07 March 2014

Guest designing at Lasting Memories

I was so excited to be invited for a guest designer stint at Lasting Memories this month.  This fun challenge blog focuses on LAYOUTS ONLY - which is a fabulous motivator for me.  I have no end of photographs to scrap and albums to complete.  The wonderful design team has a wide range of styles, and the blog also regularly features participant creations - so there is almost daily inspiration

My first layout share is for Alpha Wars - what a great name for a challenge!!  The challenge is to use two or more fonts/styles of alphabet - shouldn't be a problem for most scrappers, I'm sure. 



My tips for making this technique work:
* Make sure it fits the layout style - this is a fun layout with a mix of products and "bits and pieces" so the mixed alphabets don't look out of place. 
* Alter the letters - paint, mist, doodle, ink or whatever - to coordinate better
* Keep it simple - for more traditional layouts or classic style, use no more than two fonts, and don't mix fonts in the same word.

Materials:
Echo Park Victoria Gardens - Picket Fence patterned paper
Fancy Pants Designs Lilac House - Needlepoint patterned paper
Carolee's Creations AdornIt - Lowercase White foam alphabets
Carolee's Creations AdornIt - Uppercase Green foam alphabets
Cosmo Cricket Tiny Type alphabet stickers
Cosmo Cricket Ready-Set-Chipboard alphabet letter
EK Success Retro Flower - Medium punch
Prima E-Line - Chelsea flowers
Luminarte Twinkling H2O - Mystic Blue

7 comments :

  1. This is great Karen. Love the challenge and love how you used those alphas.

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  2. Glad you joined us! This is GORGEOUS!
    Thanks for joining us at Lasting Memories

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  3. So gorgeous! Thank you for being our guest this month at Lasting Memories!

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  4. Welcome!! So excited to be working with you this month!! I love what you did for our challenge and your first GDT post - it's perfect and fun!!

    Karen
    LMDT

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  5. Karen... love your LO!!!! congrats on the guest DT :)

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  6. So glad to have you with us this month Karen! Your layout is just lovely! She is so pretty and the paper patterns are perfect!

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  7. This is a gorgeous page! I love your mix of alphas and your tips too. May I feature your tips on our (Lasting Memories) facebook page? Its great to have you scrappin with us this month. Thanks for joining us at lasting memories.

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