You may recall from last month's challenge that the purpose of this challenge group was to take our scrapbooking to the next level, to stretch our creative process and to grow as artists by embracing challenges that make us think, work and grow.
This month, our challenger was the very talented Audrey Yeager. Audrey noticed (as you may have, too) that all of our members are most comfortable as single page designers, meaning that our default design is a single 12x12 design! That's why we love IE... despite all being 12 x 12 designers, we have so many styles and we all approach our pages differently! In fact, we have invited a valued guest designer with a very different style to join us this month; her name is Scarlett Salamone.
Here's a bit of what Audrey had to say in her challenge this month. She even gives us a few tips and a link to a great blog for inspiration!
" I take a lot of photos. Right now, I have been using 2 or 3 smaller photos on my layouts. But truth is, I have a lot of events where I would like to include a lot of photos on a larger spread so that you can see the details in the photos to. So I print out the photos with the intention of putting them on a 2-page spread...
I just can’t get it. I feel like I have a certain style, yet when I sit down to create a 2 pager, it feels nothing like “me”.
SOOOO, your next challenge is to create a double page layout. And I don’t mean just any double page. I want you to really think about your style and your design practices for single pagers (the first assignment helped us define our style, so think about those elements). Then take those ideas and try to apply them to a double pager.
*Start by thinking of your canvas as a 12x24” size. Before you even print photos or pick papers, try to envision (or sketch out) a design that feels like “you”.
*Once you have a basic design, think about the techniques that you love and where/how you will incorporate them on your page.
*Choose products that you would use for a single page layout. If you use white cardstock as a base a lot of times, then use it on your double page. If you mostly use patterned paper, then use that. And if you don’t have 2 of the same sheets of patterned paper for your background, I REALLY challenge you to use 2 different 12x12 sheets for the base of your spread! (Kim Watson does a superb job of using 2 different sheets for her backgrounds…if you have CK magazine, look at some of her pages.) http://kj-starre.blogspot.com/
*Another way to approach this, (which I personally want to experiment with more), is to create 2 single pagers, but use the same papers in the same ratios. The papers and the photos will help tie your design together.
You might do this challenge and not be happy with your first result, so I challenge you to KEEP TRYING! Do a 2nd , double page layout and try to learn from your “mistakes” on the first one.
Also, if you typically DO create 2 pagers, then apply the same ideas to a single page spread instead.
As we create this month, if you have thoughts about your process or are struggling, OR you are loving what you are creating, share some of your ideas with us!!!
Believe it or not, I still have a few photos to scrap for my Disney album. This is my third attempt to scrap these photos from Epcot, on a third set of papers. I had some Fancy Pants papers selected awhile ago that I subsequently used for a layout. Next, I chose some older American Crafts papers, but when it came time to use them, I wasn't feeling it. When this challenge was issued, I knew immediately that I was going to attempt this layout about playing the Kimpossible feature at Epcot. I looked at the link Audrey provided, and pondered awhile. Then, while perusing some older videos in the Glitter Girl series at Two Peas, I found a video where Shimelle addresses multiple photos and watched. She used a pocketed page protector as the basis for her design, and while I didn't have the same protector as she used, I had the 6-pocket page that came with my We R Memory Keepers album. I had my approach for this challenge:
This approach allowed me to scrapbook 8 photos on a double layout and still tell the story.
Here's the left page. I did a lot of the kinds of things I've been doing lately. A little smattering of texture medium, doodling, mists, washi tape and sequins.
Close up of the little cluster on the large photo - punchinella, old flower diecuts that get a little updated with some black pen, new Studio Calico flagged paperclip.
Another long title, because that's what I do (mostly). The letters are Lily Bee, Momenta and Pebbles. I just realized that the pp are the original ones, the Fancy Pants papers - just the scraps because the rest was used for the other layout... The little maps and destination papers are from a Studio Calico 6x6 pad. And the blue glittery letters were originally purple but there was no purple anywhere else so I used the Stickles to alter them.
Here's the right page - the 6-spot page protector page. I wasn't just going to slide in the photos and be done with it, though. I accented each photo a little first, keeping in mind, that these page protectors don't allow for quite as much bulk as a full 12 x 12 one does. I had to use the phone on my journaling square - it came from an AC Remarks pad that goes with the AC paper I didn't use, and I used Stickles on the phone buttons to get the phone to match the colours used throughout the rest of the layout.
Here is just one of the accented photos - I used rubons, washi tape, a snippet from the SC pad I mentioned, and a button to create a little cluster.
So that is how I approached the double page, multi-photo challenge. I kind of liked the page protector idea and plan to order some in other sizes, to have more creative freedom. I hope you will take some time this month to visit the other designers and see what they did with the challenge!
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