This week's challenge at work was to use a product or two that we were not comfortable with. I immediately thought of pens. A very talented scrapper who is fiercely amazing with color, pens and journaling is Cheryl Manz. I was totally inspired by her when making this layout. First I combined 42 close-up pictures of me and Chris into one photo and printed it. Then I chose a background color of cardstock - this color green isn't my favorite, in fact you can say it makes me uncomfortable, but I decided to use it anyways. And I'm glad I did! Then I found a bunch of two-colored patterned papers and stitched them to the top and bottom edges. Instant pop of color! I added the title using a mixture of white Thickers. Next came journaling. Colored pens didn't show up so well on the green cardstock, so I chose a plain black Memory Marker instead. I guess I didn't really overcome my fear of colored pens. (Oh, but don't worry, our next project at work involves a plethora of colored Slick Writers, so I WILL get over my phobia.) I went around and around the photo giving a short summary of each picture. Then, in Cheryl Manz style, I filled in all of the holes with a white Ultimate Gel Pen. I stitched on a few buttons and then called it done.
This was last week's project: a card. Pretty simple, but I didn't have much time. The only cards I ever really send are Thank You cards, so that's what I made.
I’m from Seattle. Chris is from Denver. We met at BYU and got married in 2007 in Nauvoo, IL. Chris graduated from the USC School of Dentistry in 2013 through an Army scholarship and then we were stationed in Grafenwöhr, Germany for 4 years! We visited 43 countries while living in Europe and miss it every day! Now we live in Littleton, CO where Chris works as a dentist at Old Town Dental. I’m a stay-at-home-working-mom to our son Fox and daughter Jane. Scrapbooking is my passion and I have 10 signature collections with American Crafts called GO THE SCENIC ROUTE, BLOOM STREET, TRULY GRATEFUL, HORIZON, WHIMSICAL,PICK-ME-UP, TURN THE PAGE,OH MY HEART, TAKE ME AWAY &FANCY FREE. I’m a teacher at Big Picture Classes, the Creative Editor for Scrapbook & Cards Today Magazine, I design 10 new Silhouette cut files every week, and I have an Etsy shop. I love teaching in-person scrapbooking and bookbinding workshops whenever and wherever I can! Thanks for stopping by!
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I love the card, Pailge! I especially like the little houses! And you and Chris are the cutest couple EVER!
ReplyDeleteLOVE the layout Paige!!! Okay, just noticed on your blog that you and Chris got married on May 8 - yay! So did we (in 1999).
ReplyDeleteLOVE that layout and card, girlie!
ReplyDeleteLOVE the look of your blog, too! ;)
Happy St. Patrick's Day to ya! Hugs!