Re-inventing a Good Idea

I love to design scrapbook pages.  Even more – I love to re-invent scrapbook pages!  This design is a re-invented Easter layout of mine.  My inspiration began with the idea of color blocking.  I wanted my new layout to be fun, colorful and have a different twist on the traditional spring colors. 

My Easter layout below is quite traditional.  But you can see I kept several of the main ideas in place, just with a little twist.  The color blocked shared mat on the left was changed to have fewer stripes, but make a bigger impact with a wide shared color between the photos.

I used several embossing folders for backgrounds on the smaller shared mat in the Easter layout, while keeping the spring layout clean.  The journaling blocks were jazzed up a bit by using the Decorative Label punch.  To keep with the torn edge theme from the grass, I added a torn edge to the top of the spring layout. 

The flowers were made using the Floral Fusion Sizzlit and curling up the edges a bit before adding Pearl Basic Jewel Accents.  The leaves for the flowers are the punched out pieces from the Lattice BigZ die.  I LOVE using pieces that are just throw aways! 🙂

The main journaling block is the Crumb Cake banner above.  I wanted it to almost look like a mantle holding a portrait of the photo above it.  The title below was made with the now retired Timeless Type Medium Alphabet (Sniff…Sniff – I LOVE those dies).

I love the end result, and overall – I love getting two layouts from one idea!  I challenge you to bring out your inner creative and re-design one of your own layouts!

Creatively yours –

Ingrid

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Stamp Sets – shockingly none! Paper – Very Vanilla (101650), 12×12 Not Quite Navy – Regal Assortment Pack (119709), 12×12 Old Olive (124284), Night of Navy (100867), So Saffron (105118), Cherry Cobbler (119685), Rich Razzleberry (115316), Old Olive (100702), Crumb Cake (120953)  Ink – shockingly none! Cool Tools – Beautiful Wings Embosslits Dies (118138), Timeless Type Junior Alphabet Medium Sizzlits – retired, Lattice BigZ (115958), Decorative Label Punch (120907) The Perfect Finish – Pearl Basic Jewels (119247)