Monday, June 23, 2014

Ephemera Accents

I decided to challenge myself with my most recent layout created with the Scraptastic June kit. The challenge was to create a layout using zero patterned paper (with the exception of the background sheet), only the add-ons from both kits, and mostly the gorgeous ephemera Heidi Swap, and Crate Paper ephemera pieces.
Also added some washi tape from the Add-On Kit
One of the things I love most about the Crate Paper ephemera pieces is that they are opaque allowing you to use regular adhesive without the adhesive showing through, making them quick and worry free to adhere.
I think the Oh Darling bows are adorable.  The bulkiness of them, however scared me from using them on my layout.  The solution was simply to remove half of the clip using adhesive on the remaining side and sticking it to the layout that way, problem solved.
Adhering acetate pieces can be tricky.  Here I've used a couple different techniques you can see with the butterfly that I've layered the acetate one onto a die cut shape butterfly, allowing me to use regular adhesive once again to adhere it to the page.  With the acetate pieces I used brads to adhere them to the page.  Efficient, cute, and effective.

These packs were so jam packed with pieces that I have a ton left over, despite using so many on this one layout.  I'm hoping to incorporate more of them into my Moments in Between Album.

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7 comments:

Julie Tucker-Wolek said...

Wow wow wow!! This is gorgeous! I loveeeeeeeee the colors and the overall design!!!!

DBMM said...

I love the way you work through the LO. I will look for the opaque acetate, I did not know they don't show the adhesive underneath. Thanks for the tip.

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csewy-csescrap13 said...

Awesome job with the challenge...loving the ephemera pieces, bows, & washi tape! Cute photos!

Ashley Horton said...

Great take on the challenge, Sherri!! I love how you added in the washi tapes!

Ashley Horton said...

Great take on the challenge, Sherri!! I love how you added in the washi tapes!

Leslie Germain said...

Adorable page! Love how you challenged yourself!!!