Look Here

I was assigned to do a scraplift of another DT member for a project on the Fancy Pants blog.  I chose to scraplift Kim Watson because of her fun and whimsical style. Her layout compositions are always unique and nothing that I could cook up myself.  I thought this layout, Happy Day, would be a fun project to emulate because it is quintessentially Kim, absolutely adorable, and again, nothing I could dream up by myself.

I find photograph matching to be the most challenging thing in scraplifting, both in size and in number. Ultimately, I almost always go with my photos the way they are and re-configure the page accordingly. I think the results of such adjustments may make the layout look significantly different from the original and I am perfectly happy with that. 

I incorporated many of the elements Kim used in her layout, such as tiny little borders, several rectangles of patterned papers. I even broke out two bottles of mists but I did decide against busting out the sewing machine!  There are chipboard pieces, buttons, and various sticker arrows to match her stars. It was a thoroughly enjoyable process scraplifting Kim.  My layout, ultimately, reflects me and my traditional and simpler style.

For the title, I combined two different cuts purchased from the Silhouette store "The tour starts here" &"Look" and modified them to suit my need.  There's no way I can design my own cuts but making these types of changes are fast and simple to do. 

The weekend is winding down and I am happy to say that I was more scrappy productive this time around! I hope to update mid-week with a project for Doodlebug with its latest Christmas collection. Happy football Sunday!  My team lost already so hopefully yours is doing better :)