Scrapbook Challenge

Grow Through What You Go Through

Purple and Gray

Hi scrappers! Thanks for joining me again. This week I faced the challenge of using a very bizarre background paper and finding balance between showcasing the paper and making my photo the focus. We all have those paper packs where there’s at least one or two designs that we don’t know what to do with. I challenged myself to use one of those papers this week in combination with a selfie I took near my house.

I started with my background paper from DCWV’s Royal Garden stack which featured an albino peacock. Photorealistic papers are always hard for me to work with since I am conflicted on covering up pretty details but also don’t want the paper to overwhelm my photos. This paper had an obvious focal point with the peacock head so I shifted my photo to the left to allow them both to be seen. I added some paper scraps to the left side to add more color and interest. I love how the glittery silver adds texture and sparkle. From there, I focused all of my embellishments around the edges of my photo.

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This page was created for the Sketch N Scrap August challenge. I like the trip color background in this sketch because it provided inspiration of how to add additional papers to my layout without covering up too much of the peacock image. I only used one photo instead of two on my page and used a vertical photo rather than horizontal.

This page was also made for the Color my Heart Color Dare challenge which was gray plus another color. I paired grey with purple since my dress in the photo had purple elements as well as my makeup. This was the perfect challenge for the background paper I hd the varied in shades of grey, black and white. Using this grayscale background made my purple elements even more impactful.

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