Hey there everybody, Happy Friday!
Well earlier this week when I was thinking about what I was going to do for my "creative" post, I decided I was going to do a layout featuring products from the CC store. Sitting in my "new stuff" bin was some papers and stickers from Basic Grey's "Basics" line. I had used a few of the trims & labels in June's Jack kit, but hadn't used any of the papers yet. I love this collection it is perfect for me! A big staple in my scrapping supplies are neutral cardstocks that I use for most of my backgrounds. The collection comes in white, manilla, and kraft and it combines my love for some neutral colors with patterned papers.
Here's a layout I did last night...
In this layout I combined trims from both the kraft & manilla collections, label stickers from the kraft, and the paper is from the manilla collection. (You can shop for your Basics products here) What I love about using neutrals is that the color just pops off the page...look at those reds!
Another thing I wanted to point out is sometimes you need to go beyond the basics. By this I'm referring to the basic use of an item. Most people use tags and "sprouts" for journaling and I do too, but here I used them in a different way. Love,love,love sprouts. They can be used for journaling, as design elements, and here I used one to frame a smaller picture. I also used a variety of tags to mat my picture. I needed something to hold my picture and the tags give it some visual interest.
So that's my post for today...short and sweet.
I'll be back next week with some peeks at my projects using the "Fun in the Sun" kit.
Nice work, Jen. You're very creative with the sprouts. Love those tags as a background element, too.
Posted by: Kimberly Madrid | July 23, 2010 at 08:22 AM