Saturday Scraplift: Monochromatic Blends

Happy Saturday! Welcome back to the Saturday Scraplift. I have a great page to inspire you this week. Sharon (Shannamay) posted this darling page of her daughter Claire and I just loved the monochromatic layered blendy vibe of it.

When I asked for volunteers, I was thrilled to not only get great pages, but also some great verbiage for the blog. So here’s how Sharon’s page was described by Audrey:

“I find that background so intriguing (the brushwork of the more saturated same paper over the lighter version!), the way the sentiments are “taped” to the frame with shadowing, and the way she filled in the new stamps I just want to copy it all!”

And then, Sharon was kind enough to explain a bit of her process, if you want to know how she did the background blends and flowers:

“In case you’re still wondering, the background is layered. The pink ‘washed’ paper from the ARToptions Spice Paper Pack 02 is at the bottom with the floral paper from the Baby Blush Addon Paper Pack on top with reduced opacity. The watery mask gets plopped on top and the blend mode changed to ‘overlay’. With the floral stamp, I just made a sticker layer (I use the magic wand, click on the outside of the brush, inverse and then make into a new layer, enlarge by 10 pixels and apply a shadow. Then I just clipped the same washed pink paper from the background to it) Chose a colour from my other elements and clipped that to the brush – done.”

So, there’s the scoop directly from the source! Now, onto the spinoffs of the originals.

Up first is Julie Deguia with this great vacation selfie. She kept true to the original layout but changed up the color scheme.

Naturalist Sketchbook Brushes & Stamps 01, Vintage Photo Frames No.30, Classic Curled Photo Frames No.7, Vintage Artistry Sunburst Ephemera Plus Pack, Watery Photo Masks No.5, Lemon Twist Element Pack, Spot Dots Colors: Turquoise Paper Pack, ARToptions Holiday Wishes Ephemera Pack, ARToptions Holiday Wishes Solids, ARToptions Holiday Wishes Paper Pack, Brielle Paper Pack, Darling Baby Alphabets

Lori (lmaggs) is up next with a precious page about her granddaughter. She kept true to the layout and color scheme but I love her addition of the buttons and bows.

ARToptions Mini Mix 12, Antibes Element Pack, Arctic Whites Paper Pack 02, Adventuring Travel Scrapbook Embellishment Pack, Artsy Charcoal Layers 01, Baby Blush Paper Pack, Bunny Slope: Rosy Paper Pack, Color Swatch Toast Paper Pack, Classic Postage Frames 01, Lila Bleu Element Pack, Photo Clusters 64, Sweet Rosey Element Pack, Summer Gardens Element Pack, Spectrum | Gardenia Leaves Ephemera, Wildwoods Element Pack

Melanie (britgirl) put her own collage spin on the original with these great shots of Whiskey enjoying some treats along the road. Love all the various leaves she used!

Vin photo frame 46, Vintage photo frame 48, Vin botanical little stickers 2, Vin artistry naturalist ephemera plus, Vin artistry everyday ephemera,
Vin blendable fruits 2, Vin mini mix 15, Taped word strips 6, Taped word strips 2, CU botanical engravings 1, Team favourites vintage Kit, Bloese tape words, Weathered market solids, Weathered market ephemera, Kitlet No 1

And finally, here’s my (Wendy) page using my parents engagement photo. 🙂

Vintage Photo Frames No.30, Classic Curled Photo Frames No.7, Color Swatch Combo Ocean Breeze Scrapbook Kit

Looking forward to seeing how you are inspired this week. To get credit for a coupon to use in the KPD store, be sure to post your layouts in the Saturday Scraplift Gallery and the September Challenge Participation Thread. Cheers!