Life is a Journey

Happy Saturday to you!

I've got a project to share with you featuring Quick Quotes's Stowaway collection today.  I just love the soft pretty colors of the line and they were perfectly matched to some vacation photos of a Ferry Boat ride that I had.

"Life is a Journey"

To create this page, I started with selecting my photos that I wanted to feature and printed them as a collage. The collage is then stitched down to the mat. 

I selected a large piece of vellum from a prior Club Q kit which just so happened to be a bit larger than my matted photo, so I decided to layer it over the top of a variety of other pattern papers for a fun effect.  I chose three pages from my Stowaway 6x6 Paper Pad, trimmed them so they were smaller than the vellum and arranged them.

Next, I added the envelope and cheese cloth, and selected my coordinating chipboard and titlework.  I really wanted to keep this page soft and the focus to the photos, so I inked with Biscotti around the vellum and photo mat only.  Some stitching added that little bit of texture.

In finishing the page, it felt just a touch plain or linear to me, so I added a pop of blue with the die cut circles to simulate bubbles in the water on the boat ride. Next, I added the corrugated arrows to the top and placed just a few circles to add a splash of color and balance.

A few gems and enamel dots finish the page.

Quick Quotes Ingredients:

Stowaway 6x6 Paper Pad

Stowaway 300 - 12 x 12 Paper

Stowaway Stickers

Stowaway Chipboard

Vellum Overlay - Treasure Chest

PowderPuff Chalk Ink - Biscotti and Blue Hawaiian

Prior Club Q Kit (October) - Vellum

Other:  Kraft Card Stock, Maya Road Envelope, Pearls by Want2Scrap, Flair by AC, Memory Box Circle Die, MFT Torn Paper Die, Cheesecloth, Enamel Dots by MME, Corrugated Arrows by JBS, Hemp, Sewing Machine and Thread

Thanks so much for stopping on over today!  Have a super scrappity and fabulous weekend!!!

~ Rhonda

Batter Up!

Thursday Greetings crafty peeps!

It's my day on the Moxxie blog and for this project I decided to showcase the TeeBall collection. Today's post features multiple images, yet white space a a bit of fun with patterns.

I took a series of photographs of our boys playing ball in the backyard and decided to create a bit larger collage of them. These were printed scaled to 8x10, but when I cropped it the final size was 6x6.  This resulted in a nice size for balancing a page without feeling cramped.

Batter Up!

I matted my photo onto this very cool patterned paper:

See how it changed in appearance as I cropped it to a single block width?

I knew that I wanted some white space in my design, so I kept my accents and embellishments to a minimum. It's fun to play with the design strips sometimes to create your own look.  Here is the sheet of design strips.  Do you see the ones I selected?  Practice, practice, practice!  The baseball stitching thin strip, the red t-ball strip and the polka dot thin strip.

Once I had my bits and pieces arranged and positioned, I adhered everything and then added my coordinating stickers and rub-ons.  I loved the long border of baseballs that narrowed in size, so I added that to the top of my page.  

I added a few extra embellies from my stash like the baseball button:

My date tab uses a piece of paper from Midway Madness.  : )

I hope I've inspired you to get those photos on paper today!  Why not try a photo collage?  It makes a big impact and keeps the focus of your page to your subject. 

Ingredients:

TeeBall papers, rub-ons and stickers by Moxxie

Baseball Button by Buttons Galore

Baker's Twine by The Twinery

Flair by The Paper Bakery

Epiphany Crafts Star 25 Tool and Bubble Cap

Smash Date Stamp by K and Co.

Black Ink by Memento

Coal Miner PowderPuff Chalk Ink by Quick Quotes

Black Arrows by LittleB

Blue Adhesive Note by Smash

Thanks so much for stopping on over today!  Have a super scrappity day!