It's always been fun to browse thru Pinterest, looking at the endless ideas and inspirational images that are out there. Our designers always enjoy taking whatever image we provide them, and using it in whatever way inspires them the most as they work on their projects. It's amazing to see how many different ideas and designs can be inspired by just one image.
{Image credit: My Sister's Suitcase}
"Coffee Date", by Leanne Allinson.
I just adore the colors in this Pinterest image but I wanted to use a slightly softer palette than what is shown. I still took the gorgeous pink strip from the middle of the 'love' ombre and used it to highlight my photo and clusters of crochet hearts. I even stacked the letters from 'love' in the same manner. I also wanted the background color of my layout to imitate the worn timber background in the image and I achieved this with Bella Blvd's Love and Marriage Cute Cuts. The final element I took as inspiration, was the use of the cut-out hearts as a banner. Even though I have created a small banner from the Love and Marriage stickers, I have used cut-out hearts as extra detail on my layout.
Supplies:
Love and Marriage: Cute Cuts, May Eighteenth, Esther Flemming Floral, Alpha+Bits, Just Write Journaling Stickers, Wedding Day Miniatures; Engaged At Last: Miniatures Engaged; Freestyle Sophisticates: Freestyle Peep, Freestyle Cotton Candy; Crochet Hearts: Scallop, Cotton Candy; High Five Alpha Stickers: Brown-Cream; Sienna Chipboard Alpha: Pony
“I Love You 2”, by Kelly Holbrook.
I was inspired by the photo in several obvious ways, such as the wood grain background, the stacked 'Love' title, and the hearts across the top. But, I also took some inspiration from the letters themselves by stacking 4 squares/rectangles with colors going from light to dark. I really liked the imperfect lines created by the threads where the colors blend, and tried to mimic that idea by off-setting the patterned papers. I also rounded the edges of the rectangles while keeping the corners on the squares, inspired by the look of the round 'O' against the other straight edged letters. I loved this inspiration photo!
Supplies:
Daily Chevies: Pink Arrows; Kiss Me: Love Notes, Flutter, Alpha+Bits, Just Write Journaling Stickers; Play Date: Catching Bugs, Alpha+Bits; Snapshots: Alpha+Bits; Love and Marriage: Smokeys in Love, Esther Fleming Floral, Alpha+Bits, Wedding Day Miniatures, Just Write Journaling Stickers; Engaged at Last: Alpha+Bits; Sienna Chipboard Alphas: Pony, Frosting, Punch; Ciao Chip Elements: Stars & Hearts; High Five Alpha Stickers: Pink-Red; Designer Tape: Navy Dot; Button Market: Merlot Flowers
“Love You” card, by Ashley Marcu.
The inspiration photo is so pretty and I was really drawn to the ombre letters and the clean, natural elements of the picture. I created and cut the LOVE sentiment on my silhouette and layered Peep, Punch and McIntosh Starz papers from Lucky Starz behind them. The hashtag paper was the perfect neutral to finish the card making it elegant and fun.
Supplies:
Lucky Starz: Pickle Juice Starz, Punch Starz, Peep Starz, McIntosh Starz
“I Love Us” card, by Ashley Marcu.
The I Love Us journaling card was the perfect star for this card. I trimmed it down a bit and added pink papers from Lucky Starz underneath it. The stars add some fun while tying all the colors together.
Supplies:
Lucky Starz: Pickle Juice Starz, Punch Starz, Peep Starz; Family Forever: Paper Pieces; Molly: Treasures & Text
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These are sooooooo gorgeous!! Loving the hearts on Leanne and Kelly's pages!!
Posted by: Julie Tucker-Wolek | February 13, 2014 at 08:32 PM