Rebeca Stovall's Photos of Insects

This layout is a bit of mixed colors, photos, and for me - appeal level. I cannot decide if I like it or not.

I was trying to use a lovely college print I had of some photos of insects. The issue was that there were so many colors! So, I tried to go for a "all" color theme... but I'm not sure it worked out so well.

Also, see below for detail on the title:

I think I like it... but it just seems a little off. I kept thinking I spelled something wrong....

Oh wells, as always -

Products:

• Basic Grey Designers Cardstock Pack
• Cardstock: white and black
• K&Company: Tim Coffey paper
• Little Yellow Bicycle: Generationz - Orange Metallic Wings
• Chipboard letters
• White paint
• Fiskars boarder punch
• Zig Calligraphy pen: black
• Med blue ribbon
• Stapler
• K.i. Memories: Softies - Bloom

Jane Austin Forever

I don't do this very often - but this is actually a page that is not an image I took. Rather it is representative of the page subject - namely, Jane Austin (who doesn't love her novels!?!).

This was a fun layout that allowed me to use a great photo. BTW, for those that don't know this is an image from the latest movie based on Pride and Prejudice.

Also, I got to use my Post-it Brand craft paper. Here is some detail of the title - the "forever" green and brown layered title is made from the Post-it fully adhesive material.

Here is some additional detail of the flower cluster below the title:

Products:

• Post-it Brand: Fully Adhesive Craft Paper - Cocoa and Jungle
• Little Yellow Bicycle: Traveler - Ticket to Ride
• American Crafts Thickers: Delight - fabric white
• Paperchase: Novelty Stickers - Butterfly
• Zig Calligraphy Pen: Chocolate
• Unknown manufacturer flowers: white, brown and blue
• Unknown manufacturer brads: lt blue, blue cloth
• My Minds Eye: Life Stories - journal card

Love

I wanted to use up some of the scraps from a couple of past layouts I've done - and I just love the color combo that developed. Yellow, green, blue and brown!

Plus, I just love this bling flurish - here is a little more detail of it and the cluster of flowers:

Products:

• Lt green lrg scalloped cardstock
• Post-it Brand: Craft Paper Full Adhesive - Cocoa
• Jillibean soup pattered paper
• Sandylion: Kelly Panacci - Dotsalot-green
  
• Making Memories: Passport - Passport 12x12 Stripe
• Creative Impressions Felt Butterfly
  
• Various manufacturer flowers: yellow, blue and brown
• Unknown manufacturer brads: lt blue brad, lt blue button brad, "machine washable" brad, and flower bling brad
• Hand made pearl stick pin
• Zig Calligraphy Pen: Chocolate
• Queen & Co. Felt boarder ribbon
• Lt blue sm ribbon
• American Crafts Thickers: Rockabye - Foam White
• Unknown manufacturer paper clip
• Hand crochet lt green flower
• Basic Grey: Origins - cloth brad

In a Tree

I really like the color combo on this layout and how I was able to use up some fairly large embellishment items I've made/have.

Here is some detail of the upper left of the page - where I have a small handmade embellishment made from Shrinky - Dinks!! Yep, you read correctly. I punched a Martha Stewart butterfly out of black shrinky - dink material and a circle out of white shrinky - dink material. I shrunk both, then reheated the circle and "pressed" the butterfly onto it to adhere it. Of course, do remember that shrinky - dinks do shrink quite a bit... so although cute this embellishment isn't much larger then a USA currency dime.

Here is a little more detail on the lace ribbon flower and large chipboard butterfly.

Products:

• Cardstock: black and white
• Simply Luxe Designs: Simple Pinstripe - Lime
• Sandylion: Kelly Panacci - Dotsalot-green
• ColorBok: nocturne chipboard pieces
• Md ribbon: drk green
• Hand crochet flowers: lt green
• Bling jewel brads
• Bling: lt green
• Shrinky - Dinks: white and black
• Martha Stewart Butterfly punch
• EK Success Circle 1 1/2" punch
• Basic Grey: Origins cloth brad
• American Crafts Thickers: Patchwork - fabric black
• Velvet mini brads: lt green

Family - Blue

I wanted to do a pretty simple layout for this great shot of my sister-in-law. I also wanted to stay with a simple soothing color.

Blue it is!

With just a spots of patterned paper and the elegant ribbon and journaling to frame the whole thing - I think it turned out pretty nice.

Here is a little closer detail on one of the circles I embellished.

Products:

• Cardstock: white
• Zig Calligraphy Pen: black
• Various manufactures patterned papers: cut with a EK Success 1 1/2" Circle punch
• Drk blue lace ribbon
• Basic Grey: White Chocolate Chip Micro-Chip Stickers
• Sm lt blue ribbon
• Unknown manufacture - tiny silver key
• Silver eyelets

Ryu

I really liked this fun shot of little Ryu kitty!

Products:

• White Swiss Dot cardstock
• Lt green large scalloped cardstock
• Jillibean soup pattered paper
• Simply Luxe Designs: Simple Pinstripe - Lime
• Unknown manufacture: recycled pattered paper
• Unknown manufacture: Dye-cut sayings
• Copper brads
• Martha Stewart Butterfly punches
• Zig Calligraphy Pen: Chocolate
• Basic Grey: White Chocolate Chip MicroChip Stickers

Missed a Challenge

So I missed posting this layout for a Colour Q challenge that occurring a while back. *sigh*

Oh, well. I's still a very pretty layout!

Here is a link to the Colour Q Challenge # 13.

Here are some detail images.

Gotta love the metal embelishments - most are from Tim Holtz collections.

To accent the dragon fly I used a little more bling... never too much bling!

Products:

• Cardstock: rose and pink
• Lt teal Swiss Dot Cardstock
• DCWV: Once Upon a Time Paper
• Dream Street Papers LLC: Remember the Moments - Jacob
• Various manufacture flowers: lt blue and rose
• Various manufacture bling: teal, hot pink, and clear
• Various manufacture brads: copper, white velvet, and jewel
• Various manufacture ribbon: white lace (two different kinds), velvet rose rick-rack, and black small poof ball
• Zig Calligraphy pen: black
• K&Company: Tim Coffey die-cut cardstock and acetate
• Tim Holtz Metal Accents - clock and coin
• K.i. Memories: Softies - Bloom
• Basic Grey: Dark Chocolate Chip Micro Chip Stickers