It figures that the hostess of this challenge would know just what to do with her stash to make it look current. I love the outer space feel a la Sharon. It's all the little touches, like those star sequins (love 'em!), the stamps, embossing, inking, the textured cs, the pp swirls, the title fonts, even the notary seals, and the cut pieces of red and green paper, AND your collage skills that give this spread all its visual interest. You made the primary colors work, too. My only suggestion would be to switch the bottom "alien" photo with the Legonaut, because its colors draw my eyes immediately to that photo and away from all the others above it. Is that true, btw, about your parents? That's either too cool or too funny.
You've certainly given it a funky space feel with all the cool embelishments. The photos have a fun feel with the jumbled effect and the different matts adds more colour which looks snazzy.
this is a totally cool layout. I like to look at your work because you are so good at telling the story. I always enjoy reading the journaling!! these pages look great. the colors are really nice on the black!!
LOL, I remember those gold notorial seals! Hundreds of legal docs to seal & coming home with a stiff right arm (from *sealing*!!!) Lots of photos but you've worked them with the mattes overlapping and the well-placed embellies. You've made the fun you had at the center show up!
Sharon-baby! This LO is totally far-out! I absolutely dig looking at your layouts. I love the multiple photos that you fit in and the ephemera that you manage to fit into the scheme. I'm so happy to see your blurred parents again. I almost didn't recognize the other people that you TRIED to pass off as your parentals. Once again this two pager totally works! You rock (literally and figuratively). Out of this world!
I love all of the embossing you have done on this LO! I love how the photo mats are different colors, but still go with the background pp (which is totally perfect for the LO). I think i would have straightened the photos up.. Would have never thought of using a seal on a sb page!!
This is my response to my SHCG “Stashoffont” Challenge to create a LO that uses: old STASH paper(s)/embellie(s), something from an OFFice & a word in 2 different FONTs. Excuse my blurred parents, they prefer blurred anonymity (lest their secret identities as nighttime ballroom-dancing-superheroes be revealed to the masses!). Stash items: DCWV Black & White Stack & Club Scrap's Reflections kit (I always thought Club Scrap's glossy blue & red paper combined w/ gold etching was an awkward combo; thought silver would've been better) & star stamp; Office items: gold notarial seals (used in my office as a base for corporate seals on certain docs), notepaper & paper clip; & 2 font title. To carry out my vision of silver w/ those papers, I bordered the title & big photo w/ silver embossing, scattered silver star sequins & partially embossed the star cut from the red pp (wanted some of the gold outline to show). These scans don't capture how shiny the embossing, seals, sequins & paper really are (the circles of blue glossy paper look black here). The big photo is a pocket that contains a brochure & journaling. This LO depicts part of an annual get-together w/ my immediate family, who all live in different states (my brother's family couldn't make it).
Because I wanted to use so many photos, I didn't feel like I could express K's “Flow” design tutorial fully, but I did do a few things to concentrate focus on the title & big photo (wider mattes, more stars, embossing, that big star cut out).
For journaling, see separate scan of hidden journaling detail.
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