Scrapbooking Made Simple

So here we are with the same family portrait and I've used a different range of papers from the DCWV Linen Closette Paper Stack and one other apricot paper by My Minds Eye to decorate this page. I used a TimHolz Die for the bird and cage and a Queen & Co ribbon (the vine leaf) all the flowers were handmade out of the papers used with a cream one added to plump out the colour palette slightly. I thought it would be good to show you how I've done three distinctly different canvas projects using the same photos (this is post 2 of 3 which will be up tomorrrow). I often have people ask me about the process for choosing papers for a layout. In this case I chose the green of daughter number 2's skirt as the main colour and then added the light apricot to pick up the coral colour of our clothes. When I'm choosing my papers for a layout I will look at the photo and see if there are any colours that dominate the photos. If so I will look for papers in that color range...

 This layout of our trick or treating one Halloween is very simple. As I like to use multiple photos on a layout I simply trimed the photos then placed them on the page. I filled in the spaces with different patterned papers and inked the edges to give definition. I have used a corner rounder on each of the photos and patterned papers from the DCWV Linen Closete range. Of course I used the Wall Decore and More Cartridge for my cricuit to cut the owl, skull and title letters.