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Behind the Scenes: Elisha Barnett’s April Club!

April 2014 scrap girls club

Each month we get a glimpse behind the scenes of our Scrap Girls Club designers, and this month’s designer is Elisha Barnett!

Click here to check out this beautiful April club at a great price!

When you started working on your club, what was the first thing you did?

It was December 15 – the day my December ScrapSimple Club went live – that I got the email, “Hi Elisha!  It’s time to start your April Scrap Girls Club. I’m sure you’ve already gotten the ball rolling with ideas, so it’s time to send those ideas to Angie.”  I said to myself, “WHAT???”  I’d just finished the ScrapSimple Club, Christmas was upon us, and no, I did not have the ball rolling with ideas.  It stayed in the back of my mind until after Christmas.  Our family’s time between Christmas and New Year’s Day is low key and I used that time to start collecting ideas for a Spring Club.  I collect images and keep track of my ideas in a program called Evernote.  By the beginning of January, I had the basic idea and color scheme for the club.

april 2014 club inspiration

Image sources:Umbrella and watering can decor, Pillows, Room photo, Feathers layout

What inspired the colors in your club?

I ran across the most wonderful publication while I was researching color trends for the April Club – the PPG Industries 2014 Global Color Trends booklet.  Not only did I find my color palette there, but their “Mega Trend” of “Refreshed Thinking” inspired my own theme and collection title, “Afresh.”  I encourage you to flip through the booklet, I’m sure it will inspire you as well!

color inspiration april 214 club

Image source

How long did it take you to design this club?

I began designing the products in the middle of January, and was finished  by the beginning of March – so 2 1/2 months from start to finish.  But even thought the design work may be finished, there’s still a lot of work to do before goes live on the first of the month.  The products go through a rigorous quality check process, and there’s always things to fix.

The club includes several products. Did you start and complete each one before moving on to the next?

I was all over the place on this one!  I was really focused on the background papers at first.  I came to a point where I had way too many for a collection, and I started sorting them.  One set became the Fresh Paint Paper Mini, another set became Rainfresh Paper Super Mini, and another became JIF Plus: Bloom and Grow.  I then created some of the signature embellishments that I’d envisioned when I first began thinking about the club, including the baby animals, the greenery and the feathers.  At this point I began making layouts.  It was the layouts that determined what I created to fill out the collection drove me to create the other products.  For instance, when I was creating layout “Amanda,” I thought it would be pretty to have a cascade of transparent “stickers” fall around and over the photo.  So I made one specifically for that layout, then built it out to create Rosy Clear Stickers Embellishment Mini.

april 2014 club paper samples

amanda digital layout

What was your favorite thing to design?

I think my favorite is Fresh Paint Paper Mini.  It went together quickly and turned out exactly as I’d imagined.  Not much I design works out that well!  And they are super versatile.  I ended up using them on most of the layouts to add just the right touch of paint.

(Click on product images to be taken to their product page)

Fresh Paint Paper Mini

If you could pick only one word to describe your club, what would that word be?

In spring, we begin afresh, and that’s the word I’d pick to describe the club. I chose “Afresh” at the very beginning of my design process, and the concept followed the whole way through.

Afresh Collection Biggie

life digital layout

butterfly layout

(Click on product images to be taken to their product page)

JIF Plus: Bloom and GrowClothesline Fresh Word Art Mini

Rainfresh Paper Super MiniRosy Clear Stickers Embellishment Mini

 

I hope you enjoy this club.  I enjoyed creating it for you!

 

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