When I first saw the Fancy Pants Designs Be You collection, I knew I wanted to use it to scrapbook this series of photos for my sister. These pictures are from the New Zealand leg of a three month backpacking trip she took through South East Asia. I thought the powerful message of the Be You collection would be perfect to showcase her memories from a time when she felt like she could go anywhere and be anything she wanted. This series of layouts is now hanging in her apartment as wall art, and is a message to live life with honesty, integrity and joy.
When I sat down to plan this project, I decided I wanted to show how a scrapper could use the same basic layout design (you'll see the three sketches look very similar) to create three layouts that look different individually, but all go together as a series. Using the same basic structure for each layout allowed me to unify them visually, but changing the photos, papers and embellishments allowed them to each maintain their own unique look.
In this age of email, texting, twitter and facebook, it's easier than ever to communicate with our friends and family. While I enjoy the instantaneous communication modern technology provides, I also know that I love it when someone takes the time to send me a card or letter.
One way that we can have cards on hand to send our friends and family is to make a few quick cards with the scraps from our layouts. Here are two examples of very simple cards that can be made quickly and easily and still bring a lot of joy into someone's day.
Kathryn Krieger is a professional scrapbooker, mixed media paper artist and online educator. She strives to create unique works of art and practical tutorials to inspire paper crafters and memory keepers to create beautiful works of art worthy of their precious photographs and memories. You can see more of her work and tutorials on her website: Kathryn Scraps.
Kathryn - thank you so much for you videos on how you created your layouts! I love to see how other people make up their pages. I've learnt so much! Off to take a look at your website now too! Thank you for the inspiration :-)
Posted by: Kerys | June 08, 2012 at 10:37 AM
Fabulous work! great paper collection ~ Kathryn did an amazing job explaining the series layouts. So inspiring!
Posted by: Dawn Edwards | June 08, 2012 at 11:21 AM
Super projects and videos! Love the layout series,great ideas!
Posted by: Brenda B | June 08, 2012 at 03:58 PM
Fabulous !!!
Posted by: Gela | June 08, 2012 at 11:06 PM
Love the layouts you created and the little bonus card. Awesome!
Posted by: Katina | June 08, 2012 at 11:22 PM
i love the look of the layouts. good job. (your sister will love them)
Posted by: ana smith | June 09, 2012 at 04:38 PM
I just received the Be You paper today! Nice inspiration Kathyrn-
Posted by: Mel Haas | June 09, 2012 at 10:54 PM
I have been following Kathryn a little over a year. I love her work.
Posted by: DWD | June 10, 2012 at 12:47 PM
I fell in love with this collection at the CHA release, now I know why -
thank you Kathryn for the inspiration and beautiful work.
~Jill
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