Inspiration From The Everyday: Vintage Poster

Hey, hey Fancy Pants blog readers ... it's summer & cause to celebrate! I feel inspired by sunshine, warmth & fun times and hope you will be too, by the project I have to share today.

I love vintage print, posters and ads. I love the colors used, fonts, and overall design of yester-year, hence my need to have a folder on Pinterest filled to bursting with inspiration I can draw on. This poster caught my eve for today's "Everyday Inspiration" post.



Looking at the page design, I felt challenged by the unusual color blocking & image placement. I thought interpreting it into a scrapbook page would be great fun for us to try. Please find below a sketch to help our creative process.





As per the poster shown above, I placed my blue panels at the top of the page to become my "sky" & I divided up the bottom red panel into "red & yellow" representing "sand". Keeping a central focal point by clustering the photos in the middle just as they did, grounded the page perfectly. I found by adding 'playful' accents around the photographs, a sparkly sun & fun title, softened the very graphic page layout. In keeping with the inspiration piece the addition of white stitching along the angles added interest & texture.

The bright, summery papers & accents from the Summer Soul collection perfectly complimented these crazy photos of my little guy & his friend at the water chutes.

I encourage you to look for inspiration in the most unlikely places. One can be inspired by just about anything.

Happy Wednesday!

-Kim Watson

Comments

[Kathryn Beaucage]

Thank you Kim for a fresh idea.

[CorinaT]

That is awesome.....I love that sketch and am printing now for inspiration. Thanks for sharing.

[Sandy Heringer]

This is great! I want to do a layout like this.

[Lisa Tenney]

Awesome layout Kim!! Love the sketch!

[Brenda B]

INCREDIBLE! I love the layout and how you were inspired by the vintage poster.

[Jodi]

Fabulous design, Kim!!

[yuki]

AWESOME, Kim!!

[Carol (ScrapMomOf2)]

OH! I love cool posters and print ads too!! Love, love, love, love, love your inspiration!! I also think your layout is AMAZING!! Fabulous challenge!! :)

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Love this!

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