Tuesday I wanted to do a layout of 4 pictures I had from when Sean and I went to Anstruther for fish and chips. I usually always do 2 page layouts, but really with this limited amount of photos I thought a 1 page would work well. I also decided to wing this one, use my own creativity instead of the assistance of a sketch.
I looked through my paper closet (yes I had all my paper hanging on little hangers in the closet in my scrapbooking room - I'll post pictures soon) and found some old papers that I thought went well together.
I knew I wanted to do some sort of design element on the spotted paper but I didn't want to dig out my Cricut (I am patiently waiting for my husband to build me a 7 foot by 3 foot shelf which my cricut and other items will call home) so I traced it from another paper I had.
I cut it out and then started playing around with the arrangement.
DISASTER!!
Every combination I thought of looked horrible to me and I was starting to get really frustrated, so I WALKED AWAY.
I turned off my little iPod stereo, turned off the light and went upstairs and forgot all about those 4 pictures.....until today.
This morning I decided not to sit in front of the TV all day (as I have for the past two days) so I came on the MAC and went to all my bookmarked blogs. With all the amazing projects being done by everyone I decided to head back downstairs and give some fresh eyes to that pesky layout.
And literally within 25 minutes I had it complete! and I loved it.
Here it is
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| It's really a simple layout - 4 pictures and 4 papers but I love how it all came together |
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| I loved how the dot paper had lime swirls through it so I stitched a few of them |
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| The funnest Thickers out there - you can't go wrong with sparkly teal |
So that's my advice for you today - when you are overrun with ideas or you just can't decide - walk away and come back later.
Ta Ta for Now
xoxox Bri
