Friday, July 24, 2015

Scrapbook Friday: Embellishment Issues

I've been working on the last few layouts from 2014 and, as always when I'm in a rush, I think I would be happy with good photographs, nicely matted, placed on pretty paper with a little journaling. But, I also like it when my pages are nicely embellished. It's just that sometimes I struggle to make them all work in concert. I really like how this page turned out. I almost called it done before I added the stickers (photo corners, word, etc.) but I'm glad I dug around to find that little extra something.
But I never really made the embellishments work on this page:
I actually like the left hand page okay, but the stickers on the second page aren't really working for me. I think the floral border might clash too much the style of the stickers. I might go back and put a dark purple card stock border instead. Or I might just call it done. 
Thoughts? Do you ever struggle with embellishments?
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9 comments:

  1. alexa@clara.co.ukJuly 24, 2015 at 8:24 AM

    Yes, I do struggle, even digitally where sticking/unsticking is a lot quicker. The purple border idea sounds a good one? If I am dissatisfied with a page, then subtraction usually works for me.

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  2. alexa@clara.co.ukJuly 24, 2015 at 8:25 AM

    And I meant to say what a lovely contrast that lemony yellow is with the purple too!

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  3. nancy yJuly 24, 2015 at 9:25 AM

    all the time! Seems I spend a good amount of time looking for and figuring out a good placement, and I really do like the look better with some embellishment!

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  4. SianJuly 24, 2015 at 10:16 AM

    I have a habit of piling on embellishments because I love them and can't stop..to address this, I walk away and leave it overnight and then take a few things away the next morning

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  5. scrappyjackyJuly 25, 2015 at 9:37 AM

    I tend to overdo it with embellishments....start with them and just can't stop!!!

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  6. Patio PostcardsJuly 25, 2015 at 7:05 PM

    I think both your layouts are perfect. I like Sian's suggestion of walking away and revisiting in the morning. I constantly struggle with embellishments, I have many stickers and die cuts etc and just cannot decide where, how many. It's why my pages end up so plain.

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  7. AnonymousJuly 26, 2015 at 11:33 PM

    Lovely pages and my struggle with embellishments is when to stop adding them - I always add some and then add some more!

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  8. SusanneJuly 29, 2015 at 4:20 AM

    Fab photos and pages. I emailed you an idea.

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  9. Missus WookieAugust 16, 2015 at 10:34 AM

    I like both pages and the level of embellishment is nice. I think adding a purple border would be good but not necessary.

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