My own creations: Scrapbook embellishments
I completed a scrapbook layout using a background paper from my archives of free downloads, but using embellishments and elements strictly from my doodle pad, literally. I was ready to publish it here when I realized there was one element I forgot to "create" which was a suitable frame because my photo looked "naked" without a shadow (which I cannot execute because I'm not using a photo software), or a frame.
I was pretty happy about the layout except for that. So tonight I'm going to allot half an hour to create a few frames which I can scan and color tomorrow. I put a a sticky on a clean sheet of bond paper and drew a frame around it as close to the actual paper without letting my pen touch it. The layout, sans the frame, actually looked okay but it felt "kulang" or lacking in something. I plan to do the Manila Scrapbook using this method, combining background paper from digital kits and embellishing with my hand drawn (then scanned) embellishments. I noticed that I always run low on elements when creating huge projects which require a diversity of embellishments from page to page. The solution? Create my own embellishments.
Since the trip home was full of fun and involved a lot of interaction between the kids (Angelo and my niece Audrey and my nephew Art), I want this add-on pack to be very playful. I wanted the colors to be happy so I'm using my neon highlighters a lot. I'm experimenting with crayons and craypass but the colors are not coming out as virbrantly as the markers are. I'm actually playing it by ear and creating elements by type. I expect I'll be creating certain elements as I go along, or recoloring what I had created to suit a theme.
That's why I do the line drawing (in black ink) and then photocopy the drawing before coloring, and using the markers on the photocopy to prevent the black ink bleeding into the color. It also helps me keep the original for photocopying again if I commit a mistake or change my mind about the color or meidum I used.
I was pretty happy about the layout except for that. So tonight I'm going to allot half an hour to create a few frames which I can scan and color tomorrow. I put a a sticky on a clean sheet of bond paper and drew a frame around it as close to the actual paper without letting my pen touch it. The layout, sans the frame, actually looked okay but it felt "kulang" or lacking in something. I plan to do the Manila Scrapbook using this method, combining background paper from digital kits and embellishing with my hand drawn (then scanned) embellishments. I noticed that I always run low on elements when creating huge projects which require a diversity of embellishments from page to page. The solution? Create my own embellishments.
Since the trip home was full of fun and involved a lot of interaction between the kids (Angelo and my niece Audrey and my nephew Art), I want this add-on pack to be very playful. I wanted the colors to be happy so I'm using my neon highlighters a lot. I'm experimenting with crayons and craypass but the colors are not coming out as virbrantly as the markers are. I'm actually playing it by ear and creating elements by type. I expect I'll be creating certain elements as I go along, or recoloring what I had created to suit a theme.
That's why I do the line drawing (in black ink) and then photocopy the drawing before coloring, and using the markers on the photocopy to prevent the black ink bleeding into the color. It also helps me keep the original for photocopying again if I commit a mistake or change my mind about the color or meidum I used.
