Hello, friends! Today I’m up on the Scrapbook & Cards Today Magazine blog with a layout using the gorgeous Simple Stories Remember collection. The colors of this collection are perfect for scrapbooking these photos of my parents on their wedding day where their colors were blue and avocado green, complimented by the harvest gold carpet of the reception center. Can you believe these colors are making a comeback?!
One of my favorite supplies is patterned paper. I love it so much that sometimes it is difficult for me to choose which papers I want to add to my layout. Read on to find out how I narrow down my choices to create a layered background for my pages.
The first thing I do when selecting papers for my layout is hold each pattern up to my photos to see which colors look the best. Next, I hold the papers next to one another and decide which patterns look best combined together. For this layout, I chose to go with mostly gold tones.
The first paper I chose for this layout was the dark gold floral paper. I liked how it looked with the deep teal cardstock and cut a band of it to go across the center of the page.
I wanted a strip of patterned paper to anchor my main photo, so I cut a contrasting strip in a black floral and matted it with Moss cardstock.
That still felt a bit too simple, so I decided to implement one of my favorite techniques … combining strips of patterned paper together in one color. You can see that I added the gingham check strip and the wallpaper floral pattern in gold above and below the black floral strip.
The layered strips combine together to form an interesting layered background that compliments the colors in my photos. Once the background and photos are in place, then it is time for the most fun part … embellishing!
Embellishing this layout was easy with the Simple Stories Remember collection. There are so many beautiful florals, butterflies, and ephemera pieces. Perfect for accenting this layout including my parents’ wedding photos.
I hope you enjoyed taking a look at my layout today! Stop by the SCT Magazine YouTube channel to see a process video of this layout.
Happy Scrapping!
SUPPLIES USED IN THIS PROJECT:
Jana Eubank 
Good morning Jana –
I just wanted thank you for still designing and creating 12×12 layouts. I love your style and and am so happy to see your designs. While the focus seems to be primarily on card making right now, as much as I enjoy making them, I’m still primarily a scrapbooker.
Thanks and have a great day.
Brigitte Kiefer
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