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 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.

        

Sat. Sketch #1 Nov 2012

For this Sat. Sketch I've used the 365 Days Collection ... this is a calendar collection, but a calendar is the only thing I haven't made with these lovely papers... yet!! LOL 

I love this photo of my son... he couldn't actually play the guitar at this stage ... but he sure looked cool with it!

I have to take a second to thank Kaisercraft who now have sooooo many wood flourish shapes available that I could even find something as obscure as a guitar wood flourish to compliment this photo!

It was all based on this sketch:

           

Saturday Sketch #4 July 2012

So I just couldn't making this layout using the last bits of my Attitude kit ... I was dying to use this acetate over lay on SOMETHING!! LOL  

The Acetate sheet made making this page INSANELY easy ... everything underneath is flat and simple, but with the over lay it just really pops. 

Kaisercraft have a few of these 12x12 Acetate sheets... I haven't used them much in the past but I'm planning to change that in the future!!

So this is the sketch that the LO was based on ... tipped the right once...

As a mother of 6 this saying has got to be my all time favourite!!! LOL