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Monday, August 13, 2012

Echo Park Paper: So Happy Together

Last month, I had an extra fun surprise in my design team package from My Creative Scrapbook.  The kit club releases several kits each month and in addition to my regular kit, the owner also sent me the August album kit.  It was filled with Echo Park Paper and lots of fun embellishments. Yay!  I couldn’t wait to play.

Today, I have one of the layouts I made with this kit, which featured EP's So Happy Together collection.  I love this scene paper.  It’s super cute, easy to work with, and I thought the bare pine trees looked a bit like winter. So I decided to make a winter scene.


Using a scene paper makes quick work of a page because much of the design is already done for you.  Here, I used a photo to cover up part of the scene in the lower right (it was more houses and trees) and then let the scene on the paper guide the rest of my design.  


To make the snowclouds, I added white buttons from the kit.  I had them overlap the edges of the clouds a bit so the clouds would look heavy with snow.  The paper had white doodled stitches around the frame and I stitched over those with a machine to add a subtle touch of texture


I added a title next to the photo.  The alphas on the letter sticker sheet weren’t quite the color I wanted so I used an acrylic paint dabber to recolor them.  It worked like a charm.


Here’s a photo of the MCS August Album Kit.  It’s packed full of yumminess.  For more information on this kit or other kits at My Creative Scrapbook, please visit here.
  

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19 comments:

  1. oh my izzy- this is just so awesome!! i love those clouds- just wonderful!

    izzy- who made your blog template? i love it and i am looking to change mine- just wondering because i really love yours! thanks- mp

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  2. This is BEAUTIFUL! I loveeeeeeeee the colors and love love love those clouds!!!

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  3. Ok - I think I need to invest in a few more of those acrylic paint dabbers.
    Such a great job changing the color of the alpha. Especially with it being such a bright color!
    Fun layout!
    I have such a tough time with "scenic" patterned paper sometimes, but you make it look easy here :)

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  4. Very pretty! Love how you gave the clouds dimension with the white buttons!

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  5. Just as CUTE as CUTE can be! LOVE!

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  6. Awesome! I love the winter page in the middle of the heat! It is cooling just to look at it!

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  7. You did such an amazing job with the scene paper, Izzy. They always stump me. Thanks for the tip on recoloring alphas. I've never tried that and lord knows, I've had many a time when I didn't have the right color alphas.

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  8. Your page is soo gorgeous! Love all the little touches you added.

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  9. gorgeous, and inspiring, as usual!!

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  10. I always have a hard time using papers with the scenes on them effectively. I love how you worked it in on this one!

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  11. How do you make winter look bright and pretty?? Get Izzy to scrap a page for it! Wonderful layout :)

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  12. Great layout. I love how "cooling" it is to scrap a winter layout in the summer. Such fun.

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  13. Cute layout and great tip, I never thought about changing the color of my letter stickers. lol

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  14. SUPER cute!!! I just love all the little touches! Awesome! :)

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  15. This is totally adorable! Love all of the papers and details!

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  16. awesome layout...gorgeous kit!

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  17. this is so great! love the buttons on the clouds!

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  18. I have a really hard time with scene paper. I love what you did with it! The buttons on the clouds are such a great touch.

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