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weekend inspiration: echo park papers

 

 

Iris Uy shows how easy it is to combine new and previously released lines from Echo Park in one layout. This page showcases papers from the new "This and That: Graceful" collection and the "Yours Truly" collection. Echo Park continually delights paper crafters with their fresh designs while still maintaining the classic look of patterned papers. This makes mixing and matching of different lines easy.

 

Danielle enjoyed combining elements from different Echo Park ranges when creating this layout. This & That Graceful paper and cardstock stickers form the bulk of the design, with the timber-style paper from This & That Charming as well as highlights from the Style Essentials range. This convinced Danielle of the versatility of the ranges and she particularly liked the way that the Style Essentials papers lend themselves to enhance all sorts of other ranges.

 

Here Danielle Flanders has used Echo Park's Wintertime collection to create this adorable layout. She has a tutorial on how to replicate her design here.

 

These two pages above have been created by Jean (aka Stripey Fish on flickr) using a range of Echo Park products. The first layout features the new This & That Charming range, while the next page highlights "Splash" and "Summer Days" paper designs. Both layouts use template from simplescrapper.com.

 

 

Angela Lauchengco effectively uses the bright bold patterns of Echo Park's "Summer Days" paper in this fun layout about being silly every now and then. She utilizes the classic linear and blocking technique while adding fun clusters of embellishments. Angela is a design team member of Valerie Salmon's Got Sketch? blog. You can see more of her work here.  She also dabbles in photography and is a certified scrapaholic!

 

Monika Wright of iloveitallwithmonikawright.com here shares a gorgeous project, an upcycled perpetual calendar which has been decorated with Echo Park's Summertime collection.

 

This gorgeous card was created by Echo Park DT member Tamara, AKA: Happy Life, Crafty Wife. She enjoys making off the page projects and altered items. This card is just one of the many amazing projects of Tamara. You can check out more of her work in her blog. Thank you Tamara for sharing this card with us!

2012 cha release: echo park papers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

christmas reflections: georgia

 

Georgia’s eldest daughter Lucy has always loved Christmas but this year seemed to be even more into the Christmas spirit than usual.  The little things became all important which lead to many photos of small details.  This close up of Lucy hanging an ornament on the tree is one example and the one Georgia chose to capture the story of Lucy’s fascination with all things Christmas.  As there are no faces in the photo Georgia knew she needed to keep the page quite simple to stop her image getting lost.  Echo Park’s Season’s Greetings was the perfect range for the job – lots of bright, layered embellishments which jump of the page, meaning Georgia could create a dramatic look with only a handful of pieces. The end result is a simple yet stunning layout which highlights the photo and tells the story wonderfully.

year in review: iris

While other people make year-end albums and pages, Iris makes it easier on herself by making one in advance. Here is a sample of how you can prepare for the coming year's events and photos.

This portfolio album from Pink Paislee comes with transparent sheets in different sizes. You can simply add scraps of papers from coordinating lines to come up with a simple design.

Once you have your photos, all you need to do is insert it in the slots and you are done.

christmas reflections: kim

 

 

The stickers and layered chipboard elements have been used to great effect by Kim to create a cute little Christmas scene, which balances the journalling and photo on the left of the layout perfectly. The fun Holly Jolly range is great to use for kids Christmas layouts. Don't forget to record the not so good stories, like Kim has done, when you are working on your layouts!

weekend inspiration: echo park papers

 

Louise loved the Seasons Greetings collection from Echo Park. With the papers and stickers already co-ordinated into a kit, it made it so easy to put together this seasonal layout. She used a generic tag from the stationery store as a detail behind the main photo and used clusters of circles to draw attention to the heading and secondary photo. Raising the stickers up on foam squares adds dimension and interest to them. Louise also used some bakers twine to add a burst of seasonal colour entwined through the layout and some punched leaves for some soft detail.

 

Jane spotted the street lamp on the sticker sheet and straight away decided to make a 'Welcome Home' card. Once again Jane mounted the sticker with foam tape to give the card dimension then she wrapped a Prima vine around it.

 

 

Jane couldn't decide which of the papers to use so she used a strip of each of her favourites to cover the card front! The wreath sticker was attached using mounting tape to give dimension and crisp wide satin was used to keep to the classic style.

 

This gorgeous layout by Maja Nowak caught Louise’s eye in the gallery with her fussy cut details and wrought iron gates. Maja has combined the Be Mine and Victoria Garden ranges from Echo Park to create a beautifully cohesive layout with lots of little details.

 

 

Jenny’s used the For the Record range from Echo Park to create this eyecatching and beautifully co-ordinated layout about her family. The little banner touches and small clusters of brads add sweet detailing, while the black matting helps prevent clashing of the papers, makes the photos stand out and adds colour balance to the project.

 

Kyoko has combined Echo Park’s Country Drive stickers beautifully with some Sassafras papers to create this busy, but not overpowering layout. The Echo Park stickers add the finishing touches and by raising some with foam tape, she’s managed to add some very cute and soft detailing.

echo park guest designer challenge: readers entries

We had the most enormous response to this call for a Guest Designer for Echo Park Papers, and thank everyone who contributed by sending in their pages. 

We’re thrilled to announce that Echo Park chose the winning entry of Fiona Lally!

Echo Park told us:  There were so many amazing entries. After looking through the projects, we fell in love with Fiona Lally's beautiful style and would love to work with her as a Guest Designer.

 

We didn’t envy them having to make this decision though, as you will see below there were many and varied unique entries, all using Echo Park fabulous papers.  Thank you to everyone who participated.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

guest design team challenge: echo park

Don’t forget – this month we’re offering another opportunity to win a super-generous prize pack AND be part of an amazing design team as a guest – the fabulous team from Echo Park Papers would love to feature you on their blog!  

All you need to do is create and send us a layout featuring lots of Echo Park products to be in the running for a chance to win a prize pack of brand new Echo Park products as well a guest dt position on their blog using those products.  Email your layouts to aussiedt@iinet.net.au by Thursday 1st September.

And if the inspiration in this post wasn’t enough to get you started, we thought we’d share another here today showing off the fabulous Echo Park Be Mine collection, by Iris.

 

 

 

guest design team challenge: echo park

This month we’re offering another opportunity to be part of an amazing design team as a guest – the fabulous team from Echo Park Papers would love to feature you on their blog!   

All you need to do is create and send us a layout featuring lots of Echo Park products to be in the running for a chance to win a prize pack of brand new Echo Park products as well a guest dt position on their blog using those products.  Email your layouts to aussiedt@iinet.net.au by Thursday 1st September.

In the unlikely event that you’re unfamiliar with Echo Park products, here are a few of their recent collections that should be stocked in your local scrapbooking stores right now.  If you’re having trouble finding Echo Park products, leave a comment and we’ll try and head you in the right direction.

 

 

 

 

 

 

And of course it wouldn’t be an Aussie post without a heap of inspiration to get you started !

 

 

 

 

 

Whilst Louise doesn't always incorporate a lot of patterned paper into her scrapbooking she confesses that she is still a patterned paper hoarder and without a doubt this line of Echo Park papers is included in it :).In fact she states that it is one of her new 'faves'! Louise thinks the colour scheme especially is just wonderful, she especially loved the coordinated sticker sheet [LOL we couldn't tell that from these 2 layouts Louise :)].

 

Some paper lines have such a wonderful and unique palette, such as this Ehco Park range and Janine adored creating with it. The pretty delicate colours, mixed with the fun and whimsical prints in the range, make for some really unique combinations of colour and design. Janine loved the little bird images and focused on those, yet they did not detract from the cute picture of her daughter.

 

Larissa Albernaz has an amazing way of mixing layers of patterned paper and embellishments and this is no exception. She has created so much interest with layers of paper and such wonderful colours from the Echo Park "For the Record" range. Thanks for sharing such an inspiring LO with us Larissa.

 

 

 

 

 

A huge bit Thank You to the talented Georgia Keays for sharing her fabulous Echo Park creativity!!!! Georgia you Rock Echo Park!! :)

2011 cha summer: echo park papers

New paper lines – Happy Days which can’t fail to make you happy, a halloween line and THREE new Christmas lines including additional colours for the popular Dots and Stripes collection.  See the full product lines here.

 

 

 

beyond the page memories: leeann pearce

 

 

Leeann totally thinks these receipt holders by “7 Gypsies” are the “BOMB” and would like to get a few more, especially for the kitchen and office areas. Her husband Quentin thinks the same…lol.

Leeann decide to turn this receipt holder into a treasured memory project. Jorja’s first time at the beach.

 

weekend inspiration: echo park papers

 

 

The Echo Park Little Girls is perfect for photos of little girls! Sue went back through her older photos and found these darling ones of her daughter Lily blowing bubbles at the park. One of the papers in the collection has a large scalloped circle image, which Sue cut out and used as the main design feature for her page. She layered the circle with two other patterns and added some whimsical stitching to create interest. The cute heart banner was also cut from one of the papers in the collection.

Echo Park have 12x12 sticker sheets for their collections and they are fantastic for providing the embellishments for your page. A little tip for using stickers is to apply baby powder to the back of the stickers to remove their stickiness. This allows you to shape the stickers with your fingers and add mounting tape to the back of them, as Sue has done with the cute little bird stickers on her page.

What little girl page is complete without a few flowers? Sue used a few Prima flowers and Glimmer Mist to complete the look

The Echo Park Springtime Collection is just beautiful and perfect for any fun and colourful layout. Carole had the perfect photos of Sarah having fun playing in the rain. This collection​ is just so sweet, and the stickers have some gorgeous elements to complement any page. First Carole created the background with Tattered Angel Glimmer Mist then she added cut out flowers and layered them with the stickers at the bottom of the layout, and created a cute little bird house for added interest.

 

Janine Koczwara used the striking Be Mine Collection here to highlight a special photograph of her daughter and another well-known little daughter in the scrapping world!  She has combined the pinks and blacks of the colour palette with both co-ordinating and contrasting Prima flowers for a luxurious effect.

 

This beautiful page was designed by Aussie girl Lisa Webb. Lisa says she adores the Be Mine collection from Echo Park. The soft pink and grey tones were perfect for the layout Lisa designed about her daughter Danielle. Danielle recently moved quite a distance away which has been particularly hard for Lisa. Lisa made use of the beautiful sticker sheet from the collection and complimented it with gorgeous Prima flowers. Thank you Lisa for sharing your page with us.

weekend inspiration: echo park papers

 

There is just so much to love about this range of papers from Echo Park when scrapping the boys in your life!! Janine adores the way the papers have so many monochromatic patterns on the reverse side, offering so much potential for layering papers! The colours are so vibrant and fun and make it easy to create fun boy pages!

 

Kathie’s fussy cut the road map from one of the patterned papers in Echo Park’s Little Boy line, and used as the basis of her layout. Laying it on the bright orange paper from the range immediately creates a vibrant page suitable for busy toddler boys.

The papers contain loads of images of cars and boats, which Kathie’s cut out and added to her scene, along with paper pieced houses, trees and road signs. The end result is a charming countryside through which her son and his little mate drive their red peddle cars.

 

Nicole Pomeroy, Qld, has used a white cardstock background to offset the vibrant colours of Echo Park’s Sweet Summertime range in this layout. We fell in love with the distressing, the splatter paint, the ruching and the stapling. They combine to create a textured page that perfectly showcases the sweet photo of Nicole’s kids playing pretend.

 

 

 

How much fun is this LO by Lauren Bell! She has used the Echo Park range of papers perfectly to showcase this fun series of pictures! The colours of this range were the perfect compliment to her photos! Thanks Lauren for sharing this LO with us.

 

 

I adore the way Sarah has mixed the "cute designs" of these Echo Park papers with the more neutral stripes and plaids. She has also used the "Boys will be Boys" sticker as the perfect title to her page and I love the way she has placed the adorable photos either side of the title. Thank you so much Sarah for sharing this page with us.

 

Wendy Smith, Tas, is a master at creating boy pages. Here she has taken Echo Park’s Walk in the Park papers and letter stickers and teamed them with kraft cardstock and embellishments, text paper and a touch of string. Together with her trademark inking and distressing, it all comes together in a perfect grungy but colourful page

cha winter 2011: echo park

Three lovely new lines from Echo Park… beautiful papers we’re looking forward to seeing more of…

 

 

 

 

 

countdown to christmas day 14: echo park papers

 

When Louise found this amazing reindeer creation from Jennifer Beason, her jaw literally dropped. The incredible attention to detail and clever use of papers from Echo Park and Pink Paislee, make this an absolute seasonal delight. Thank you Jennifer for letting me share your stunning work.

countdown to christmas day 17: echo park papers

 

 

Carole loves to create Beyond the Page projects for Christmas, so creating this cute little Funky Town House by Twiddleybitz was it !! Carole used Echo Park Everybody Loves Christmas pattern papers, and stickers which worked perfect, the bright colours and patterns with the cute little stickers was adorable.

countdown to christmas day 23: echo park papers

 

Louise created this mailbox for her sons' Letters to Santa using the gorgeous new Echo Park Merry Christmas range. Using a purchased SVG file, the box was cut out on a diecutting machine and then embellished with kindyglitz, flowers and stickers. This is sure to become very well used every holiday season!

This beautiful card from Niki Estes really shows off the gorgeous new Christmas range from Echo Park. The combination of bright colours toned down with clever use of kraft cardstock, along with some small, glittery accent detailing and stitching, make this a card everyone would love to receive for the holidays.

introducing: echo park papers

We’re excited to introduce Echo Park Papers to you, a new manufacturer that Aussie Scrap Source are thrilled to add to their ever growing list of fabulous brands!  Check out what some of our design team have done with these gorgeous fun papers…

 

   

 

Janine loved the bright and fun papers in the Echo Park Sweet Summertime range and wanted to create a fun page that extended the pictures of her little girl running under a big tree, so the stickers were a perfect accent for that. She also added a touch of Glimmer Mist spatters to the background for more visual interest to the page and to continue on with the carefree feel.

 

 

 

 

 

Kathie loves sheets crammed with cute bright die-cut images. Echo Park’s Walk in the Park collection comes complete with images of kites, balloons, butterflies, flowers, ducks and pennant flags. The bright colours in the range were a perfect backdrop for the Kathie’s monochromatic photo.

 

 

 

 

When Sue first received her pack of Echo Park papers, she was impressed by the beautiful soft patterns and by the quality of the paper. Sue decided to keep her layout quite simple and chose to make a butterfly embellishment featuring several of the lovely patterned papers. To do this, she traced a Jenni Bowlin chipboard butterfly onto cardstock, adhered the patterned papers, cut off the excess and added lots of stitching for detail.

 

 

 

 

 

Wendy McKee is a very talented papercrafter. She has an amazing ability to create lovely little embellishments which are full of eye-catching details. When you look at something Wendy has created, it is delightful because the more you look at it, the more wonderful details you find. Wendy has done a fabulous job here of showcasing the beautiful colours and patterns in the Life is Good range. And what a cute photo! Thanks so much Wendy for sharing your work.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jane Clark used the Life is Good range to create these fun cards.  She has cut out elements and layered them and of course the versatile journalling card and sticker sheets come in particularly useful.  She kept embellishments simple with some sequins and some layering.