Isn’t this layout by Nath absolutely gorgeous:
Such an amazing example of clustered elements and brushwork - and one which doesn’t look cluttered thanks to the great design. The clear white space in the middle of the layout provides a place for the eye to rest and allows the photo and the titlework to shine. And, of course, having them at opposite corners like that makes for a wonderfully balanced page. Love that neutral color scheme too, which also makes for a restful page.
Three very different pages were inspired by this one layout - which is the joy of scraplifting. Can’t wait to see the different pages that appear in the Saturday Scraplift gallery as well!
Here are Kayleigh, Tara and Wendy’s lifts:
Credits: layout by Kayleigh, Jolie kit (coming Sunday!)and worn page edges no.03, Journal strips:long, Love Tickets, and Enveloped Frames No.01 by katie Pertiet, Different Strokes No.02 brushset, Taped Stripey, Torn and Tattered Flutterby templates, stitching and Light Textured Neutrals Paperie by Anna Aspnes, Baby Girl tags and Baby No.01 wordart brushes by Ali Edwards.
Credits: layout by Tara, Verdant Arbour cardstock, Tabbed Brushes no.03, Journaling strip masks, Worth repeating Fall, Painted fall Masks, and Simple Classics:Halloween kitbny Katie Pertiet, Straightline Stitched: Red, Different Strokes:No02, and ScriptTease Fall Fotoblendz by Anna Aspnes, Fall and Halloween hand drawn brushes by Ali Edwards.
Credits: layout by Wendy, Madras kit,and Painted garden flowers and Worn Photo Edges 3 by Lynn Grieveson, Collageables No.02, Roughed Up Dots no.02, Spot Dots no.13 papers, Letterbox Overlays, and Vintage Frames no.16 by Katie Pertiet, ScriptTease Love brushes, and Loop da Loop artstrokes by Anna Aspnes.
~ Lynn
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Jess (jesshunt) used the template with photos of the cutest little feline trick-or-treaters on Halloween. That focal photo just pops right off the warm brown background.
Credits: Counting Layered Template and PNGs No. 2, Scary Brads, Cat Rub Ons, StaightLine Stitch Black No. 01, Trick or Treat Kit, Cat Epoxies.
Mine is a summery page, using pictures from a trip my son and his family took to upstate New York. I love that this template has room for those little detail shots that help tell a story.
Credits: Counting Layered Template and PNGs No. 2, Sacked Solids: Earth Tones Paper Pack, Journal Strips: Long, Mix-n-Match Alphabet No. 1, Date Tags No. 2, Date Monograms Brushes and Stamps, Brianna Paper Pack, StraightLine Stitched White No. 1, Stitched by Anna Circles No. 1, Stitched by Anna White No. 4, Water Drops No. 1 ElementSet, Dripped Stains No. 3 BrushSet, Staple Its!, Homestead Farms Paper Pack, Ripped and Stitched Do It Yourself.
During the fabulous store-wide quarterly sale, you can pick up this template for 30% off. Join us in the challenge, and post your page in the Template Challenge Gallery.
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Its very cool dont you think? A whole lot of Katie’s watery brushes going on there!!
And here is what some of the Creative Team made from it…
Wendy knocked it for six, perfectly carrying the colours and grunge over to her ‘cranky’ layout!
Debi gave it a twist, a certain ‘magical world’ twist no less! 
All very clever.
Janet - thank you Janet for always leaping up and volunteering for my itunes inspiration!- made a fabulous family page
And finally, I rounded up my most recent cloud pictures to showcase on this page…
A diverse group of pages from the same inspiration - I wonder where the challenge will take you?
Please post your pages in the itunes gallery, here.
This week we’re using this fun poster as our inspiration piece:
Such a fun collage of grunge, rust and distressed goodness. When I saw this, my mind immediately turned to so many of the fun products in the store. From the paper to the worn edges to the wings to the hardware, you could probably recreate this poster piece for piece. However, that’s not necessarily what this challenge is about. Feel free to take one small concept from this design and use it to spark your creativity. We want to see all the different and unique ways each of us is inspired.
When your layout is complete, upload it to the Simply Inspired gallery on or before November 16, 2009 to be in the running for a $10 gift certificate to the Designer Digitals store!!!
I can’t wait to see how you are simply inspired!
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When I asked my children what toy they especially remember, all five of them answered “Atari!” Do any of you remember Space Invaders or PacMan?
When you or your children think of toys from days gone by, what special ones bring back fond memories? I asked this question of our CT and Anke and Linda both had stunning answers! Thank you ladies, for providing this week’s inspiration.
Anke’s lovely layout features a lively game of marbles, something many of you might not have ever played! I think her photo is awesome and the touches of yellow she added to her otherwise neutral layout are spectacular!
Anke’s Supply List
A. Aspnes
FotoBlendz Layered Template Album 12 X 12
ArtPlay Palette Mini Kit No. 07
ArtPlay Palette MiniKit No. 10
ArtPlay Palette Mini Kit No. 05
K. Pertiet
Vintage Children Postage Stamps Element
Toy Box Kit
The smile on Linda’s little guy’s face says it all. He was in heaven riding that Big Wheel! Don’t you love the way Linda matched her photo to the background? She says the photo is bad, but I don’t agree!
Linda’s Supply List:
Cathy Zielske
Cathy Zielske’s Layered Template No. 04
Katie Pertiet
Spot Dots No. 13 Paper Pack {coming soon}
Aged Perfection Paper Pack No. 02
Watery Washes No. 02 Brushes and Stamps
Roughed Up Notebook Alphabet No. 01
Krafty Bits Alphabet
Tied Fasteners No. 03
Duets No. 01 Kit (journal spot)
Jesse Edwards
Homestead Farms Paper Pack
Pattie Knox
School Rules Kit
Anna Aspnes
Rainbow Solids Paperie
Stitched by Anna Cream No. 03
Ali Edwards
Hand-drawn Frames: Number One 12x12
I hope Anke and Linda’s wonderful layouts will spark your creativity! We’d love to share some of your memories about special toys. Please post your layouts in the Heritage Gallery so we can all enjoy them! Maybe we’ll even see some of the toys that were special to us!
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And here is a Christmas Scrapbook layout that Julie DeGuia did using the template:
Are you intimidated by circles? They are fun to incorporate into a layout design, but sometimes hard to use. Hopefully this week’s inspiration page by Champsarahjoy will inspire you to give them a go:
Isn’t that photo treatment wonderful? And the colors and papers chosen work so perfectly with it. Crissy and Anke have great interpretations of this lovely, strong page - with some more ideas of getting those circles onto your pages!
Credits: layout by Crissy, photo clusters 6, Classic Cardstock: Natural Beauty and Classic Cardstock: Coral Charm (coming soon) by Katie Pertiet, Autumnal Pageset no.02, ArtPlay Palette Fall, Stitched Circles, CurvyCorners Borders, and Loaded Layers Element Templates by Anna Aspnes.
Credits: layout by Anke, Clustered Layered Template no.01, Good day paperpack, and Grungy Ledger Brushes and stamps by Katie Pertiet, Foto Wordart No.02, Monochrome Avalanche no.04, Stitched Borders and Layered Fotoblendz clipping masks by Anna Aspnes, Worn Strips and Silk Road {remix} (coming soon) by Lynn Grieveson.
~ Lynn
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