A Patchwork of Possibilities
Hi readers! Happy National Scrapbooking Day! We’re pleased to have one of our own design team members from our Monday Challenge as a guest designer today. Please help us welcome, Ashli Oliver! She’s sharing with us a very special moment that she scrapbooked, and the way she interpreted her own style into the pages.
Enjoy!
Hi there! Ashli Oliver here to share some of the many possibilities with the gorgeous Simon Says Stamp Exclusives. (Please see a complete supply list below)
One of my favorite go-to designs for a scrapbook page is an “informal grid”… a loose structure in which to dot bits and pieces around the page. A bit of a patchwork, if you will…
This technique is also the perfect way to unify items that otherwise are seemingly too different to pair together.
Take for instance, some of the gorgeous dies and stamps that I have put into use today…a doily, a tree, a vine, a set of title words, roses, hearts, clouds etc…
When combined into a loose and informal grid, they work together to create a lovely and dynamic composition…
…perfect to journal the story of our baby’s name in the pocket behind the photo!
Now, let’s take that idea a step further, shall we? After completing the above layout, I had lots of little die cuts left.
I wanted to make good use of them and also play with some mixed media…
Here’s the step by step:
1. Randomly collage all of the leftover bits onto a sheet of cream card stock, using matte medium to adhere.
2. Once the matte medium is dry, cover the entire surface with a wash of gesso or white paint.
3. When that has mostly dried, add in some watercolors and/or mists in the colors of your choosing. I chose soft blues, pinks, and oranges.
4. Allow to completely dry.
5. Using scissors, or a paper trimmer, cut out random rectangles and squares from your dried sheet of collaged and mixed media fun!
TA DA!
The different shapes, lines, and textures that this creates is unexpected, fascinating, and really can not be achieved any other way!
Plus, when all of those bits are arranged in yet another informal grid, we have instant composition and page design that needs almost no additional embellishing!
And guess what? Once again I found myself with leftover pieces…
I can’t let those go to waste! Layered up and stitched down… we have an instant card!
I hope this has inspired you to grab some of the amazing SSS exclusives and put them to use. As you can see, there is a patchwork full of possibilities!
Thanks for joining me!
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Thanks for reading today and thanks to Ashli for providing such gorgeous inspiration!
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Absolutely gorgeous!
BEAUTIFUL pair of layouts and LOVELY “left-overs” card too!!!
THANK YOU for sharing your CRAFTY INSPIRATION, your CREATIVE process and CLEVER patchwork elements technique Ashli :)
Todays blog was really a treat. I love inspiration from the different techniques used today.
Absolutely beautiful! Love the layouts, thanks for sharing!
Such a sweet layout! Happy NSD!
What an absolutely georgous page. It’s just so beautiful. Stunning card also. Just love both of them. What great ideas.
Great layout! Thanks for sharing!
Beautiful layouts! Thanks for sharing. AJ@queenofmynest
Wow! Those LO’s were breathtaking…..and the card was a great idea.
Absolutely beautiful
Now that my readers have gone belly up, I rely on email notifications from my favorite blogs, like Simon Says Stamp.
Love all three of these projects- the dimension and the patchwork look.
Beautiful page, Ashli!
Absolutely loving her projects! Her style is gorgeous!
Simply beautiful!
Very pretty layouts! love the creativity!
Wow! The layouts are so beautiful. Love the gorgeous, soft colour palette! And the card is like the cherry on top of the cake. What a fantastic way of using up scraps! Thanx Ashli, for the great inspiration.
Wow Ashi, I am so inspired by your wonderful work! Everything is truly wonderful and just that bit different. Thank you. You baby is adorable, what a lovely photo! xx
awe! precious baby! Love the stitching!
What a great idea to use loos bits! (Would be a great way of using all my restmaterial…)
The pages are precious! So is your baby! Love the card you made with leftovers too!
What a great way to use all these left over bits, we always have around us.
I love Ashli’s designs and how she just keeps going! Beautiful work and ideas.
Beautiful card and layouts! I love them!
Beautiful projects!
Wow! Ashli just continues to amaze me with her layouts! I just love the new baby photos too. Awesome pages!!
Ashli – an awesome layout, colors and [love a girl who can put scraps to good use =] that card!!! Gorgeous!
Love your style! Absolutely gorgeous!
You’re so right how the layout comes together in a grid.
Beautiful layout
These layouts are so wonderful Ashli! Along with those precious photos. Love these great grids you created.
Absolutely fab layouts! Thanks for sharing!
WOW! Now Ashli knows how to “not” have left over scraps!! All of your projects are awesome! You have a beautiful family too!
Fab pages. Sweet and pretty baby too.
Absolutely love the colouring in these projects! Soft and precious!
Lovely – and such a fun idea for the “leftover” scraps. Thanks for sharing this great tutorial.
These layouts are adorable! Thanks for sharing and the opportunit for blog candy!
What a wonderful idea! I love all the texture and pattern.
Gorgeous! Thanks for sharing.
So sweet. Thanks for the tips
How sweet is that scrapbook page? Love all your techniques and randomness!
Sweetest photo ever and a beautiful page to accompany it!
Beautiful work, Ashli. Love the layouts with your sweet new baby and the picture on the other one of you with all your girls.
Awesome trick for the bonus card :)
I’m enchanted for the photos, the colors so delicate, the technique (even if a bit difficoult for me) and the final result.
It is a joy to see scrapbooking layouts on the blog. I am a scrapbooker and love to see the ideas using stamps and different supplies that we use for card making. Thank you so much. Hope to see more layouts. Congrats on your baby. Such a joy.
Gorgeous!
Such a cute layout and card!
That is an amazing card!
Gorgeously made layout! Love ally eh techniques included!
~God bless~