Hi there, friends; It’s Lydia Cost today, and today I’m sharing another peek inside my ever-growing TN notebook. I love the simplicity of traveler’s notebook scrapbooking, because it’s a great size to fit only the things you need for quick memory-keeping.
One of the few downsides to themed collections, is that we sometimes run out of photos to scrapbook with for any given holiday, but I wanted to give you some tips on how to use up those themed collections with non-themed ideas! For today’s project I went with the America collection, which is perfection for all your American and Independence day projects. I wanted to give you some ideas on how to use this collection in a different way!
I fell in love with all the lovely blue and red stars in this collection, and I knew they would be perfect for creating a spread all about my little’s first sleep in a tent. We were lucky to spend some time camping, and I caught this cute-as-ever photo of him after he’d passed out from a long day. He was so peaceful and cute, that I couldn’t wait to translate that onto a layout or spread.
When using a themed collection, it’s best to pick patterned papers based on your color scheme. For this one, I wanted my spread to have lots of stars to emulate my little’s peaceful sleep. I also wanted to create some clouds out of the solids papers in the collection. The different shades of blues were perfect.
To create my title I pulled out some of my favorite EP alpha dies. I paired them with that amazing blue plaid paper in the America collection. “Slumber Under the Stars” looked perfectly in that plaid perfection, alongside the right-side of my TN spread.
I mixed in my title with some of my die-cut clouds from the blue and cream papers. I then chose a bunch of the stars from the element sticker sheet to accentuate my spread. They nestled in perfectly with my clouds and background mixed media.
The best tool for using themed collections for non-themed projects is to mix in lots of mixed media and die-cuts. They help tune down the themed specific papers and elements, so that the title of you project can be perfectly emulated. For my spread I chose cloud die-cuts, and then I used some modeling paste to add interest to the background. The America accents and papers blended in perfectly with my star and cloud spread!
Supplies:
America “Liberty Floral” Paper
America “4x6 Journaling Cards” Paper
America “Navy/Blue” Solid Paper
