Memorable Seasons Color Palette Challenge!

It's my day to issue a monthly challenge at Memorable Seasons! This month, we are going the "inspiration" route with color palettes. I love color palettes. They help me visualize colors together that I would never think to combine. Plus, so many of the color palettes found online have a photo to go with them, so you can visualize the color combo in use in real life. 

So, for this challenge, I want you to choose a color palette from my Color My World Pinterest board and use it as your inspiration. I have over 70 palettes for you to choose from so it should be pretty easy to find something that strikes your eye. Also, "brownie points" if you use the palette's corresponding photo as a point of inspiration as well. Be sure to show us the color scheme you used with your layout! 

Here's the color palette I picked... 

And here is my layout using my Teresa Collins Memorabilia DT kit. I focused on the yellow, dark gray and light blue-green in the color palette. I also pulled some inspiration from those awesome chevron sugar cookies by including a few pieces of the gray chevron ribbon I got in my kit as well as a piece of yellow chevron washi tape I pulled out of my stash... 

The fine print:

*Create a new layout or 2 cards for this challenge. 

*Upload your creation in the gallery and link back to this forum post by Nov 30th.

Teresa Collins "Memorabilia" is at Memorable Seasons!

I have to say, I am starting to become a pretty big fan of Teresa Collins...but not as big as Kathy, fellow Memorable Seasons community member. I don't think anyone could top her fanaticism! ;) Still, this kit had me swooning when I received it. It is full of such beautiful patterns like contemporary stripes and grids mixed with vintage and florals, all in gorgeous muted blues, yellows, tans and grays. And, this collection has just the prefect amount of the trendy chalkboard look too! I encourage you all to check it out for yourselves in the Memorable Season store! Now it's time to share my kit and creations...

Here are the papers...

And the backsides...

 

And the cardstock and embellishments...

 And the extras I "had" to have...

Here are a couple layouts I've created so far with this stunning collection!

Stay tuned for more later on in the month!

More Birds Of A Feather March Kit Goodness!

I have more Birds Of A Feather March Kit projects to share with you that will hopefully put a smile on your face because I am sure smiling about them! If you have yet to get yourself one of these fabulous kits, I suggest you do so soom because Amy's only got five left!

My first layout is one that I thought of right away when I saw the kit. Once I saw the bikes, the coffee cups and mason jars throughout the Little Yellow Bicycle Just Because collection, I knew I needed to do a layout about Courier Coffee. They are a local Portland company that delivers coffee, in mason jars, by bike courier. Yeah, perfect right? So here's my creation. I added a few of the chipboard pieces available as part of the extra embellishments and of course I had to use the cute coffee cup paper that I got as part of the extra patterned paper add-on. Totally love the way this one turned out!

And here are a couple close-ups...

For this next one I started with this gorgeous piece of lined paper from the Teresa Collins Stationary Noted collection and went from there. I wanted to keep the layout clean to allow the background paper to shine. I created the Polaroid frame myself by simply cutting a piece of white cardstock to 4.5"x5.5" and then matting my 4"x4" photo on it leaving a .25" edge along the top and sides and 1.25" edge along the bottom. I kinda went a little crazy with the Petaloo brads but love the way they look!

And here are a couple close-ups...

This next layout perplexed me because of the size of the photos. These photos are from Liam's first portrait shoot, and I knew the only one I felt comfortable cropping was the one on the far right. So, I turned to a Sketch Savvy sketch for some guidance. I love the stitched circles; well, I love any hand-stitching on a layout! I made the little flags from pieces of the vellum tape and some toothpicks - super easy, simple and cute! I also broke out the super cute Stationary Noted garland for my border.

And here are a couple close-ups...

And lastly, I threw together a quick card with the leftover scraps from the patchwork card technique I shared a couple weeks ago.

 

Thanks for stopping by today to check out my work! I hope you all have a beautiful Sunday and a very happy St. Patrick's Day!

"Just Because" the Birds Of A Feather March kit is awesome!

I am so excited to be revealing my first kit projects for Birds Of A Feather! And I couldn't think of a better kit to start with than this beautiful assembly of patterned papers, cardstock and embellishments. Chock full of papers from Little Yellow Bicycle's Just Because collection and Teresa Collins' Stationery Noted collection, along with a set of Thickers and embellishments from Prima, Petaloo, Kaisercraft, Maya Road and more, this kit is not one to pass up. You can snag one here if you haven't already! And, I highly suggest checking out the kit extras too; I ended up getting all of them! One of the best things about this kit is its versatility. You can scrap almost any subject, any season, any person with this kit because of it's combination of cool and warm colors, masculine and feminine patterns and variety of embellishments. But one solid theme does run through the kit and that is "relationships."

So I decided to go with this theme and start off with a layout honoring my mom. Many Christmas' ago, when I was still in college, my mother gave me a beautiful piece of art. It is a clay etching of mother and daughter and it says "Always my daughter, now my friend." With this quote in mind, I created this layout. I loved the Little Yellow Bicycle chipboard Polaroid frame that came in the Extra Embellishments Pack and knew I wanted to use it to focus in on my Mom and I in the photo since there is so much negative space around us. Then, to tie into that chipboard frame, I cut out one of the polaroid prints from the Teresa Collins Polaroids paper (which is part of the Extra Patterned Paper Pack) to use as my title block. I wanted to keep the embellishing feminine and whimsical so I included one of the beautiful Prima flowers and a couple of the elegant Petaloo brads and then added a few of the cute Little Yellow Bicycle chipboard birds and hearts as well as the fabric banner (which is also a part of the Extra Embellishments pack).

(Supplies: Bazzill cardstock; Little Yellow Bicycle and Teresa Collins papers; American Crafts Thicker alphas and lace trim; Little Yellow Bicycle fabric and chipboard embellishments; Prima flower; Petaloo brads; DMC floss; Zig Writer pen, StazOn ink. All items are from the BOAF March kit and kit extras except the floss, pen and ink.)

And here are a couple close-ups...

After I finished my layout, I used up some of my scraps to create this card. I almost always create a card from my scraps after doing a layout. Anyways, I kept the embellishing minimal because there are so many patterns going on in this small space; I knew I didn't need much. I used one of the fabric flags as my sentiment - doing double duty! Love that!

(Supplies: Bazzill cardstock; Little Yellow Bicycle and Teresa Collins papers; Little Yellow Bicycle fabric sentiment flag; American Crafts glitter tape; Petaloo jeweled brad. All items are from the BOAF March kit and kit extras.)

Thanks for taking a look at my projects today! I hope they inspire you to snatch up a March kit and start creating!