Layout Recipe #76 – Merry and Bright
This week’s layout is one that I found while browsing the gallery at The Sweet Shoppe, it’s by scarletsierra aka Sara and is entitled Merry and Bright! This layout caught my eye with it’s beautiful cheery colours and it’s beautiful bright photo. I love the glitter, the round stitches and the beautiful stamp effect all are beautiful touches. Be sure to check out the techniques that this scrapper used, her use of a background to create the stamped effect is truly inspiring! Please feel free to click on the image and leave this talented scrapper some love!
Ingredients List:
- Holiday Spirit by Dani Mogstad
- Holiday In The Sun by Dani Mogstad (leather swirls)
- Scrappers Toolbox: Creative Crops by Dani Mogstad (squares)
- Ultimate Stitch Collection: Imperfect Circles (stitches)
- tattered paper template by Anna Aspnes
- tattered overlay by Favreau Designs
- decorated twines (recolored) by Jofia Designs
What was your inspiration for the layout’s theme or design?
I wanted to showcase the beautiful papers and colours of Dani’s kit while still giving the page an overall feeling of comfort and merriment that I feel around the holidays. I chose one of my favourite photos from my daughter’s first Christmastime. Her bright eyes and the feeling of joy I have with her and at Christmastime inspired me to create a simple page with delicate details and a love-worn feeling. All the while I was making the page I kept thinking of that line in the song White Christmas…”I’m dreaming of a white Christmas, With every Christmas card I write, May your days be merry and bright And may all your Christmases be white.” What a wonderful wish..that your days be merry and bright. And this feeling is something both my daughter and the holidays bring to me.
What special techniques/actions/effects did you use if any in creating the layout?
I did some basic colour corrections on the photo, did some brightening, and fiddled with the blend modes, for a simple pop and clean look. In order to create the stamped mat look I chose one of Dani’s papers and selected the beautiful pattern and used it to “stamp” the mat and then used it as the background paper layer to echo the effect. I wanted to draw focus to the photo so I used a messy stitch to frame it. I also recolored Jofia’s beautiful twines to better accentuate the colour palette of the page.
Thank you to my readers for checking out my blog today, I hope this layout has inspired you to mix and match some great products, and stretch your creativity! Please click on the layout above and leave this great scrapper some love!
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