Clean, Simple Lines Using a 'Busy' Collection

Love it. LOVE it. LOVE IT. Angie Brigg’s Wonderful You Collection. I just love it. In our household, however, there are not many occasions where I get to use a “pretty” or “decorative” collection. Many of my pages contain the boys or places we have been. Even the pages with Darren and me are not flowery, nor overly clustered. Much as I love that style of page, I rarely get to make one.

So what can I make with this collection? Well, I love the succulents, and I love the gorgeous flowers, and I could see myself using them with boys – with some color tweaking – but I also LOVE the papers. The patterns are mostly unisex and the colors lend themselves especially well to unisex layouts.

With this in mind, I started thinking of ways in which I could incorporate multiple papers and still have a simple page. Angie has PNGs for the various layers of her clusters included in her coordinating Wonderful You Cluster Embellishment Mini, and I decided the triangle templates would be ideal for what I had in mind.

I placed the triangle PNGs onto my page, flipping them to my liking. Next, I merged the layers so all triangles were on a single layer.

Then I selected the papers I wanted to clip (there were five in all). Each paper layer was clipped and erased until I had two triangles in each color.

My next step was to select a suitably simple way to display my photo. I chose the basic frame (ABR_WY_Emb-Frame.psd) with the two photo spaces because I knew I would be incorporating some form of word art. Keeping in mind I wanted a simple design, I thought I could place my photo in one box and the word art in the other.

A simple pin through the top to hold it together, some shadows, and my page was done! It was really easy and quick, and I think the simple lines and visual interest created by the triangles is just enough for this page.

Sometimes when you are doing a boy page, a heritage page, or even a travel page, and embellishments are hard to select, consider a “clean lines” page. After all, the page is designed to complement your photo, not compete with it.

I look forward to seeing how you interpret these ideas, so be sure to upload your layouts to the Scrap Girls Gallery and inspire us all!

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