I like to keep an easel in my studio/office with an 8-inch seasonal scrapbook page on it and it was time for a new Spring page!
These photos weren't the best -- selfies at night with cell phone and tablet cameras but nevertheless, they captured some fun Spring Break family moments I wanted to print and keep. Great papercrafting supplies can sometimes make up for some of those photo inadequacies -- right? I like to think so! :)
The anchor for my page is this wonderful Penny Black Slapstick/Cling Sweet Dahlia collage image stamp that measures a generous 3.75" square. I stamped it with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto Neenah Solar White cardstock. I wanted to use the "sweet" sentiment from the collage as a focal point, so I masked around the word with some 3M Post-It Adhesive Roll/Labeling Tape and used Tumbled Glass Distress Marker to ink and stamp the word onto more Neenah Solar White cardstock.
The "sweet" sentiment was die cut with Taylored Expressions die frame from the From Me To You Cling Stamp & Die Combo. The edges of the die cut were sponged with Tumbled Glass Distress Ink and an Ink Blending Tool.
Next, I quickly added some color to the dahlia using BG000 and BG53 Copic Sketch markers, and RV52 on the "Beautiful" and "Original" words:
You could go full out and color the entire image beautifully, but for this project I wanted to keep the image primarily black & white with just subtle washes of Spring color.
To finish the page, I cut a piece of floral Hot Pink Shape 'N Tape to add to the bottom of page -- I chose to leave the tape stuck to its white backing paper and just used it like a piece of patterned paper (because, remember -- once the tape is off the backing paper, anything that was showing white will be transparent and have the background color showing thru ... in this case, teal). I did the same for the solid hot pink mat layer behind the smaller photo of my girls, using Lifestyle Crafts Labels Dies to cut the hot pink tape and photo.
A piece of Gray Shape 'N Tape was cut .50" x 6.25", taken off the white backing paper and used like washi tape, to help anchor the stamped image and floral paper/tape to the page. I love this dark charcoal color -- it's just a little softer than black but still makes a bold statement. Both the small photo of my girls and the "sweet" sentiment pieces were popped up on my favorite Copic Foam Tape. Copic Color Multiliner 12-pc Set is a fabulous addition to your scrapbooking supplies -- they make great journaling pens, in a multitude of any color you could need! Here, I chose Cool Gray to write the place and date at the bottom of my page.
Happy Spring! ~ Sharon
