Hello Simple Stories Fans - Kim here with you on this wonderful Friday morning! I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend planned that includes some time for crafting!
Today's installment of Simple Style is all about one of my favorite trends in the scrapbooking industry right now - texture, dimension and layering! I just love to make my pages 3-dimensional so they literally pop right out of my albums!
Simple Stories elements are perfect for layering - all the different sizes, shapes and elements make stacking easy --- you can achieve a complex, detailed look without all the complication! And the dimension? I'm glad you asked! I achieve dimension and texture in many different ways on my layouts.
My sample for you today is created with the Elementary Line of products -- my absolute favorite!
-- Pop-dots are my absolute favorite! I go through a ton of these on each layout. Just stack them up and use them to give your elements different heights. Want a thrifty pop-dot trick? For larger areas, I use the centers and miscellaneous pieces of chipboard alphabets and embellishments. Just glue them down and you have an instant pop-dot!
-- Stitching is my go-to technique. As you saw before in my stitching post, I love to sew on my creations. Sewing adds visual interest to your art and gives the appearance of dimension.
-- Distressing is another wonderful way to add dimension. Simple Stories already has a wonderful lightly distressed look about it and when you add in some extra effects, you get fabulous results! For my sample layout, I added additional distressing by fraying the edges of all my elements and adding ink to the edges of others.
You can see that all my elements have been popped up and distressed to add as much dimension as possible. Are you intimidated by layering and distressing? Well, you absolutely must give it a shot using these great products from Simple Stories --- they make it simple for sure!
Guess what? I have a few more ideas for you today! I almost always create a couple of cards using whatever papers and embellishments I have left over after creating a layout. So, here you go --- a couple card ideas for you!
Supplies Used:
Elementary Line:
Spelling Bee - #1207
Teacher’s Pet - #1206
Elementary 4x6 School Year Journaling Card Elements #1 - #1210
Elementary Flash Cards - #1209
Elementary 12x12 Fundamentals Cardstock Stickers - #1202
Elementary 12x12 Expressions Cardstock Stickers - #1203
Elementary 4x6 Vertical Journaling Card Elements - #1212
Elementary 4x4 Quote & 6x8 Photo Mat Elements - #1213Elementary 6x12 Page Elements - #1215
Elementary 4x4 Quote & 6x8 Photo Mat Elements - #1213
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I just got three of your elementary kits... one for each kid and I can't wait to start them (even though one is not even close to school age) thanks for making a great product and can't wait to see what else you come up with!!
Posted by: Heather Balzer | June 17, 2011 at 12:33 PM
You know I'm a big fan of texture & depth too Kim...you really rocked the techniques in this fabulous LO & stunning cards....oh & thanks for that brilliant tip re using the chipboard 'bits' as instant pop-dots!! :)
Posted by: Sandi Robinson | June 17, 2011 at 02:20 PM
Kim - I love your dimensional look too! I love the mixture of bright colors and how you've made the patterns and elements pop off the page!
Thanks for the inspiration...
Amber :)
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