A Peek At My Process: Design Team Assignments

I have greatly enjoyed being on the Get It Scrapped! Design Team this past year. The time has flown. We'll be announcing the 2013-14 team with a blog hop on June 1. Hope you'll stop by!

In the meantime, when I receive my GIS Design Team assignments and need to meet a deadline, I often turn to Batch Scrapbooking. Instead of doing each layout from start to finish, I do a few steps at a time on each one and keep coming back to the pages until they are completed. I like the way this keeps me focused.

First, I print out the assignments on a separate sheet of paper and lay them out on my scrap table. Each one is unique and usually requires a different starting point.

For the first assignment, I select my photos and a few sketches. I know this one will come together quickly, since the design choices are already there.

The next assignment I'm starting with photos, title and journaling, a particular piece of patterned paper, and a shape from the Silhouette store. I need to decide on a design scheme and may have to wrestle to get everything I want on the layout in a cohesive manner.

Here I selected my photos and some masks for misting. I have an idea for this assignment which may or may not work, so I better test it out very soon. And have a Plan B in mind just in case.

For my final assignment, I matted a photo, wrote my journaling, and ripped a bunch of pages out of back issues of Scrapbook Trends. I'll write down ideas I like from each page, keep my list and toss the pages into the trash. This is how I get inspiration without copying someone else's work.

For the next step in the batch scrapping process, I go back and select patterned paper for each assignment. Now I can begin to lay out the photos, select a background and get to work. Notice the masks are missing. Plan B it is. Oh well.

You'll be able to see my finished work in June when these layouts post both here and on the Get It Scrapped! blog. Do you ever take a batch approach to your scrapping? It's a great way to break up the routine!

Two-Page Tuesday: Using Flair

My assignment from Get It Scrapped!: Use flair buttons on your page in an interesting way. This layout is about our favorite place to eat lunch when we're vacationing at the beach. My page design is based on a sketch by Allison Davis.

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I selected the flair based on the bright, happy colors I associate with summer and vacations at the ocean. The placement of these embellishments forms a visual triangle.

I used two flair buttons as centers for stamped, hand-cut shapes.

The third is part of a grouping of smaller shapes in a corner of the page. 

You can check out the rest of the article and Design Team layouts here. I'm accumulating quite a stash of these bright, happy buttons. Are you adding flair to your pages?

Motivated to Scrapbook

Just a quick post this Monday morning to let you know I've got an article up over at Get It Scrapped! Debbie Hodge was kind enough to ask me to be a part of her "Cool Thing" series. Mine is.....well, I won't spill the beans here, but encourage you to check out the article.

I'll be back tomorrow with a brand new layout.