Elizabeth Manna posted a fun vintage circus themed "Inspiration Monday" at NoelMignon this week, and that theme has been bouncing around in my head this week. When I began working on my layout for today's post, I naturally went to our Inspiration Monday pinterest board for a little jumpstart.
I loved all the bright happy colors, the stars and banners, and the stripes. This particular image jumped out at me:
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So it was the jumping off point for this layout- can you see the inspo?
I cut apart the piece of Echo Park striped paper from the Boardwalk Kit and formed rays out from my picture. I worked hard at being bright & colorful and staying true to my style, without getting too busy looking. Part of the way I did that was by keeping all of the embellishing pulled in close to the picture, including my misting droplets.
My photo was one I originally instagrammed, but I cropped & printed it at 4x6 instead of the standard instagram square. The lovely sparkles on it are actually a digitized bokeh that I made with an iPhone app filter (picfx).
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I love this picture of Sabs. It does not look like her at all, and it allows her to be seen in a whole new light. For that precious little girl that she is. I am digging the rays too. I might use that if I ever decide to scrap again.
ReplyDeleteWhat an awesome layout! Love the idea of it. I am a working mom that is trying to start a creative movement within myself:} much easier said than done! I love seeing things with kids in it, it gives me that push to try and scrap in my free time.
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