Design Notes:
- Using a black and white photo allows more flexibility in selecting the color palette
- Angling the photo slightly provides contrast to all the straight lines on the page
- Grouping embellishments in three places forms a visual triangle that helps guide the eye around the main page elements
- Circle embellishments help break up the square, linear look
- Pairing this formal business portrait with a brief story about my husband's work history provides a bit of family history preserved for future generations
Patterned Paper: Lily Bee (Buttercup)
Ink: Jenni Bowlin (Tin Can)
Tools: EK Success & Fiskars circle punches, Spellbinders Small Pinking Circle dies
Tools: Jenni Bowlin Tab Punch
Other: Studio Calico Wood Veneer People, Uni Ball Silver Gel Pen, Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher
Do you scrap black and white photos? There are 5 good reasons to consider doing so in this article over at Get It Scrapped!
Do you scrap black and white photos? There are 5 good reasons to consider doing so in this article over at Get It Scrapped!
What a lovely layout and great journalling about your husbands career and the journey that he took with his career, to where he is now.
ReplyDeletelove this layout sue!
ReplyDeleteI don't convert color photos to black and white often either. I guess I just don't think of it much. I love the look though and that you can pretty much pick any color to use with black and white. Great page!
ReplyDeleteLove the way your patterns are mixed to create a colorful but subtle background for the photo. Enjoyed reading the journaling, too. My husband went a similar path in a different field and enjoyed being a contractor for many years before retirement.
ReplyDeleteThis is such a great masculine page! I love scrapping black and white photos. I think they have a timeless look.
ReplyDeleteReally great page, Sue!
ReplyDeleteLove how you embellished!
I resist turning photos into b&w, but there are the occasions when it's just a better option! Your page is gorgeous...and I love the layered circles!
ReplyDeleteI love what you've done with your layout! Love, love the circle embellishments! Beautiful patterns and colors. Works perfectly for a masculine layout! Beautiful job Sue!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea for a layout, TFS
ReplyDeleteI've been seeing a lot of fabulous layouts with B&W photos recently, this one is brilliant too! I love the colours and the circular elements, but most of all I love the dapper photo of your husband! x
ReplyDeleteI like the colors in this layout and the fact that you documented his work journey. I have quite a few older black & white photos I want to scrap, but I rarely print any B&Ws.
ReplyDeleteI love the circle embellishments and the colour combo!
ReplyDeleteAlison xx
Love the b&w photo with these colors Sue!! And great page design!!
ReplyDeleteLove it!!!! Neat and beautiful!!! Hugs...xoxo
ReplyDeleteGreat layout! I love the circle embellishments and the people icons. Great story to document for Phil. This is great! I do love to use black and white photos when I want to use something that doesn't match my papers. Such a practical solution! :)
ReplyDeleteThis is fab! Such gorgeous colours too.
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