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Tuesday, May 3, 2016

All the Colors

Sometimes I get stuck in a color rut - lately its been all about blue and yellow.  But the April kits from Citrus Twist had lots of bright, fun colors.  So I went looking for a picture that would work with a layout that uses all the colors.  I found an old one of my daughter looking through her haul on Halloween.

Then I hunted down a sketch that provided the chance to use lots of layers and bits so I could pull out the colors in the photo.  The April sketch at Paper Issues was perfect!



I focused on the layered horizontal elements, the large circle, the banner and the tag for my layout. 


I started with papers from the April Citrus Twist kits - the green, the black and white stripe and the small piece under the tag.  Then I went to my scraps and stash to pull out other pieces.  .  I was excited to used the acrylic "hooray" from a recent haul from Colorcast Designs.  Then I kept adding bits from both the Citrus Twist kits and my stash til I felt like the layout was balanced.  The bit of black and white polka dot paper was the last thing I added - and it made all the difference - it seemed to ground the whole layout.

I hope your Tuesday is filled with all the colors - thanks for stopping by.

3 comments:

  1. Boy that is some haul. Cute photo. I like the mix of the circle with the banner and tag elements. Really great. Michelle t

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  2. It turned out great! I love that touch of blue and the "Hooray" is really cute. So glad you were at Paper Issues! DD is a cutie sorting her loot :)

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