Hey guys, Laura here with a rare double page spread.
I went about this layout in a totally unconventional
way. It started with a whale doodle in
ProCreate using the symmetry feature which took a life of its own and became a
cut file. Mrs Pretty My Page then
suggested the whales would look good as a group. This then led to a discussion about
collective nouns and another cut file.
We named the circle of whales A Plump and the group A Pod. Groups of whales can also be called a gam, a
herd and a school – but we don’t have cut files for all of them!
I got a bit carried away (imagine that!) after testing
cutting the designs. I immediately
pulled out patterned papers in watery blues and greens and set to backing all
of the whales. When I had done that I
started playing around with placement... then realised that I had no photos nor
had I recorded the process for my DT video.
Doh!
I fished out some photos – quite a few different ones
actually – and tried to match them to what was essentially a finished layout
bar the photos and title. I discovered
I’m not great at scrapbooking this way and looked through literally every photo
I have trying to find the right ones. I
considered a punny ‘I whaley love you’ title with lovey photos; ‘whale hello
there’ with peeping photos; photos from the Sea Life Centre (hammerhead sharks
didn’t really match though); In the end I plumped for ‘having a whale of a
time’ with happy photos. I did choose a
set of happy photos from the beach to tie the pictures in with the whale theme
as best as I could.
Each colour and pattern I used was repeated on both pages of
the layout in equal amounts. My title
was multi-font for just that reason.
When it came to embellishing further I really struggled. I tried adding things but it was just too
much for me. Even clear sparkly sequins
didn’t work (and they usually work with everything!) I guess the glitz comes from the gold mirri
card and the interest comes from the gam of whales, so nothing more is needed.
Here's the video:
I will not be scrapping this way again in a hurry. I will be back soon with a
layout that starts with the photos!
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