Today we
have a guest crafter joining us, Christine Freeburn. Christine’s The Faith
Hunter Scrap This Mystery series brings together her love of mysteries,
scrapbooking, and West Virginia. When not writing or reading, she can be found
in her scrapbook room or at a crop. Learn more about Christina and her books at
her website and blog. – AP
Scraplifting 101
Like with most creative pursuits, there are times where
nothing looks right. Writers have writer’s block. Scrapbookers get scrapbooking
block, and that’s where scraplifting comes in. For those who aren’t familiar
with the term, scraplifting is when scrapbookers copy a layout design they’ve
seen in a magazine or in an online gallery when they want to create but nothing
on a page looks right. Scrapbookers can also be inspired by an album cover,
book cover, or advertisement they’ve seen.
Today, I’m scraplifting the lovely cover of Designed to Death, the second book in
my Faith Hunter Scrap This Mysteries Series. I love the color combination and
the dimension the stacked embellishment gives the “layout.” (see cover above.)
I stuck to the same color palette of the cover—blues,
greens, yellow—and mixed in some red since the topic is the Disney Fantasy ship
(doesn’t say Disney without some red.) For the torn photo element, I used two
photos of the ship and put them at an angle with the ends touching to give the
same effect.
photo border |
For the embellishment cluster, I used one premade
embellishment, separating it into three parts so the page had a cohesive look.
I had a lot of Disney themed stuff, but the brighter colors didn’t work and I
wanted more of a “travel” theme for the page. I removed the twine string from
the tag and cut off the phrase element.
The main piece of the tag became the sun overlapping the
photograph part from my inspiration design. I tucked the base of the tag behind
the periwinkle border and overlapped the circle portion so a portion rested on
the yellow photo mat.
The saying was used in place of a title at the top of the
page. The twine became the yellow circle border used on my inspiration piece. I
loved how one embellishment could fill the role of three separate ones from the
scraplift.
embellishment |
in pieces |
on page |
To finish off the page, I used washi tape (my “Disney red”
addition) to mimic the border of the bottom page. Instead of a wave
embellishment, I used a die cut I made with Pack Your Bag cartridge for the
Cricut.
And here is my completed layout, the design scraplifted from
the cover of Designed to Death.
Designed
to Death
Faith Hunter planned the perfect event at her
grandmother’s shop, Scrap This, featuring local scrapbooker and Life Artist
Diva, Belinda Watson. But the extravaganza goes up in a cloud of glitter when
Belinda and her cousin, Darlene, brawl over scraplifted designs. Faith attempts
to break it up but only makes things worse. Then when Belinda turns up dead behind
the Scrap This store, Faith’s involvement goes viral.
As accusations against her turn vicious, Faith sets
out to prove her nemesis Darlene committed the crime, only to realize they are
both innocent. Now they must team up or the murderer’s plan will come together
seamlessly with the frenemies sharing a jail cell—or worse, a funeral.
7 comments:
I've never scrapbooked. This is very cute!
Scrapbooking is new to me. An interesting way of expressing our creativity. Makes me think of quilting, but maybe the two aren't similar.
I wish I were that organized! Instead, the DH and I have stuff saved in Rubbermaid containers.
Morgan Mandel
http://morganmandel.blogspot.com
I like to quilt and scrapbook--they feel similar to me, like piecing together a puzzle. Lovely layout. Best of luck to you, Christina!
Christina and I are "kindred spirits." I have scrapbooks for everything!!
I also do some quilting and in a way it is similar by picking a design and playing with the fabrics until you get the "right" look. Though, I find scrapbooking a little easier as the "size" is smaller.
Neat idea. Thanks.
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