It's Friday ~ YIPPPEEEEE! And it time for the new OCL sketch! Here is the sketch & you can see the inspiration piece over on the OCL Blog. I love this one because it came from a scrapbook page but you could also do a card. Don't be intimidated if you don't scrapbook, JUST TRY IT!
So for my project today, I decided to continue with my Yellowstone pictures. That's the great part about using 3-ring binders for your albums, you can easily slide in a layout or forgotten items. Even though I already have these photos in my album, I do love including enlargements on full sized layouts.
I used several different stamp sets by Our Craft Lounge on this layout. For the background & photo corner images, I used the new Vintage Traveler set; for the dotted detail on my pattern paper, I used Fancy Fringe; and for my title and journaling lines, I used The Journey stamp set.
So are you unsure on how to incorporate stamps into your scrapbook pages? The stamped images shouldn't really be the main focus of your page. Notice the round piece on the above sketch. On my original piece, it was a stamped & colored item. But for my new page, I used a photo rather than a big stamped image. All of the stamping on the page is very subtle and used tone on tone (except for the title). If I hadn't used some stamps on this page, it would have been a bit boring. However, I didn't need a big in-your-face stamped image; it simply would have distracted the reader from the gorgeous photo.
Soooooooooooo..... I had this post almost completely written yesterday and decided that I really wanted to make a card for the sketch as well ~ just to show you it could really be done. I am pretty happy with the final result of this one!
I used the same stamp sets by Our Craft Lounge on this layout ~ Vintage Traveler , Fancy Fringe and The Journey as well as the same pattern paper from Little Yellow Bicycle.
So are you inspired to give this one a try? When you do, make sure you leave your link over on the OCL Blog so you have a chance to win a free set!
4 comments:
Nicely done, Kendra! Both are amazing!
Sweet! Love both of them. Love the mini picture instead of a stamped image.
These are lovely Kendra!
I tried to go through all the hop last night & I just didn't make it, fell asleep with the laptop on my lap. lol What I was getting sure didn't make sense though, got to crafty ho. Missed one in the middle. I tried :(
Wow! This is absolutely gorgeous Kendra, your matching card is so pretty and vintage, great using that Eiffel Tower as your focal image!
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