she would have chosen for this picture of her daughter and one of the Disney Fairies in Disneyland but the neutral background lets the bright colours of the fairy stand out. The sentiment also seemed to fit exactly as even though Caz's daughter is starting High School next year, she is one of those children that likes to hang onto little pieces of her childhood, including her belief in fairies.

 

And thanks to those few readers who have found time over the school holidays to continue the challenge – not many but we love the different interpretations of the colour palette.

 

Anthea Peterson

 

 

Lara Moss

 

Penny Ash

Congratulations to Nina Granzien for winning last weeks challenge!  Prizes for the first four weeks will be sent out in the next few days.

 

And here’s next weeks colours – we’re looking forward to seeing what you do with this soft pretty palette.

design team picks - nic howard

 

 

 

As soon as Nic H saw the 'Knave of Hearts' collection from Collage Press, she knew it would become a firm favourite. Knave of Hearts has everything Nic loves about a paper line. It's filled with reds, teals, ledger colours, swirls and has the occasional splash of green to brighten up your projects. It has an element of grunge, which makes it perfect for those 'guy' pages, but it is pretty enough to be used with girlie pictures as well, and that is where Nic started creating.

 

Not just a pretty face - it's a whole lot of favourite papers too! Nic started with a base of the Knave of Hearts papers and added a layer of Aussie Scrap Source white cardstock on top. A quick spray of Turquoise glimmermist to add a little interest and a pop of colour and Nic was ready to start adding strips of paper on top.

A few small embellishments, including more of those Collage Cuts (see those red dots? Nic popped them out and dropped them on the layout and that is where they landed... don't ya love it when it works like that?!). She finished the layout with some of the matching alphas from the Knave of Hearts collection and a new Hambly transparency to add that block of black.

When Nic first got these papers she said "This may be my most favouritist collection ever!" It is a collection that suits a wide range of scrappers, and I could definitely see why Nic loved it. All the easily used embellishments are a bonus to a collection that just screams out "grab your guy pictures!" but as you can see it's not limited to just pics of your favourite boy. Nic has quite beautifully scrapped an album for her daughter .

Knave of Hearts is a collection that will suit a variety of topics for all sorts of scrappers. If Knave of Hearts is this versatile, we look forward to seeing what they release at the next CHA!

Layer upon layer of slightly grungy papers with splashes of contrast - especially red, that is Nic's favourite scenario and this layout is no exception!

Nic combined many different Knave of Hearts papers along with one of the new Collage Press Zig Zag diecut papers to create this layout. Take a look at the details, it was so easy to add interest with the Collage Cuts that go along with this line, just pop 'em out and place them on the layout!

 

 

             

This 6x6 mini album is a white chipboard version by Little Yellow Bicycle. Nic used her Black Stazon ink pad directly on each page to make it black - black was the colour she wanted to create contrast with the reds and ledger colours of the Collage Press Collection.

She decided on some of Abby's favourite photos - they are ones Nic has scrapped before but Abby wanted an album for herself. The album was aptly named 'Hand in Hand" with the inside page reading "A Collection of Fav photos for Abby".

This is an idea that is perfect as a gift or for the kids, Abby treasures her pictures and keeps the book on her bedside table. Note that Nic has left a few gaps to add further photos - she just didn't want to stop the creating and may also add extra pages in the future!

Collage Press has thought of it all when designing this collection, from the double sided papers, to the way the papers all work beautifully together, to the coordinating embellishments. Nic used a lot of the die-cut journaling cuts in this album, making it really quick and easy to complete. Most pages include a background paper, a few strips of contrasting colour, some journaling blocks and the occasional punched heart! Jewels and pearls from BasicGrey add interest all the way through.

 

weekend inspiration: hambly screen prints

 

  

   

The idea of creating a layout using Hambly, and not using primary, secondary or tertiary colors was inspiration for Steph's layout of her Wedding Day. She wanted to create a mood, using a neutral palette of black, white and beige. For this she chose Hambly's overlays featuring the beautiful new Butterfly overlay release.

Here Steph cut out all the butterflies from the overlay and using glue dots attached them to top layer of her layout. This gave the butterflies a beautiful 3D layout. She has actually kept this layout on a stand in her studio, to remind her of the beautiful memories from her wedding.

 

Suz used the full sheet of the new All Mixed Up white overlay on this layout of her daughter first learning to rollerblade.  The slightly distressed look went with the theme and, failing to find patterned papers that didn’t overwhelm the photos, decided to combine two of her fave things – Hambly and Glimmer Mist.  She sprayed co-ordinating colours on a sheet of white cardstock roughly picking out the different areas of pattern in the overlay.

She kept the circle theme going with thin strips of Rose Moka papers and embellished with coloured overlays and a few of the gorgeous Technique Tuesday white chipboard shapes as a frame for her title and journalling.

 

Carole created this cute layout using the Hambly Classic Animals Brown Rubons, and Hambly Transparencies. Carole created a Wild Animal Theme using these gorgeous rubons as embellishments.

 

Sometimes there’s no stopping Carole!  She also created this cute little frame using the Hambly Classic Animal (Brown) Rub-ons, and Hambly transparencies. Carole cut out the shapes she wanted for the background and stuck them to the frame, and then placed the rub-ons onto transparency and cut them out and layered them onto the frame.  Just something cute to display in her home.

 

This layout by Carli Fennell is just beautiful, and Steph wanted to share it because of the way Carli used the funky Hambly Product and mixed it with feminine beauty. The soft tulle and tiny roses surprisingly go beautifully with the fun Sassafras Papers and Hambly Overlay.

 

This layout by the talented Kerry Lynn Yearly is just sublime, dotted with an accent of cuteness. Here Kerry Lyn has used Hambly's Classic Animal Rub Ons as a fun centre piece for her music paper flowers.

 

  

These funky little notebooks are designed by Allison Kreft Abad, and are a gorgeous addition to any handbag. Allison has used a combination of Hambly patterned papers and rub ons and the result is just stunning. Thanks Allison !

colours and words – week four

 

 

 

 

Caz is not sure which threw her more, the unusual colour combination or the journaling prompt 'routine'. These gorgeous papers from the SEI Bridgeport range had the perfect blue and purple, then Caz cheated a little and added some of the lime to give it a lift. She snuck the 2 shades of yellow in using the Basic Grey letter stickers as the title.

Caz actually built the page before she even thought about the words, after all, she really has no set routine, she just gets in the car and drives the kids around, ALOT.  It wasn't until she sat down and wrote out what they did routinely every week that she realised it wasn't just random driving at all (and that she really shouldn’t worry that her kids don't get enough exercise, lol).

Caz downloaded a calendar page from the internet and changed the colour to match her layout then simply printed her journaling over the top.

 

This colour challenge was something that took Jaimie time to get her head around. It’s one thing to create projects using manufacturer product but to just go off colour alone was a little tricky. Jaimie liked the striking combination but felt in using so much 'bright' any photo or journaling might become lost so she teamed the palette with white which toned down the yellow and orange making the blues and dark purples pop. The journalling prompt was a word that is at the foundation of Jaimie’s world! Routine is something she lives by and could not survive her hectic life without. Jaimie journalled about her insane need to have everything running to schedule and how she relies on lists, diaries and plans to make her life run smoothly.

A photo of her daily diary complete with her much used highlighter pens gives focus to her journalling and her cute clusters of layered flowers, brads, circle cutouts and a very large but cute bird sticker add a touch of whimsy to Jaimie's page about her insane need for routine.

 

And now to our readers entries – some fabulous examples of colour schemes here.

 

Anthea Peterson

 

 

  

Cookie Aguilar

 

 

Julie Bode

 

 

Lara Moss

 

Moira Garton

 

Nina Granzien

 

 

   

Ronnie Simpson

 

Congratulations to Nina Granzien for winning Week 3 with her stunning layout.  Nina please email me with your address!

 

 

We’ve had great feedback on these challenges so we thought we’d keep it going another few weeks (and maybe another few after that!).  Here are the next four weeks colour palettes – we love to see you return each week and new readers are always welcome – pop in for just the one challenge if you like the colours -  or do the lot!

week five – deadline tuesday 7 july

 

week six – deadline tuesday 14 july

 

week seven – deadline tuesday 21 july

 

week eight – deadline tuesday 28 july