Blast Off Shabby Chic Style...

Hi again... so today I'm sharing one more layout made with the Blast Off Collection.

This layout began life as a challenge ( this one's for you Peta!!) ... create a Shabby Chic page using this decidedly modern, playful and bright collection.

Well I don't mind telling you this was HARD... and the layout you see before you now was most certainly the best I could do... I think it's reminiscent of the shabby chic style even if it does fall short of truly shabby chic itself.

So what is shabby chic technically?

According to Wiki Shabby chic is a form of interior design where furniture and furnishings are either chosen for their appearance of age and signs of wear and tear or where new items are distressed to achieve the appearance of an antique. At the same time, a soft, opulent, yet cottage-style decor, often with an affected feel is emphasised to differentiate it from genuine period decor. Not to be confused with the word 'chick' it's origin is German pronounced 'Schick'  which means Skill or chic, sophisicated, elegant, mondän.

So there you have it ... you can decide for yourself I managed to do it or not? LOL

I love a good challenge ... but I'm glad this one is behind me! LOL

Thanks for looking.

Cheers from Kel.

        

Oh and just a note at the end ... this was the sketch the layout was based on....

LOL

you know how sometimes you are trying to follow a sketch and the page just kind of takes on a life of it's own?? Well that's kind of what happened here.

If you really want to find the sketch... tilt my layout once to the right and squint your eyes....

see it yet??

Bhahahahahhahahaaaaaaaaa

Blast Off Cards

Hi again, I'm just back today to share a couple of quick cards made with the Blast Off Collection.

This is truly the cutest collection on our plannet!! 

These are so bright and happy, card making is easy and very quick with this collection... I couldn't find  better papers for making little boys cards with... they would even suit little girls if you got the right background!

The good thing about the collectables pack is that it actually has heaps of the little aliens in it. I hate it when you can only get a couple of the best embellishments from a range, so it was great to find at least a dozen little aliens in this pack!

And that covers everything ... no techniques or wonderful effects... no eye catching products or stunning embellishments... just simple bright good clean fun!!! LOL

Thanks for looking.

Cheers from Kelly-ann

Blast Off Layout

SO today I'm sharing the first layout I made using the new Blast Off Collection.

For this layout I decided to abandon my usual shabby chic style and go quite modern. I'm still not sure how I feel about this move. The page seems quite acceptable but I always feel as though it is missing something when i look at it ... it's just not as fluid and full as I usually like to see layouts!!

Anyway, design style misgivings aside I can't get over how cute the little aliens in this collection are.... that green guy is off-the-charts-cute!!

I love the way they distract a bit from the photo ... that was always going to be a difficult photo to scrap with it being all boys in pink, black and sequins!!!

I would have loved this collection to scrap my boys with when they were younger. I might have to go and print off a couple of their toddler photos to use with this range. he he he

My next challenge is to do another page with these papers in shabby chic style ... it will be interesting to see if I can pull it off. LOL

thanks for looking.

Smiles from Kel.