My Cluttered Corner

If you love recipe challenges and Venn Diagrams then the latest addition to the Scrapbook Circle blog series Circle Round Up is for you. Here is the Circle Round Up for this month.



This month I not only had the main Scrapbook Circle kit Our Adventure, but also the add on Happy Day to AND add on Away We Go to work with.  The largest circle calls for a yellow base paper which I used. The second largest green circle calls for colorful accents. I used two of the suggestions from here (Pink Paislee label sticker and Allison Kreft alphabet stickers).
For the third largest gray circle, I used the Elle's Studio transparent tags. And finally for the smallest brown circle I used a few American Crafts Thickers and Studio Calico stars.


How have you combined this month's kit and add ons?

I loved the summery, bright and fun June Scrapbook Circle kit Hello There. I just had to have the Add On Take Note too. There is an item in the add on that is so bold and fun, I think I used it in almost all my projects this month. The Heidi Swapp Color Magic Water Color Heart tags. Water color is such a fun, trendy look right now and these tags make it easy to achieve with minimal effort. You do not have to use water colors on them to achieve that look though. Check out this layout where I used the heart tag. The hearts are large and can be real show stoppers if you color them up.



Start with the lightest color in the palette you choose and go around the shape softly covering the entire tag with a base color.


There can be some minor spots that aren't completely filled in because next you are going to choose a medium color and go over the tag again. If you use a light hand and focus on the outside you will start to achieve a layered effect.

Finally choose your darkest or brightest complementary color and ink again.


Check out that water color look and not a water color in sight!


The other techniques I employed in this layout were embossing the vellum.


And using the tiny glassine bag that house the wood veneer right on the layout.


Have you used the water color tags in your projects? How did you alter them?