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Scrapping Outside Your Comfort Zone

I tend to scrap the same colors over and over again. Blacks, greys, greens, blues, teals, oranges and yellows.

For this layout, I decided to take some inspirationfrom this photo and the Ormolu Vignette Dots n' Spots and go with a sherbert/brown color scheme.

I used lots of layering with this one, making flags out of stickers, adding on wooden buttons, cork and using foam dots for dimension.

 

I love how the simple tag brought me full-circle (pun intended!) with this layout. I simply needed to step outside of what I normally do!

Hope this inspires you to try something new on your layouts!

xoxo,

Stephanie

An Un-Valentine Valentine

Still on a card kick here---this time around, with a bit of a challenge. I dare you to get out your scraps and make an un-Valentine's Valentine. Stray away from the typical pinks and reds of the season and try a new color combo.

Here's the card I made with a red, yellow and grey theme, using the Line & Letter Mix Tags and the Fact or Fiction Flappers :

 

I feel like it's still romantic without being Valentine-themed.

So dig through your scraps, post a link to your cards here, and I'll draw a winner next Tuesday. The winner will win a $5 gift certificate to the Ormolu shop!

xoxo,
Steph

**** Updated with my random.org pick... Jen Kinkade, you're the lucky winner! Thanks to everyone who played along!

 

Color Challenge | What's Black and White and Red all over?!

Happy Friday everyone!  Who doesn't love a Friday?  So in honor of our love for Friday, I thought I'd share a "lovely" little color challenge with you! Use black, white, and red (and maybe some kraft thrown in there for good measure!) to create a project! I've been swooning over all the elements in the new Fact or Fiction line, and I used a number of them to make this simple card for someone special who has been having a bad week. :)  I can't wait to see what you come up with! Have a great weekend!

Color Challenge | Fall Colors

Hi everyone! Emily here with a quick and easy color challenge for you!  If you live in the Midwest like I do you are most likely surrounded by the beauty of the fall leaves changing colors.  I sing a song with my students at school (I'm a music teacher) with the words "The leaves are falling down. Red, orange, yellow, brown..."  So today I challenge you to create something using those fall colors!  Here is a quick card I made using some fall colors!

Ormolu Products used:

Treehugger Button Embellishments
Treehugger Dots N Spots
2-Day Hooray Cut Sheet
Blank Packaging Tags (Kraft)

Color Challenge | Aqua, Red, Black, and Cream

Hi everyone! Emily here with a colorful challenge to brighten your Monday!  My favorite scrapbooking "technique" if you will, is creating layouts based around a color scheme with 3-4 colors. I love mixing up papers and product and using the color as my guide. For this layout I chose the color scheme of aqua, red, black, and cream.  Before I began, I gathered a selection of possible product to use:

As you can see...some of these papers and products made it into my final layout...others were left on the drawing room floor...or if you want to be real...in a pile on my scrapbooking table that I haven't put away yet! ;)

I used the "S" tag (either Saturday or Sunday) from the Negative Days of the Week Packaging Tags as the "s" in "us", and I cut out my own "u" from some matching patterned paper.

I managed to find some other fabulous (and matching!) Ormolu products to include in my layout:

So today I challenge YOU to use these four colors on a layout! I can't wait to see what you create!  Post your layout here by next Monday, October  10th, and I will draw a winner to receive a $5 Ormolu gift card! Happy Monday!

Ormolu Products used:
Negative Days of the Week Packaging Tags (white)
Line and Letter Button Embellishments
2-Day Hooray Dots 'n Spots