Author: Esther

I’m a creative who pulls inspiration from all corners of life—both the joyful highs and the real-life moments that punch you in the gut. Honestly, I don’t think I can pin down a single scrapbooking style for myself, so let’s just go with eclectic. My layouts really depend on my mindset. If I’m in a deep, cerebral mood, you’ll likely see something chaotic and messy. If I’m more relaxed, it tends to come out clean, simple, and structured.

My brain is usually running on several channels at once, so it’s completely normal for me to be working on a digital layout, dabbling in a hybrid project, and getting messy with art journaling or mixed media—all at the same time.

Here are a few of my go-to tools: Digital: Adobe Photoshop CC + my MacBook; Photos: Canon Rebel or iPhone; Hybrid: Cricut Joy + sewing machine; Art Journaling: watercolors, stencils, and artsticks

And when it comes to embellishments—digital or physical—I’m always reaching for messy threads, ribbons, and Polaroids. Always the Polaroids.

 

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  • The Title Says It All

      Popping a few words on a page and a date, are usually the last thing most scrappers put on a page. Anne of Alamo here and I would like to challenge you to work around your title first!  Pull out the photos you want to use, and look at them, and the first thing that comes to your mind  is your title! Your title can say it all! No more struggling for journaling, because the title says it all!  Here is my photo.   This is my 14 year old son asleep on the big chair. His legs are like so long.  My very first thought was, The Boy Has Very Long Legs! Very Long!  That was gonna be my title.  I planned that in my head the whole time I was making this page.   Looking more at the photo, and I knew it was gonna go across the middle of the page, in a rectangular shape.  The title was gonna be the biggest part of the page!  I had just bought Allison Pennington’s Hark Another Very Small Alpha,  and figured I could use that for the little words, and pull in some brightness with some  brush alphas too! Brushes give me freedom to place and color options too! I am a big lover of alpha  brushes for my titles.  Seriously, some alphas, like Pink Reptile Designs, Wicked can be used  again and again! These alphas goes like peanut butter and jelly together with her i believe in miracles alpha  (from kit of same name)   Painted alphas to me are the cat’s meow of butt kicking awesomeness, and an alpha I go back to again…