Hey
everyone! Today I have a layout to share that has been inspired by Shimelle! I was
delighted to take part in this project and as Shimelle is such a huge
inspiration it was an easy task!
I looked
back through Shimelle’s archives and came across a sketch dated May 2013, and
the layout Shimelle made for this sketch. The purpose of this sketch was to add
a starburst to your layout and this is something I absolutely love to do so
this was the perfect inspiration.
I decided
to made a Harry Potter themed layout today because I recently visited the Harry
Potter Studio tour with my daughter and several years ago Shimelle made lots of
layouts about her trip to the Studio Tour, which I crushed over at the time, so
this theme is another way Shimelle has inspired me.
There is
one final way in which Shimelle has inspired me today and that is her block of
two 6x4” photos. Together they made a 6x8” landscape block and my photo is a
6x8” landscape photo. I find this photo size particularly tricky to use and
therefore I often look to Shimelle’s layouts when scrapping with this size to
see how she has tackled the task. There are many layouts of Shimelle’s that use
this photo formation and therefore lots of sources of inspiration.
I started
off with a black background and I cut a 4x12” strip of patterned paper to turn
into a starburst. I didn’t have much paper left from the collection I was using,
(Witches & Wizards 2 by Echo Park Paper) so had to use one strip, rather
than several different patterns. I used a pencil and a ruler to draw my
starburst and then I cut all the pieces with scissors. I distressed all the
edges and stuck them to the top of my black cardstock background. Because my starburst was all one pattern I
wanted to embellish it further by adding long stitches of black thread to each
ray, and I also added punched stars in several different colours, as well as
some tiny wooden stars too. This helped to make it more interesting and
therefore more of a feature, in the absence of lots of different patterns.
I placed my
photo centrally which is slightly different from Shimelle’s sketch and layout
and I also added three more small photos to the bottom left corner. I turned
the small photos into an embellishment cluster of their own by adding a few
stickers, punched stars and fussy cut envelopes.
To the
right of the small photos I added a small amount of patterned paper and two
journaling strips. I didn’t have access to a white or silver pen when making
this layout so couldn’t write directly onto the black background so journaling
strips were my answer.
On the
right I fussy cut a large stack of suitcases from a journaling card and added
this as an additional area of embellishment.
For my
title I used small (and very old!) alphabet stickers which I mounted first onto
a plain piece of paper. I did this for two reasons: firstly to ensure they
stood out against the background, and secondly so that I could raise the title
as one piece onto foam pads. I finished off with splatters of white paint and a
few more punched stars.
If you are
ever struggling for inspiration then I would definitely recommend looking at
sketches. They don’t have to be followed exactly and can just give you that
little spark you need to get your creativity flowing. Even basic ones can get
you thinking differently.
Thank you
so very much for joining me today and happy scrapping
Niki xx
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